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Stephen Miller Asserts U.S. Has Right to Take Greenland

5mon 12d ago in politics from www.nytimes.com

Giving it a second because you are correct.

Satellites keep photobombing the Hubble telescope, and it’s getting worse

6mon 16d ago in space@mander.xyz from www.theverge.com

So the only problem is money. This isn't an engineering issue, we've done this thousands of times. Unlike almost every other aspect of building a radio or optical observatory on the moon.

And yet, I can use satellites to communicate on the other side of the world. I have a suspicion the same system would work for this.

The two biggest problems with observatories on the far side of the moon are being limited to only half of space (the same as planetary observatories) and the cost to build it. You can mitigate the first by having observatories on opposite edges of the far side, but that also costs twice as much as building one.

And simply due to physics, those will be the exception and not the rule, and so not enough to cause Kessler Syndrome.

Time for a joke.

And economist and an accountant were taking a walk when they noticed a frog. The accountant says to the economist, "I'll give you $100 if you eat that frog." The economist thinks for a moment, then agrees. A little later they come across another frog, and the economist says, "I'll give you $100 to eat that frog." The accountant thinks about it for a second and also agrees. As they continue walking, the accountant says, "So I got to see you eat a frog for $100, and by eating a frog myself, I got my money back, so I understand why I did it. But you had already eaten a frog and had $100, so why did you do it?" The economist replies, "Ah, but this way it's twice as good for the economy!"

And many of those activities include consumption. If you're doing more than casual hiking, you probably aren't using second-hand shoes from the thrift store.

How do you download your GOG games?

6mon 18d ago in steamdeck@sopuli.xyz

While all of thos could be true, downloading on your PC should be possible to queue multiple games, and doesn't require you to leave your steam deck turned on. Go for that nostalgic overnight download vibe.

same shit every day, on god

6mon 19d ago in science_memes@mander.xyz from mander.xyz

There is a hydrogen fusion reaction that releases beta particles, i.e., electrons. This could be used to produce electricity directly without boiling water, but I think the heat output would be such that you could also boil water for more electricity.

There's this fun thing with multi-lingual environments where non-standard language may not be intentional, and some people will even go so far as to expand a complete stranger's vocabulary in a different language. Now, if this was intentional, have at it.

Canada Exports UP - USA Exports DOWN - Canada Has Friends - USA Does Not

10mon 19d ago in canada@lemmy.ca from www.youtube.com