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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That's about the size, where you put your eyes

That's about the size of it!

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

how can I calculate the distance at which the sun filled my entire field of view?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago (5 children)

Theta = 1/2 human fov

r = radius of sun

[–] [email protected] 5 points 8 months ago (2 children)

so simple (and not at all). Thanks.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 24 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Is flat earth still a thing? I haven’t been hearing as much about it lately but maybe people just stopped caring.

I do wonder how long a movement that can be easily disproven by literally anyone can sustain itself. I mean sure, the true believers will stay but if anyone can go out and confirm the roundness of the earth themselves it makes it a bit tough to keep people who are on the fence…

[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago

They moved on to qanon. That's not even a joke.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 8 months ago (2 children)

You haven't heard as much from them because they are being drowned out by MAGAs. Though, TBF, the overlap between flat earthers and MAGAs is pretty large.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago

All the hype was subsumed by people following cults that actually have an impact on our daily lives.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 8 months ago

I think the vast majority of promoters online were trolls, and the vast majority of followers were morons

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

Fun fact as a game dev I had to write this code a couple of times where I project the 3d stuff into 2d like that so when you tap with your finger or click I can do proper distance checks in 2d (what's closest to the finger?), even though it feels and acts 3d.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

Great, now I'm hungry for car : /

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Dude thought he was in orthographic view.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 8 months ago

I never remember which one is the burger eclipse and which the car eclipse

[–] [email protected] 127 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (4 children)

For those who don't know, Martian solar eclipses suck compared to ours. The near equal relative size of the sun and moon to Earth is why we get such awesome eclipses.

Perks of having a planet-sized object slam into your planet during its Hadean Eon.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 8 months ago

You can't fool me, those are just the cookie monster's eyes

[–] [email protected] 21 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Since our moon is moving away from us we’ll have these sorts of eclipses in the future. The fact that we’re living at a time when they’re the same apparent size is pretty amazing.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Imagine eclipses in the very early ages of life on land. It would be like Pitch Black.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 8 months ago (6 children)

Phobos is just not very aesthetically constructed.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Especially after we sent our space marines there to kill all those demons.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Only one will actually get the job done, though.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 8 months ago

Space potato.

[–] [email protected] 57 points 8 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 12 points 8 months ago (1 children)

What is that? A car for ants?

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (9 children)

OK but it’s pretty cool that the moon is just far enough and just the right size relative to Earth and the sun to give us all those rad eclipses.

EDIT: Also I tested and this burger is the same size as a Canadian one dollar coin.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 8 months ago

Because the moon is moving away very slowly there will be a last total solar eclipse at some point. We're lucky to have such good ones currently

[–] [email protected] 29 points 8 months ago (3 children)

I read somewhere that this phenomenon is so unlikely that if we ever need to represent our planet in an intergalactic context, the solar eclipse would be a good candidate for a symbol to put on a flag [citation needed]

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I’m down and anyone who isn’t hasn’t seen a total eclipse yet. I saw my first one last year and by the time it finally came up I was starting to be a little fed up of hearing about it and slightly skeptical about how big of a deal it was. Then the day came, it got dark in a way my senses were not ready for and finally Totality happened, I saw the diamond ring with my own eyes and I lost my marbles at how fucking deeply existential this moment felt. 10/10 would watch again

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago

Sorry, but a similar design is already taken by the planet where everyone's obsessed with The Ring

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