kate

I use Kate – part of the KDE project ecosystem (for anyone else wondering) – on all platforms, including Windows. So worth it.

What algorithm should I use – oh shit, I just deflated

How to say you don’t understand physics without saying you don’t understand physics

So, is my comment here engagement or…

Ugh.

Okay, tangent. When I was in grad school for planetary science, literally every grant application had “search for water” in it because that was how you made your grant sexy to PHBs at granting agencies. Later, when water became so common everywhere in the solar system, it switched to things like methane. The treadmill continues.

This is the version of that for exoplanets. And it screams of junk science marketing to appeal to granting agencies and bad click-bait reposting. It drives me nuts.

You could say this about just about any exoplanet out there if you stretch the definition of life wide enough.

I bought a $5 ticket from a kid who was fundraising for their graduation party. It requires a 28-24 score at the end of any quarter for me to win a hundred bucks. This is officially the most invested I’ve ever been in owls.

He’s just not that into chickens