I’d seen this before, but was happy to reread it for gems like this:

“You know how when you slap or flap meat it makes a noise? They talk by flapping their meat at each other. They can even sing by squirting air through their meat.”

Such a beautiful description of the human voice.

Isn’t Titan’s atmosphere mostly nitrogen, with a dash of hydrocarbons?

The music sucks

You take that back. John Williams is an international treasure, and the only aspect which was consistently good throughout all nine films. Rey’s theme, March of the Resistance, and Jedi Steps and Finale were all stellar in my opinion.

Same. Core memory unlocked.

Hypothetical, but Black Hole Stars (one of my favourite Kurzgesagt videos).

“Normally that would be the end – today’s stars go supernova, a black hole forms and things calm down. But in this case, the star survives its own death.”

“An impossibly dangerous balance has been created – millions of solar masses pushing in, the angry radiation of a force fed black hole pushing out.”

I’m hoping that some of the new long wavelength teleescopes like JWST might have a chance of seeing one of these beasts.

Once it cools down, what sort of matter will remain? Would it have a solid surface one could walk around on?

We can’t visit other star systems within our current lifetimes, but there’s no reason we can’t build bigger and better telescopes over the next few decades. That’s the next best thing, and we can do it from the comfort of our home planet!

Your username is intriguing. Have you tried it? Is it any good?

Also, neutron stars are awesome. Densities on the order of “Mount Everests per teaspoon”? Almost unimaginable.

Anyone have any ideas on how to increase the particle size of the copper oxalate precipitate?

They are, the dialogue is absolutely horrendous.

“I wish I could wish away my feelings”

“I’ve been dying a little bit each day since you came back into my life”

4,5,2,3,6. No ep 1!

That’s machete order, I think. While TPM is definitely the most “skippable” of the 6, I think AotC is a worse movie.

She only found out she was adopted like an hour prior.

Wait, who did she find this out from? Her adoptive parents were presumably killed in Star Wars with the destruction of Alderaan.

It’s also implied that she knew she was adopted. Luke asks her “do you remember your mother, your real mother?” and Leia replies “Just a little bit. She died when I was very young”.

Ah, thanks for clarifying. That’s an interesting position. I never found the light sabers or blaster bolts in the original trilogy to look that bad. And the practical effects, models, and sets, certainly look superior to the CGI sets in the prequels.

If George had waited another 5 or 10 years it could have been better.

I’m not so sure about this. I think that the limitations George had at the time ended up being part of what made the original trilogy so good. If George had access to better special effects, would we still have gotten scenes like these?

Or would we have gotten this instead?

George being able to do “whatever he wants” does not necessarily lead to the best movie.

and hate that I can’t find copies without the added crap

Search up “Harmy despecialized” and “4k77”. There are many other Star Wars fans who feel the way you do, and they have taken matters into their own hands :)

If we find life somewhere else in the solar system, it will be interesting to see if we are related to it, or whether it developed independently.

I’m fascinated by the ice moons of the gas giants, which is why I am so excited for missions like Juice, Europa Clipper, and Dragonfly.

Congratulations. You win the “technically correct” award.

localized entirely within your Lemmy instance?

Well, not entirely. It federates to other instances, which is sort of the point of Lemmy :)

“Darth Plagiarism” is just… *chef’s kiss*

Specifically Lumiere and Babette, I believe.

the first astronauts warned us about a private space industry. Sure, they can innovate faster and cheaper, but not as safely.

Crew Dragon: 0

Space Shuttle: 14