#actualized latitude

[actualizedlatitude]

🍂 angel bonnets 🍂 mycena arcangeliana 🍂

#musroom #mushrooms #white mushrooms #mushroomcore #fungi #wild fungi #fungicore #fungiphotography #dirtcore #plants #plantcore #nature #naturecore #naturephotography #photography #photographers on tumblr #original content #original photography #mine #actualized latitude #brown aesthetic #white aesthetic

[visual-calc]

Say, does quantum physics correlate with time traveling journey? Time traveling machine quite tempting to be made..

VISUAL CALCULUS [Heroic: Success] — Quantum physics actually has very little to do with our understanding of time, or the possibility of time travel. Most of the relevant theory falls under the theory of relativity, with a little bit of thermodynamics sprinkled in.

At its most basic level, relativity states that our reality exists in four dimensions: the three spatial dimensions we usually think of, and time, which is why we sometimes refer to it as "spacetime". Time is connected to the other three dimensions in a special way: the faster you move through space, the slower you move through time. Similarly, the closer you are to very massive object, such as a black hole or Elysium's core, the slower time passes for you.

This means that it is almost trivially easy to travel forward in time— just steal an aerostatic and fly very, very fast, or take a vacation at the bottom of the ocean. Either of these will cause you to experience less time than a friend who stays stationary or at sea level, so upon your return you will have effectively traveled to the future— by a few billionths of a second. A difference in elevation of a few thousand feet is not enough to create a significant difference in time, nor are there any means of transportation able to reach the necessary speeds to make this a practical means of time travel. But traveling forward is at least theoretically possible.

However, based on your prior interaction with Savoir Faire and Interfacing, I suspect that you are interested in traveling backwards, and I am afraid I need to be the bearer of bad news: it is simply impossible. The arrow of time only points forward. This is a law higher than you, or me, or Authority, or any of us. There is nothing we can do to reverse it, in any normal reality.

Physically, this is intrinsically linked to the idea of entropy, a measure of disorder. Entropy can never decrease— any process that is possible can only increase disorder, never decrease it. Reversing the flow of time and traveling backwards through it would allow you to increase order. For example, if you broke a glass, then traveled back to a time where the glass was whole again, you would be returning it to its ordered state, making backwards time travel impossible just from a physics standpoint. That doesn't even scratch the surface of the possible paradoxes of causality such travel would cause.

However. Not all of Elysium is part of our normal sense of reality. Entropy and entroponetic share the same root, after all— the Pale is entropy incarnate, disorder made manifest. Deep enough in the Pale, this disorder is great enough that our usual notions of time and space have no meaning. Reality ceases to have dimensions at all and the laws of physics break down.

The only way we can travel through the Pale at all is using Pale latitude compressors— devices that allow us to force the Pale into having dimensions again, taking on the shape of our familiar four-dimensional spacetime. No one has ever tried forcing the pale into being anything else. It's easy to see why— for transport of human beings, you want to make sure that they stay cocooned in a reality they can safely exist in. But, I do confess to having wondered whether it might be possible to use a Pale latitude compressor to impose a different type of reality on the Pale. If we're imposing dimensions anyway, perhaps it's possible to pick how they relate to each other such that traveling backwards in time is possible?

Please do note that I do not recommend that you try this, Turtle. Harry's brief encounter with the latitude compressor in Martinaise has more than convinced me that they are not to be trifled with. Additionally, there's no telling whether a set of dimensions that would allow time travel would also allow you to exist, or whether such a set would even exist at all. Most of us have come to like you quite a lot— I would hate to see you perish as a result of an entroponetic accident because you tried to time travel.

#skillsposting #ooc tags: #more high effort viscalcposting! #most of this is accurate up until the Pale stuff #there are a few conflicting theories about the nature of the arrow of time but the consensus is pretty firm that it only points forward #and most of the theories reduce to the second law of thermodynamics somehow #like I said on the falling turtle post: doing physics on elysium is a fucking Time #because the Pale is constantly just lurking in the background as an exception to any law of physics you might want to come up with #what do you MEAN there's no dimensions. that doesn't make any goddamn sense. #imagine my face when I realized pale latitude compressors might be able to allow faster than light travel #(by the same means as I described in the second to last paragraph- you might be able to pick dimensions where it's possible) #IDK if that actually works- I hate relativity and want to think about it as little as possible #<- I say as if my research isn't on something that's a direct consequence of general relativity. I am an unrepentant hypocrite.

