Chris 
@chrism@qoto.org
@lupyuen LOL, sound advice, and will bare it in mind the next time it rains! 
At z=11, this galaxy is the furthest ever seen. Formed a mere 400 million years after the #bigbang .
Can a galaxy really form so quickly? It always surprises me.
Pinning Down the Distance to the Farthest Galaxy Ever Observed | astrobites
https://astrobites.org/2021/01/04/gn-z11-spec/
Looking forward to the James Webb Telescope becoming operational hopefully later in the year. Scheduled for launch eof October! 
Six space missions to look forward to in 2021
https://theconversation.com/six-space-missions-to-look-forward-to-in-2021-151622
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"Something is Rotten in Online #Advertising"
https://sparktoro.com/blog/something-is-rotten-in-online-advertising/
@lupyuen If this was a person following you around the street you could get a Court injuction to stop it. It's nothing more than stalking, plain and simple! It needs to be stopped!
If you are into #flightsimulator s check out this video on spinning. Presented by a retired #RAF flying instructor.
Real life techniques taught by a professional!
Real Fighter Pilot Teaches Spinning for F-5 in DCS
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcZqY3bGSkk
An interesting way to measure curvature using the evolution of galaxies ...
Measuring the curvature of the Universe with cosmic clocks | astrobites
https://astrobites.org/2020/12/03/cosmic-clocks/
@ravenclaw @ggaur welcome! Enjoy, this is an interesting instance.
@mcsinyx sourcehut looks interesting, thanks.
I think I will end-up self-hosting though - like I have done with most of my services.
@lupyuen I prefer gitlab to github.
It has greater functionality (for me at any rate), and Microsoft haven't got their dirty mits on it (yet?).
Should I be worried about this? Should I consider moving on, or perhaps self-host my repos??
@2ck @lupyuen agreed, not just lack of confidence. There's "if it works ... " mentally, for which I have some sympathy.
I suppose also it is also testament to how good COBOL and its programmers were that there systems still running. Would be interesting to see how many Java systems are running after the same length of time.
C'mon, any programmer "worth their salt" could easily devour a COBOL program.
When I think to some archaic languages I have to decipher on inherited systems I have had to look after, even C++ is a walk in the park.
@lupyuen Doesn't surprise me at all!
Friends in banks have told me of core systems in COBOL that they dare not touch! What saddens me is that COBOL is perhaps one of the easiest programming languages to understand yet none of them have the confidence to try and understand the subsystems they are supposedly responsible for.
As a good friend always used to say "There are programmers, and then there are the so-called programmers!".
@lupyuen LOL, some of the code I see often makes me ask myself "Ffs, what are they on?". Or perhaps I'm old? When I learnt to program, memory was an expensive resource, which had to be managed properly!!!
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"If you jump into [a #BlackHole] you will not be gone for good. Particle by particle, the information needed to reconstitute your body will reemerge"
https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-black-hole-information-paradox-comes-to-an-end-20201029/
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Let perseverance be your engine and hope your fuel.
Physics Nobel Awarded for Black Hole Breakthroughs | Quanta Magazine
https://www.quantamagazine.org/physics-nobel-awarded-for-black-hole-breakthroughs-20201006/
