When I said “ray” I just meant an imaginary line that could be drawn to extend in a given direction, not a literal particle escaping. It was mostly to think of a way you might conceptualize an orientation of an object that may not have any dimension. As in, if the matter just outside a singularity rotates, perhaps you could consider it to rotate? But I’m not sure that would be accurate to say anyway. My grasp of the physics of black holes is obviously pretty loose. :)

Thanks for taking the time to explain!

Technically couldn’t a ray emanating from a singularity rotate? Like, the point could have a sort of orientation without having any real measure?

Not saying that’s the case here, but I think it could happen.

I have tried something like that before and absolutely hated it. But for your sake, I hope it catches on.

All through grad school, my running joke was that “Teen Talk” Barbie did nothing wrong. Math class IS tough. 😭

Depends how many holes you have in your socks. :)

Or whether your coffee cup has a handle.

Aptly named!

That’s encouraging. Hopefully they’ll give it up. It’s ridiculous that anyone pursued this in the first place.

It is also great to take makeup off or products that build up (like sunscreen).

I’ve seen hairspray used on a clear filter to create a similar bloom effect!

Only if it contains no complex entries.

To be fair, I’ve written plenty of useful code as a hobbyist with the help of Chat GPT. Not good for writing anything factual or creative, but it’s a decent assistant at my level.

That was how all image macros looked in back my day, and we liked it!

Thank you so much! Not sure how I missed that. Most of the time I bookmark things on mobile so I can read them later in browser, so this helps me a lot.

Do you also happen to know if there’s a way to see our bookmarked threads? I can see them on the Liftoff app pretty easily, but in the browser version of the site, I have no idea where they are.

There are nowhere near enough demotivational posters being dug up from back in the day.

I did find that the fake article titles were often too “on the nose” to be believable, so I guess that’s one level of filtering. But you are right, if you can’t explore the article and its sources, you are just guessing whether it is true based on whether it sounds or feels true.

I have another issue with the fact that a headline can be a “real” news headline, from a source that may have a veneer of reputability, but could still very much be full of bias. Is it “fake news” if the article exists and technically contains some verifiable facts, but is otherwise full of propaganda? It gets blurry.

https://yourmist.streamlit.app/

This is the direct link to the MIST itself, if you want to take it without going through the article/account process.

Yes! This stuff certainly raises a ton of questions. I know some, maybe all, of it is probably random “noise” but I’ve always wondered if peripheral states of consciousness let us perceive things that are "real’ (somewhere out there). That’s the great mystery I want to see unraveled in my lifetime.

I think you are making the right call. I frankly hadn’t even thought of all of the potential legal difficulties that small instances might get dragged into, but you make a good point. I simply don’t trust Meta not to trample thoughtlessly over everyone else in the fediverse.

Thanks once again for explaining your reasoning and keeping the discussion open.