Geologists stare at rock formations, astronomers stare at fuzzy pixels. In both cases they study crazy things from deep time, but in a way that would slowly drive me mad.
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Is there anything astronomers can’t find out from a couple of pixels?
That’s like, their whole life, it sounds like.
Geologists stare at rock formations, astronomers stare at fuzzy pixels. In both cases they study crazy things from deep time, but in a way that would slowly drive me mad.
You can tell a lot from how a CMOS or CCD picks up a couple photons
They’re still trying to find a computer capable of measuring the mass of your mom
Uncalled for but 10/10 execution
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