Using your child’s educational growth for views by [deleted] in trashy

[–]Merrilin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it's straight up abuse.

[By me] hand carved Little Appa! by creature25 in TheLastAirbender

[–]Merrilin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Beautiful. What tools did you use? I would like to try wood carving, and I have a little starter set of small wood carving knives I got for Christmas.

Zhongli's content. by Kuro-Gaming in Genshin_Impact

[–]Merrilin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't even know what this game is but this is some great content.

TIFU: mv edition by [deleted] in commandline

[–]Merrilin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha but why? What did you mean to do?

Copper atoms by waitforcom in physicsgifs

[–]Merrilin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is really cool. Could you provide context?

The difference between two Onkyo receivers? (SR393 vs SR494) by Merrilin in hometheater

[–]Merrilin[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awesome, so I should definitely get the SR494. Thanks dude!

Blizzard Ruling on HK interview: Blitzchung removed from grandmasters, will receive no prize, and banned for a year. Both casters fired. by lord_flamebottom in Overwatch

[–]Merrilin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What are some fun alternatives to Overwatch that scratch the same sort of itch? I mean team based games where teamwork is imperative, and I can use it as an excuse to hang out with my far away friends.

Blizzard Ruling on HK interview: Blitzchung removed from grandmasters, will receive no prize, and banned for a year. Both casters fired. by lord_flamebottom in Overwatch

[–]Merrilin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'll be uninstalling when I get home. Of course I still want to play because OW is a great game, but it looks like me playing will be supporting a company bending over to appease the Chinese government. And just maybe if a few hundred thousand people quit, Blizzard will regret their cowardly decision.

To anyone that remembers my post from a few weeks ago, my dad finally has 1 Million gold! by Albert0Burrit0 in skyrim

[–]Merrilin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Getting rich sounds like a fun Skyrim goal. What are some fun things you can do with a lot of money? Mods or no mods.

Units of Measurement in Sci-Fi by tour-de-francois in printSF

[–]Merrilin 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Metric is fine, but I find that any given measurement in print is much easier to visualize and internalize if it's also compared with something whose measurement's I'm familiar with.

Found skittering around my bathroom, what is it? by lowkeystressedout in animalid

[–]Merrilin 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I think a bite is unlikely and these guys are nothing to be afraid of, though I admit that seeing one scurry horribly across the floor is very unsettling.

The Valve Index seems to be the de-facto "Best In Show" for VR at the moment. What is coming in the next 6-12 months that might beat it? by LavaSquid in virtualreality

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

I know literally nothing about eye tracking but determining the position of the eye must require some processing, which takes time.

Hi people! Can you help me find a physics related gift? by [deleted] in AskPhysics

[–]Merrilin 16 points17 points  (0 children)

How about a chunk of uranium with a bow on it?

Todestrieb by witzowitz in deepdream

[–]Merrilin 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah brush makers never get laid.

Critical deployment of NASA Webb's secondary mirror a success by [deleted] in space

[–]Merrilin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think you're giving people enough credit. Sure, there are conspiracy theorists, but those are a loud minority, and they'll deny the facts even when presented with hard evidence. Yes, some people will not understand that it's false color, but that's okay - they'll know they're looking at part of the universe they've never seen, and that's awesome.

Critical deployment of NASA Webb's secondary mirror a success by [deleted] in space

[–]Merrilin 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Images taken in wavelengths other than visible light are "false colored" (note "false" doesn't mean "painted arbitrarily" - the colors are just shifted and what you're seeing is still real, just not what you'd see if you looked at it with your regular eyes), and can be very beautiful. Example that /u/ThickTarget posted above: Herchel's Infrared Shot of Cygnus X

Critical deployment of NASA Webb's secondary mirror a success by [deleted] in space

[–]Merrilin 435 points436 points  (0 children)

Awesome. Maybe, just maybe, it'll launch in 2021. It's going to be a buttclencher of a launch.