[sysig]

It's always something lol

Last year it was the charger, this year the hinge on my laptop broke

#This poor old thing #And when I had just ordered a new charger! #Might have to go looking for another Latitude just to make it worth it lol #I've been meaning to look for laptop repair places for a while but now it's actually fragile :/ #It won't close correctly 'cause the hinge misaligns #And of course there's wires and cables snuck into the hinge so I can't move it too much #Well I'll see how it does! #Hopefully nothing cataclysmic will happen #I'll let y'all know

[amorremanet]

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Happy Monday, this Barbie is seething in her corner because her fellow westerners insist on being ignorant jackasses about going “wAaAaAH, BuUuUuUuT iT’S iIiIiIiNcEsT!!!!1” with regard to Chengxian/Xiancheng, a ship that:

1. literally is not, by any definition, incest;

2. hugely affects the plot of its story in several ways that are directly related to it NOT being incest;

and 3. has several explanations about why it IS *NOT* incest out there, across multiple platforms, written by fans who actually know Chinese, don’t have to engage with the text exclusively in translation, and have a much stronger understanding of the cultural normas and nuances at play in this relationship than us westerners, who can read and learn and try to do better about checking ourselves while engaging with CN texts, but will likely always be, to some extent, projecting western ideas onto them

but………y’know, sure, whatever. If it makes you happy to completely flatten a deeply complex and nuanced relationship into “everything about them is Normal Sibling Behavior and that’s literally all it will ever be,” despite both CN fans explaining why that’s wrong and the text itself offering multiple examples to the contrary, then hey, be my guest (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

#opinions for ts #wank for ts #venting for ts #disclaimer: i fully endorse blocking anyone you want to block; i'm just venting abt people in mdzs/cql fandom doing so for reasons that are #at BEST based in serious cultural ignorance & projecting western ideas/definitions onto chinese media & seriously the puritanical #pearl-clutching of it all? mn. FAR too much. BUT WITH THAT BEING SAID: #mine: text #fandom shenanigans #mdzs #chengxian #imagine saying with your whole chest that you block people who 'tag [your] posts featuring siblings as incest ships' #about a relationship that would genuinely be more socially acceptable in its own context if it WERE incest #because if it WERE incest then they would have 1.000% more of an excuse to be as obsessed with each other as they are #imagine calling yourself a jiang cheng stan & not understanding that: 1. he is genuinely obsessed with wwx to a degree that FAR EXCEEDS wha #is generally considered 'typical' or 'normal' for actual brothers (be they biological adopted sworn or martial); 2. jc gives wwx WAY more #latitude than actual blood family would get if they were doing even a fraction of what wwx does during his yllz arc; 3. jiang cheng's life #would be SIGNIFICANTLY FUCKING EASIER on *SEVERAL* counts if wwx were actually his brother—something jc COULD HAVE MADE HAPPEN with a sworn #brother ceremony but he just?? didn't?? felt it wasn't necessary maybe?? possibly internalized some of yzy's abuser logic about how wwx was #always showing him up & a Threat to him?? A LOT OF REASONS PROBABLY; MY MAN IS COMPLICATED—but doing said ceremony would've made jc's life #SO much easier bc he would've had an actual socially acceptable reason to treat wwx the way he does (& not to sound like enoby dark'ness #dementia raven way but: a/n—if u think either of them treats the other like Normal Brothers GET DA HELL OUTTA HERE. literally they only act #like Normal Siblings if your standards are the so-called 'erotic codependence' of Sam & Dean Winchester or literal canonical sibling-fucker #Cersei & Jaime Lannister………but lol ok sure jc's behavior toward wwx is TOTALLY just LiTtLe BrOtHeR SyNdRoMe!!!1); & 4. within the context o #the narrative? lmao 'normal' brothers do not sacrifice themselves for each other like jc does for wwx (& vice versa). 'normal' brothers in #mdzs spend 10+ years plotting an elaborate baroque revenge scheme to completely ruin a sworn brother's life bc he killed the bio-bro & also #stole nmj's filial vengeance kill by saving nmj from wen ruohan. 'normal' brothers judge each other's choices in precious meow-meows like #'i don't mind you being gay but does it have to be THIS guy?' 'normal' brothers send their bros to qiongxi pass knowing that Some Absolute #Fuckshit will likely ensue. like?? nowhere in the text of the novel do ANY of the 'normal' brother pairs behave ANYTHING like chengxian #i've said it elsewhere but nhs looks at chengxian like 'damn that's intense. can't relate. glad it's not me.' grigor mothman (he who gave u #cersei & jaime—literal twins!—fucking in a church next to their dead teenage son's corpse while she's menstruating) looks at xcx & goes

