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smoorman1024  ·  2001 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: OC - Svalbard

Wow I've always wanted to go.

smoorman1024  ·  2103 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: McMoon: How the Earliest Images of the Moon Were so Much Better than we Realised

You have to click on the image because its huge and won't display here.

smoorman1024  ·  2103 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: McMoon: How the Earliest Images of the Moon Were so Much Better than we Realised

The images are incredible and browsing the photos feels like you are in the Lunar Orbiter looking down from so close.

smoorman1024  ·  2494 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post:

Very interesting. I'm so struck by how normal the larger rocks look. They look like they could be in your backyard. I understand the moon and the earth were made from the same material but it is still remarkable.

smoorman1024  ·  2779 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What cover song is better than the original version?

Chet Faker - No Diggity perhaps

That's not to say that the Dre and Blackstreet version isn't also great

smoorman1024  ·  2782 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: SpaceX launch Webcast from last night including successful Drone Ship Landing.

These landings have not ceased to amaze me.

smoorman1024  ·  2897 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Aerial Bold Typewriter: Just Start Typing

wow check out the catalog

smoorman1024  ·  2932 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Watch 30 Films from the 1970s by Computer Animation Pioneer Lillian F. Schwartz

WTF did I just watch. That was hypnotizing.

smoorman1024  ·  2941 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: George Martin, Beatles Producer, Has Died | News | Pitchfork

smoorman1024  ·  2941 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Getting scammed and exploring abandoned airplanes!

whoops wrong thread. I'll leave it here anyways.

smoorman1024  ·  2941 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Getting scammed and exploring abandoned airplanes!

smoorman1024  ·  2957 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 163rd Weekly "Share Some Music You've Been Into Lately" Thread

I'm checking them out. Thanks.

smoorman1024  ·  2957 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 163rd Weekly "Share Some Music You've Been Into Lately" Thread

Chainsmokers

smoorman1024  ·  3024 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The 1000 day club -Are you in it?

I got you beat by 12. Where you between the dates of Friday September 2nd and Wednesday September 14 2011?

smoorman1024  ·  3024 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The 1000 day club -Are you in it?

I'm on 1567 days. When did that happen? I guess I'll celebrate my 2000th.

smoorman1024  ·  3088 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Sanders Crushes in EVERY Post Debate Poll -- 7 Different Poll Results

They rarely do.

smoorman1024  ·  3088 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Sanders Crushes in EVERY Post Debate Poll -- 7 Different Poll Results

These all look like internet polls which Sanders naturally does better in because his supporters are young and tech savvy.

smoorman1024  ·  3103 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Photo Challenge: Lunar Eclipse!

Collection of my images here with two of my favorites below:

http://smoorman.com/collections/Lunar

Vine of the images spliced together:

https://vine.co/v/ex0BdD3uZzT

smoorman1024  ·  3115 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The 'Flash Boys' Exchange Is Growing Up

No. all stocks are able to trade on all exchanges and dark pools. The main rule governing stock trading is that every trade has to take place between the best bid displayed at any exchange and the best offer at any exchange. This means that no exchange is allowed to execute a trade that is not at least the best price in the market.

Furthermore, you wouldn't want your stock to just trade at this exchange. Hypothetically if you only wanted your stock to trade on IEX you would probably be missing out offers to buy and sell that are better than what's displayed there.

Picture this. In the below example we have three exchanges NYSE (New York Stock Exchange), NASD(Nasdaq) and IEX ("Investors" Exchange). They all have liquidity displayed at different levels. According to the rule above no trade can occur outside 11.99-12.01 because the best offer to buy is 11.99 at NASD and the best offer to sell is 12.01 at NYSE. IEX can't execute any displayed orders.

Prices| NYSE| NASD| IEX

12.03| S 300| S200| S100

12.02| S 200| S100| _____

12.01| S 100|______ |_____

12.00| ______|______ |_____

11.99| ______| B100|_____

11.98| B100| B200 | S100

11.97| B200| B300 | S200

NBBO=100@11.99 NASDx100@12.10 NYSE

Exchange competition itself keeps exchange fees low so that no one exchange holds all the liquidity and can then raise their fees per trade. The Futures market has a lot less competition where CME (Chicago Mercantile Exchange) dominates the market.

smoorman1024  ·  3154 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I opened my coffee shop yesterday...

Congrats cgod. I have some experience opening a restaurant in New York with some acquaintances recently. It's been about 6 months since it opened and the most concise advice I can give is keep costs low, have enough capital to survive twice as long as your worst case scenario, and market yourself to as wide an audience as possible.

It sounds like you are prepared to personally put in all the TLC that a budding new business needs and this is the most important thing of all. Best of luck and enjoy yourself.

smoorman1024  ·  3219 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: World War II: Loss of Life Visualized (2015)

wow. Russia's sacracfice in WWII cannot be underestimated.

smoorman1024  ·  3222 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Jackson 5: I Want You Back

John Butler Trio

smoorman1024  ·  3222 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The Jackson 5: I Want You Back

This song has a life of its own. I propose we post some of our favorite covers. I'll start:

Lake Street Dive

This is something that intrigues me so much.

smoorman1024  ·  3224 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Manhattanhenge - Early Bird Gets the Unobstructed Sunset

All the East/West streets in Manhattan from Houston up (1st to 192nd) are offset 29 degrees to true east/west.

smoorman1024  ·  3224 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Manhattanhenge - Early Bird Gets the Unobstructed Sunset

Yeah kind of agree with you. But it's a name that people are using. So I can convey what the post is without explanation.

That said I don't think the particular date is that important. I notice the sun coming through Manhattan all the time and take plenty of pictures no matter what day. I hope you enjoy nonetheless.

Neil DeGrasse Tyson is overrated tbqh.

smoorman1024  ·  3224 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The most insane deaths seen by an NYC medical examiner

Mission Completed!

smoorman1024  ·  3224 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The most insane deaths seen by an NYC medical examiner

I think I'll just stay in the apartment for the rest of the day. I'm kind of terrified.

smoorman1024  ·  3225 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Total Solar Eclipse over North America

I'm thinking Charleston might be the coolest city in the traversal.