05:54 <raptop> !meow

05:54 <galois> 猫･ﾟ「にゃあああー」

06:02 <raptop> RBSP?

06:02 <galois> RBSP: Radiation Belt Storm Probes

06:02 <raptop> !acr -add:VAP Van Allen Probes (renaming of RBSP)

06:02 <galois> Definition added!

14:18 <egg|anbo|egg_> !u 𒊏 𒀀

14:18 <galois> 𒊏: U+1228f CUNEIFORM SIGN RA

14:18 <galois> : U+0020 SPACE

14:18 <galois> 𒀀: U+12000 CUNEIFORM SIGN A

14:18 <egg|anbo|egg_> !wpn whitequark

14:33 <raptop> !wpn egg|cell|egg

14:33 <egg|cell|egg> New focuser design?

14:42 <raptop> A focusing knife sounds like something that some of whitequark's twitter friends would have

14:53 <SnoopJ> new focuser design, same knife taste

14:56 <raptop> related: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foucault_knife-edge_test

14:56 <galois> [WIKIPEDIA] Foucault knife-edge test | "The Foucault knife-edge test is an optical test developed 150 years ago to accurately measure the shape of concave curved mirrors. It is commonly used by amateur telescope makers for figuring primary mirrors in reflecting telescopes. It uses a relatively simple, inexpensive apparatus compared to other..."

15:15 <egg|anbo|egg> !u 𒌨

15:15 <egg|anbo|egg> !u 𒌨

15:15 <galois> 𒌨: U+12328 CUNEIFORM SIGN UR

15:15 <egg|anbo|egg> !u 𒈝

15:15 <galois> 𒈝: U+1221d CUNEIFORM SIGN LUM

15:17 <egg|anbo|egg> !choose KerbalismContracts|𒀭𒀝𒌷𒀏𒄴𒋢𒊻|Xsux IME

15:17 <galois> egg|anbo|egg: Your options: KerbalismContracts, 𒀭𒀝𒌷𒀏𒄴𒋢𒊻, Xsux IME. My choice: Xsux IME

15:18 <egg|anbo|egg> wait isn’t the second mostly a blocker for the third at this point

15:18 <egg|anbo|egg> !choose KerbalismContracts|𒀭𒀝𒌷𒀏𒄴𒋢𒊻

15:18 <galois> egg|anbo|egg: Your options: KerbalismContracts, 𒀭𒀝𒌷𒀏𒄴𒋢𒊻. My choice: KerbalismContracts

15:24 <raptop> !u 苑死

15:24 <galois> 苑: U+82d1 CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-82D1

15:24 <galois> 死: U+6b7b CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-6B7B

15:40 <raptop> "The reason for this is that we don’t want the control system to be fighting against the ground, possibly resulting in undefined behavior."

15:40 <raptop> TFW your helicopter experiences UB

17:03 <raptop> https://mars.nasa.gov/technology/helicopter/status/298/what-were-learning-about-ingenuitys-flight-control-and-aerodynamic-performance/

17:03 <galois> title: What We’re Learning About Ingenuity’s Flight Control and Aerodynamic Performance - NASA Mars

17:07 <egg|anbo|egg_> meow

17:13 <raptop> !wpn egg|anbo|egg_

17:13 <raptop> Now there is more than one ANBOcat?

17:13 <raptop> 🐻🐻🐻 https://twitter.com/dark_stuffiness/status/1389566357243580417

18:37 <raptop> Wow, this survey on journal use/access is silly

18:38 <raptop> Like, it seems to assume that journals are a mostly offline thing

18:44 <raptop> Let's see if I get in trouble for saying that I use sci-hub

19:05 <e_14159> raptop: Testing the anonymity of the survey?

19:05 <raptop> egg|anbo|egg, mofh: https://twitter.com/krinndnz/status/1389467872385146883

19:05 <raptop> e_14159: something like that

19:06 <raptop> In the comments section, I talked up the importance of open access journals and preprint servers, so let's see what happens

19:31 <raptop> !8 am I a bad person for helping to ratio an ixi?

19:31 <galois> raptop: yes

19:31 <raptop> ah

20:21 <raptop> suborbital rocket experiment naming things: https://www.nasa.gov/wallops/2021/feature/nasa-wallops-may-7-rocket-launch-exploring-energy-transport-in-space

20:21 <galois> title: NASA Wallops May 7 Rocket Launch Exploring Energy Transport in Space | NASA

20:21 <raptop> "KiNETic-scale energy and momentum transport eXperiment, or KiNet-X,"