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adarza, do astronomy w Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032

is there any way to hurry it along?

MrTrono, do astronomy w Don’t panic, but an asteroid has a 1.9% chance of hitting Earth in 2032

Am I supposed to panic because it’s unlikely to hit? Meanwhile I’m out here wishing for death by meteor.

threelonmusketeers,

Just in case this comment is not a joke, here’s the WHO page on suicide prevention.

Either way, there are a few billion other people on this planet who would rather not die by meteor, thank you very much.

PhobosAnomaly,

I mean, if I was going to go out, then getting my shit mixed by a meteor is pretty awesome. I’m sure I’ll make it on to a few Buzzfeed articles over the next ten or twenty years.

All things considered though, it would indeed be nice if it landed somewhere inconsequential like the ocean; the desert; or Florida.

threelonmusketeers, (edited )

Florida

You jest, but the Kennedy Space Center is in Florida. Putting the world’s busiest spaceport out of commission might put a damper on future asteroid deflection missions…

grue,

Eh, they can launch from Vandenburg if it’s that important. (Or, ya know, Guiana or Baikonur or whatever.)

Mirshe,

Assuming any foreign space agency will work with NASA now…

murmelade,

Hell yeah this would be my choice too on preferred way to die. There’s something beautifully deterministic about it, a random space rock flying around for millions of years and all my lifes choices and circumstances ending up in standing on the exact spot the meteorite ends its journey. Right in my head. Lovely.

ShaggySnacks,
@ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one avatar

What about hitting the Republican National Conference?

lordnikon,

Not to be a doomer but most of us will be dead by then I just hope the meteor takes out any lucky oligarchs still alive in a bunker.

Omgpwnies,

You think “most of us” will be dead in … 7 years? That’s pretty doomer if you ask me.

lordnikon,

I just read the ipcc reports and if you read those and don’t start a bucket list for the time we have left. I don’t know what to tell you. Trust me I don’t want to be this way I will fight where I can but I’m going to live my life the same time way a terminal patient lives. Cherish the days we got and if I’m wrong I will eat crow happily with a big smile on my face.

llamacoffee,
@llamacoffee@lemmy.world avatar

Very doomer. Does lemmy have a “remind me in 7 years” bot? 😅

LouNeko,

Yeah I’ll take one for the team. I go to the point of impact and when it finaly hits, I’m gonna try to punch it back into orbit.

You don’t have to thank me.

joelfromaus,
@joelfromaus@aussie.zone avatar

Honestly, at this point, there might be enough of us volunteering to bounce that fucker back to Jupiter. A lot of us will be turned into jam but I think it’s worth the sacrifice.

MrTrono,

But I’m on team meteor

vzq, do esa w [Eric Berger] Europe has the worst imaginable idea to counter SpaceX’s launch dominance

On the one hand, it’s euro-ULA. On the other hand, I’m not sure there’s an obvious alternative.

threelonmusketeers,

Why not invest in a bunch of the smaller companies like Rocket Factory Ausburg, PLD Space, MaiaSpace, HyImpulse, etc? They won’t all be successful, but if just a couple of them are, the competition would put Europe in a much stronger position than if they were to establish Euro-ULA.

vzq,

I’m not sure we can afford an “either or” strategy.

We should be doing that, we should be doing euro-ULA, and we should be massively expanding (access to) launch infrastructure. There’s only so much you can do when your ranges are literally on the other side of the planet.

threelonmusketeers,

There’s only so much you can do when your ranges are literally on the other side of the planet.

Is suppose French Guiana is a bit far, but Andøya, Esrange, and Saxavord all have plans for orbital launches, don’t they?

oce, do astronomy w A NASA astronaut may have just taken the best photo from space—ever
@oce@jlai.lu avatar
echodot, do games w Doom in an art gallery

I love how the layout is still the same.

catloaf, do games w Doom in an art gallery

Isn’t this an art gallery in Doom though?

