I-melted t1_jegcrpw wrote on March 31, 2023 at 8:31 PM

There’s a lovely bit in the Hitchhikers Guide To The Galaxy, in which a character is punished by being put into something called The Total Perspective Vortex. A machine that allows you to glimpse for a moment the real size of the universe, and yourself relative to it. Which drives you completely mad, obviously.

I-melted t1_jc3t4qg wrote on March 13, 2023 at 8:55 PM

Reply to comment by briggs851 in The largest NASA Hubble Space Telescope image ever assembled, this sweeping bird’s-eye view of a portion of the Andromeda galaxy. Credit: NASA, ESA by Davicho77

I’d love to know I’d really good astrophysicists can actually picture these sizes in their heads, or if it’s beyond human capability.

I-melted t1_jc1v5bz wrote on March 13, 2023 at 1:07 PM

Reply to comment by pestapokalypse in The largest NASA Hubble Space Telescope image ever assembled, this sweeping bird’s-eye view of a portion of the Andromeda galaxy. Credit: NASA, ESA by Davicho77

Oh dammit. That would be so cool.

I’m ashamed for not knowing, but where would I find it in the sky? In relation to the more obvious constellations?

I-melted t1_jc1f5tr wrote on March 13, 2023 at 10:12 AM

Reply to comment by ssavrass in The largest NASA Hubble Space Telescope image ever assembled, this sweeping bird’s-eye view of a portion of the Andromeda galaxy. Credit: NASA, ESA by Davicho77

Is this true? This is a head-melter.

I-melted t1_jc1f425 wrote on March 13, 2023 at 10:12 AM

Reply to The largest NASA Hubble Space Telescope image ever assembled, this sweeping bird’s-eye view of a portion of the Andromeda galaxy. Credit: NASA, ESA by Davicho77

Someone posted a close up earlier and I thought it was a really bad low res picture. Then I realized it wasn’t noise, but individual stars.

Hard to wrap my head around to be honest.

I-melted t1_j56ydhy wrote on January 20, 2023 at 8:51 PM

Reply to comment by AtlJayhawk in [Rick and Morty] With the allegations of Justin Roiland, is Rick & Morty a bad show to watch? by Thatfatbastard00

This is my wife’s view on Buffy, her Potter books, and her Smiths albums. She’s had a bad run of heroes.

I-melted t1_j54nujh wrote on January 20, 2023 at 11:01 AM

Reply to comment by Furbs109 in Oaks and fog in Kings Woods, last Autumn. Bedfordshire [OC] 5373x3827 by Furbs109

That’s the very definition of artist. Be prolific, throw away most of your work, release the gold.

I-melted t1_j2ez1kb wrote on December 31, 2022 at 7:44 PM

Reply to comment by TamsinGDArt in (OC) A little kitten drawing to wish you happy new year 🥳 by TamsinGDArt

Thanks. :)

I-melted t1_j2exql8 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 7:35 PM

Reply to comment by TamsinGDArt in (OC) A little kitten drawing to wish you happy new year 🥳 by TamsinGDArt

Lovely! I think I’ll try both of these techniques. I abandoned pencils as I’m a bit clumsy and impatient, and never had a lesson. I always used paint to put reflections in eyes (or whiskers or whatever) as I couldn’t figure out how else to do it.

I-melted t1_j2ewkup wrote on December 31, 2022 at 7:26 PM

Reply to (OC) A little kitten drawing to wish you happy new year 🥳 by TamsinGDArt

How on earth do you achieve those whiskers? By leaving them blank? Or are you using some sort of white pencil I’ve never heard of? It’s spectacular in any case.

I-melted t1_j2eukr5 wrote on December 31, 2022 at 7:12 PM

Reply to comment by ilovepowernapping in Beach on South Coast of Sardinia with fig plants [OC, 4624×3468] by ilovepowernapping

Everyone is getting hung up on the bloody figs. Its typical internet stupidity.

It’s a lovely picture! I can’t wait to go to Sardinia. If there’s a bunch of people in the world that knows more about food than the rest of us, it’s the Sardinians.

I-melted t1_j1lnmo4 wrote on December 25, 2022 at 11:27 AM

Reply to Glacier looks like the flow of water, Kenai Fjords NP, Alaska [OC] [3024 x 3780] by chandan_2294

It definitely is the flow of water.

I-melted t1_j07ilx1 wrote on December 14, 2022 at 5:09 PM

Reply to Question: Martian Mockingbeard by [deleted]

I only see rocks. What am I meant to be looking at? Which part of the picture?

I-melted t1_j03ffll wrote on December 13, 2022 at 8:15 PM

Reply to Why do so many people assume malevolent AI won’t be an issue until future AI controlled robots and drones come into play? What if malevolent AI has already been in play, covertly, via social media or other distributed/connected platforms? -if this post gets deleted by a bot, we might have the answer by Shaboda

Tech is run by people like Elon Musk. Of course we have to worry. It’s not intellectuals on behalf of governments or humanity, it’s troubling men on behalf of shareholders, often in the pursuit of fascism.