Interesting twist with a game I remember playing (physically) as a kid. Playing on a surface (non-rectangular) is warping my brain a bit, but I'm starting to get the hang of it.
I did notice the URL seems to be capturing the state of my board, but I can't figure out how that's done. Super fun though!
I'm using a library called react-router-dom, it gives you hooks useNavigate and useParams to write & read, respectively. Then there's some compression/stringifying of state, so you get to a hash that isn't insanely long.
I'm having trouble identifying the flare. The article says it's a bright flash in the lower left, I do see a small eruption in the bright spot towards the end of the loop, but it doesn't seem drastic. The article also says it happens at 1:09 p.m. EDT which I think is 17:09 UT (the loops time) and which seems to line up with the eruption.
I know that "small" eruption can probably fit several Earths, I just assumed it would be larger/brighter for some reason.
I don't think it's feasible for it to be much bigger. Otherwise, wouldn't change the trajectory of the sun? Or maybe change the mass of the sun significantly that it pushes us out of or orbit?
There is a large, very visible shining crack on the lower left. I assume it's the source of the flare.
I suspect it's not very easy to see a flare when it's directed right at you. I assume the video is from a telescope close to Earth, so it's not showing us the ejection from a side, which would make it more visible.
Super interesting, the same thing happened to me around 4am PDT, I have 2x ASUS ZenWiFi ET8 mesh routers. Every 10 minutes or so, we'd loose internet access for a minute, then it would come back.
I called Charter and they blamed the router, but I was a bit suspect since in January of 2022, we had another issue where the call center blamed our router and after a bit of testing was able to prove to them it wasn't our router. This was kind of interesting as well, they finally sent out a second service tech that had some sort of spectrum analyzer and he found our line it was being overwhelmed with noise. Turns out the drop from the pole wasn't shielded and a new T-Mobile 5G tower was bleeding into the line (acting like an antennae). The tech put a new wire up and it immediately solved the issue.
In both occasions, the help desk told us the signal coming to the router was fine though. This time a factory reset seemed to do the trick, but I seemed to have the latest firmware to start with so I'm not sure what's going on.
My old roommate does a free workout (Bethersize) in a local park twice a week and she has a ton of free video up on YouTube [1] and Instagram [2]. It looks like she's going to stop posting as much new content, but there's a ton of existing videos to follow along with that should stay up.
I love my TI-89. Now Wolfram Alpha makes some/most things easier, but I still have a sweet spot for my TI. I still have my physical calculator in my desk drawer, but I also have 2 emulators for my phone [1] and my computer [2]. I think both require you to extract the ROM from your physical calculator, but either way, it's worth it if you love your TI!
There were 3 cabins in the area that didn't burn down, the one wrapped in foil, a house built from concrete (a friend of mine, you can see his in the background of the second image on that site), and another that wasn't particularly special. Interesting that all 3 survived, perhaps the topology, fire direction, or other factor made that pocket more survivable.
My buddies house (concrete construction) should be the default in fire prone areas, the fact that we keep building wooden structures in fire zones doesn't seem logical.
Concrete does poorly in earthquakes compared to wood. I dont know which disaster is a bigger threat, but with wildfires you generally have enough time to evacuate.
I think properly reinforced concrete is an acceptable building structure for earthquake zones.
My real point is that buildings should be designed for the area they are in. So zones that have earthquake, flood, hurricane, fire, etc. risk should be designed against the risk they face. You do see that to some extent, but it's glaringly lacking a lot of places.
I was just thinking about this little device the other day but the name eluded me. What fanciful amalgam of search terms must one employ to locate such a thing via search engine? Stymying!
Good question, I haven't watched the Limiting Factor video posted above yet, but I did find this [1] on Ars Technica:
> For example, in a cylindrical battery, the cathode and anode are wound tightly around one another. In a conventional battery, a "tab" sticks out of each side of this roll—one connecting the coiled cathode sheet to one end of the cell, the other connecting the anode to the opposite end. Tesla says it has pioneered a new "tabless" internal structure that is not only less prone to overheating, but is also easier to manufacture. Eliminating the tabs means there's less need to start and stop the manufacturing process to make sure the tabs are properly positioned in each coil.
I did notice the URL seems to be capturing the state of my board, but I can't figure out how that's done. Super fun though!