The_Frostweaver
The_Frostweaver t1_jal9gq9 wrote
The Andromeda galaxy is faint because of it's distance but it takes up more space in the sky than the moon, it doesn't just look like a star.
Because we are within our own galaxy we see it edge wise, basically a thick line of faint stars (due to distance).
Almost all the stars visible to the naked eye are within 1000 light years of earth. Our own galaxy is 100,000 light years across and Andromeda is bigger but it's ~2.5 million light years away.
The_Frostweaver t1_jal8d8q wrote
Reply to TIL: There are two cemeteries surrounded by runways at the Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in Atlanta, GA by galspanic
Fewer noise complaints this way
The_Frostweaver t1_jaeided wrote
Reply to Experts think AI could bring on the next Industrial Revolution — and some even think it could trigger nuclear war by wilfredom
USA has 1.5 million truck driving jobs, 3 million cashier jobs, 1.5 million book keeping jobs, 2 million administrative assistants, etc.
If you consider AI taking half of those jobs over the next 50 years or something which seems almost inevitable its pretty clear AI is lined up to cause a pretty big shift in employment. It's really just a question of how quickly.
The_Frostweaver t1_j6nqu5q wrote
Reply to Signage in my office building by sinesquaredtheta
But you better post that pick in slacks or no one is leaving the office!
The_Frostweaver t1_j5s6hhw wrote
Reply to TIFU by saying I don’t want to go to Japan because I don’t like Japanese people by trying_productive
A lot of people are born, live their entire life, and die without ever going more than a few miles from where they started.
Travel is a luxury and you will see beautiful landscapes and meet wonderful explorers from all over the world on your trip.
I'm sorry you had a bad experience with Japanese but try not to generalize, most Japanese are very polite.
If you go with an open mind and try to be thankful for the experience you will have a great time!
The_Frostweaver t1_j599r3r wrote
Reply to Pictures from the JWTS and reality. by Derpinator_420
Ok, strictly focusing on earth, how do you suggest we advance the field of physics?
There is stuff going on out there we can't hope to replicate on earth, the forces are just too great. Consider the universe a free laboratory experiment, we only need to invest in the bare minimum of equipment to observe what's happening.
The_Frostweaver t1_j53zisk wrote
Reply to George Santos disputes taking $3,000 intended for disabled veteran's dying dog by Forever_Overthinking
Dude has 0 credibility. I 100% believe he scammed that veteran and his service dog and if he wants to dispute it he can release his tax returns and campaign finance records and explain where every cent came from.
Otherwise everything that comes from his mouth is presumed to be lies.
The_Frostweaver t1_j4k08gu wrote
Reply to Why the fuck streaming services or Hollywood just remaking old characters gay or black? by [deleted]
Historically certain groups have been underrepresented so they are trying to fix that issue. It would probably be less awkward if they just created new intellectual property but Hollywood can't seem to risk money on something new when they have old IP sitting around.
As long as the stories and actors are good I don't really care.
The_Frostweaver t1_j400oit wrote
Reply to comment by austarter in Why are coastlines crinkly near the poles but smooth in the tropics? by emsot
It has more to do with things like total precipitation being way lower in the arctic so less sediment transportation from land to sea and coastlines being locked behind ice protecting them from wave action.
The_Frostweaver t1_j27n286 wrote
Reply to The brain has a frame rate by The_Sauce106
This is the sort of thinking I think people struggle with. Our brain is subject to physical limitations and those are not going to change. AI on the other hand can be the size of a house with distant power supplies proving endless watts of energy that our human minds cannot compete with.
Yes, right now our brains take advantage of quantum mechanics in ways computers can't but it's only a matter of time before we invent better computers.
It seems inevitable that we will eventually replace ourselves with AI.
The_Frostweaver t1_j27me3n wrote
Reply to What is our current "best guess" about how to observers that entered a black hole on opposite sides would look to each other once they crossed the event horizon? by WittyUnwittingly
If one of them is closer to the center than the other the one deeper in could theoretically see light from the person who entered later but keep in mind light is spiraling down wards in a way that would likely create extreme distortion and if the black hole has any sort of disk that disk is likely producing enough light to overwhelm the few photons coming from the person falling in.
I imagine you would be looking for a dark spec a single pixel wide obscenely stretched against a background illuminated like a sun (the disk of stuff just outside the event horizon).
The_Frostweaver t1_j22uwz1 wrote
Reply to TIL that the Hawaii’s Maunakea Volcano, the world’s tallest mountain, (10,210 m or 33,500 ft from base to peak) was first ascended successfully over three days in February 2021. Over half of it is underwater. by Fantastic_Ad1613
I was wondering how the fuck he climbed thousands of feet while underwater, he didn't, he used a submarine.
The_Frostweaver t1_iy7f0yv wrote
Reply to Does a free to play game still benefit from me playing the game even if I don’t buy any cosmetics? by [deleted]
You are the 'content' of their game. If they don't have players they don't have anything.
The_Frostweaver t1_it0x68d wrote
Reply to comment by randymcatee in [Homemade] buns by randymcatee
I'll have this man's wife's buns
The_Frostweaver t1_it0wp9g wrote
Reply to [Homemade] buns by randymcatee
Nice Buns!
The_Frostweaver t1_jdli5f4 wrote
Reply to ELI5: How do thieves justify damaging things in stealing. by ClumsyGnatcatcher
They are savages. Desperate degenerates. They will break a $600 window to steal $3 in change. Society has failed them and now they are a blight upon civilized society.