#Spectral Analysis

[gauricmi]

Advantages of Raman Spectroscopy for Nanomaterial Characterization

Raman Spectroscopy is a powerful analytical technique that offers numerous advantages for the characterization of nanomaterials. Its ability to provide detailed structural and chemical information at the nanoscale makes it invaluable for studying the properties and behaviors of nanomaterials in various applications.

High Sensitivity and Specificity: Raman Spectroscopy exhibits high sensitivity and specificity in detecting and identifying nanomaterials. It can distinguish between different types of nanomaterials based on their unique vibrational spectra, even in complex mixtures or matrices.

Non-Destructive Analysis: One of the key advantages of Raman Spectroscopy for nanomaterial characterization is its non-destructive nature. Unlike some characterization techniques that require sample preparation or alteration, Raman Spectroscopy allows for direct analysis of nanomaterials without damaging or altering their properties.

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[todays-xkcd]

NASA prefers to say that their rovers are 'looking for signs of past life on Mars' and not 'ghost hunting.'

Exoplanet Spectral Analysis [Explained]

Transcript Under the Cut

[Cueball pointing a stick at a diagram of an exoplanet with two ghosts drawn around it, and an arrow going from each ghost to the explanet.]

Cueball: When the planet passed in front of its host star, some of the light was basorbed by ghosts, indicating that the planet is likely haunted.

Caption: Exoplanet Spectral Analysis

[mysticonsheadcanons]

One Issue I Would Have if the Series Continued

I would love to have another season of Mysticons. It's a great show with amazing characters and so much potential for other storylines, and I wish it became a very popular show with many seasons, similar to Winx Club. However, there is one problem; the final villain was too great of a threat.

The Spectral Hand was a huge villain in the show. It's an ancient evil that could make people vanish just by wrapping them with its tentacles, could attack a wide area and needed a special weapon to destroy. Because of this, the Spectral Hand is a great villain.

This is why it would cause a problem. The show, like many shows, increase how threatening the villains are. For example, Dreadbane was the first main villain, and he wasn't that threatening when compared to Necrafa. And while you could argue that Proxima isn't as strong as Necrafa, the fact that Proxima had a connection to the Mysticons, took over an important organization (the Astromancers), and made the Vexicons made her a strong enough threat. Because of this, if the series continued, we would have to find a stronger villain than the Spectral Hand, which would be challenging.

There are some villains that could take over, but it would be hard to figure out how they're justified. Tazma is strong, but she'd need to be given more powers to be above the Spectral Hand. And while there is the Spectral Hand's creator, considering the Spectral Hand destroyed her, it's hard to say that she would be a larger threat.

However, this only applies if you see the Spectral Hand as a true villain, and not something summoned by the main villain (the Vexicons). As the Spectral Hand has no personality or speaking lines, it's possible that people see it more of an entity than a character. Also, the Spectral Hand only lasted for one episode. Because of this, it's possible that it does not count as a villain, so the next villain in the show would only have to be stronger than the Vexicons.

In short, given how powerful the Spectral Hand is, it would be hard to have a stronger villain than it for the series to continue. However, for those who do not consider the Spectral Hand as a villain itself, as it's not much of a character, it's not an issue.

[lord-squiggletits]

I know there are as many religious good guys as there are religious bad guys in IDW, but I think I pinned down the reason why it feels like the most prominent religious figures are all bad guys and it's pretty much due to the worldbuilding.

Maybe my memory of the comics is just really bad, but the religious worldbuilding in IDW is....kind of trash honestly. I'm not sure there's a single religion or religious custom that doesn't exist solely to further the plot along. Like, it's one thing for the Camiens to worship the Primes and that causes a lot of stuff in exRID/OP, but what does that worship actually look like? What are their holidays, customs, religious texts? What about "spectralism" which basically the only thing we know about is the Festival of the Lost Light and some hippie color coding and aura shit? Like sure, there are characters who are religious and their beliefs come into play sometimes, but it honestly feels (especially in MTMTE) more like their religiousness only exists when it's relevant to the plot and it's just kinda. Disappointing eh. Lacking in worldbuilding. Plus the more religious a character is the more it's written as their entire personality and the driving force making them evil so it just kinda made me cringe to read honestly.

[krawdad]

My glasses prescription being so high gives me the extra ability to sense whether lights are LED or not

[somethingscosmic1251]

i really didn't like anything off the new voidz album at all, i've tried listening to it three times now and it's such a miss for me :/

[ariesize]

been fully incapable of listening to anything other than the new voidz album since friday. julian casablancas i hope your pillow is always cold.

