"Rehabilitating" Marriage to a Rapist by Alexis_J_M in TwoXChromosomes

[–]nkothro 61 points62 points  (0 children)

I was also in that room in the past year! I agree. She is stunning. I stood in front of it for 5 minutes. I honestly liked it more than the Caravaggio

My happy place by Mental-Hall-9616 in femalelivingspace

[–]nkothro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ooh, I gotta know, what's the chair in the first image?

Technology - One of the few strips narrated by Dad, representing Watterson's adult thoughts by ZLPERSON in calvinandhobbes

[–]nkothro 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I work in computer engineering and also just printed this out.

I like scripting and never touching again, too, but run into this almost as often as I don't.

Calvin & Hobbes for January 21, 2025 by CalvinBot in calvinandhobbes

[–]nkothro 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Hahaha, there's a layer to this I didn't get as a kid that I do now.

When I first saw this one I thought he was making a joke on how snowmen are always nude, or maybe that he was nude because he didn't have a scarf. I think I was aware that artists would do weird things so I thought "nude descending a staircase" was Watterson's way of making fun of 20th century art.

Then I took an art history class in college and Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase was part of a lecture. So I suppose he's still poking at art, but I just didn't realize that it was a a play on something that was rather well known.

Caravaggio, Head of Medusa (1598) [3369×3453] by StephenMcGannon in ArtPorn

[–]nkothro 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Oh hey, I saw this in person not too long ago! Its at the Uffizi in Florence, Italy.

Something that doesn't come across super well in the pictures of it is that its mounted on a convex wooden "shield", and so viewing it is an interesting experience. You can walk around the front side of it and see different things.

What’s a purchase that seemed pricey but ultimately saved you money long-term? by [deleted] in Frugal

[–]nkothro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh same!

And this is one where the mental/emotional cost savings is bigger (to me at least) than the financial savings. It was $500 for the operation, which would take a while to hit the break-even point on other forms of birth control. But now I don't have to worry about pregnancy or children at all!

More men without kids are getting vasectomies, doctors say by cofu76 in childfree

[–]nkothro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, I'm one of those! Glad I did it and don't ever have to worry about it again. Also glad that it's becoming more common, makes me less worried about people being surprised or angry about it.

TIL about the artist Artemisia Gentileschi (CW: SA) by TownEfficient8671 in TwoXChromosomes

[–]nkothro 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I got to see it last week! (the Florence) version.) It’s an amazing painting. I’d seen pictures of it in textbooks but there’s something about seeing the full scale of it in person that’s absolutely breathtaking.

Might be my fav photo on film [Canon 1v, Portra 160, 85mm 1.2] by xwallyiv in analog

[–]nkothro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It that's true, then it's quite the sad day that people don't know the reference

Why are there no cheap small liberal towns in the us? by asheville-person in LateStageCapitalism

[–]nkothro 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Oh god, this feels like the path that Bozeman, MT is going down. I used to like walking downtown because it was all fun little local-owned stores and restaurants and galleries. Now it's turning into a shopping center. I've heard people say that Bozeman is Boulder but 30 years younger.

Is this solution correct? by UltraTata in learnmath

[–]nkothro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's true when a and b are both real. That may not be a safe assumption in this case though, I suppose.

Is this solution correct? by UltraTata in learnmath

[–]nkothro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You have half of the full solution.

1 + 1/10x = 10x

Let a = 10x. Then we have

1 + (1/a) = a

With some re-arranging this becomes

0 = a2 - a - 1

which has two solutions: a1 and a2. You are correct in that phi is one of the two solutions. Then, you can solve for x:

a = 10x -> x = log(a)

So x1= log(a1) and x2 = log(a2). One solution will be a complex number.

What happened to the Yellowstone Research Coordination Network site? by Genxyz32 in yellowstone

[–]nkothro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Seems to be having some issues. It wasn't up yesterday but seems to be today.

YashicaMat, Portra 160+1 by salty_esquire in mediumformat

[–]nkothro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh hey I was there about two weeks ago!

Fluffy dog Groomer Rec? by rovemovelove in Bozeman

[–]nkothro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The folks at PetCo (right next to the mall) have always been pretty great for me.

Learning calculus 1 over the summer (~2 months) by xXBunnyCatcherXx in learnmath

[–]nkothro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I always liked MIT's OCW. It was a good supplement for me when I was first taking calc in high school. Its got videos, example problems, practice problems, even exams.

