Reply to: Monday Links from the Bench vol. CDLXXXIV

[Uncle Albert]

Be afraid

[NickFitz]

How can it be a black hole if it is not black......

It's black in the middle, but the glow of the accretion disk is between us and there

[BrilloPad]

that's just the way it is........................

At least it looks like a happy smiley face.

[BR14]

How can it be a black hole if it is not black......

that's just the way it is........................

[BrilloPad]

It's here! Focus on the First Event Horizon Telescope Results - The Astrophysical Journal Letters - IOPscience

How can it be a black hole if it is not black......

[NickFitz]

• The Decades-long Struggle to Draw a Realistic Black Hole - ”We’re probably going to get our very first actual picture of a black hole next week. Researchers with the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) have scheduled a press conference for the morning of April 10, and they’re expected to unveil an image of a supermassive black hole… We have a pretty good idea of what a black hole might look like. The reality, however, is that we don’t actually have any confirmation. As EHT member Katie Bouman puts it in a TEDx talk, there could be an elephant at the center of our galaxy for all we know.” Even the one in Interstellar was deliberately changed from the predictions of physics to make it look “better”.

It's here! Focus on the First Event Horizon Telescope Results - The Astrophysical Journal Letters - IOPscience

[NickFitz]

Can't wait for 29th July 2019.

BTW why does Monday links start at volume 2?

For the same reason Elizabeth I was just called Elizabeth at the time

Edited to add: Volume I

[BrilloPad]

Can't wait for 29th July 2019.

BTW why does Monday links start at volume 2?

[NickFitz]

For some reason I can imagine NF using them

Started on one of these at school:

[northernladuk]

For some reason I can imagine NF using them

[darmstadt]

Yes, I was wondering why they had an old Dutch shampoo wrapper on the wall in Washington

I now understand, the other laptop didn't show the images. Doh! Found some images:

[northernladuk]

•Animal Photo Art References Search - Sounds bland, but AFAIK this is the only search engine that allows you to find pictures of animals by skull orientation

Just had a play with this and it's a very cool idea. I didn't get many results and they all seemed to be reptiles whatever skull I chose but a lot of sites are blocked here so maybe it will work better at home. Still very cool if you are looking for something really specific.

Direction: (skull type dose not affect search results)

I think I'll point out some improvements and see if I can get a mention on his page as well

Maybe his next project could be the same for humans, including their posture, i.e. sitting standing, and also what they are wearing. Make it easy to find those pictures of insanely good looking people with neon white teeth for business websites.

[northernladuk]

Yes, I was wondering why they had an old Dutch shampoo wrapper on the wall in Washington

If there was it would make a good Monday link!

[NickFitz]

Looks like you were struggling with your console when quoting there...

Yes, I was wondering why they had an old Dutch shampoo wrapper on the wall in Washington

[northernladuk]

There is one of those on the wall outside my office in Washington along with a System 370 front panel and some other 360 and 370 stuff. In my office there is an IBM card punch which still works. At the IBM research lab in Böblingen they have a very interesting museum, sadly not open to the general public, but I can get in as I built one of the system there but they have a working 360 and a working replica Hollerith (I'll have to dig out the videós and photos I have sometime)

Looks like you were struggling with your console when quoting there...