<ScholaRaptor>
Well, as a fellow raptor (either bird or dinosaur, really), can you not simply employ the prey restraint method to survive *and* thrive?
<darsie>
.
<raptop>
Well, maybe. In this case the prey that I'm trying to kill involves finishing writing something I've lost a lot of passion for >.>;;
<ScholaRaptor>
Writing what? Perhaps I can be a co-author? Or maybe a ghost writer?
<raptop>
hah
<raptop>
thesis, but moreso a paper that makes up one of the chapters
<raptop>
In short: simulations of radial velocity surveys and some thoughts on optimizing them
<raptop>
(for finding exoplanets)
<ScholaRaptor>
I was about to make a joke about MOND but then you ruined it by mentioned exo-planets
<raptop>
hm
<ScholaRaptor>
ಠ_ಠ
<ScholaRaptor>
"We've found that, for the 1000th time, MOND can accurately predict the rotational curves of spiral galaxies! Just . . . Uh . . . Don't ask us to do anything else."
<ScholaRaptor>
Honestly, I love reading dry technical papers.
<raptop>
Come on, plug in mass measurements for galaxy clusters (X-ray, peculiar velocity, or S-Z)...
<ScholaRaptor>
(MOND when it exposed to the light of the Bullet Cluster) "IT BURNS! THE FORMULAE DO NOTHING!"
<X>
Don’t forget to account for my massive derrière.
<raptop>
hm
<ScholaRaptor>
I'm afraid Uranus is made up of baryonic matter and doesn't count.
* X
sometimes moonlights as a massive stellar body
<ScholaRaptor>
We've already excluded MACHOs and, unfortunately, your caboose is not MACHO enough.
<ScholaRaptor>
Will they finally reveal their alien electrogravitomagnetic drive? /s
<ScholaRaptor>
We'll really need those when they start sending in Abductors.
<raptop>
I occasionally think about how if that tech exits/was found in the mid 20th century, either the reverse engineering thoroughly failed, or security practices killed off a bunch of incredibly useful applications.
<raptop>
Like, the entire existence of post-Shuttle rockets
<raptop>
s/exits/exists/
<ScholaRaptor>
It failed because Earth doesn't have any deposits of Element-115
<raptop>
~~If only we had listed to Bob Lazar~~
<ScholaRaptor>
Or because the aliens chose the Enigmatic Engineering ascension perk!
<ScholaRaptor>
That also gives a +2 bonus to cloaking strength, explaining why we can't see them
<raptop>
gah, why am I making so many typos tonight
<raptop>
hrm, that's going to make fending the aliens off harder
<ScholaRaptor>
It's probably because you're typing a thesis on exoplanets and the aliens don't want you to do this.
<ScholaRaptor>
THAT'S why all the wacky papers seldom get passed peer review! It's not that perpetual motion machines can't exist, but that the aliens don't want us to think they can!
* ScholaRaptor
adjusts tinfoil hat snugly.
<ScholaRaptor>
Though it's not like we could do anything to the alien homeworld if you discovered it. Maybe send them a message encoded with crude stick figures and vague directions.
<raptop>
As long as they don't take the pioneer plaque as an invitation to... take liberties
<ScholaRaptor>
I don't think the plaque is ever discovered. However, I do know Megatron finds one of the Golden Disks in the far future and returns it to Earth
<ScholaRaptor>
If you can't trust a transforming T-Rex called Megatron, who CAN you trust?
<raptop>
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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<sandbox>
!mission
<LunchBot>
You steal your sister's hair bleach to recolour your rocket. Due to confusion, you hire a logger rather than a someone with Math PHD.
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<sandbox>
I just looked at the angle of the shadow from my window and I thought "it must be around 12"
<Mat2ch>
Here, too. But everyone sticks to the thing with turning the clock forward
<Althego>
see, ukraine is at war, but they could stop stupid dst
<Althego>
meanwhile eu decided to stop doing it before covid and still nothing happened
<NGC3982>
what's dst
<NGC3982>
a time thing?
<Althego>
daylight saving time
<Mat2ch>
which of course doesn't save any time.
<sandbox>
nobody here knew what DST was before Windows 95
<Deddly>
I always knew Microsoft was evil
<darsie>
Mat2ch: It's time that saves daylight.
<Mat2ch>
Deddly: Did you manage to fix your problem?
