Author: Randy

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10,000 Galaxies Were Hiding in a Patch of ‘Nothing’

I’m new to “Astro Kirsten”. *Subscribed*

Anyway, this is an old story told in a new video, but the story is worth retelling.

In 1995, a scientist gambled ten days of the world’s most in-demand telescope on a patch of sky that looked completely empty. What came back changed astronomy forever.

This is the story of the Hubble Deep Field — one of the most important images ever taken, and the astronomers who bet everything to get it. We cover the Director’s Discretionary Time gamble, the colleague who tried to talk him out of it, and how that single image led to the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, the Extreme Deep Field, and eventually Webb’s First Deep Field — each one staring longer and deeper into the universe’s past.

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I love this guy! I love his mission, and his message.

From AI Copium: NVIDIA reportedly just invested $5 billion into Ilya Sutskever’s secret AI company, Safe Superintelligence (SSI), after receiving rare access to its research.

So… what did they see?

In this video, we break down everything we know about SSI, Ilya’s recent interview with Dwarkesh Patel, the clues he gave about the future of AI, and why this could be one of the biggest AI stories of the year.

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Happy New Guitar Day

Holy shit, this is amazing. I wanted a US made strat, just because, and Guitar Center had this one for sale used. This is from Fender,

The Fender® American Vintage II series presents a remarkably accurate take on the revolutionary designs that altered the course of musical history. Built with period-accurate bodies, necks and hardware, premium finishes and meticulously voiced, year-specific pickups, each instrument captures the essence of authentic Fender craftsmanship and tone.

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Full review of China’s first-ever controlled rocket recovery mission

First, I want to say, “Well done”. I hear some serious whining about how China only steals tech from America, blah blah blah….

Are the same people acknowledging the fact that Blue Origin is more of a copy than this latest accomplishment? Elon is all about moving humanity forward, and reusability is a big part of his vision. He has said publicly that he is impressed by their progress. I say “well done” to any launch provider that can re-use a booster, and even more so, a second stage.