[erwinw]

What are Colorimeters? Function, How It Works, and Maintenance

In a world where colors can speak louder than words, the unsung hero of precise hue measurement is the humble colorimeter, a device that unveils the silent language of colors with remarkable accuracy and simplicity. What are Colorimeters? A colorimeter is an instrument that plays a crucial role in the field of colorimetry, which is the science of measuring and analyzing the color of light that…

[ariyan24]

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[threestarsaboveclouds]

do you have a favourite celestial body?

TSAC: I hesitate to pick just one object of interest... my area of study finds me analyzing the sky as a whole, after all.

However, if I had to choose... one type of object I enjoy observing are supernova remnants. These nebulae are left behind by the collapse of a massive star, and they often exhibit very unique properties. One supernova remnant in the constellation of the Rain Deer is particularly intriguing.

The nebula is very young by astronomical standards- the supernova that created it is thought to have been recorded by astronomers of the early Green Hegemonic dynasty, before the Void Fluid Revolution. It was even bright enough to be seen during the day! This apparent disruption of the Celestial Spheres was considered quite exciting to scholars of the time.

In the present day, the corpse of the massive star that created this supernova remnant can be found in the center of the nebula as a pulsar. This dense, rapidly spinning stellar remnant is a very strong source of radio emissions, as well as x-rays and gamma radiation. This energizes the surrounding gas of the nebula and causes it to glow unusually brightly.

I enjoy listening to pulsars such as this. The tempo of their pulses is extremely stable, which makes any changes in their output very exciting. The pulsar at the center of this nebula occasionally exhibits "glitches" in its otherwise stable period of rotation. The source of this instability is unknown, but might be related to activity below the pulsar's surface. I believe the exotic matter existing inside of dense stellar remnants such as this may shed some light on the more enigmatic properties of Void Fluid, and the Void Sea by extension. I find this prospect quite exciting!

On a different note, another focus of my research is the discovery of other planetary systems orbiting distant stars. Studying the properties of these planets might help us understand our own planet's relationship to the Cycle.

In my research I have come across many potential exoplanet candidates, a portion of which are even within their Suns' habitable zones, where liquid water may exist.

One exoplanet system is of particular interest. Planetary transit analysis of the system's G-class host star has revealed at least eight planets; four gas giants and four terrestrial planets. Two of the terrestrial planets are potentially within the system's habitable zone, with spectral analysis showing one in particular has a substantial atmosphere with a considerable amount of water vapor.

Liquid water is considered essential for life, even on other planets. This distant planet could possibly be home to an array of complex alien life forms! If life does exist on this planet, I wonder if its inhabitants are bound to the Cycle as well. One can only speculate!

[ OOC: If you want to see the un-obstructed projections you can find them here! ]

[scp-l4-clef-alto-001]

In 2007, Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails released a concept album called Year Zero. In collaboration with 42 Entertainment, an Alternative Reality Game, also called Year Zero, was created. NiN fans collaborated online to piece together the clues found online, in USB drive drops, and (in one case) through spectrograph analysis of a NiN track to discover a series of web sites from the dystopian future America of 2022.

The world of Year Zero is a bleak one. Government surveillance is universal. A Christian theocracy rules the country. The Bureau of Morality controls all art and media, black bagging artists who create subversive art. The populace is kept docile by drugs in the water. A deadly disease rips through the population, due to a botched false flag bioterror attack. And all across the world, people are experiencing a terrifying shared hallucination: a gigantic spectral four-fingered hand reaching down from the sky, as if some cosmic entity were preparing to brush humanity off the earth like a fly from rotting fruit.

And the end reward for this ARG was a private NiN concert.

Anyway, if you want to read up on Year Zero, you can find a summary here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Year_Zero_%28game%29?wprov=sfla1

A campaign timeline here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campaign_timeline_of_Year_Zero?wprov=sfla1

And an archive of the discovered online content here:

[pyxisastronautica]

I am Lima! Greetings, Euri.

I will keep your experiences in mind! Though, just as much, perhaps the questions you cannot answer maybe useful to inquire of the field researchers?

First and most tangentially, for X-ray's peace of mind when he reads this later, can you describe the preventative measures against contamination between your worlds?

Secondly, can you describe the climate conditions? Rainfall, humidity, atmosphere?

