Mildly interesting
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wrote on 16 Jun 2025, 16:38 last edited by
Captain Cook's Endeavour found
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wrote on 16 Jun 2025, 16:44 last edited by
Cool
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wrote on 16 Jun 2025, 17:16 last edited by
Seems an ignominious end for such a notable ship.
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wrote on 17 Jun 2025, 01:04 last edited by
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wrote on 17 Jun 2025, 13:31 last edited by
And it burns burns burns..the ring of fire
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wrote on 17 Jun 2025, 14:23 last edited by
... both spacecraft recorded temperatures between 30,000 and 50,000 kelvin (54,000 to 90,000 degrees Fahrenheit) in this area, ...
Quite surprised that the two spacecrafts could survive such high heat!
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wrote on 17 Jun 2025, 14:24 last edited by
They most definitely did not. They would have measured it from a safe distance.
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wrote on 17 Jun 2025, 20:39 last edited by
@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:
They most definitely did not. They would have measured it from a safe distance.
That’s not what the article stated. It said that both craft have passed through the heliosphere. It’s not anything unexpected. It’s been more than theorized, the question was really just how far out it was located. I admit to being surprised that have traveled that far.
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wrote on 19 Jun 2025, 01:44 last edited by
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wrote on 19 Jun 2025, 01:47 last edited by jon-nyc
Wyoming has the highest ratio but only ~half a million people. So two billionaires.
One is Lukas Walton, a grandson of Sam Walton of Walmart, the other is a Swiss guy named Hansjörg Wyss.
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wrote on 19 Jun 2025, 01:50 last edited by
Montana - 2 Cargill heirs, a Pritzger (Hyatt hotels) and a local self-made guy. In mining.
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wrote on 19 Jun 2025, 12:37 last edited by
Meh, being a billionaire ain’t what it used to be. Being a millionaire is only upper middle class.
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wrote on 19 Jun 2025, 13:24 last edited by Mik
I remember in a finance class in the early 80's the teacher talking about how we'd all need $2 million to retire comfortably. I got the impression no one really listened, but I was a little older and did. He was pretty spot on.
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wrote on 20 Jun 2025, 10:17 last edited by
This is sad.
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wrote on 20 Jun 2025, 10:28 last edited by
@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:
This is sad.
Does it come down to institutional attitudes towards birth control or abortion, or the moral chastities of the cultures?
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@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:
This is sad.
It is.
Now overlay that map with one with abortion rates. My bet is that one is even sadder.
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wrote on 20 Jun 2025, 15:04 last edited by
Also sad.
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