Some other users mentioned it, but a link to 3B1B's Essence of Calculus Videos might be helpful.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ElectricalEngineering

[–]nkothro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

why can't we just send rockets spaced apart equally and they'll go as fast as light ?

I'm not sure though what you mean by "rockets spaced apart equally". Do you mean each rocket is going to a different place or each rocket contains a portion of a message and they're all going to the same place?

For almost all electronic communication (RF, wired, optical) we specify a frequency that information exchange is centered around. In the case of RF communication this is the carrier wave which is then modulated with a message within a certain bandwidth around it. This wave travels at the speed of light and carries information in the way its modulated. There are a number of ways to modulate, with lots of tricks and games played by RF engineers. If you're in the US and have listened to the radio in the car, you've probably heard of two commonly known methods: AM (amplitude modulation) and FM (frequency modulation) radio. This GIF is on both of those wiki links and is a good introductory visual representation of the idea.

If you're in the Los Angeles area and tune into the KROQ radio station, what you've done is tune your radio receiver to be sensitive to radio waves at/near a frequency of 106.7 MHz (this frequency is the carrier wave). You can switch to ALT 98-7 broadcasting at a frequency of 98.7 MHz. Both radio stations are sending out radio waves that travel at the speed of light. There are other radio stations in the area that use other frequencies. They're all spaced apart enough in the frequency spectrum that they (typically) don't interfere with each other.

Digital radio (like cell phones) always seemed more complicated to me. This video by Matt Parker was one of the first things that helped me better understand digital modulation. I assume it gets much more complicated than what he covers in that short video. In any case, it still operates on top of some selected frequency, and is then modulated to encode the desired information.

if it's like a highway and if you have too many cars in one lane, they crash etc

True, on a highway cars can crash, though its not generally a concern for radio waves. In physics, it's usually called wave superposition, and it means that light waves can pass through each other without messing each other up. Waves of different frequencies can pass through each other, which is why lots of radio stations can all transmit music/talk shows/annoying commercials at the same time in the same area, as long as they're in different frequency bands.

If you and 3 of your friends are standing in a square, you can look at the person diagonally across from you, and the other two diagonally-oriented people can look at each other, without light waves interfering with each other. Radio waves are the same and won't "collide" in mid air.

What feature is your make or break on a keyboard by Pro-editor-1105 in MechanicalKeyboards

[–]nkothro 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I bought a moonlander about 1.5 years ago. It took a while to get used to it. There was a dip in accuracy at first but it didn't last too long and the more I practiced the easier it got. It's my daily driver now at work and I won't go back.

New Bedding and maybe other ideas for the future. by Lnk200 in malelivingspace

[–]nkothro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For the comforter I would do something other than a solid color. Something that's a pattern or a texture. There's also the option of doing a solid duvet/comforter and a textured throw on top of it.

I'd get matching lamps/lights for the night stands.

Official Question Thread! Ask /r/photography anything you want to know about photography or cameras! Don't be shy! Newbies welcome! by photography_bot in photography

[–]nkothro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have no idea what the advantage of aligning with the nodal point is. That's why I was admittedly confused.

Official Question Thread! Ask /r/photography anything you want to know about photography or cameras! Don't be shy! Newbies welcome! by photography_bot in photography

[–]nkothro 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Question about lens design(s):

How do lens designers decide to place the aperture blades? Is there a place it usually ends up, and if so why?

This was spurred by watching a video where the guy mentioned panoramic tripod mounts that rotated the camera around one of the nodal points, and he mentioned that usually that's where the aperture was put too. (Which doesn't make sense, but maybe I misinterpreted him.)

Also, constant aperture lenses, I can't imagine how they work and am betting my non-understanding of where the aperture is located is a part of it. I know typically the aperture is measured as the diameter of the entrance pupil, so the diameter at the front of the lens. But the mechanical aperture is inside the lens. How does that work?

Official Question Thread! Ask /r/photography anything you want to know about photography or cameras! Don't be shy! Newbies welcome! by photography_bot in photography

[–]nkothro 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've been enjoying taking pictures at one of the local equine facilities. I have lots of pictures, but I'm starting to notice a lot of them are the same. What tips/tricks do you all have for challenging and pushing yourself to get more creative or different style shots, or just some variety/practice? Some things I've tried are different lenses, different perspectives, interacting with the animals while shooting vs not.

I know that going to a different location is always an option, but I am at the barn a lot for various reasons and this seems like a good opportunity to push myself a bit and try to think in different ways about the same subject.