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A superconducting nanowire single-photon camera with 400,000 pixels - Nature by MrSpectroscopy in c/science@mander.xyz

[-] MrSpectroscopy@mander.xyz 1 points 10 months ago

Congrats! I however have only read the abstract and surmised it might be pretty cool. If only there were no paywall...

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Understanding the history of complex ice crystal habits deduced from a holographic imager (mander.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago by MrSpectroscopy@mander.xyz to c/earthscience@mander.xyz

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https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2022GL100247

South Florida sea surface temperature recorded at over 100°F by MrSpectroscopy in c/earthscience@mander.xyz

[-] MrSpectroscopy@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

Here is another article I found to have a good discussion of this story:

101°F in the Ocean Off Florida: Was It a World Record? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/26/climate/florida-100-degree-water.html?smid=nytcore-android-share

Queen guitarist and astrophysicist Brian May to release 3D atlas of asteroid by MrSpectroscopy in c/astronomy@mander.xyz

[-] MrSpectroscopy@mander.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

This guy is a rock star! I wanna go back to school for astrophysics! If only it paid the bills...

Analysis: Most research on PFAS harms is unpublicized by MrSpectroscopy in c/science@mander.xyz

[-] MrSpectroscopy@mander.xyz 3 points 1 year ago

Absolutely. Press releases will always overhype research to make it interesting to read. It is unfortunate those in the scientific community feel they need to do this. Many institutions pressure their researchers to submit these press releases so they can show off what they do to the public. As I type this, I realize how the institutions themselves feel they need these public summaries for their survival. Would taxpayers ever support research if they don't understand it??

Perhaps what is most needed is to drop the spin and hype while still informing the public about the scientific process and results!

A Logarithmic Map of the Entire Observable Universe by MrSpectroscopy in c/science@mander.xyz

[-] MrSpectroscopy@mander.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

I don't know why, but the big bang does not sit well with me. Not from any scientifically informed perspective, it doesn't seem right to have something that finite.

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What Does the Future Hold for this Instance? (mander.xyz)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by MrSpectroscopy@mander.xyz to c/mander@mander.xyz

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I just discovered mander today and am super excited by it. At numerous points in my musings on lemmy communities, I have returned to the question of sustainability. This is what brought me to mander: the thought that an instance can shut down at any moment, so I sought to diversify. Now I am encouraging some of my favorite subreddits to migrate here, and I was confronted with the same question of sustainability. It was phrased a bit more bluntly: " who pays for it and for how long?"

When the means dry up, what happens? Is the server transferred to another "owner"?

Are the costs low enough that it can be supported by existing resources (assuming user donations and a generous "owner")?

External funding: Wikipedia might be a good model to follow? Government funding? Surely some of us have written grants.

I really want to see something like this grow and prosper. However I also want to be sure it is worth the time for the contributors and that I have good answers to my favorite forums when presented with the above questions.

Onward!