I’d say even one’s parents are technically ancestors, though they might not take kindly to being referred to as such :)
I think all ancestors are relatives, but not all relatives are ancestors. Aunts and cousins and such are relatives, but not ancestors, as you are not directly descended from them.
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Horizontal integration facility. Some payloads can be attached to a horizontal rocket which is then raised to a vertical position, while other payloads need to be attatched to an already vertical rocket.
Yeah, it sounds like they had to tweak some software to better utilize the remaining threads:
In response to this change, we modified the recording algorithm to be more sensitive to neural population signals, improved the techniques to translate these signals into cursor movements, and enhanced the user interface.
Yeah, there are only a handful of Atlas V launches remaining at this point, so I guess they don’t want to invest heavily in optimizing the design at this point.
Huh, interesting. I wouldn’t have thought that adding a nitrogen compound to the exhaust would reduce the amount of nitrogen oxides, but I guess urea is a good reducing agent.
At what point do you start calling someone a ancestor rather than a relative?
For me it’s my 5th great grandmother anyone further back in the tree is my ancestor because I think 6 greats is a bit much.
He really broke his toe (lemmy.world)
Is Eternity still being maintained?
Freddie Mercury riding Darth Vader (lemmy.world)
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Squirrels sleeping in their nest (lemmy.world)
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In 49 seconds "How many cans of Spaghettio's would you need to write the entire Lord of the Rings trilogy?" (www.youtube.com)
Wholesome airport staff (lemmy.world)
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Crosswords Thursday 05/09/2024 Discussion
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Astronaut Garrett Reisman posts photo of a Haven-1 space station test article (twitter.com)
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Atlas V and Starliner roll back to the VIF (twitter.com)
[Neuralink] PRIME Study Progress Update — User Experience (neuralink.com)
Meanwhile, in Edmonton (slrpnk.net)
cackling laughter reverberating off of the walls of a secret cave by the river
joyous skittering of the least-bird (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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"Yeah, yeah, I totally know what a lion looks like, just give me the brush" (lemmy.world)
The headquarters of the sudanese navy building is shaped like a ship. The air force headquarters is shaped like a plane (lemmy.world)
I couldn’t find the Sudanese marine corps headquarters but it’s probably shaped like a crayon.
Faulty valve scuttles Starliner’s first crew launch (arstechnica.com)
Sweden’s Esrange Gets its First Orbital Launch Customer (europeanspaceflight.com)
Fatherly hazing (lemmy.world)
Autonomous excavator constructs dry stone wall (electrek.co)
Mmm...silicalicious (lemmy.world)
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