tunetardis

@tunetardis@piefed.ca

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sharper than ever: New algorithm brings the stars into greater focus⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Oh that would be cool!

  Hopefully, this new algorithm is not overly taxing. The amount of processing they’ll have to do to keep up with Rubin must be staggering. It’s got what, a 3.2 Gpixel camera mapping the entire night sky every few days. And then all that data has to be processed across the timeline of past observations. I wouldn’t be surprised if the computational demands are what kept it from becoming a reality until now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sharper than ever: New algorithm brings the stars into greater focus⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  So ground based observatories have long benefited from the development of adaptive optics. That's basically where you have a small mirror that is synced to the movements of the upper atmosphere and essential cancels out the shimmer that makes stars twinkle to the naked eye, bringing them into a sharp focus more like what you would get from a space telescope. But the tech can only achieve this feat over narrow patches sky, meaning wide field observatories were left out. I think that's what they're talking about here? You can't get much more wide field than Vera Ruben.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  After someone here linked a number of these, I've become something of a junkie following sites like this which show power generation around clock.

  My armchair assessment in terms of utility carbon footprints these past few months has been that places with substantial hydro and/or nuclear capacity have fared best, though this past season has been rough on the former at least here in North America with drought-like conditions prevailing. Wind has also been disappointing. No wind during these heat dome events. Solar has done better, but even in a state like California that is fairly heavily invested in battery backup, the dream of a 24-hour solar grid still seems aspirational at this point?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Trump's video on the shooting of Kirk appears to be AI⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I've been thinking of late that his tweets look AI generated. You just enter something like: take today's news from a reputable source, invert all the facts, add lots of hyperbole, and capitalize words for emphasis.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The World’s Largest Solar Plant is Rising in Tibet. It's So Vast It's the Size of Chicago⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I hate articles that don't give real units. 5 million households. Ugh. According to another article, we're talking 7 GW.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone else guilty of this?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I think Guitar Hero was a good investment for my kids, as they came to love all the classics I grew up on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Here's what a Brazilian restaurant owner did after city hall banned sidewalk patio tables⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think that's part of the plan though right? If they spot a compliance officer walking up, they can drive the patio around the block a bit until he's gone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People Believe If 90% Prefer A over B, A Must Be Much Better than B. Are They Wrong?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I can't remember which comedian it was, but he said whenever he hears something like 4 out of 5 doctors recommend a particular medication, he wonders what that 5th doctor knows that the others don't?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I made Piefed feeds for video games⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ok thanks I managed to subscribe eventually through the link: https://piefed.ca/f/allgames@piefed.social

  There must be a more instance-agnostic way to do this though? 🤔 Something like !allgames@piefed.social maybe? Or is that more of a lemmy thing?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I made Piefed feeds for video games⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I'm new to piefed. Could someone explain how I can subscribe to these from piefed.ca?