#Counting Stuff

[thesmallestclown]

Counted them all. That's it. There is nothing else in this image.

[radioactive-boba]

Behold!!! He is here!!!! I further fucked up my sleep schedule to get photos in natural lighting to show all the pretty details. Im so happy its done, i love him sm!!!! He sucked the soul straight out of my mortal body!!!!!!

[save-the-leap-second]

We might not see leap seconds after 2035 🤯

This is the best article about the 2022 vote to abolish the leap second I've seen so far. Unlike the articles on pop-science magazines, it's clear it's written by a time nerd who knows what he's talking about and goes into the details and subtleties of the process.

First, the author, Randy Au, covers the difference between UTC, UT1, and TAI. I mentioned this in a previous post, but the summary is this:

The length of UT1 seconds comes from rotation of the earth.

The length of TAI seconds follows the SI definition.

UTC seconds are the same length as TAI seconds, but leap seconds are added.

Apparently, UTC was developed as a "compromise" between the other two systems.

The article then goes on to quote the actual wording of CGPM's Resolution 4, and it seems I was mistaken about the outcome being to abolish the leap second by 2035 "or later." In fact, the resolution says:

CGPM [...] decides that the maximum value for the difference (UT1-UTC) will be increased in, or before, 2035,

requests that the CIPM [...] propose a new maximum value for the difference (UT1-UTC) that will ensure the continuity of UTC for at least a century,

So actually, the plan is to replace (the current system of adding) leap seconds (i.e. adding one every time the difference UT1-UTC exceeds 0.9 seconds) in or before 2035, not after.

Randy Au then goes on to say that, even though CGPM hasn't decided yet what the difference will be increased to, people believe that the ultimate goal is to have UTC be based on the SI second while also, somehow, remaining continuous. This seems borderline paradoxical, and the solution may involve previously unseen temporal anomalies such as UTC seconds or longer periods of time running half as fast or following leap smears. This is a take I haven't heard before, but it may have been made obsolete by 2023's discussion on leap minutes.

Randy Au then goes on to talk about the 2023 ITU conference (which the article was written one year before), and has the pessimistic view that the ITU will likely affirm the CGPM's vote. He quotes the New York Times:

Felicitas Arias, the former director of the time department at the B.I.P.M. and now a visiting astronomer at the Paris Observatory, said that negotiations between the two organizations convinced her that the I.T.U. will support the Versailles vote.

Maybe three days after the first pandigital minute (June 27, 2034 at 6:59 PM) will be the last leap second in history.

[snuffysbox]

my Tav and Durge and their boyfriends

[milktrician]

(what the. who threw a wife plot device in the middle of a peak lord meeting)

i thought about this bit at the end of the airplane extras the other day. bro why are you looking at your coworkers like that rn

[lazylittledragon]

ok someone please correct me if i'm wrong but am i weird for thinking those 'audiobooks don't count as reading' posts are ableist as fuck????

[hometoursandotherstuff]

I gotta make this.

[t00thpasteface]

not done messing with their shapes yet actually

[remxedmoon]

i hit 1k followers recently!!!! yipee!!!!!!! thank you all!!! so in celebration here’s all of my completed isat doodle pages, from oldest to newest. go nuts with them!! and maybe don’t look at the first doodle page too closely. it’s Old.

(no greyscale version below for once! just some mushy ramblings. you don’t have to read them don’t worry)

hhhhhha?? so many people. where did you come from. how did you all find me.

ok but seriously, thank you all so much for all the support. i never really. expected to make it this far? like, ever?? i’ve mentioned it a few times on here, but i’ve been a lurker for the past… 2 years, i think? and even before that, i never gained much traction outside of a couple posts. so this has been. very new to me!! in a nice way!! it’s weird to feel like an actual member of a community!! that people know about!

the idea of finally coming back to social media was Daunting (i literally got stress hives writing my first post lol) and the warm reception really. meant a lot?? i don’t think i would’ve ever gotten the courage to come back if i hadn’t been encouraged to by the people over at the isat discord!!

the fact that people actually care about my art still doesn’t feel real?? seeing people take inspiration from my art is just. surreal. just. auagssh. thank you all so so much for everything, i really do appreciate it!!! i’m really glad to be in this community. sorry if this all sounds sappy and long winded i’ve just got a lot of emotions about this whole thing!!

(also as a bonus for reading all this or whatever. here’s a concept page for isatscryption! it felt a little out of place next to my normal canvases so i’m putting it down here! yipee! sorry my notes here are so disjointed auauau…)

[egophiliac]

just thinking about hair and faces

[cj-the-random-artist]

Here's a Cult of the Lamb comic that I scripted on a whim and then spent. Actual time on.

I hope y'all like this cuz it was fun to make and. I spent actual time on it lmfao

(Also for the "brought Narinder back" line. I started a new save and I swear between my two saves he's died three times. This guy. Goodness gracious.)

[onebizarrekai]

random userbase data time

(listed almost every/every game as one option in case you skipped out on some of the multiplayer ones)

please reblog after you vote for Maximum Data, even if you voted no! if you voted for one of the other options, tag your favorite game(s)!

I am just very interested in the presence of the zelda fanbase :>

please note that, for the sake of this poll, remakes count as one game. so like, if you've played the original ocarina of time and master quest and the 3ds version, that counts as one game.

[l3viat8an]

*points at ur pussy* are u gonna finish that? *tummy growls really loud*

[dricacchi]

jon in s1, s2 and s3

[possession1981-moving]

THE FIRST OMEN dir. Arkasha Stevenson, 2024

[collophora]

Do yourself a favor and go read the entire fanfic work of @fanfoolishness

(In order: Under sun and shade, Blind Side, and Breathless (patching up is one of my fav too, I just had no cool sketch idea for it)