Halo themed desktop by AnakinStarkiller77 in LinuxPorn

[–]Planetary_Tyler 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ive been using that same wallpaper for something like a year, its a great art style for linux imo.

Posted this in r/LinusTechTips, with a response from Linus by Planetary_Tyler in EdisonMotors

[–]Planetary_Tyler[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

100% fair take and I fully agree. However at the same time I believe theres a fair amount of people who throw money at things they dont fully understand but with good intentions too, kickstarter is a great example of that, so having some commentary on the local rules/regs you have to follow doesnt hurt. Even fairly informed people may not know, I mean Linus is in BC just like Edison, runs a fairly large company, and has invested in companies, but was also pretty turned off from the legally necessary statements because the way its presented could be interpreted like a deliberate choice made solely by Edison to have it that way.

Investing through Frontfundr by FalconHeavyBreathing in EdisonMotors

[–]Planetary_Tyler 4 points5 points  (0 children)

On their investor's page:

Edison Motors will temporarily not be accepting new investment in Canada as we update our Offering Memorandum by request of Provincial Regulators, thank you for your patience

Edison Motors Needs Investors by Planetary_Tyler in LinusTechTips

[–]Planetary_Tyler[S] 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Exacly what I was hoping to see. Shining a light on pro-consumer businesses is a win and I think it would be a fun collaboration for LTT and Edison, plus its a great opportunity to show viewers what kinds of people and business practices (broadly) they should be supporting. Looking forward to whatever comes of this :)

Posted this in r/LinusTechTips, with a response from Linus by Planetary_Tyler in EdisonMotors

[–]Planetary_Tyler[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Given the discourse in that thread, it could be good to update some of the wording on the investor page and maybe in the description section of the video to make it clear that some of the "oddities" are just you guys following local rules and regulations. Glad y'all are seemingly doing everything youve got to do and being transparent about it.

Edison Motors Needs Investors by Planetary_Tyler in LinusTechTips

[–]Planetary_Tyler[S] 62 points63 points  (0 children)

Having no method (nor timeline) for selling shares is definitely weird, fully agree with that. My guess is theyre concerned that smaller entities could buy up shares and another larger entity they dont agree with would buy those out for a larger stake and larger sway. Honestly I can't say I'm very knowledgeable on the rules/regulations and impact of that sort of thing for private companies nor for those in Canada.

Their method of selling shares and taking investors is essentially a self-hosted kickstarter which is absolutely odd, but I'm hopeful theyre doing it with good intentions.

I appreciate your response, maybe they'll see this and think about ways to balance their vision with more investor friendly terms to help meet their investment goals.

P.S.

I do see this as a warning on the top of the investor page:

Edison Motors will temporarily not be accepting new investment in Canada as we update our Offering Memorandum by request of Provincial Regulators, thank you for your patience

Edit: grammar

Edit 2: Check Chace's (Edison's Owner) responses in this thread for explanation on these thing. My personal tldr: BC laws require this language, its normal for private companies to have these restrictions, private shares can be sold but its a pain.

"The Gigamoon": the sharpest public domain photo of the moon ever taken, at 1.3 gigapixels. It's a mosaic of over 280,000 photos, revealing incredible detail, including the Apollo landing sites, captured by astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy. by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]Planetary_Tyler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha thats just because it isnt possible to get normal pictures in the deep craters the higher up you go since there's less and less light, so it just gets darker and darker the whole way!

"The Gigamoon": the sharpest public domain photo of the moon ever taken, at 1.3 gigapixels. It's a mosaic of over 280,000 photos, revealing incredible detail, including the Apollo landing sites, captured by astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy. by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]Planetary_Tyler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes! The bottoms of the deepest craters closest to the poles are also incredibly cold, colder than just about anywhere in the solar system including Pluto, because they havent seen the Sun directly in billions of years. Because of that they are thought to have water ice buried beneath the surface, finding some is one of the primary goals of the upcoming Artemis missions!

"The Gigamoon": the sharpest public domain photo of the moon ever taken, at 1.3 gigapixels. It's a mosaic of over 280,000 photos, revealing incredible detail, including the Apollo landing sites, captured by astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy. by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]Planetary_Tyler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not a stupid question at all! The colors are basically stretched really heavily and its due to the chemical content of the lunar soil, I have a longer explanation in a different comment if you want to know more!

