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[–] [email protected] 31 points 6 days ago (1 children)

What hyperspecific knowledge do I need to understand this meme?

[–] [email protected] 42 points 6 days ago (2 children)

KM3-230213A is an ultra-energetic (220PeV) neutrino event recorded by the Cubic Kilometre Neutrino Telescope (KM3NeT) on the bottom of the Mediterranean sea. The telescope consists of thousands of photomultiplier sensors suspended in the water, watching for Cherenkov radiation of the decay particles resulting from the rare collision of a neutrino with the inside of the Earth. There is no known cosmic mechanism how a neutrino so energetic could have come to be.

This meme proposes the hijinks of Apu as an alternative explanation of how all those blue-sensitive photomultipliers got activated (saturated even) in a straight line going from bottom up all at once.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 6 days ago

the neutrino was estimated to at 220 PeV. goodness!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago

Ahhhhh, thats very silly and I like it

[–] [email protected] 16 points 6 days ago (1 children)

This isn't realistic, everyone knows the 3DBenchy doesn't actually float!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

tune your printer and do a temp calibration tower.

other things that will help with this is increasing extrusion width to 150% or so of the nozzle diameter. (this also improves the strength of your parts.)

that said benchy's are horribly unstable and don't float right. but they should float.

Edit: Also, for your nerdy enjoyment

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Did you post the correct link?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 days ago

apparently not. It's fixed now.

(the lady who built a not-quite-full-sized benchy)

[–] [email protected] 15 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I like this meme; it requires some very specific knowledge to understand. :)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 days ago

I'm a MPhys Physics(but in an unrelated field) and couldn't get it. I fell so ignorant :-(