[thatswhatsushesaid]

i'm assuming the anons in this fandom who are super concerned about the welfare of fictional sex workers are similarly concerned about the bodily autonomy of the fierce corpse women who, after being used as tools to gruesomely kill other people, drape themselves across wei wuxian with a questionable degree of self-awareness while they do it

please direct me to this engaging discourse, would love to read it.

#no way i'm putting this in the main tags #but just in case some total moron stalking my blog sees this #the point is not that wwx is secretly the villain actually #so miss me with that stupid take #the point is the degree to which you are transforming jgy from an antagonist of circumstance #into a 2-dimensional villain whose morality is just so terrible and evil actually #is stupid and directly contradicted by the text #this?? what wwx does to this woman?? is objectively not okay #makes for a compelling way to kill a dude and i'm not about to stop enjoying wwx as a character because of it #but why are you giving him a free pass for stuff like this #for how he chose to kill wang lingjiao #for feeding wen chao's fingers to a child he turned into a fierce corpse #if you aren't going to revoke wwx's good boy protagonist privileges over /gestures @ all of this #then you should extend a similar degree of narrative latitude to jgy #and if you find yourself unable to do that #you should probably try to unpack why that is

[myjetpackisonfire]

#Maine #the way life should be #winter #it do be that way #funny #Why dont I live somewhere warmer #There are so many other latitudes to choose from #ive actually had this happen to me #tiktok

[strapinandstraponyourstrapons]

i'm in a weird funk where i feel like i've fallen behind on everything, and not just shit i'm actually supposed to do but like, all the content that i care about too? i've been sucked into one project which is good fun but it's making me weirdly depressed realising i'm behind on things i normally check every day and series updates i care about, but also i don't feel ready to plunge back into those things yet because i only want to do This Thing. anyway, my phases usually only last a week or two so it'll pass but it's annoying

#just ranting dw #i figured if anyone will understand the epic highs and lows of dumb hyperfixations #it's the people i meet on this hellsite #i'm taking detailed notes on teen wolf even though multiple fan wikis exist #if anyone was wondering #did you know the longitude and latitude coordinates of the hale house that stiles gets in s1e12 are actually in antarctica

[lazarish]

Lyra: “Stars… change, based on the seasons. Their position in the sky. It’s not coordinates, it’s date, time...”

Lyra: [laughs] “The middle of summer… right now. The summer triangle is directly overhead for… whatever that latitude was. All I had to do was find that latitude and follow it…”

#ts4 #ts4 storytelling #berry sweet sims #sims story #laby #laby gen3 #the Actual Stars Thing here is that at a certain latitude in the summer the summer triangle is directly overhead #idk i got it from wikipedia cut me some slack

[actualizedlatitude]

cosmos

#cosmos #cosmos flower #flowers #flower photography #flowercore #white flowers #pink and white #nature #naturecore #nature photography #cottagecore #flowering plants #plants #photography #photographers on tumblr #original photography on tumblr #original content #mine #actualized latitude

[tendersky]

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#actually autistic #actuallyautistic #autistic #latitude&039;s library #nonfiction

[an-organized-confusion]

Okay. I never really sat down to confirm what area the iZ!AU takes place - other than the fact it’s a city with a large seaport/wharf. So like, I’m wondering between:

Los Angeles or Oakland - Because I’m way more familiar with California/WC Things and it’s closer to Writing What I Know (Long Beach is a little too close to Anaheim/Orange, where the Begotten!AU takes place... ‘cause Disneyland and that Ro is kind of obsessed with Didney.)

