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Today, 07:53 AM

selvaarchi replied to a thread Reusable Rockets in Space Exploration

Do not know but my guess they might tried the 1st of the "SpaceX Grasshopper tech demonstrators". They have been making progress on the landing legs.

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Today, 07:34 AM

Noclevername replied to a thread How did we do it before the internet... in Off-Topic Babbling

Yes, there's plenty of downside too. Distraction and information overload. Social media bubbles and echo chambers. Dark Web crime and abuse. Hacking...

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Today, 03:35 AM

Trebuchet replied to a thread Some Non-trivial Things That Annoy Me. in Off-Topic Babbling

Attacked from behind, when I didn't even know he was in the room. Hit me in the back of the knee, at what must have been just the wrong moment in a...

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Today, 03:30 AM

Trebuchet replied to a thread Some Non-trivial Things That Annoy Me. in Off-Topic Babbling

Exactly! My wife is to blame!

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Today, 01:57 AM

Trebuchet replied to a thread The COVID-19 Discussion Thread (OTB) in Off-Topic Babbling

My adult niece is to visit us tomorrow. I'm a bit uncomfortable with it but my wife wants to see her. My niece and her husband spent New Years Eve...

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Today, 01:54 AM

Trebuchet replied to a thread Trivial (or not so trivial) stuff that makes you happy. in Off-Topic Babbling

Stuff that bugs me: We can't talk about WHY she's famous on this forum.

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Today, 01:51 AM

Trebuchet replied to a thread Some Non-trivial Things That Annoy Me. in Off-Topic Babbling

Ouch! One of my parents' cats was found with a piece of string hanging out of his mouth. My mother pulled it out. And out. And out. About six...

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Today, 01:39 AM

Trebuchet replied to a thread How did we do it before the internet... in Off-Topic Babbling

My wife was actually the second blind date they set me up with. The first one fell asleep during the date at someone's birthday party.

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Today, 12:03 AM

Noclevername replied to a thread How did we do it before the internet... in Off-Topic Babbling

Storing electrons is certainly more convenient than paper. But pity the poor Sumerians and their clay slabs! Office workers had to also be...

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Yesterday, 11:48 PM

Selenite replied to a thread Some Non-trivial Things That Annoy Me. in Off-Topic Babbling

That's quite true. A few years ago my cat decided for whatever stupid reason to chew and swallow a half empty spool of bobbin thread on the floor of...

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Yesterday, 10:34 PM

Noclevername replied to a thread Some Non-trivial Things That Annoy Me. in Off-Topic Babbling

Hmmm.... a show-stopper for sure.

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Yesterday, 10:25 PM

selvaarchi replied to a thread Reusable Rockets in Space Exploration

"'Major reusable launch breakthrough' by private rocket firm i-Space prior to IPO" https://www.globaltimes.cn/page/202101/1213057.shtml

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Yesterday, 09:51 PM

Noclevername replied to a thread Some Non-trivial Things That Annoy Me. in Off-Topic Babbling

1 card Monty.

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Yesterday, 09:50 PM

PetersCreek replied to a thread Some Non-trivial Things That Annoy Me. in Off-Topic Babbling

That's the card I picked! (Glad to here it all came out all right.)

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Yesterday, 09:42 PM

Noclevername replied to a thread Some Non-trivial Things That Annoy Me. in Off-Topic Babbling

In his tummy they found half an unchewed Milk Bone treat, and half a playing card... 9 of clubs!

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Yesterday, 08:33 PM

PetersCreek replied to a thread Some Non-trivial Things That Annoy Me. in Off-Topic Babbling

The most serious eating-related episode for our dog came when he got hold of a length of dental floss, unbeknownst to us. It looped over his tongue...

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Yesterday, 08:09 PM

PetersCreek replied to a thread How did we do it before the internet... in Off-Topic Babbling

Much of my military career was pre-Internet...or World Wide Web, that is. Some units/functions had networked systems but not in a sophisticated...

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Yesterday, 06:00 PM

Noclevername replied to a thread Some Non-trivial Things That Annoy Me. in Off-Topic Babbling

Our puppy ate a grape. Seems like no big deal, right? A grape. But turns out grapes are toxic to dog's kidneys, even in low doses, and he's a...

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Yesterday, 05:51 PM

PetersCreek replied to a thread Heritage sites on the moon in Space Exploration

Are you talking about the actual NASA proposal or the linked article? As for the article, it's not a NASA publication, it's quite brief and it's not...

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Yesterday, 05:05 PM

Swift replied to a thread How did we do it before the internet... in Off-Topic Babbling

Somewhat off topic for this thread (but it is OTB)... back when I was single, I had some weird/funny experiences with blind dates (or rather lacks of...

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Yesterday, 04:58 PM

Swift replied to a thread Trivial (or not so trivial) stuff that makes you happy. in Off-Topic Babbling

Yes. It was interesting hearing about the speech difficulty she overcame; I had never heard of such a thing (having difficulty saying certain...

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Yesterday, 04:52 PM

Swift replied to a thread International Space Station in Space Exploration

Heck, we did that as kids when we went to camp, or with our school lunches. "Hey, I'll trade you half my sandwich for your cookie"

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Yesterday, 04:11 PM

PetersCreek replied to a thread Some Non-trivial Things That Annoy Me. in Off-Topic Babbling

I had a similar experience after having cataract surgery earlier this month. I would occasionally see an arc-like shadow in my right eye's...

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Yesterday, 03:55 PM

Trebuchet replied to a thread What are you watching? in Small Media at Large

I haven't watched Jeopardy since Alex Trebek died. Just can't.

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Yesterday, 03:53 PM

Trebuchet replied to a thread Disease and pandemics thread (because it's science) in Science and Technology

The Christmas surge in new USA cases seems to have settled down a bit, with the 7-day average running under 200,000 cases daily where it had been...

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Yesterday, 03:43 PM

Trebuchet replied to a thread Some Non-trivial Things That Annoy Me. in Off-Topic Babbling

One of the interesting effects of a vitreous detachment for me was a regular grid of red dots that appeared when I closed the affected eye. I got...

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Yesterday, 01:03 PM

Noclevername replied to a thread International Space Station in Space Exploration

Not surprising. On Firefly they bet jobs in card games. I would be shocked if they didn't have something similar on the ISS or any isolated community.

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Yesterday, 01:01 PM

Noclevername replied to a thread Let's colonize Titan in Space Exploration

He3 is one of the more complex types of theoretical reactor fuel to achieve sustainable fusion. There's a reason we are starting with...

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Yesterday, 11:20 AM

selvaarchi replied to a thread Mars 2020 Rover in Space Exploration

"Six things to know about NASA's Mars helicopter on its way to Mars" ...

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Yesterday, 11:11 AM

selvaarchi replied to a thread China's Science Revolution in Space Exploration

Froom more than 60 Earth observation satellites, sent to space, China has collected reams of data. In fact over 100PB (about 100 million GB).The data...

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