Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · 4 months agoWhat is the smallest hill you would die on?message-squaremessage-square360linkfedilinkarrow-up1138arrow-down12
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minus-squarechaosCruiserlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·4 months agoBest of all, that funny fraction isn’t even constant. The earth is a bit wonky.
minus-squarenotabot@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up5·4 months agoWe fix it with rockets. Circularize the orbit and set it to an integer number of days that’s divisible by 28.
minus-squarechaosCruiserlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·4 months agoNow that’s the kind of thinking we need more of! Mathematical precision is the way we run things around here. Screw whatever nature had intended for orbits and such. It’s our planet.
Best of all, that funny fraction isn’t even constant. The earth is a bit wonky.
We fix it with rockets. Circularize the orbit and set it to an integer number of days that’s divisible by 28.
Now that’s the kind of thinking we need more of! Mathematical precision is the way we run things around here. Screw whatever nature had intended for orbits and such. It’s our planet.