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Reply to comment by Dzhone in Webb telescope finds a 'hot Jupiter' exoplanet that defies expectations by maki23
Yeah it makes me excited because it's a reminder that we're in the frontier days, just starting to explore what's out there, and only currently focusing our telescopes on the most obvious likely planets, those with a steady and repeating orbit, which means they are short duration like this. Over time we'll broaden our search more and likely find many planets that are smaller and longer orbits, more earth like. So much exploring ahead!
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Reply to comment by TravelTime_LKB in Compare Public Transport Network Connectivity In 10 European Countries [OC] by TravelTime_LKB
This is fascinating. Thank you for creating it! I know the Europeans have some issues with the data but as an American this makes me very jealous. (And would be quite sad to be the American version.)
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Reply to comment by p-d-ball in Everyone talks about how huge Andromeda will look in the sky billions of years from now. I present you what the Milky Way *currently* looks like in the skies of our neighbor, the Large Magellanic Cloud. We appear absolutely huge in their skies! [Simulated view] by lampiaio
It's relatively easy and affordable to get equipment that'll let you see it like that
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Reply to comment by LordofRaddishes in Website for HOA payments clearly states a $3.25 fee, but has been charging me 3.25%. Is this worth fighting over? by Melodic_Language_890
You wouldn't want the bank to undo the transaction just to then be responsible for giving a paper check to the HOA for the same amount minus $3.50 or whatever. Or at least I wouldn't. The best course of action here is for OP to be more clear about exactly what they're seeing (screenshot and URL) and to demand the HOA refund the overpayment. HOA will comply if OP is showing them evidence and indicating they're willing to go to court for it with that same evidence. OP would win in court but only if they actually follow through and sue soon after HOA refuses. Not suing and continuing to use the service anyway could indicate to the judge that they understood the actual fee to be whatever was actually being charged rather than what the website says. Personally I wouldn't bother suing over $3.50 but that's up to OP.
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Reply to comment by Techutante in UIUC Researchers propose a new way to get fresh water from seawater, without the disadvantages of traditional desalination. They say that a vertical “capture surface” that is 210 m wide and 100 m tall, could extract enough vapor floating above warm oceans to supply 500,000 people with freshwater by lughnasadh
I've read posts about this several times and they conclude that the salt that is generated by this process at scale is far more than there would be a market for and the salt that is generated is more of a sludge.
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Reply to comment by vexpopped in Ad giant IPG advises brands to pause Twitter spending after Musk takeover by mbmba
Yeah I had to install Twitter again just so I could log in and finally delete my account also, then uninstall again. I feel like these protest deletions will add up and should at least show up as a blip on someone's dashboard / 10Q.
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Reply to comment by Indercarnive in Voters can erase racist wording in Alabama Constitution by motayba
The other 40% is poor education
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Reply to comment by donottakethisserious in 1 dead and up to 6 injured in shooting at a Halloween party in Kansas City, Kansas, police say by bonniethegamer223
Kansas City is, you know, a city. Cities are generally more like each other than they are like the rest of their state.
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Reply to comment by lazysheepdog716 in Maroon is navy red by respect-the-mask
Olive is navy green