Yeah, totally possible. The speeds needed are within our capabilities.

You can see demonstrated here around 9.30m - https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x66wixr

Brian Cox watches the sunset, and then accelerates enough to watch it in reverse.

Not like this. You don’t just sit there in silence, that’s be weird. You talk vaguely around the subject without disclosing specifics.

And clients will appreciate that you respect confidentiality.

Great film. Brilliant performances. I think the actor playing Driss is one of the most charismatic. He really nails that role.

The great leveler. And they’re terrified of it. It warms my heart.

I like seeing people. It’s already unsocial working from home.

Why’s that?

And they accelerate through the first 50% of a journey, flip, and decelerate the remaining 50%. I can’t name another sci-fi tackle space journeys in a realistic way like that. Everything else just treats it like air travel - pushing your way through something with drag.

People have jumped on this but it’s just an anonymous tip done through an open web form. It’s about as substantiated as writing on a bathroom wall.

Doesn’t mean it’s not true, but it’s also the weakest evidenced thing in there.

Fascinating. And thankyou for explaining some complex problems so clearly.

Surprising to hear that solid fuel rockets were the successor to liquid fuel in this particular use case. I always thought that liquid was superior, and worth the added complexity.

You may not like tiktok or use it but a lot of people do. And now it’s in the hands of a bunch of nasty bastards.

Amen. You have to stay away from that toxic commercialisation. It messes with your brain and stalls your progress in any hobby.

I think one of the best things about arts, crafts, sports, music and the like is that it has a built in resistance to that kind of commercial takeover. Having good pens will not make you better at art, good shoes won’t make you better at soccer, a fancier gym won’t give you bigger muscles. These things come from hard work, perseverance, dedication. You can’t buy skill no matter goes much money you have, I love that.

Any art or craft or sport is pretty much free when you weigh up the hours vs the outlay required.

Except skiing and motorsports. That eats money.

Classic capitalist short term thinking. China’s out competing us, better slow down the rate of technological development.

Every time I see the names of the Xbox lineup my brain just feels tired and kinda shuts down.

I am never going to remember it.

Tutorials where they are going through stuff you 90% understand already and you just need to find that juicy remaining 10%.

When you add sugar to a dish you do it by the cupful or spoonful but when you add salt you do it by the pinch. It’s definitely true.

I never said it was.

Did I say that?

Journalism provides information and understanding. That’s it’s whole thing. The Information bit tends to be clear - it’s verifiable, you can see if it’s raining as in your example. Understanding is harder - it’s intangible, you infer it or deduce it. Therefore it’s non-objective, unprovable, so an opinion.

And lots of things fall into the second category - An article on what Putin’s actual objectives are in Ukraine. Why his world view became that way. What it feels like to be a Uyghur in China. What it’s like in the inside of the Trump administration. This kind of thing is valuable and it’s only communicated through opinion pieces.

I think people react strongly to it because it is something that can be weaponised and has been. Mixed in or presented as informational news. Or might just be advocating some dogshit idea or rotten agenda. There’s too many examples to mention…

That’s a very good point. And the flag kinda sums up Israel’s strategic conflation of anti Israel with anti Semitism.

I’m guessing from the phrasing of the article that this was the Star of David outside of the flag. Which I think is asking for an accusation of anti Semitism and could have been easily avoided.

Never heard of an opinion piece? Reporting people’s takes on a situation is very much part of journalism along with factual news.

When it’s done well, it can be really powerful and informative.