Pretergeek

It's kinda sad to see how fast many people go "aliens" when it comes to the currently 3 interstellar bodies we have observed by now

It's not aliens, and yes I am very sure

It's like logics is being ignored more and more and we are often looking for more exciting stuff that is simply not there […]

Plimpton 322, the 3800 year old clay tablet with shockingly large, distinct Pythagorean* triples in cuneiform has become my touchstone for what is "old" in terms of human history.

Every time I hear about some ancient event, or artifact I place it in my mind relative to Plimpton 322.

If it was […]

It’s so freaking annoying how #YouTube and their algorithm constantly try to serve clickbait and bullshit videos..

I try to keep my feed limited to science, space and left politics but somehow they always try to throw in videos that are so out of place and clearly clickbait bullshit

If videos […]

Over 40 years, we were collectively told to give tax cuts to rich people.

And we were told that if we did that, wealth would trickle down and everyone would be better off.

Over 40 years, pretty much everything got cut to fund these tax cuts.

Schools. Hospitals. Public housing. Public […]

I miss the times when you could pause a video and let it buffer to full so you can play it without interruptions.

It has been almost 3 years since I joined and I never wrote a post about myself to be pinned to my profile. I want to, but I am bad at writing about myself, or socializing in general.

So, to those reading this, if there is anything you would like to know about me and think I should put on an […]

When your code works but no idea how

So according to this article: https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/meta-facebook-tech-copyright-privacy-whistleblower

#Meta is scraping the media proxies of mstdn, masto and .coffee..

If this is true, this is very worriying and pisses me very much off

No wonder our media loads so crappy if they are […]

"Back in my day..." "We unlocked characters by playing, not by paying."

Back in my day..

Cursed
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There should be a reverse version of Terminator, where Skynet are the bad guys.

Materials can be delivered to the System Colonization Ship (https://inara.cz/elite/station-depot/666041/) where you will be payed the galaxy average price.

Alternatively materials can be delivered to my Fleet Carrier (https://inara.cz/elite/station-depot/666041/) for a profit (4x galactic […]

Please, help with my colonization effort. Nearly 20 days ago I put a claim on a star system, confident that I could provide all the materials needed to build the primary port. Well, I failed to account for my CFS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome) and after about 2 weeks mostly in bed I fear I won't be […]

LOL.

Yesterday in bed I kept wondering why the speed of light is exact 299 792 458 m/s

And ofc the answer turns out to be so very simple, I didn’t even think of it

It’s because the definition of a meter, in distance is based on the speed of light

Currently crying some tears of joy and of released pressure/stress:
One of the large repositories in Germany started safeguarding datasets from #NOAA, officially.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gloeckner_pangaea-is-actively-working-to-rescue-data-activity-7318581859896975360-YYht […]