Miami - ‘cause Florida (but I don’t think we would have a response in Florida like Seattle in the iZombie TV Show. Also. I’m not as savvy abt Floridian culture stuffs. Furthest east I’ve been was like the Midwest.)

Seattle? ?? (’cause TV Show... tbh, leaning towards this.)

New York/Jersey?? ?

Some fictionalized expy/mash-up of the above?

Gotta love world-building shit. :,D

#sanders sides #roman sanders #(i know FL gots disneyWORLD... but FL only has namby-pamby mountain ranges innit... the begotten!AU needed MOUNTAINS like the Santa Anas) #(hmmm... well i did say the city has p cold winters... so i think the latitude could be higher than FL tbh) #(*emulates pooh sayin' ''think. think. think.''*) #(tho i may go for seattle as a nod to the show) #(maybe) #(... seattle or oakland is sounding particularly compelling to me rn actually)

[note-a-bear]

Zaslav is currently taking a closer look at Demimonde, a series whose estimated budget is over $200 million and has been in pre-production for four years, but leadership at Warners has also expressed frustration with Bad Robot’s inability to get going with any of the series based on D.C. Comics properties they’ve laid claim to.

While production is underway for the HBO Max/Cartoon Network animated series Batman: Caped Crusader, which Abrams is producing with The Batman director Matt Reeves, other DCEU properties remain in limbo. According to Deadline:

“Sources say the DC Comics properties have also come under the spotlight. Sources suggest there is some frustration within the halls of Warner Bros. Discovery that Abrams has laid claim to a number of DC characters but has yet to get anything on the air. Sources note Warners has seen scripts for ‘Constantine’ and the pilot of ‘Madame X.’”(source)

Im sobbing.

The rule of JJ might finally be getting narrowed

#look i actually like abrams' original works #but hes been very open about climbing the genre ladder and latching onto various franchises as a way to get to another #and i think the resulting mess and hostility hes shown to some of those franchises has been undeniable #the reason cameron tends to get away with this is he usually uses his own money or that of very specific and committed investors #you cant spend a decade talking shit about a tentpole franchise and then expect to be given endless latitude by your boss

[mostbrilliantidiot]

Some highlights from me playing RDR2 on my dad's PlayStation. (We wanted to see how fast I would fail with unfamiliar controls)

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"Your Arthur can't run for shit"

"my gun does my running for me"

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"No throwing--why do you not have throwing knives??"

"aw, are you missing your favorite?"

"Well sometimes I'd like to kill someone without alerting all the enemies on the freaking map!"

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"the moustache is going. I'm the one playing. It's going."

* pained and mournful noise *

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"what the hell are you riding, a morgan?"

"it has four hooves and takes me places. That's the extent of my knowledge"

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"oh god your camp is in a sorry state"

"well if I wanted responsibility I wouldn't be gaming"

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"well I don't know which button is 'dive for cover' so I guess berserker it is!"

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"I thought the mission said to kill them silently?"

"a knife is silent. Those gurgles don't carry far"

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"shitshitshitshitshitshit--"

"how are you not dead yet?"

"I do not know!"

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In total it took me two hours to kill Arthur (fist fight with a bunch of O'Driscolls) and until that point I :

* got dad a nice shiny new Springfield Rifle to replace his starter weapon.

* got a nice new shotgun for him.

* took his funds from $28.54 to $400.39

* cleared three missions successfully.

* improved his honor.

* improved his health/stamina.

* got the throwing knives and tomahawks.

* got him a better horse.

* topped up the camp supplies so people weren't starving anymore.

* did some camp chores that had been neglected.

