Modern astrophysics exists because a house fell on a teenage orphan.

Who as a result got adopted by a prince.

He got access to a royal lab for glassmaking.

Then he tried fixing color aberration in his microscope lenses.

Then he noticed the rainbow had holes in it. Huh.

Then he died. Glassmaking and tuberculosis are fast friends.

Then Bunsen invented his burner, which made spectra that matched the rainbow holes. Huh.

Now we know what stars and planetary atmospheres are made of!

And for trying to pull the group along, as futile as it may be.

I respect it. We need more of this.

srsly what the fuck

I think they might mean independently 🤷‍♂️ Otherwise, the answer to your question would be “The United States.”

So night is just really weak day

I should call her

Still an odd accusation to me… How does that privilege say anything about ego, given that history probably won’t remember the renamers specifically?

Um. The names aren’t being replaced with other personal names, and even if they were, it’s certainly not with the names of the people doing the replacement.

From what I’ve seen, a lot of the motivation to not have peoples’ names attached to things is because people have things attached to them (such as racism). Not saying that’s every case, but I’m sure that’s a significant factor behind the general push.

Some birb names have recently been changed, but it was more about reversing racial stereotypes. The tits and bananaquits got to stay

the continued existence of recoverable information

This phrase helped something click. Thanks for collapsing a wave function for me with all that information 😜

Seriously though, this is how information works even in evolution: continued existence of recoverable information. Genes that don’t favor recovery of the genetic line, drop out of information’s purview.

To see some basic analogy of natural selection at the quantum level is a bit exciting, to say the least.

First science meme community I see on Lemmy. First science meme post I see. Was not disappointed.

Why shouldn’t the idea of Solarpunk operate as a subset of Solarpunk, in the form of an interface between Solarpunk and the Fediverse?

I only hang out with people who know they’re stupid.

Loving the original content

My old person trait is thinking a family should be able to live in a house if one member has a stable job (maybe two people if both are at minimum wage).