Avi Rappoport (avirr)
@avirr.sfba.social.ap.brid.gy
Occasionally curious. Berkeleyite. Mom & partner. Trailing-edge Boomer. Liberal. Librarian and search consultant (currently updating the Faceted Search book) […]
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December 17, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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We set up a CRASH Clock website here: https://outerspaceinstitute.ca/crashclock/
Note that this is a probabilistic calculation. A catastrophic collision could happen sooner than 2.8 days of no maneuvers. In our (extremely computationally expensive) collision […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Note that this is a probabilistic calculation. A catastrophic collision could happen sooner than 2.8 days of no maneuvers. In our (extremely computationally expensive) collision […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
December 11, 2025 at 2:32 PM
We set up a CRASH Clock website here: https://outerspaceinstitute.ca/crashclock/
Note that this is a probabilistic calculation. A catastrophic collision could happen sooner than 2.8 days of no maneuvers. In our (extremely computationally expensive) collision […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Note that this is a probabilistic calculation. A catastrophic collision could happen sooner than 2.8 days of no maneuvers. In our (extremely computationally expensive) collision […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
@alaskawx.bsky.social Good to know, apparently Oslo is 59N
December 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
@alaskawx.bsky.social Good to know, apparently Oslo is 59N
@ai6yr it is weird that they all use San Francisco for training and and testing. It seems like there are other flatter, simpler cities to use.
December 9, 2025 at 10:45 PM
@ai6yr it is weird that they all use San Francisco for training and and testing. It seems like there are other flatter, simpler cities to use.
Reposted by Avi Rappoport (avirr)
The only reason selective colleges and universities are anywhere *close* to parity is because of affirmative action for young men, defended not as a matter of remedial justice but as a matter of maintaining a particular campus atmosphere. Abolish that, you get 60-40 right away, 65-35 soon.
December 4, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The only reason selective colleges and universities are anywhere *close* to parity is because of affirmative action for young men, defended not as a matter of remedial justice but as a matter of maintaining a particular campus atmosphere. Abolish that, you get 60-40 right away, 65-35 soon.
Reposted by Avi Rappoport (avirr)
I have doubts about whether or not change.org petitions actually do anything. But if you need to do something small right now against space mirrors, a DarkSky International member set up a petition here: https://www.change.org/p/stop-space-mirrors
Sign the Petition
Stop space mirrors!!
www.change.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I have doubts about whether or not change.org petitions actually do anything. But if you need to do something small right now against space mirrors, a DarkSky International member set up a petition here: https://www.change.org/p/stop-space-mirrors