2227: Transit of Mercury
Transit of Mercury |
Title text: For some reason the water in my pool is green and there's a weird film on the surface #nofilter |
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Discussion
In the title text, the filter probably refers to a pool filter used for cleaning the pool while the green stuff is algae that is growing in the water. As a personal note, owning a pool and paying the water bills for it is not something I can relate to. 162.158.62.81 22:33, 11 November 2019 (UTC)
1828: ISS Solar Transit, Anyone? 162.158.62.105 23:08, 11 November 2019 (UTC)
- Just added a little blurb about that; thanks for noticing.--Account (talk) 01:33, 12 November 2019 (UTC)
The transcript is wrong about there being no details visible in the image. A small black dot is visible on the upper-right side which is presumably Mercury. 162.158.159.58 09:04, 12 November 2019 (UTC)
The transcript is supposed to be text-only to allow screen readers for the visually-impaired people. How should we include the embedded smiley in the caption using just text? Ianrbibtitlht (talk) 14:20, 12 November 2019 (UTC)
- I didn't even see it, in the transcript, and it was just a square 'unknown char' upon editing. I decided to try the "non-literal descriptions are in square-parens" method, but that might not be the right method, and I have no idea if it's the right Unicode name... but it seems to do what's necessary, unless anyone wishes to revert/redo as per other examples of similar inclusions on this site. 162.158.159.58 14:34, 12 November 2019 (UTC)
- We do use emojis in the transcript here on this page. See other comics with emoji --Kynde (talk) 14:59, 12 November 2019 (UTC)
- As far as I'm aware, most screen readers / TTS engines simply read the Unicode name for the character (eg. 😎 translates to Smiling Face With Sunglasses). See this blog post for more on the issue. --172.68.226.46 13:30, 13 November 2019 (UTC)
- Have reinserted the smiley, see also this transcript --Kynde (talk) 22:06, 13 November 2019 (UTC)
- As far as I'm aware, most screen readers / TTS engines simply read the Unicode name for the character (eg. 😎 translates to Smiling Face With Sunglasses). See this blog post for more on the issue. --172.68.226.46 13:30, 13 November 2019 (UTC)
- We do use emojis in the transcript here on this page. See other comics with emoji --Kynde (talk) 14:59, 12 November 2019 (UTC)
Is there milage (or perhaps Astronomical Unitage?) in mentioning that an Instagram-esque 'filter' adds, or otherwise overwrites, a set of pixels whilst an optical filter subtracts a proportion of the photons? 162.158.159.58 14:24, 12 November 2019 (UTC)
I’ve no clue where this belongs (trivia?), but it seems worth noting. Tuesday, November 12, the New York Times began a “new column” titled Good Question. First piece is Randall answering If I Touched the Moon, What Would It Feel Like?” Idk if this is a new Randall column, or will have different contributors. Miamiclay (talk) 20:20, 12 November 2019 (UTC)
- You know what that website needs? A giant popup that covers most of the screen and doesn't let you read the article unless you sign up. Oh, nevermind, it just takes a while to load. --172.68.244.192 15:42, 13 November 2019 (UTC)
#nofilter Temp9867856745 (talk) 02:56, 13 November 2019 (UTC)
On social media in general, the #nofilter tag might be used by someone after venting and saying stuff that most people would keep to themselves; at the end of such a post they might add #nofilter to indicate they purposely did not apply common sense self-censoring in the composition of that post. It's not in the comic, so it's probably not worth mentioning as a third use of such a tag. Oh, and in case this comment has no validity at all and is mostly just stuff coming from my mind to my fingers without much thought... #nofilter -boB (talk) 20:24, 13 November 2019 (UTC)
- Upvote.108.162.216.154 15:21, 14 November 2019 (UTC)
Normally, algal growth in a pool is prevented by chlorination, not by a filter. Slimy algae will quickly clog filters. Nitpicking (talk) 11:53, 24 July 2023 (UTC)