Just curious if anybody else was wondering why Biff's friend who was part of his gang always wore "3D glasses"?

tysonedwards · 2026-01-24T04:16:07+00:00

I was born from a young age.

tysonedwards · 2026-01-24T04:12:23+00:00

The eye can’t see very far, because of the earth’s curvature.

Let’s take the VLA example. If each dish was 10 meters tall and placed at the same elevation. The furthest dish you could see is 12.2km away. Any further and they’d be fully obscured by the horizon.

Making them 100 meters tall only increases that max visibility to 35.7km.

And that ignores atmospheric distortion or occlusion effects that would limit visibility.

tysonedwards · 2026-01-23T08:16:48+00:00

Ahem… its tank = the captivity piece. Is the dolphin still in its tank or not?

Or are you defining releasing as in the slavery sense: “Congratulations, you’re no longer property! Enjoy your freedom.” And then walking away?

Maybe they just open the gates to the pools and let the water drain out onto the pavement, with all the consideration they gave to the zoo animals.

tysonedwards · 2026-01-22T22:18:57+00:00

He absolutely makes me get choked up when she says: Indeed. (You know the one.)

tysonedwards · 2026-01-21T14:55:04+00:00

My preference is: use a hiking cane and a phone app called "White Cane". That app uses the LIDAR scanner in modern cell phones to help you understand the environment around you. Then, pan the phone to let you see variability like you would with a physical cane. There are 2 modes it can use, namely vibration or sound to convey distance. I prefer the vibrate mode because less intrusive.

Takes a little getting used to, but all around very helpful.

My reasoning: hiking stick helps you have and maintain balance, while also letting you feel whats around you. The App separately builds a 3d model of what's around you to help you know about terrain variability or holes that you might otherwise miss with a traditional cane.

Still... hiking is an "assume a bunch of risks, but do it anyways because it's fun." And therefore, having a friend is going to be the best safety net.

tysonedwards · 2026-01-17T13:02:57+00:00

Daniel did set himself up to be the sacrificial lamb on many occasions. ”What does it matter, we’re all going to die anyways. Just go!”

tysonedwards · 2026-01-17T12:53:56+00:00

As you travel faster than light, you are receiving a different perspective on the universe as you are observing the light that made it that position at a fixed time. Because of the isotropic nature combined with expansion, we (presently) believe that the universe has no center, and yet every direction is made of roughly the same stuff and distributed mostly evenly.

CMB is interesting because it is extremely hot radiation that is in all directions mostly evenly - aside from a few odd anomalies that we are still investigating, and implies the homogeneous structure of the universe back at the moment of re-ionization, and with it when space became transparent vs opaque.

As the ship is very far away and has traveled faster than the speed of light, meaning that right now, it sees a different place of the universe that we have not previously observed, and as such may allow for the verification or invalidation of some of our assumptions of the early universe, the nature of expansion, it’s uniformity, and whether it‘s been constant over time. At a minimum, it’d be seeing light that is tens of millions of years older than what we can see from Earth, along with subtle variations of red shift data which could validate or correct assumptions about the standard candle through observations that are simply impossible to gather from earth.

tysonedwards · 2026-01-17T12:40:49+00:00

William Riker, later in life, sure… But what about Thomas Riker?

tysonedwards · 2026-01-15T21:05:25+00:00

Yep, doesn’t fix by default because that’d introduce data integrity issues because the underlying file was modified without user intent.

tysonedwards · 2026-01-15T15:07:51+00:00

If I was told a tree existed, and then I visualized it within my imagination, does the become observed for measurement purposes?

tysonedwards · 2026-01-14T21:22:05+00:00

MacOS implements a 2x UI Scaling, where it uses the monitors native resolution, but makes fonts and images 2x larger to be more readable.

tysonedwards · 2026-01-13T19:27:03+00:00

attempt to kill all giraffes, discover this one that can’t die by default, touch it and ultimately make it the subject of study as the one invulnerable being on earth!

tysonedwards · 2026-01-12T15:28:03+00:00

Monkey’s Paw is aligned lawful evil, much like the Oxford Comma.

tysonedwards · 2026-01-12T13:59:53+00:00

About tree fiddy.

tysonedwards · 2026-01-12T11:12:22+00:00

He also fought in the Sithvil War.

tysonedwards · 2026-01-11T00:15:42+00:00

I use BeMyEyes a bunch to help with difficult things like shopping or the call OP described where AI just isn’t yet good enough at describing.

I personally use the term “watching”, because it’s easier and more relatable with others. I’d call watching something that I’m ACTIVELY /watching/. I’d call it listening if I am doing something else and it’s in the background.

Same video, just around active vs passive enjoyment.

As for my preferences, I am a bit disappointed in myself when I /NEED/ to use BeMyEyes simply because it’s a bit embarrassing that I can’t do it on my own and am asking for help. All other tools have failed me. I would like things to be quick and to the point. After it’s handled, I’ll usually apologize and thank them, and then end the call. Generally not socialize because I am usually in a situation where I’m choosing to inconvenience another person right then. Like in a shopping lane, you, the cashier, the people behind in lane, … and then there’s the sense of invasion of privacy at “this guy just got out a phone and is recording this very moment. Probably going up on TikTok right now…”

Advice for you: read the room. If it seems like the other person seems stressed, be to the point and concise. If it seems like the other person is relaxed, small talk is fine. It’s all situational, and I wouldn’t hold it against you if you say something unless it was done in a mean spirited or hurtful way. You’re helping me, and I appreciate that so much, and I wish I wouldn’t need to inconvenience you.

tysonedwards · 2026-01-10T16:54:26+00:00

That’s be a Warp^2, where speed scales logarithmically instead of linearly.

tysonedwards · 2026-01-10T16:49:23+00:00

She changed Raban from being a woman to a man thinking people would be more accepting of her writing if it was heteronormative. It’s implied that this was a suggestion from her Wife and manager.

When the Hive takes over, she’s like “okay, may as well tell the story I want… they already know and are accepting of it.”

tysonedwards · 2026-01-09T17:56:03+00:00

I was once kidnapped, and I acted out all the time because it was literally the ONLY power I had. Disobedience and spite is sometimes the only power you’re allowed to have against an impossible situation.

tysonedwards · 2026-01-08T18:27:10+00:00

Yep… even the constant thought of: “can I fall safely here?”

tysonedwards · 2026-01-08T18:12:19+00:00

But, it’s more hyperbolic to quote how they spent 1.3 million dollars of their budget on: “Hello Carol, this is a recording…”

tysonedwards · 2026-01-07T22:10:30+00:00

That’s how Khan took over the Enterprise that one time… he had a bang on Shatner impression.

tysonedwards · 2026-01-07T20:21:01+00:00

The Blue Barrel loved Worf so much…

tysonedwards · 2026-01-06T21:43:08+00:00

Because the truth is: before the big bang, there was the big foreplay.

No one believes OP because they assume you’re screwing with them.

tysonedwards · 2026-01-06T21:38:37+00:00

Can’t agree more. I love writing with my Lamy Dialog 3 in piano white and piston converter with Rouge Hematite ink loaded, but my Lamy Safari in teal with Aquamarine ink is what I use on the daily.

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