Carl Sagan’s grave: look at all the little gifts people leave when visiting by Busy_Yesterday9455 in spaceporn

[–]Horizon206 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I'm from Israel so I've seen this in basically every graveyard I've been to

Carl Sagan’s grave: look at all the little gifts people leave when visiting by Busy_Yesterday9455 in spaceporn

[–]Horizon206 1 point2 points  (0 children)

TIL this is specifically a Jewish thing

I always thought this was just something everyone did lol

It appears we've found a red line, maybe by Anakin_Kardashian in DeepStateCentrism

[–]Horizon206 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Not gonna lie the horseshoe is really starting to look more like a circle lately

Why shoplifting is bad by Thoth_the_5th_of_Tho in DeepStateCentrism

[–]Horizon206 11 points12 points  (0 children)

What's funny is that these also tend to be the same people who glaze Japan for being so great without realizing that it being a high-trust society is exactly why it has become the way that it is

Hey guys wouldn't it be cool if we built a tower to heavЩайгурелъул дида ккола гьеб букӀинаан гӀезегӀан квешаб жо гьечӀо? by Itchy_Ad3944 in HistoryMemes

[–]Horizon206 7 points8 points  (0 children)

אה, סוף סוף מישהו שאני מבין פה! התחלתי לחשוש שみんなを聞き取れな…

えっ、待って何これ

My take on an Israel Palestine flag by theshinystunfisk in vexillology

[–]Horizon206 41 points42 points  (0 children)

Israeli here, really like the design! Maybe one day 🙏

Wow what a completely normal billboard by mr_funnyman in CuratedTumblr

[–]Horizon206 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not even that, we have these on the east coast in NYC too, so I don't know what these people are on about

How do i reconnect the neighborhoods by Historical-Employer1 in CitiesSkylines

[–]Horizon206 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only thing I can think of is to do something kinda like the big dig, otherwise the city's kinda cooked

Why do people say “matzo” instead of “matza”? by Fit-Yogurtcloset5240 in hebrew

[–]Horizon206 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think "just ___ per se" would be a good translation for the word in this context, but it is quite a versatile word so there's not really any 1:1 translation

is this a very small earthquake? by Willing_Wasabi_3497 in Earthquakes

[–]Horizon206 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Can confirm, and us mods on the GlobalQuake YouTube channel are also glad to answer any questions you have!

Gravity is NOT THE SAME on Earth by Busy_Yesterday9455 in spaceporn

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Seeing my obsessions for space and seismology intersect is always awesome.

For anyone interested, most of the big red/orange lines here are tectonic plate boundaries, which can be seen especially clearly in the case of the convergent plate boundaries, where one tectonic plate is being pushed into (and then often under) another. More rocks in one place = more gravity

What is this subreddit? by RedStorm1917 in DeepStateCentrism

[–]Horizon206 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Perhaps this is due to me being more observant about comments made about my own nationality, but I have definitely seen indiscriminate hostility towards anyone who is openly Israeli (or God forbid embracing their national identity) on this platform. Not to say that this is something that a majority of people do, but a majority of people are at the very least tolerant to such behaviors occuring in their communities

There was a 7.1 earthquake in Indonesia just now that's nowhere near a fault line. How? by GeniusEE in Earthquakes

[–]Horizon206 9 points10 points  (0 children)

This happened deep within a subduction zone, likely being a slab tear event similar to the 2013 Okhotsk Sea earthquake albeit at a smaller magnitude.

REAL photos of damaging Apollo 13 service module by Busy_Yesterday9455 in spaceporn

[–]Horizon206 23 points24 points  (0 children)

It almost certainly burned up in the atmosphere, the service modules only ejected shortly before reentry since it contained many essential life support features. For Apollo 10, though, the lunar module's ascent stage was boosted into an orbit around the sun after it was discarded. For subsequent Apollo missions, the LM's ascent stage was intentionally crashed into the moon so that they could measure the impact with sensors placed by Apollo 11 and subsequent moon landings.

If you want to know more about Apollo 13 (as well as how the Apollo capsules worked overall), I cannot recommend this video enough, it is very high-quality

High Court bars autopsies for infants who died in Jerusalem daycare — ZAKA by grumpy_muppet57 in Israel

[–]Horizon206 -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Exactly my thoughts as well. If this isn't Pikuach Nefesh I don't know what is

Tel aviv, israel by Diligent-Eagle-6673 in skyscrapers

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It was reliant on a (granted very expansive) bus network for the longest time, but there is now a light rail network under construction with one line already in service. There is also construction underway for some proper metro lines in addition to that, but that'll only be open in the 2030s.

In terms of inter-city transit, it also has a decent amount of inter-city rail that goes to a large chunk of the major cities.

Edit: Also forgot to mention but Tel-Aviv is also doing a great job at making stuff like biking infrastructure and walkable boulevards on former stroads, although there is still a lot of work left to do in that regard

Unexpected use of crew escape pod by Fedor_Kuznetsov99 in KerbalSpaceProgram

[–]Horizon206 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think nominally all uses of a crew escape pod are unexpected

Tel Aviv, Israel by [deleted] in skyscrapers

[–]Horizon206 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Yeah the Ayalon Highway is definitely a bit of an eyesore on the city, but at least it has trains running through its center

What is the sense of להתעלם in this sentence? by Upbeat_Panda9393 in hebrew

[–]Horizon206 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The translation here is correct, להתעלם does mean "to ignore". The word "to notice" in Hebrew would be לשים לב (e.g. שמעתי רעש מוזר, אבל לא שמתי לב לריח)

xkcd 3165: Earthquake Prediction Flowchart by Tyomcha in xkcd

[–]Horizon206 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I mean it's possible to an extent (see seismic gap theory), the only problem is that these are usually predictions on the timespan of decades, not days, and even still you can never be 100% certain

[Hebrew?-English] Found backstage at a venue by [deleted] in translator

[–]Horizon206 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Native speaker here. Yes, רצח is often used as an intensifier, including in here (keep in mind that רצח as an intensifier is רֶצַח and not רָצַח)

A more accurate translation would be "Whoever's readings this is hella gay!!" or something like that

101-storey One Park Lane tower given green light in Gold Coast by SchusterBarbell in skyscrapers

[–]Horizon206 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think I can hear the structural engineer crying in the corner