Fredselfish, do games w Doom in an art gallery
@Fredselfish@lemmy.world avatar

So cool to see all the things that Doom can do even all these years later. If you haven’t read it I highly suggest Masters of Doom by David Kushner. Great read all about the two Johns who created this wonderful game.

undeffeined,

"Unlike typical Doom mods, the project uses Construct 3 rather than utilizing the original Doom engine. "

This was not done in Doom but rather a Doom inspired creation.

Still,Dooms legacy has influenced more creativity ʘ‿ʘ

fluxion,

One of my favorite reads ever. What a wild ride those guys had.

Fredselfish,
@Fredselfish@lemmy.world avatar

Yeah and shame that success and all they did probably can’t be replicated today.

jqubed, do games w Of course Atari’s new handheld includes a trackball, spinner, and numpad
@jqubed@lemmy.world avatar

Despite including a numpad like the Intellivision controller, the GameStation Go doesn’t currently include any games from Atari’s recently purchased Intellivision library. But [YouTube reviewer who was hands-on at CES] GenXGrownUp says including those titles—alongside Atari Lynx and Jaguar games—is not “off the table yet” for the final release.

I only know of the Atari Lynx from reading about the history of Chip’s Challenge but I’d be interested in seeing that.

p03locke, do games w Of course Atari’s new handheld includes a trackball, spinner, and numpad
@p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

ATARI is just a brand name at this point, trying to feed off of people’s nostalgia. There’s nothing left of the company that made this stuff in the 80s.

_NetNomad, do games w Of course Atari’s new handheld includes a trackball, spinner, and numpad
@_NetNomad@fedia.io avatar

as it should! long live spinners and paddles!

Voroxpete, do games w Of course Atari’s new handheld includes a trackball, spinner, and numpad

There’s a bar in my town whose gimmick is all their original arcade and pinball machines. Including Missile Command. God that game is stressful.

jordanlund, do games w Of course Atari’s new handheld includes a trackball, spinner, and numpad
@jordanlund@lemmy.world avatar

The spinner is pretty vital for a lot of old Atari content. Pong/Breakout/Warlords with a joystick is super hard.

RightHandOfIkaros, do games w Of course Atari’s new handheld includes a trackball, spinner, and numpad

I wish trackballs were utilized more. Near-mouse levels of accuracy at the thumb over a joystick is great.

Coelacanth,
@Coelacanth@feddit.nu avatar

One of the top Deadlock players uses a trackball. We all stan our ergonomic king.

silverchase,
@silverchase@sh.itjust.works avatar

Valve tried trackballs with the Steam Controller but ditched them for trackpads that emulate trackball physics. They found small ones felt bad but big ones were too bulky and heavy. Clearly they like that idea, since every controller-like thing they’ve designed since includes pads.

ms_lane,

Also they can spin on their own in a handheld-

In a stationary device like a desktop trackball or an arcade cabinet, they settle but a handheld device is moving very slightly while being held and more vigorously when picked up/put down, which can move the ball. Trackpads won’t do that.

Coelacanth, do games w Stalker 2 has been enjoyable jank, but it’s also getting rapidly fixed
@Coelacanth@feddit.nu avatar

Much needed. I finished the game before this latest huge patch dropped and had to use console commands three times just to fix progression locking bugs in the main story.

It’s still a must play for fans of the franchise I would say, but if you can wait it’s probably a good idea to do so. They still haven’t gotten A-life working.

Pika, do games w The $700 price tag isn’t hurting PS5 Pro’s early sales
@Pika@sh.itjust.works avatar

My hypothesis of this is that, this is happening because a lot of people were unable to acquire the PS5 at launch due to supply issues, and by the time the supply issues resolve themselves interest was lost and the customers were like I’ll just get the next one, then the next one ended up being $200 more but since they had already missed the previous iteration and they don’t want to buy a downgrade they were forced to either stay with their current PS4 or by the upgrade.

My point is I don’t think that this is a sustainable model, the more they increase the price the more app that the everyday consumer is going to say man this isn’t worth upgrading between the base model and the pro model, and while they might see short term profits rise, instead of buying both models people will only buy one which will lower long term profits

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