Kichae

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[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yes, but it's not just brighter near the outer edges, it's whiter, thanks to the inclusion of more blue light, and that less ruddy colour does a lot to affect how we see the gradation from light to dark.

They are harder to find than they should be, but there are pictures of the Earth occulting hte sun out there, and you can see how the Earth's atmosphere is aglow with scattered sunlight. There's more light closer to where the sun is than where isn't. The Blue Ghost lander pictures of the eclipse are probably the most accessible right now:

The earth eclipsing the sun, as seen from the surface of the moon.

The bright ring around the Earth in ths image is sunlight streaming through the Earth's atmosphere. See how blue it looks? And how it gets brighter closer to the sun?

That's why.

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 39 points 5 months ago

You the People cannot be trusted to keep fascism at bay.

Of course they can't. The founding mythology? The military fluffing? The pervasive propaganda over American exceptionalism?

It's a fascist country. It just doesn't always have a totalitarian government.

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 30 points 5 months ago (3 children)

It's probably not cheaper than just shooting orphans for sport.

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 3 points 5 months ago

Totally. Sobeys also hasn't thrown up any plexiglass mazes, at least around here. That was the last time I ever stepped foot in a Lowblaws.

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 10 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Fuck Loblaws, but don't expect Sobeys to be better at properly labeling Canadian products. The number of Canadian made products, by Canadian owned businesses that don't have the little maple leaf tag next to them is very questionable in its own right. American brands selling the same product types have been getting the label, though, which is highly suspect.

Just assume those little stickers have been paid for at any big chain.

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago (3 children)

For the same reason the moon is red and not black: The earth's atmosphere is scattering and bending sunlight. Red light scatters the least, and ends up with the smoothest distribution once it's past by the planet, while bluer light scatters more frequently, and will be more effectively blocked.

Not that "more effectively" is not the same as "totally". This leaves the outer regions of the umbra receiving more light -- and less reddened light -- than the centre of the umbra.

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 12 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah! We should all be handing out swords in these uncertain times!

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 22 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I wouldn't trust their Canadian labeling. I've already personally seen irregularities, and this is an industry where distributors pay for priority placement and treatment.

Check the packaging specifically for a 'Made in Canada' claim.

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 11 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Most employers don't truly care about productivity or output. They just care about getting to control other people.

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 48 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I mean, none of these people ever question Tesla's valuation in the first place. Why is the stock losing all of this value?

Maybe it's because Tesla sells a tiny number of units, cannot turn a profit without government subsidies, and produces by most accounts a really meh fleet of vehicles. There was no sane reason for it to be valued equally to the rest of the auto industry combined.

Even at half that value today, the number is beyond unjustifiable.

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 months ago

It can never be at a reasonable hour, or on a Friday night, can it?

[–] Kichae@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

My understanding, though, as a Canadian, is that refusing to sell Jack Daniel's is over-stepping, and that they have the unalienable right to be on whatever privately owned shelves and sold in whatever privately owned facilities they wish, regardless of threats made to autonomy or safety.

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