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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I have never met anyone who has read Alastair Reynolds’ Revelation Space series. It’s one of my favourite sci-fi’s and I can’t even get someone I know to read it, everyone thinks it’s boring :)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

How come no one mentioned it yet?

Guys, check out this short film :)

[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago

This is amazing :)

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s what should have been expected though. Lots of people check it out during the hype, and later only those who actually found it useful/interesting/fun remain.

Most of the hype-launched services should have similar numbers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Likely? I feel like I’ve read several news stories confirming arms shipments from China here and there. Weren’t there?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I guess that depends on your definition of a flamethrower. To me, a flamethrower is primarily a weapon. And what you are describing is a roofing torch. Googling it now, I can’t seem to find anyone calling them “roofing flamethrowers”. Flame gun — sometimes — but never actually a flamethrower.

So the legality is probably an issue with not being specific enough with the tool/weapon differentiation. I don’t think actual flamethrowers should be legal.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (3 children)

We were doing stupid shit with regular propane torches as kids. Doesn’t mean those were flamethrowers tho.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (5 children)

That’s a stupid reason for banning people, but weren’t those just propane torches? You can buy one at any hardware store and tape it to a nerf gun to make a similar toy. While they do “throw flames”, I wouldn’t really call those flamethrowers, which usually utilize liquid fuel and are actually weapons.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Same. I’ve only ever seen this error after some time of inactivity, and reloading the page always helps.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oh right, didn’t consider some may remain sealed, that’s cool.

Out of weird drinks, I’m betting on kykeon, an LSD-like psychedelic drink made from ergot-infected barley :)

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Considering that it sank like 2000 years ago, would there be any detectable molecular traces left to figure out amphoras’ contents? Or would everything be destroyed by now?

 

Some more info and the reasoning behind design decisions.

Artemis’ quiver is a reworked Artemis’ kbin community icon, but while that icon had 7 arrows for good luck, this one has five — for future five stars in the App Store :)

Stellar siblings is called that because the stars on the background are taken from a region in the night sky that includes the Lyra constellation — one that is associated with Apollo, Artemis’ brother. Larger stars are from the constellation itself, while smaller ones are those visible around the constellation. All the stars are carefully placed using stellar maps, so what you see on the icon should pretty closely resemble what you’d see irl if you can find Lyra.
Icon with stellar map overlaid

And Artebierre is just fun imo :) The name is a nod to Alcubierre drive, the fastest sci-fi-ish FTL drive (to get "to the moon"). Not completely sure about the nebula shape yet, and whether it should have more or less contrast in general.
A previous version and one other icon

 

How does moissanite compare to diamond?

  • Very similar hardness (9.25+ vs 10), but lower value makes moissanite a bit less brittle, less prone to chipping and more durable overall
  • Higher refractive index (2.65–2.69 vs 2.42), which gives moissanite more brilliance and sparkle compared to diamonds
  • Lower Abbe number. It means that moissanite tends to disperse light into colors more than diamond, giving moissanite more fiery or rainbow colors
  • Usually lab-produced, so much more ethical in general, and much higher clarity on average
  • It’s waaay cheaper

So for anyone going for a diamond ring, I suggest trying moissanite instead. The only thing that diamond has going for it in this comparison is just decades-long PR. It’s not even a fun gem chemistry-wise, it’s just carbon. Moissanite, on the other hand, is SiC :)

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And I assure you, it definitely fits the community

 
 
 

Follow this link. It leads to a random page on Atlas Obscura — a website dedicated to collecting unusual places around the world. Tell us what you landed on and share a few thoughts about that subject. You can reroll a few times since not all the results might fit the theme of the community.

Also, I’m thinking this might make a fun weekly tradition to have an interesting discussion. What do you think about that?

 

The community is located on kbin. In case you don’t see any posts, no one from your instance has yet subscribed to the community. Subscribe and you’ll see new posts going forward. There are several threads there right now.

Links galore (hopefully at least one works):

!jewelrydesign | !jewelrydesign

!jewelrydesign | [email protected]

Full web link

/c/JewelryDesign

@JewelryDesign

Local lemmy.world link

Or just paste this into search: [email protected]

 
 

They're intended to provoke thought about the impact and enormity of past events and to serve as a powerful reminder

 

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