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The same was probably said about photography, moving film, film with sound, computer graphics, etc.

The Roche Limit specifically applies to loose, gravitationally-bound bodies. Chemically bonded objects e.g. solid rock or a huge diamond could approach closer to the planet without…

Firefox now has some simple built-in PDF editing tools. Text and images can be added on top, but existing text can't be modified.

Some more info on asteroid occultations: https://britastro.org/2018/observing-asteroid-occultations-w...

What is this trend of the headline, sub-headline and first sentence being totally identical? It feels like I've been violated somehow, like a mild brainwashing. One less reason to …

The web version of Twitter/X is an example of this. Way too many modals

Win + Shift + S allows you to select a rectangular region and copy the image data to clipboard.

That could also help tech giants build even larger/more capable models cheaply. Ideally there would be a hard ceiling of LLM capability that even massive amounts of hardware couldn…

I often hear sound effects from the original Doom and Doom II games in TV and movies.

It would be interesting to see this concept extended into time-lapse video. The day/night segments of the video could shift to the right with the passage of time.

Maybe this is why Apple is focusing so much on health sensors. It's a bit of a stretch but it could be argued that Apple's fall detection and heart rate monitoring is required for …

Project Orion uses a pusher plate mounted on giant springs to spread out the force of each explosion. If the system is designed correctly it should result in constant acceleration.…

I believe it's supposed to be minimalist background music but it's a bit too minimalist

LASIK is known for causing night vision difficulties e.g. bright lights causing starburst patterns or halos. This can happen when the pupil widens to the point where light is enter…

Samsung 870 EVO drives were also known to fail early including my 2TB model. https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/samsung-870-evo-b...