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uhoh
uhoh
05:28
@geoffc Niven rocks.
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Q: How to get sunburned through the window of a General Products hull?

uhohIn the short story Neutron Star by Larry Niven, the main character Beowulf Shaeffer's face is sunburned somehow when his ship - built from a General Products starship hull - passes very fast and very close to a neutron star. These hulls were said to only allow visible light (and gravity) to pene...

physics larry-niven
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Hohmannfan
Hohmannfan
10:33
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That latest ISRO launch released a bunch of satellites!
 
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XKCD
XKCD
15:28
I recognize that chocolate is its own thing on which reasonable people may differ. Everything else here is objective fact.
 
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called2voyage
called2voyage
18:34
@XKCD A missed blue flavor is blue coconut, which is definitely better than blue raspberry. Also, I am one of those people who actually likes popcorn flavor.
In fact, I think I like popcorn flavored things better than popcorn.
 
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kim holder
kim holder
20:36
i think either indigo should be added to that list, and blueberries be given their rightful spot, or the whole blue area should be rethought.
 
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Sir Cumference
Sir Cumference
22:02
@Hohmannfan Congrats on the promotion to mod!
Though I might be late
Hohmannfan
Hohmannfan
@SirCumference Thank you. And happy late pi-day to you :)
Sir Cumference
Sir Cumference
@Hohmannfan Np :)
Hohmannfan
Hohmannfan
looks up 'np' in urban dictionary
geoffc
geoffc
22:59
@SirCumference @Hohmannfan Oh lordy, have we no standards?
Hohmannfan
Hohmannfan
@geoffc Well, some, but as a non-native speaker chat abbreviations are hard.
geoffc
geoffc
@Hohmannfan Sorry, was joking about the fact you are a moderator now, not the np (No Problem) comment.
kim holder
kim holder
it is geoff's semi-official role to keep you sharp :P
Hohmannfan
Hohmannfan
@geoffc Oh yeah, that makes it better :D
geoffc
geoffc
@kimholder And be a bit of a jackass.
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kim holder
kim holder
23:07
you are a very fun and multi-colored jackassery promoter.
geoffc
geoffc
@kimholder KIm is of course an anti-GLM person. Ginger Lives Matter! It is a real thing!
kim holder
kim holder
is it a good sign that it took me a minute to understand what the hell you meant?
Hohmannfan
Hohmannfan
bad word detected
:P
geoffc
geoffc
@kimholder It means I have not introduced you to my campaign yet.
kim holder
kim holder
^..^
Hohmannfan
Hohmannfan
23:14
Tell me more about this campaign of you o.O

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