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Bad Map Projection: Zero Declination

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'The zero line in WMM2025 passes through a lot of population centers; I wonder what year the largest share of the population lived in a zone of less than 5° of declination,' he thought, derailing all other tasks for the rest of the day.
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tedder
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I still struggle to remember if I add or subtract.
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'The zero line in WMM2025 passes through a lot of population centers; I wonder what year the largest share of the population lived in a zone of less than 5° of declination,' he thought, derailing all other tasks for the rest of the day.

Skew-T Log-P

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The most important quantity for meteorologists is of course the product of latent pressure and temperostrophic enthalpy, though 'how nice the weather is' is a close second.
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tedder
409 days ago
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Randall is obviously learning to fly, does he talk about it anywhere?
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The most important quantity for meteorologists is of course the product of latent pressure and temperostrophic enthalpy, though 'how nice the weather is' is a close second.

Dakota Cates

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Dakota Cates

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jhamill
616 days ago
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daily life
California
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Earth

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Just think of all the countless petty squabbles and misunderstandings, of all the fervent hatreds, over so insignificant a thing as the direction and duration of a rocket engine firing.
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tedder
704 days ago
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What did he get wrong?
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aakashm
704 days ago
If you get your reentry from orbit wrong in a particularly bad way, you can 'bounce' off the atmosphere and end up a loooong way from Earth
Vixy
703 days ago
Ohhh, now I get it, Carl's supposed to be IN the spaceship.
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Pylgrimm
703 days ago
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Damn, how did he get the hair SO right.
iustinp
703 days ago
Damn, I didn't see it, now I can't unsee it. It's indeed perfect!

A Cat Covered in Toxic Chemicals Is Terrorizing Japan

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The city of Fukuyama, Japan is on high alert after a cat fell into a vat of toxic chemicals and escaped into the night. Officials warned the animal is covered in hexavalent chromium, and residents should be careful not to touch any “cat that seems abnormal.”

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tedder
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The origin story of catzilla
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Red Line Through HTTPS

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Some organization has been paying to keep this up and it hasn't been removed from search results. Seems like two votes of confidence to me.
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tedder
1339 days ago
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so good.
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rtreborb
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Clicking OK sends the website owner a word of encouragement to keep up the good fight.
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