TC_209

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As originally posted here (cw: lemm.ee), you can see that American tax dollars are helping large-language mod-- I mean, pop-sci article authors really hit their stride. Rather than copy my post from the linked thread, I'll summarize: China's Qianfan satellite constellation is about as bright as Starlink's first satellite constellation, and significantly dimmer when low in the sky. The paper cited by the SpaceNews article (https://arxiv.org/pdf/2409.20432v1) at no point says "significantly brighter than those of Western systems" as the article claims in the first sentence. In fact, the ArXiv paper's conclusion is as follows:

  1. Conclusions
    The brightness of Qianfan spacecraft ranges from magnitude 4 when they are near zenith to 8 when low in the sky. Nearly all of the observations can be modeled with a nadir-facing flat antenna panel and the underside of a zenith-facing solar array, both with Lambertian reflection properties. These satellites will impact astronomical research and aesthetic appreciation of the night sky unless their brightness is mitigated.

This is the same conclusion that scientists reached about Starlink years ago, and it's still true today.

You might also be wondering who Jeff Foust, the author of this article, is. Prior to writing for SpaceNews, he was a "senior aerospace analyst with the Futron Corporation" (not to be confused with Futron Inc., as I nearly did), which as far as I can tell, was just some dime-a-dozen consulting firm that got bought out by another consulting firm that got bought out by another consulting firm. Folks, the imperialists aren't sending their best.

[–] TC_209@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

It's because you knew 0.999...=1, wasn't it? There are some things humanity was never meant to know.

[–] TC_209@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

You could have said nothing :)

[–] TC_209@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What countries do Palestinians get to flee to, Contra?

[–] TC_209@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not a quiz. You brought up Hitler and his rise to power but I don't think you actually understand how Hitler and the Nazi party gained its power. My "point" is not some grand final statement or "gotcha" moment -- my "point" is the whole conversation. If you're not willing to have a dialogue, then just delete your posts in this thread and I will disengage.

[–] TC_209@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Let's try this: What did Hindenburg less than two years after he appointed Hitler to the Chancellorship of Germany?

[–] TC_209@hexbear.net 5 points 1 year ago

You don't vote against candidates, you vote for candidates.

[–] TC_209@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Hindenburg appointed Hitler to the Chancellorship of Germany.

[–] TC_209@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago

In Fallout 3, Liberty Prime screams about killing communists and saving America while attacking the Enclave, which is the last remnant of the American government. Fallout 3 isn't very good, but that part always puts a smile on my face.

[–] TC_209@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago (8 children)

The thing that really got 0.999...=1 to click on my mind is the fact that you can't find a number between 0.999... and 1. You might think "Just put something at the end of 0.999...," but there is no end to 0.999....

[–] TC_209@hexbear.net 66 points 1 year ago (10 children)

If a single Act transforms your nation from a democratic-republic into a totalitarian dictatorship, then it wasn't a democratic-republic beforehand, now was it?

[–] TC_209@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago

The Biden campaign now tells me how tough things were [during the debate]. Give me a break. No, no, I have no empathy for it. Give me a break!

[–] TC_209@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

It'll be Nazi-free once you and brad_troika have had your posts purged. meow-knife-trans

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