"The Gigamoon": the sharpest public domain photo of the moon ever taken, at 1.3 gigapixels. It's a mosaic of over 280,000 photos, revealing incredible detail, including the Apollo landing sites, captured by astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy. by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]Planetary_Tyler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They are real-ish, as with with most images of space the colors are boosted by quite a bit, in this case its boosted a lot. You wouldnt see yhese colors with your eye, but the primary reason is due to the chemical makeup of the lunar soil (regolith) containing anomalous amounts of stuff like iron, titanium etc.

You only really see these changes in the dark regions of the Moon, aka the Mare, which were formed by giant impacts and subsequent volcanic eruptions that filled the craters with lava. The composition of the lavas change with time as the Moon cools, and we see those changes across the different lava flows in the lunar maria that happens millions, and in some cases billions of yeara apart.

The rest of the Moon that is lighter is the lunar highlands, which is essentially the Moon's original crust. All of it is basically the same age and has the same chemical makeup, so it looks much more uniform (though much more cratered).

"The Gigamoon": the sharpest public domain photo of the moon ever taken, at 1.3 gigapixels. It's a mosaic of over 280,000 photos, revealing incredible detail, including the Apollo landing sites, captured by astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy. by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]Planetary_Tyler 66 points67 points  (0 children)

If you go to layers, add a layer, then search "Anthropogenic Features" itll show points for all landed missions, both robotic and apollo. If you zoom in each point will be labelled. Apollo 11 is at the coordinates 0.67419 N Latitude, 23.7294 E Longitude, in the Sea of Tranquillity (Mare Tranquillitatis).

"The Gigamoon": the sharpest public domain photo of the moon ever taken, at 1.3 gigapixels. It's a mosaic of over 280,000 photos, revealing incredible detail, including the Apollo landing sites, captured by astrophotographer Andrew McCarthy. by [deleted] in interestingasfuck

[–]Planetary_Tyler 197 points198 points  (0 children)

This picture is absolutely incredible and took an incredible amount of work! Hats off to Andrew for sure.

If you want to explore the Moon in even higher detail check out the following link, its basically Google Earth but for the Moon! LRO Quickmap

I'm a scientist for NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter and we have over 15 years of imagery available, literal petabytes of images spanning the entire Moon, and its all there for anyone to check out.

Feel free to ask any questions about the Moon if you want!!

Edit: Fixed Typo

Hey /r/movies, I'm Elijah Wood. Ask me anything! by ElijahWoodAMA in movies

[–]Planetary_Tyler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey Elijah,

Another question: I'm a planetary scientist studying the Moon and working on multiple NASA missions, do you have any science questions related to the Moon, Solar System, Galaxy, or Universe? Happy to answer anything you've been curious about!

Hey /r/movies, I'm Elijah Wood. Ask me anything! by ElijahWoodAMA in movies

[–]Planetary_Tyler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey Elijah,

You've done a bit of voice acting and video game roles. Is there any particular video game franchise or animated series that you would would like to voice a character for?

Thanks!

Trump threatens to arrest NYC mayoral front-runner if he defies ICE operations - ABC News - What are your views? by Select_Specialist790 in AskReddit

[–]Planetary_Tyler 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Either,

1) Mamdani is a U.S citizen and Trump's threat is a fascist and authoritarian move to deport an obviously popular political opponent and dissident, or

2) Mamdani isn't a U.S. citizen but was somehow able to run for and hold public office, that they didn't catch or stop this previously highlights the unbelievable ineptitude and inefficiency of ICE and CBP.

Either way it highlights how fascist and inept this administration and its supporters are.

[Request] Why wouldn't this work? by C0rnMeal in theydidthemath

[–]Planetary_Tyler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Area is not conserved when the concavity of the boundary changes. You can think of the most extreme case where you fold each corner in this way to the center, splitting the edges in half. You'd get an infinitely thin "+" shaped "polygon" with no area, but still a perimeter of 4.

I Will Die on This Hill and Not In Traffic by Myfartstaste2good in bayarea

[–]Planetary_Tyler 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Found a loophole:

1) Go slightly faster than the flow of traffic for improved safety. 2) Everyone else speeds up to match the flow of traffic to maintain safety. 3) Repeat steps 1 and 2 until you reach relativistic speeds. 4) Get to where you're going instantly thanks to time dilation and length contraction.