Zotora

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[–] Zotora@programming.dev 15 points 1 week ago (3 children)

In breaking news; The sky is blue.

More at 4.

[–] Zotora@programming.dev 11 points 1 month ago

One of the few times where being left off a map is a win.

[–] Zotora@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago

Seriously...they need to do year week or somthing.

2512 - 12th week of 2025.

[–] Zotora@programming.dev 16 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Its all the drain bamage.

[–] Zotora@programming.dev 18 points 2 months ago (8 children)

Weight == $$$

[–] Zotora@programming.dev 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That particular scene is from The Andalite Chronicles book. 😊

[–] Zotora@programming.dev 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Any projection is a compromise. You conserve some properties at the cost of others.

You could always start with a mercator projection. They are easy enough to make (think cylinder wrapped tightly around the 'equator' of your globe.

Or you could go with a conic projection (think cone sitting on a gloabe like a hat) which are also simple to make. Lambert conformal conics are common in aeronautical charts.

Both of these projections are used in different maps in the real world for navigation.

Edit: Go for a browse; there are plenty of different flavors https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_map_projections If your using software, then you can kinda do whatever you want without worrying about how hard or easy it is to make. 😄

[–] Zotora@programming.dev 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

Save me a seat

[–] Zotora@programming.dev 24 points 3 months ago

It does feel a bit like building a statue of the animal that killed your friend.

[–] Zotora@programming.dev 1 points 5 months ago

Ah, perfect!

Knew there would be somthing! 😄

 

Hey all,

Just wondering if there is a list somewhere that I can't find that lists the comunities that Programming.dev have defederatd from (or the inverse)?

[–] Zotora@programming.dev 51 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (6 children)

The short version;

  1. There was probably a legit sighting of a few drones at some point. (Its a pretty regular occurrence).
  2. It got amplified by a few people.
  3. News media amped it up more
  4. People started looking up in the sky at night and not knowing what they were looking at.
  5. MANY many reports of drones are just regular air traffiic, or planets, or stars.
  6. More people started looking. Some of then launching their own drones to look at the drones.
  7. And it just kinda snowballed from there.

TLDR; People looking at the sky for the first time discover its full of lights from various sources which they can't id.

Note: I do find it rather amusing how many people apparently can't ID an aircraft flying overhead or know what an out-of-focus star looks like. I guess theres always new people learning new things. Just wouldn't have put those two things on my list.

Edit: A fair bit of it is the usual "Aliens" people making noise, and im sure there are plenty of others farming engagement for $$$. I don't think we are going to get a clear picture for a while. We will have to wait for the hype / hysteria to die down before we get any reasonable assesment.

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