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<galois>
title: [2106.11207] Formulation and Resolutions of the Red Sky Paradox
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<queqiao->
⟨egg|matrix|egg⟩ !wpn whitequark
* galois
gives whitequark a greatsword
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<queqiao->
⟨egg|matrix|egg⟩ OK, bridge is unwedged
<queqiao->
⟨egg|matrix|egg⟩ (maybe I should improve my clunky .bat that just runs the bridge in a loop to restart the bridge on a regular basis, since it apparently sometimes wedges itself without terminating…)
<SnoopJ>
cheese bridge
<raptop>
converting the bridge form alt-az to equatorial mounting
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<galois>
SnoopJ meant to say: "Contact. Bearing: include/acme/Anvil.h. Disposition: hostile."
* raptop
imagines a WW2 naval game kickstarter that includes a slide rule as a high tier item
<SnoopJ>
!wpn -add:wpn versine
<galois>
Added wpn 'versine'
<SnoopJ>
surprised that wasn't already in there tbqh
<SnoopJ>
!wpn -add:wpn coversine
<galois>
Added wpn 'coversine'
<SnoopJ>
!wpn -add:wpn haversine
<galois>
Added wpn 'haversine'
<SnoopJ>
!wpn -add:adj ballistic
<galois>
Entry already exists!
<raptop>
Using trig for navigation or finding firing solutions is *fun*
<SnoopJ>
I was positively delighted when I learned that Hubble worked on ballistics at Aberdeen Proving Grounds :D
<SnoopJ>
(I grew up throwing distance from that base)
<queqiao->
⟨egg|matrix|egg⟩ > throwing distance
<queqiao->
⟨egg|matrix|egg⟩ > ballistics
<queqiao->
⟨egg|matrix|egg⟩ what kind of throw exactly
<SnoopJ>
I'm not at liberty to say
<SnoopJ>
His wife lived out of a hotel in Havre de Grace (which was very nearly the US capital!) and hated it, so they eventually moved into a cottage on Poole's island, which was used as a target for radar bombing exercises.
<SnoopJ>
also, Edgewood Arsenal (which is part of APGFCU) used to be the home of the army's ordnance museum (moved to Fort Lee when BRAC got going)
<SnoopJ>
BRAC?
<SnoopJ>
!acr -add:BRAC Base Realignment and Closure
<galois>
Definition added!
<SnoopJ>
also David Lee worked there for a time, and when I met him (and before I realized what a big deal it was to meet him) knowledge of that area was something we had in common :D
<raptop>
"Recently, it has been shown that rocky planets orbiting neutron stars can be habitable under non unrealistic circumstances."
<galois>
title: [2106.06024] The impact of classical and General Relativistic obliquity precessions on the habitability of circumstellar neutron stars' planets
<raptop>
tired: lesser evil
<raptop>
wired: least weasel
<SnoopJ>
refired: ESPer weevil
<SnoopJ>
!wpn -add:adj lesser
<galois>
Added adj 'lesser'
<SnoopJ>
!wpn -add:adj greater
<galois>
Added adj 'greater'
<SnoopJ>
!wpn -add:adj true
<galois>
Added adj 'true'
<SnoopJ>
!wpn -add:adj false
<galois>
Added adj 'false'
<raptop>
(least weasels are unsurprisingly very smol and cute)