I am also curious about the nature of nitrogen cycling on this world. It must take quite a bit to grow such large and active flora, and carnivory usually suggests a lack of it in the soil, yet as predation is a somewhat unreliable source...They must have long growth periods? Supplemental mutualistic microorganisms? Or perhaps despite predation there is just that high a density of insects?

I am surprised there are no smaller ones described, at that. One imagines that if this ecosystem did develop naturally there would be a great variety in sizes and adaptations among them to living there. Parasites and parasitoids of those parasites, pathogens ferried by the sapsuckers, etc.

For that matter, is the reproductive cycle of these plants understood yet? Do they require pollination of any kind, or do they employ mobile morphs or clonal growth? Do they likewise have mobile fruits to spread their seeds, if they even do have them, or do they use other means such as phoresy on the insects?

@pyxisastronautica has replied to your post:

L: Doctor, may I ask a few questions about this ecosystem?

Sure, but keep in mind that I haven't really made it past the entrance. Most of what I say is based on my observation, some recordings, and a couple autopsies.

I believe I've met Quebec and X-Ray. Are you Lima then? I'm Euri.

[krispdreemurr]

things I still think were kinda cool world building even if I don't really have uses for them any more, since I'm thinking about that ancient gaster blog:

-humans and monsters have loosely equal amounts of total magic, humans just have it all compressed into their soul which basically forms a little thaumic singularity that has time/space lensing effects

-similarly, monsters can have a magic color lean/"trait", it's just invisible externally because they're much more spread across the magic spectrum (allowing usage of different magic colors and such) and it all tends to just appear as white when added together. however spectral analysis can reveal an overall Trait as the highest peak if you really want to for some reason

-human magic when it existed basically involved partially unfolding your soul. it was very fucking dangerous because like. spend too much and the singularity collapses and you die.

[astralfuchs]

I hate the Piapro Super Pack

They all sound like NT. In this video by SukoyaCathedral on Twitter comparing Kaito SP with his V3, you can clearly hear how the voice sounds just as nasally as NT and all the transitions sound muffled and choppy. They all sound like they got a bad cold and are trying to sing anyway.

A Spectral Analysis of the Video above shows that "V3 has diagonal formants, that means real samples. SP just jumps from one vowel to another." - @The_Soda_Wave

Especially Luka and Meiko are just Miku NT 2 and 3. They do not retain their Sound at all, sounding just like Miku most of the time, especially in the highs. This makes both of them nothing more than some sort of "Append" for Miku NT/SP. Here is an example of Luka SP by Axxell from the SynthV Unofficial Discord:

Luka V2 -> Luka V4 Hard -> Luka SP

It makes sense that people very quickly made jokes like these:

Images by The_Soda_Wave on Twitter

The worst thing about this situation for me is that this wasn't a rushed product in any way. They had all the time in the world to make it, they could've postponed it before the announcement and after, but based on them having demos ready and everything, it was clearly planned to be released like this. Crypton doesn't usually just rush things out for the sake of it, seeing as there is still only Miku on NT with no release of the other Piaproloids in sight.

This makes it very clear to me that Crypton is happy with this result. They WANT them all to sound like NT, all muffled and choppy. Luka and Meiko sounding just like Miku with parameters changed is DELIBERATE. Which also leads me to suspect this will be how the voices are going to sound moving forward with every new release as well. What this means for Miku V6? We will have to see, but my hopes have already gone down the drain.

No one actually likes the Sound of NT, the only people who actively listen to it are Project Sekai players, and with the art style of the box art and all of them sounding closer to their NT counterparts, I can only assume this Super Pack is actually a Sekai Pack, marketed to that side of the fan base.

In Conclusion:

The Superpack is a budget alternative to the actual VBs with worse quality in all aspects, no English compatibility and the sound of NT (one of the least liked vocal synth programs) hiding beneath it, which also completely destroys the tone of 2/6 characters. Even SynthV Lite voices sound better and those are free.

The only people that would gain anything from this are fans of Miku, Rin, Len and Kaito or beginners that really want VOCALOID instead of the other cheaper available programs, that don't mind that they sound bad and just want a cheaper way to get them, even if that means they are not as good.

This is the sound that Crypton wants for their Vocal Synths moving forward. They want them to sound sick and like they're eating their own words while singing them.

Crypton really hates Luka and Meiko and just wants them to sound like Miku

[irockasingranite]

this work of art is hidden 430 pages deep into a dense numerical analysis textbook[1], and that is a crime.

[1] Boyd, J.P.: Chebyshev and Fourier Spectral Methods, 2nd ed. (2001)