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tsturm

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Programmer, photographer and writer. Now go outside and look at the sky.

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RickiTarr, to random
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Alright, lots of heavy discussions today, so let's talk about something silly!

What is a movie that always makes you laugh?

Personal pick:

Anything Mel Brooks, but Robin Hood: Men in Tights, it's just funny every time I watch it.

tsturm,
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@RickiTarr @roens It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.

It’s the perfect frantic insane comedy. Since it’s from 1963 some of the jokes are as inappropriate as all hell for modern sensibilities, but it’s still a masterpiece. And I struggle to think of a better showcase of human greed and shortsightedness. 😁

StillIRise1963, to random
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A movie where orcas and humans work together to save humankind from the uber wealthy. DO IT!

tsturm,
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@StillIRise1963 @JoBlakely “Willy Is Back And He Is Angry”

65dBnoise, (edited ) to space
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That white-ish rock (https://mastodon.social/@65dBnoise/112527256691375965) has quite an interesting texture. Seen here with 's telescope.

Processed SUPERCAM_RMI
looking ENE (57°) from RMC 52.4312
Sol 1164, LMST: 12:00:08

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01164/ids/edr/browse/scam/LRF_1164_0770272141_159EBY_N0524312SCAM01164_0010I6J01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/LANL/CNES/IRAP/65dBnoise

tsturm,
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@65dBnoise Whoaa!

stim3on, to random
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Look at those boulders!
Photographed yesterday by the Perseverance Mars rover while driving in the ancient riverbed of Neretva Vallis.

I assembled this panorama from 14 Mastcam-Z images captured on Sol 1162, the colors were processed to approximately match what the human eye would see on Mars.

Full resolution: https://flic.kr/p/2pTPFiU

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/Simeon Schmauß

tsturm,
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@stim3on The almost-white boulder shows a lot of pebbly structure. Is there a closeup of that one?

tsturm,
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@stim3on @TMEubanks Looking at the original crop with our bright rock, there is one other rock in the same picture that seems to be of the same type. Could some process have turned over the really bright one and we are looking at its former underside?

simon, to random
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I got a good quote in this story about that dumb Zoom Idea to have "digital twins" attend meetings in your place https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/06/zoom-ceo-envisions-ai-deepfakes-attending-meetings-in-your-place/

tsturm,
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@simon But it's great for executives that want to have a nice large number of participants in their meetings to bloviate to. All they need is nodding heads that look awake. LLMs can do that.

clive, to random
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Pointillist bubble-wrap paintings

amazing what you can do with paint

bubble wrap

and a hypodermic needle

Item #1 in my latest "Linkfest" newsletter, free to read and subscribe here here here 📬 : https://buttondown.email/clivethompson/archive/linkfest-20/

tsturm,
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@clive That's a great idea... it's always amazing when painters come up with a brand new way to create art like that.

My dad painted all his life and while he was doing mostly oil - and later acrylic - paintings, he sometimes branched out into wildly unusual materials. I guess it's part of the process to explore the edges of what's possible.

tsturm, to random
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Got a new Mac and it's quite a difference to the previous machine.

This Blender scene renders in 246 seconds on a high-spec Intel i7 MacBook from 2020 and the new M3Pro Macbook finishes the exact same file in 36 seconds.

Almost 7 times faster than a Mac from 4 years ago. 😲

cc @elizabethtasker

vik, to random
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The Chang'e 6 lunar lander turns out to have deployed a rover camera. Shots of lander on surface, and onboard video of the prep and ascent of lunar samples : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnonHQ_s1p8

tsturm,
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@vik Yeah, none of this "Our craft landed upside down, so it's a qualified success."

This is a show of confidence. They might be off by a year or two, but I would not be surprised if China lands a crew on the Moon by 2032.

tsturm,
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@vik With this mission, China is really showing the rest of the world how this is done. Flawless execution so far and every step documented with cameras all over the place.

peterdrake, to random
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So it's Godzilla Minus One "enjoyable" good or is it "accurately portrays the depth of human depravity and suffering" good? Because after 3 Body Problem and Furiosa, we're looking for something less grim.

tsturm,
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@peterdrake Enjoyable good, but does depict a certain amount of general human suffering after the end of WWII in a bombed out Japanese city. Well, and Godzilla is doing Godzilla things.

tsturm, to random
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@dan Have you seen those demo videos from that OpenAI Sora app? I guess there are a bunch of legal reasons why you couldn't use AI-generated background plates for a professional video/movie, but what to you think of the general potential of these demos?

tsturm, to random
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Interesting list of emoji suggestions for “old”. 😅

tsturm, to random
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Just found out that a black-and-white version of the new Godzilla movie is now screening in theaters here in Japan. Very tempting!

Of course it has an even more ridiculous name: G-1.0/C

tsturm, to random
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I mean, who among us hasn't met Kim Jong Un?

FlockOfCats, to random
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I’m writing a Plane Language Summary, but it sounds a little flat 🫤

tsturm,
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@FlockOfCats I've also switched to shorts... it seems all the local men are waiting for the official announcement of summer before they make the switch. Poor guys! 😅

tsturm, to random
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Peak Sakura

Japanese cherry blossoms in thick white and pink clusters.

tsturm, to Tokyo
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OK, one more post about our Tokyo trip: On our last day we went to see teamLab Borderless.

I can not even begin to describe how wild this installation is. If you have any chance at all, go see it.

It's huge, in darkness, with no map and there are hidden areas, so no two descriptions of the place will be the same. And these photos don't even begin to capture it...

Go. See. This.

Visitors are holding hands, looking down at a mirrored floor that reflects them and the mirrored ceiling high above, all lit by millions of LEDs to the sides.
Streams of blue light beams follow visitors as they walk through a large dark room in cricles. Bright purple lights swirl along curved walls. To the right is a small hill and the lights wash along its "shore" as if the light is water.
Looking up at a mirrored ceiling that reflects a mirrored floor, lit by millions of LEDs in many hues of blue and purple. It looks like people are floating high above and even further away in a purple shaft that goes up forever.

tsturm, to random
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The criminal shitshow that is Boeing today: https://prospect.org/infrastructure/transportation/2024-03-28-suicide-mission-boeing/

tsturm, to random
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To celebrate Towel Day, here is a special treat for fans of Douglas Adams.

Around 1994 I had a chance to see Adams live when he gave a reading in Munich. It was a fun evening with him being in a great mood.

Now several years ago I found a recording of that evening which was in a sub-folder of a totally different audio book. This recording seems to be completely unknown online with zero search results...
(1/2)

tsturm,
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(2/2)
So here it is - I've uploaded it to the Internet Archive.

Enjoy Douglas Adams Live in Munich:

https://archive.org/details/douglas-adams-live-in-munich-03-last-chance-to-see-the-kakapos-on-new-zealand/Douglas+Adams+-+Live+in+Munich+-+01+-+Last+Chance+to+See+-+Meeting+the+Lemur.mp3

tsturm, to random
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After reading several articles about the Evergrande bankruptcy I can't decide if it is a big giant problem a'la Lehman or if this will be dealt with in Chinese government circles by faking the numbers.

tsturm, to random
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Just started watching House of Ninjas on Netflix and it’s unhinged and excellent at the same time. If you like Japan, ninjas and violent murder mysteries, this might be the center of your Venn diagram.

tsturm, to random
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Calm inside, fast outside.

GIF of the inside of a modern train carriage, the camera turns and shows the landscape flying past at very high speed.

tsturm, to random
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The Sky Over Osaka

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