JCSpark

Nailed it. I'm curious to see how that turns out. I love the idea that a user, community, or entire instance can be blocked to keep a higher standard of discussion.

I mean, if those points could buy marshmallows or something, that's worth gloating. Otherwise, it's an odd pursuit and use of time. I suppose it could be a form of primal resource hoarding, in a way.

Make sure you share those links then! Lots of folks still don't know this exists, so try to help them through the process just like you did. Send them the links, and let them know it's not as confusing as it's made out to be.

My understanding is that the fake internet points were once a motivator, but with enough karma, an account could be auctioned off and used to post bot content while ranking high in the Reddit algorithms.

I think that once people see Lemmy as a means to have genuine conversations, that's what's going to stick. Heck, this is the most active I've even been across any platform. I've fired up a few communities and I'm engaging after almost 15 years lurking.

It's a small enough community that I feel I'm making an impact. That's why I'm sticking around and ditching my Reddit account.

So far, I've found conversation here to be rather civil. I imagine it's due to good moderation, a small user base, and no bots. Enjoy the peace and quiet for the time being, but be sure to report any of that stuff to the mods.

https://www.ndtv.com/science/scientists-find-filament-like-structures-100-times-bigger-than-milky-way-cousins-3544168

Scientists have discovered enormous filaments in galaxies other than our Milky Way. So far, these mysterious structures have only been spotted in the heart of our own galaxy. They were captured last year by the ultra-sensitive MeerKAT radio telescope in South Africa. The images showed nearly 1,000 strands of magnetic filaments, measuring up to 150 light-years in length, in surprisingly neat and regular arrangements. But now, after the latest discovery, scientists have understood that they are no longer unique to the Milky Way. These filaments were first discovered in the 1980s by astrophysicist Farhad Yusuf-Zadeh of Northwestern University in the US. Since then, these strand-like structures have captured the attention of scientists across the globe.

"After studying filaments in our own galactic centre for all these years, I was extremely excited to see these tremendously beautiful structures. Because we found these filaments elsewhere in the universe, it hints that something universal is happening," Mr Yusuf-Zadeh was quoted as saying by Science Alert.

The newly-discovered filaments are far larger than the structures seen in the Milky Way - between 100 to 1,000 times larger.

"What's remarkable is that their electrons stay together on such a long scale. If an electron traveled at the speed of light along the filament's length, it would take it 700,000 years. And they don't travel at the speed of light," said Mr Yusuf-Zadeh.

The study about the new discovery has been published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters. It said the despite the differences, they are analogous to each other as might be anticipated based on their similar morphologies.

In both cases, the filaments are in rough pressure equilibrium with their surroundings but are more strongly magnetised, consistent with scenarios in which they are formed by dynamical processes at work in their surroundings, it added.

No worries! It's a bit to get used to, but even after a few days, I'm finding it much easier.

Here's a great article I found with a reverse image search

https://www.ndtv.com/science/scientists-find-filament-like-structures-100-times-bigger-than-milky-way-cousins-3544168

Yep! Those orange dots are levels in the game. It gets pretty tough

Very simar to measure twice, cut once. Unless you have a biscuit joiner, that is...

Relevant

"govern yourself accordingly" would likely have been on there, I imagine