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[NESN] [P] Jake Bailey had the distance on a 70-yard field goal try (albeit an uncontested one off a tee). Pushed it just right. The apparently multitalented [LS] Joe Cardona also drilled one from 45 yards. https://twitter.com/ZackCoxNESN/status/1403036297242066948?s=19 13 comments 10/6/2021 nfl

[Matheson] Blue Jays announce they’ll increase capacity at Sahlen Field to 80% for games from June 24 to July 31. “Of total ballpark capacity, 95% will be fully vaccinated seating sections and 5% will be physically distanced.” https://twitter.com/KeeganMatheson/status/1401902830101962754?s=19 58 comments 7/6/2021 baseball

How to easily morph between any 2D shapes using distance fields, including a sample UE4 project https://alekongame.com/morph/ 4 comments 6/2/2021 gamedev

Raymarching Distance Fields https://iquilezles.org/www/articles/raymarchingdf/raymarchingdf.htm 4 comments 9/1/2021 programming

[SI] NFL Draft Projections for Zach Wilson. "Zach Wilson will likely start to distance himself as the No. 2 quarterback (surpass Justin Fields) in this class after his latest performance. A fresh start is in the best interest of New York and Sam Darnold." https://www.si.com/college/byu/news/nfl-draft-projections-for-zach-wilson 87 comments 27/12/2020 nfl

A German football team lost 37-0 to their local rivals after fielding only seven players who socially distanced throughout the match. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54193770 7 comments 17/9/2020 worldnews

A team in the 11th tier of German football lost 37-0 to their local rivals after fielding only seven players, who all socially distanced throughout the match. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54193770 14 comments 17/9/2020 soccer

Extending one's middle finger in the general direction of a police officer (at about the distance of a football field) does not give the officer reasonable suspicion to conduct a traffic stop, says the North Carolina Supreme Court. https://appellate.nccourts.org/opinions/?amp%3Bpdf=39340&c=1 79 comments 16/5/2020 law

Rendering volumetric clouds using signed distance fields https://blog.uhawkvr.com/rendering/rendering-volumetric-clouds-using-signed-distance-fields/ 13 comments 6/5/2020 gamedev

NYC City Council speaker Corey Johnson proposes closing all basketball courts, playgrounds and athletic fields to maintain social distancing https://www.nytimes.com/2020/03/23/nyregion/coronavirus-new-york-update.html 6 comments 24/3/2020 nba

Drawing in 3D without a mesh using signed distance fields https://jasmcole.com/2019/10/03/signed-distance-fields/ 9 comments 3/11/2019 programming

[PFF] Through two weeks Browns K Seibert’s avg. hangtime (4.21) and opp. avg. starting field position (18.8 yd line*) lead the NFL. The key? His avg. distance of 64.6 yds, 30th among 33 kickers. *yes, there is no 18.8 yd line https://twitter.com/pff_browns/status/1174688940089061376?s=09 14 comments 19/9/2019 nfl

Gyroid distance field? https://shadergif.com/gifs/560 5 comments 28/1/2019 math

Procedural Terrain with Distance Fields https://prideout.net/blog/distance_fields/ 10 comments 8/10/2018 programming

Add 17 or 18 yards to get Field Goal Distance? https://www.reddit.com/r/nfl/comments/9m7e93/add_17_or_18_yards_to_get_field_goal_distance/ 16 comments 7/10/2018 nfl

A magnetar's magnetic field is so strong it can strip information from all credit cards on Earth at half the Moon distance. https://medium.com/@uncertainquark/the-most-powerful-magnets-in-the-universe-magnetars-4ae54162d723 3 comments 7/10/2017 space

[Joon Lee] Strange man in green morph suit overcomes a ridiculous distance to outrun a random other man on the field of the Mets-Braves game https://twitter.com/iamjoonlee/status/873385285140307968 3 comments 10/6/2017 baseball

PFF: Adam Vinatieri had the longest average field goal distance in the 2016 season. https://twitter.com/pfref/status/848699093157371904 59 comments 3/4/2017 nfl

New real-time text rendering technique based on multi-channel distance fields http://www.valvesoftware.com/publications/2007/SIGGRAPH2007_AlphaTestedMagnification.pdf 69 comments 9/5/2016 gamedev

How does a specialized camera capture an entire light field, including depth of field at several distances? http://boingboing.net/2015/10/06/lytro-illum-camera-the-first.html 3 comments 8/10/2015 askscience

Real time generation of signed distance field fonts https://github.com/rougier/freetype-gl/tree/master/demos 15 comments 11/9/2015 opengl

