Rockets are not launched straight up. After getting off the ground they are angled toward the east (still mostly up) which is in the opposite direction of the earth’s spin. This allows the rocket to achieve a higher speed in relation to the earth and more easily reach exit velocity. This is why they are launched, in the US, from the eastern seaboard; they travel over water instead of land so that if things go wrong it falls in the ocean.
This reminds me of the bird called the canary which means dog. It gets its name because some islands were discovered that had a bunch of wild dogs, and they named them the Canary Islands (from canine). Later on it was discovered that a small yellow bird was endemic to the islands so they named it after the place they lived.
I don’t think anyone has mentioned “helicopter” yet. It’s not heli and copter like you might think. It’s helico like helix meaning spiral and pter like pterodactyl meaning winged.
Yes, but, from the article: ”GrapheneOS also says governments and banks are increasingly adopting these verification systems for things like payments, digital ID apps, and age verification services.
“Instead of governments stopping Apple and Google from engaging in egregiously anti-competitive behavior, they’re directly participating in locking out competition via their own services,” Graphene said."
I also bought the Vive back in `16. Can’t believe that was 10 years ago! I moved two years ago though and never set it back up. I figured at the time that Valve would have a new headset that didn’t require base stations soon. Finally coming this year, so if someone wants to buy an OG Vive…
Also fun how the horse can’t stop won’t stop until it runs a certain distance. Which is accurate based on some animals I’ve met.
I like the idea of this comic. I did not expect the comments to just be people asking, “Where the horse dick at?”
I used to take naps in the server room.
Even if you look at him in the best possible light, he’s an absolute moron. A lucky one, but still. To the day he died, he still believed he’d reached east Asia. And it wasn’t a case of not having the information to know better; he just couldn’t fathom being wrong.
this is weird, man