<Mat2ch>
darsie: it doesn't. Daylight can't be saved.
<darsie>
also referred to as daylight saving(s), daylight savings time
<Deddly>
Mat2ch: No :(
<darsie>
Yeah. But it makes better use of daylight.
<darsie>
In German it's Sommerzeit.
<Deddly>
Mat2ch: I'm still stuck on that never-ending loop
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<sandbox>
during WW2 we had Double Summer Time
<Deddly>
"The time" is just a number on a clock. There is no real reason why we can't have one time zone all over the world. All you need to know is that you have to get up at 19:00 or whatever the time is when it's morning where you live.
<Deddly>
If you need to have more daylight, just get up an hour earlier. There is no need to change the time to do that.
<sandbox>
I've said similar things
<sandbox>
work with the daylight
<darsie>
Deddly: You also need to learn when Noon is and when to have lunch and dinner.
<darsie>
Smart phones might adjust time as you walk East or West.
<darsie>
Hmm, no.
<darsie>
They just use globe time.
<darsie>
But Sunrise varies at a fixed location.
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<Deddly>
AAAAAH I GOT INTO SAFE MODE WOOOOO!
<Deddly>
But shutting down amd restarting sends me back to Bitlocker Recovery...
<Deddly>
Uninstalling latest update...
<Deddly>
!mission add You attempt to uninstall the latest Window quality update.
<LunchBot>
Added mission: You attempt to uninstall the latest Window quality update.
<Deddly>
!mission quality update
<LunchBot>
No mission found matching "quality update ".
<Deddly>
huh
<Deddly>
!mission uninstall
<LunchBot>
You try to uninstall libpurple from Eve.
<Deddly>
!mission
<LunchBot>
You look for ways to spice up tedious rescue missions. You swiftly deal with the survivors.
<Deddly>
Nice
<Deddly>
Huh. Debug mode works
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<Mat2ch>
No. No idea. Haven't used windows in a decade
<Deddly>
I am happy for you
<Mat2ch>
looks like some kind of background service for syncing mails/contacts etc
<Mat2ch>
I would've probably already made a backup and reinstalled the system
<Mat2ch>
on Linux there'd be 10 ways to figure out what the problem is and at least 20 to repair it
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<Judge_Dedd>
Let's try decrypting the drive and disabling Bitlocker
<Judge_Dedd>
Mat2ch, I can't make backups from here. I'm hundreds of kms from home where my external drive is. And anyway, I'm not sure a backup would let me just run all my really important applications.
<Judge_Dedd>
I have all my important documents etc. backed up to the cloud, it's the applications amd settings I am trying to preserve.
<Judge_Dedd>
I complete reinstall of Windows will be a headache bigger than this one, but I might have to
<Mat2ch>
ShadowZone: Finally Uncovered: THIS Was KSP2 Multiplayer
<Mat2ch>
with some harsh accusations against Nate Simpson
<Mat2ch>
(also the typical stuff like: Management errors.)
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<Judge_Dedd>
Disabling Bitlocker and decrypting the hard drives solved the problem! \o/
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<Mat2ch>
Interesting. Now reencrypt them ;)
<Judge_Dedd>
I am considering that...
<sandbox>
!mission
<LunchBot>
You mistakenly make your docking ports out of uranium-235. You find your place in the universe: impotently struggling against the massed forces of stupid, cheerful, wanton destruction.
<Althego>
maybe consider some other method
<sandbox>
!mission
<LunchBot>
You hurt yourself in confusion while rummaging through your collection of RonCo products. The resulting spagettification is just as excruciating as it sounds.
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<Judge_Dedd>
!outcome add You are met with the Bitlocker Recovery screen and can't find your encryption key anywhere.
<LunchBot>
Added outcome: You are met with the Bitlocker Recovery screen and can't find your encryption key anywhere.
<Judge_Dedd>
!mission
<LunchBot>
You steal saké from Fucc. kmath despairs at your choices and resets its database.
<Judge_Dedd>
!nextlunch
<LunchBot>
Bacon sandwich with mustard.
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<Deddly>
!mission
<LunchBot>
You explain to your investors how your rocket design uses all the current buzzwords. The engine compartment gets so hot that the crew can't access it to turn the engines off.
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<Judge_Dedd>
Hot buzzwords
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