#rdr2 #i have NO IDEA how i lasted that long without dying #dad likes playing rdr1 and doesn't actually care for rdr2 so thats why i was allowed to do what i pleased to his save file #i would Not have had that latitude with his rdr1 playthrough #and our playstyles really reflect who we have spent our time playing as tbh

[mechahero]

@5mind asked- There is a fruitcake in Lambda's mail. It's squashed up and bordering on going stale but there was at least an attempt in making the box it was in presentable. Carefully wedged between the side of the box and the cake was a piece of cardstock with a carefully caligraphed 'Season's Greetings" on one side. On the other side of the card was a simple message of "Sorry. Short notice. - 5" followed by a set of coordinates.

Is that-? It is! It's an actual fruitcake! He thought these things were a long running joke around the holiday season, he didn't think they were real!

And it's... kind of all over the inside of his mailbox. Ew.

No matter. Said mythical atrocity to taste buds the world over was currently tucked underneath his arm as he's reading the card. Or more like squinting at it the numbers printed on the card.

“The hell is this?”, is the baffled sounding question a second later.

#//oh green... its a nice gesture #//however you gave coordinates to a guy who never actually learned them hnjfnhdgjmdg #//that's if its latitude and longitude coordinates #//if it's just 'hey we're over here' plainly written instructions then nvm bfhndfjdhngjm #//if I need to fix that detail let me know! #he’s a killer queen… {ic} #what is it now? {asks} #5mind

[endlessgalore]

i need to give this map of mine the mercator treatment

#realized that actually latitude + longitude should not be so perfectly distributed . bc i put each one at like 1/6 canvas down from the last #also i think i should just move the continents closer to the equator and make the poles larger maybe? #i really think i might need to make up more countries. to make it feel more real #bc it's kind of crazy that most of these countries span a whole thirty degrees north or south. #even the united states doesn't do that. #BUT that would require coming up w even more cultures. which im sure i can do bc it's fun but it takes time. and it is finals season #talkin

[prokopetz]

Okay, so: in early drafts of Jules Verne's 1870 novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Captain Nemo is a Polish guy bent on revenge against the Russian Empire for the murder of his family in the January Uprising. Verne's editor objected on the grounds that Russia was a French ally at the time of the book's writing, and in the actual, published version of the story, Nemo's national origin and precisely which empire he's pissed off at are left unspecified.

Later, in the 1875 quasi-sequel The Mysterious Island, Nemo is retconned as an Indian noble out for revenge against the British for the murder of his family in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 – basically the same as the original plan, simply substituting a different uprising and a different empire. Verne's editor raised no objections this time around, because fuck the British, right? Though Twenty Thousand Leagues and The Mysterious Island aren't 100% compatible in their respective timelines, this version of Nemo has customarily been back-ported into adaptations of Twenty Thousand Leagues ever since.

Now here's the funny part: perhaps as a jab at his editor, Verne made a specific plot point in Twenty Thousand Leagues of Professor Aronnax repeatedly trying and failing to figure out where the fuck Nemo is from. At one point his attempt to pin down Nemo's accent is frustrated by Nemo's vast multilingualism. At another point, he tries and fails to trick Nemo by quizzing him about latitude and longitude.

(To contextualise that last bit, at the time the book was written, there was no international agreement on which line of longitude should be zero degrees, and many nations had their own prime meridians; Aronnax hoped to identify Nemo's national origin by calculating which meridian he was giving his longitudes relative to. Nemo, however, immediately spots the ploy, and announces that he'll use the Paris meridian in deference to the fact that Aronnax is a Frenchman.)

The upshot is that at no point in the course of any of this Sherlock Holmes bullshit does Aronnax ever bring up the colour of Nemo's skin as a potential clue. In light of the book's publication history, this is almost certainly simply because Verne hadn't decided that Nemo was Indian yet. However, taking into account The Mysterious Island's retcon, it retroactively makes Aronnax the least racist Frenchman ever.

#media #literature #twenty thousand leagues under the seas #captain nemo #jules verne #writing #history #metatextual wankery #violence mention #death mention #racism mention #swearing #twenty thousand leagues under the sea spoilers #the mysterious island spoilers #spoilers