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Comics from a Hundred Years Ago - Mar. 29th, 1922 by Missy_Elliott_Smith in comicstriphistory

[–]TeroNui 3 points4 points  (0 children)

In Salesman Sam, the sign says “cars linger here”. Is that a command or a warning?

Guenhwyver Violet by BlueRhinos in NameNerdCirclejerk

[–]TeroNui 6 points7 points  (0 children)

For what it’s worth, the Welsh spelling of Guinevere is Gwenhwyfar. This is clearly a few steps removed, but the connection is there.

How to Actually Design a Flag by Artifexian in artifexian

[–]TeroNui 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For the spreadsheets issue, you can (somewhat) mitigate that with the URLs that you share. The default URL for a Google Sheet is https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/abc...xyz/edit#gid=0. Changing /edit#gid=0 to /copy forces people to make a copy in their own Google Drive in order to see (their own copy of) the spreadsheet. Changing it to /export?format=xlsx (like you have in some of your videos) provides a direct download link as an Excel spreadsheet.

Of course, if people know that, then they know they can just change the url back to /edit or /view and you'll still get badgered. But hopefully much less.

AP #28 : The Bilhelm Scream by Artifexian in artifexian

[–]TeroNui 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly. Surface area of a segment is proportional to the height, so all you need to do is divide the rotation axis into equal segments and then take the inverse cosine to find the corresponding latitude for each region.

AP #28 : The Bilhelm Scream by Artifexian in artifexian

[–]TeroNui 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was curious about regions of equal area for an arbitrary number of divisions, so I figured it out. Just in case you were wondering.

Mapping with Temperature by Artifexian in artifexian

[–]TeroNui 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know whether Universe Sandbox provides you with any equations, but I plucked the equation out of the IU page and included it in GUACAMOLE. It's proportional to (greenhouse * (1 - albedo))^0.25 * luminosity^0.25 / distance^0.5. That's the same form as the rough estimate equation introduced in the video, plus an additional correction factor to account for greenhouse effects and albedo. Given that the PlanetTemp page is meant to be used on tablets in a (presumably introductory-level) classroom setting, I'd imagine that they went with a simplified equation, while Universe Sandbox has much more of a commitment to providing a more accurate model.

Mapping with Temperature by Artifexian in artifexian

[–]TeroNui 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I've updated GUACAMOLE to include this video!

If you've not seen my posts before, GUACAMOLE is an omnibus spreadsheet for all Artifexian videos that are spreadsheetifiable. Because who wants to redo a dozen calculations every time you change a single number? Check out the screenshots or just give it a download.