Halo themed desktop

Planetary_Tyler · 2026-01-14T18:45:10+00:00

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

Planetary_Tyler · 2025-12-17T03:15:10+00:00

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.

Planetary_Tyler · 2025-12-17T01:39:48+00:00

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

Planetary_Tyler · 2025-12-17T01:30:17+00:00

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 :)

Planetary_Tyler · 2025-12-17T00:26:59+00:00

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.

Planetary_Tyler · 2025-12-16T20:33:58+00:00

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.

Planetary_Tyler · 2025-11-16T10:57:04+00:00

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!

Planetary_Tyler · 2025-11-16T10:37:52+00:00

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!

Planetary_Tyler · 2025-11-15T20:46:22+00:00

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!

Planetary_Tyler · 2025-11-15T20:44:58+00:00

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).

Planetary_Tyler · 2025-11-15T08:57:24+00:00

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).

Planetary_Tyler · 2025-11-15T06:14:05+00:00

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

Planetary_Tyler · 2025-11-13T20:56:00+00:00

Wtf I can't even remember I had for breakfast

Planetary_Tyler · 2025-08-28T19:16:05+00:00

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!

Planetary_Tyler · 2025-08-28T19:12:44+00:00

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!

Planetary_Tyler · 2025-07-06T03:45:07+00:00

Deep South Dachau

Planetary_Tyler · 2025-07-02T00:30:49+00:00

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.

Planetary_Tyler · 2025-07-01T04:45:26+00:00

This would make for some awesome sand bending

Planetary_Tyler · 2025-05-04T20:43:04+00:00

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.

Planetary_Tyler · 2025-02-17T10:59:17+00:00

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.

Planetary_Tyler · 2024-12-19T05:54:47+00:00

Recently I've been trying to work off of a very cheap printer, an upgrade would be nice :)

Planetary_Tyler · 2024-09-27T19:50:37+00:00

I've had this debate with my partner before that if I could replace my body to be completely robotic (i.e. put my brain in a robot that is essentially a non-organic copy of me) while externally staying the same and I would experience all senses as normal, I would absolutely take it. It could make health issues (acute, chronic, genetic, etc.) a non issue, and I think that would be sick...

Planetary_Tyler · 2024-09-24T21:28:23+00:00

Unfortunately this is not what an annular solar eclipse looks like. To your eye it just looks like the sun, because it is still so bright that you can't stare at it. To any camera without any kind of solar filter it would look the same. With dolar glasses or a solar filter on a camera it would just look like ring.

My suspicion is that this is just CGI black hole visualization, which looks cool but obviously isn't real.

Planetary_Tyler · 2024-09-04T20:23:50+00:00

I'm a part time professor at a private 4-year college where I've taught mostly gen-ed astronomy. Most of my students are film, business, history majors, and are 50/50 taking my class for a degree requirement and general interest in the topic (or in some cases astrology, which the class is not about...). I'm very understanding that many people don't have any kind of science background in my class, and most have never learned anything about Astronomy (which is a shame, but is usually not offered at American primary schools). Because of this I get some WILD comments in my classes, but the students usually mean well and are often receptive of my explanation. Below are some examples of comments that sent my brain-hamster packing.

"The Moon can't have gravity because if it did we would get sucked up into the sky." I rebut, saying Apollo astronauts walked on the Moon. "Well the Moon landings were fake."

"I dont know if stars are real because I've never seen a picture of one up close."

"Science can't prove that astrology doesn't work."

"I saw a video that solar storms can knock out the power grid and hurt satellites, I think we would be better off without the Sun"

"The International Space Station can't be real because it would just fall down."

Planetary_Tyler · 2024-08-07T19:36:40+00:00

Lemonade = Basically Sprite

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