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chunger··on KH-11 spysat design revealed by NRO’s telescope gift to NASA (2012)
I did not realize that the Keyhole line of spy sats had a resolution of 4" from 200 miles away! That tech is at least a decade old, so imagine what exists today.
chunger··on An exoplanet has been found in the ‘Neptunian Desert’
>That's the reason Earth has kept its atmosphere while Mars did not

How would you explain Venus having an atmosphere while not generating a magnetic field?

chunger··on Peddling the ‘Secrets’ to Getting Rich on Amazon
"There’s something uniquely American about believing that with a little bit of hard work, anybody can make money fast."

Sure sounds like nothing has changed from P. T. Barnum's time who supposedly said "There's a sucker born every minute"

chunger··on I Got Catfished by a Candidate
Cold calling, usually.

It means that they're not only working leads that come in from marketing campaigns, website, & emails (these are inbound, initiated by a potential customer). Typically means picking up the phone and calling strangers to try and sell them things (initiated by you - outbound).

chunger··on Photographing A Town That Never Was – The Meta Picture
Robbie the Robot even makes an appearance!
chunger··on Mt. Gox Finds 200,000 Missing Bitcoins
Barons articles too, if you're into financial news.