Comment on That's a big burger

luciole@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• murtaza64@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I read somewhere that this phenomenon is so unlikely that if we ever need to represent our planet in an intergalactic context, the solar eclipse would be a good candidate for a symbol to put on a flag [citation needed]

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  • luciole@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m down and anyone who isn’t hasn’t seen a total eclipse yet. I saw my first one last year and by the time it finally came up I was starting to be a little fed up of hearing about it and slightly skeptical about how big of a deal it was. Then the day came, it got dark in a way my senses were not ready for and finally Totality happened, I saw the diamond ring with my own eyes and I lost my marbles at how fucking deeply existential this moment felt. 10/10 would watch again

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    • SomeoneElse@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m in the UK so didn’t see the last one but during the previous one I found looking around at the darkness and observing how all the birds went quiet was a bigger deal than the actual eclipse of the sun. I mean that was still really cool, but the dark and stillness was uncanny.

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  • puttputt@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Sorry, but a similar design is already taken by the planet where everyone’s obsessed with The Ring

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  • deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Iain M. Banks wrote a book on that. Inversions I think.

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• GreatTitEnthusiast@mander.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Because the moon is moving away very slowly there will be a last total solar eclipse at some point. We’re lucky to have such good ones currently

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• Underwaterbob@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  EDIT: Also I tested and this burger is the same size as a Canadian one dollar coin.

  You mean a Loonie.

  SMH.

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  • luciole@beehaw.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You’re right I should use the scientific names for things in this community.

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    • Underwaterbob@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Accuracy is important. Precision, too. Don’t mix them up!

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  • Tja@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    What a guy, eh?

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    • Underwaterbob@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      More like hoser.

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      • Tja@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        sorry

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• madjo@feddit.nl ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  That’s just what CSA and NASA want you to think. /flerf

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