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@neonkaaa maybe? you're saying that if this theoretical deep space telescope array is based on interferometry, positioning wouldn't be a problem? I think it still would be, but I'm fuzzy on the principles there.
It is a different kind of telescope from JWST, so probably my comparison isn't germane. @izaya

@izaya I can't tell you that wouldn't work, but I remember someone much more knowledgeable than me at NASA was looking at using stars for positioning outside of earth orbit because atomic clocks weren't enough

@izaya I've thought about this too. I don't see a reason why not except that positioning seems like it'd be a wickedly hard problem. think about how long it took to align all the jwst optics, and they had rigid structure to rely on.

sadly, it's very overcast in my neck of the woods, so no eclipse for this boy

had another go at bagels. they're actually worse than last time in terms of presentation, partly because they weren't properly submerged, but the taste is on point : cinnamon sugar and raisin

#baking #bread

Don't forget the total lunar eclipse tonight (very early morning on the other side of the Atlantic)
https://eclipse.gsfc.nasa.gov/LEplot/LEplot2001/LE2022May16T.pdf

#astronomy #lunareclipse

@heavensfeel I think you're kidding... but I've got some hope for cryptocurrency if it can be backed by actual value. iirc, cryptocurrency is mined by solving a useless but expensive-to-solve problem: it would be great if you got a coin by proving you have some actual goods or services... like a kind of technologically enhanced barter system. like, governments pay you in IOUs for government services that you can trade for other services. the currency system then becomes a system for addressing and assessing value for an exchange plus a system for retiring tokens of value (e.g., if you exchange government-service-tokens for actual government services)

I've thought about this for literally all of 8 minutes, so it's probably a dumb unworkable idea

New #DrWho actor announced: https://www.prfl.net/2022/05/sex-education-star-shuti-gatwa-will-be.html?m=1

should be interesting. Gatwa's character in Sex Education was very energetic: curious whether he'll bring the same kind of energy to this role. At least we know he'll be a Doctor with style 😄

I wish I had the cajones to say things like, "#crypto has won". that's a level of confidence about the future I've never been able to muster. I barely have a grasp on the present in a global sense

@Nika2022 @lupyuen I think you can take a more measured perspective on that: different investments do have different levels of risk and most brokerages have loss-limiting mechanisms (e.g., stop-loss/-limit orders) you can set up in advance to prevent losing *all* your money in stocks

@lupyuen disappointing that they can't even get straight the name of the deceased. also, there are obvious ways to prevent objectionable content from going to children through content filtering and age verification

NASACast Audio: Gravity Assist: How to Grow Food on the Moon
Starting from: 00:00:29

Episode webpage: http://www.nasa.gov/mediacast/gravity-assist-how-to-grow-food-on-the-moon

Media file: http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/audio/gaannalisapaul.mp3#t=29