Generate distance fields for meshes https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/images/Engine/Rendering/LightingAndShadows/DistanceFieldAmbientOcclusion/VisualizeMeshDistanceFields.jpg 6 comments 14/6/2015 gamedev

Rendering letters from distance fields while preserving sharp corners http://www.valvesoftware.com/publications/2007/SIGGRAPH2007_AlphaTestedMagnification.pdf 13 comments 13/11/2014 gamedev

Hubble Ultra Deep Field 3D Fly-Through -- The redshifts of 5,333 galaxies were converted to distances to assemble a 3-D model of the data http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDMp8a-YNe0 22 comments 27/8/2013 space

Signed Distance Field Text Rendering http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGZRHJvJYIg 7 comments 17/1/2013 gamedev

Trying to conceive the distance to the Ultra Deep Field. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pale_Blue_Dot 287 comments 15/12/2009 science

[Would it Dong] Joey Bart vs Kyle Freeland #SFGameUp Triple 🏇💨 Exit velo: 102.2 mph Launch angle: 42 deg Proj. distance: 411 ft This would have been a home run in 29/30 MLB ballparks. Only Coors Field would've held this one in. https://twitter.com/would_it_dong/status/1572395471200747520?s=19&t=BNv8GUNcNVOhSqi-1s8J6Q 10 comments 21/9/2022 baseball

[Lions PR] #Lions K Matt Prater, the @NFL 's most accurate kicker on FG attempts of 50+ yards, converts his 49th career field goal from that distance. He is now 49-of-64 on FGs from 50+ yards, good for an NFL-record 76.6 conversion percentage. https://www.reddit.com/r/fantasyfootball/comments/di1c03/lions_pr_lions_k_matt_prater_the_nfl_s_most/ 13 comments 15/10/2019 nfl

Spiders can travel through the air great distances by releasing silk and floating away. Their "ballooning" was thought to require things such as wind, but researchers have found natural electric fields not only trigger ballooning but also provide lift, even without any air movement. https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/spiders-travel-on-electricity 3 comments 8/7/2018 science

DeAndre Jordan's average made field goal comes at a distance of 0.65 feet, the lowest in the NBA. The highest is Memphis's Troy Daniels, with an average shot distance of 22.11 feet. http://www.nbaminer.com/player-shot-distances 35 comments 22/3/2017 nba

Raymarching Distance Fields in Unity: How to render 3D models entirely in code, without using polygons or meshes, in a production game engine. http://flafla2.github.io/2016/10/01/raymarching.html 15 comments 7/10/2016 gamedev

How Good Is Your Punter? I created a statistical evaluation using every punt from the 2015 season, field position, and distance. https://purpleptsd.com/2016/06/25/how-to-evaluate-punters/ 230 comments 25/6/2016 nfl

Fun Fact: Despite constant criticism for his lack of shooting range, Ben Simmons has reduced his average field goal attempt distance from 5.5 feet last season to only 3.9 feet this season. https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/a4z40v/fun_fact_despite_constant_criticism_for_his_lack/ 50 comments 10/12/2018 nba

[Birch] Hall of Famer Frank Thomas has purchased a controlling interest in Go the Distance Baseball, the company that owns and operates the Field of Dreams movie site. Thomas will serve as chief executive officer. https://twitter.com/TommyBirch/status/1443568964530024452 14 comments 30/9/2021 baseball

[Cotillo] No pregame exchange of lineup cards, Social distancing encouraged on field, Pitchers bring own rosin bag to mound, Non-playing personnel wear masks in dugout/bullpen at all times, Spitting prohibited but chewing gum is allowed, Fights are strictly prohibited https://twitter.com/ChrisCotillo/status/1275552886202777601?s=20 147 comments 23/6/2020 baseball

Would the Higgs Field reaching true vacuum state be catastrophic for us no matter when/where it occurred, or are there distances at which it could happen and its effects never reach us, due to propagating too slowly to overcome the rate of universal expansion? https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/b42h92/would_the_higgs_field_reaching_true_vacuum_state/ 13 comments 22/3/2019 askscience

[Would It Dong?] Albert Pujols vs Drew Smyly #STLfly 🦄 IT’S A UNICORN 🦄 Home Run 💣 Exit velo: 99.7 mph Launch angle: 22 deg Proj. distance: 373 ft This would have been a home run at Wrigley Field and nowhere else. https://twitter.com/would_it_dong/status/1561893839551352832?amp%3Bt=0GdJrcGGXyrojL6Zr47gzQ&s=21 13 comments 23/8/2022 baseball

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