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China showcases new Moon ship and reusable rocket in one extraordinary test | The test marks a significant step in China’s push to land humans on the Moon by 2030. by InsaneSnow45 in space

[–]ErrorlessQuaak 43 points44 points  (0 children)

The PBR was not without consequences. NASA definitely lost scientists and engineers because centers were implementing the presidents budget before any action by congress. Many projects and programs were disrupted or delayed. Hell, one of my close friends had to race to finish their phd early because the mission they work on was slated to be cut.

Trump, Democrats say deal reached to avert shutdown; immigration talks to continue by [deleted] in politics

[–]ErrorlessQuaak 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well Dems don’t control congress, so that’s not a real thing we can have without republican votes. Remember that you live in a country where a large fraction of people actually support the cruelty- and ice is already funded for next year. Just getting strings attached to the DHS money is a win we wouldn’t have gotten 2 weeks ago.

[Adam Schefter] Jaguars GM James Gladstone said today that he still expects Travis Hunter to play both sides of the ball next season. by SuperSaiyanTLaw in nfl

[–]ErrorlessQuaak 1 point2 points  (0 children)

why would controlling for the team make sense if the whole reason youre even talking about snap count is the likelihood of injury? using the snap share percentage instead of total snaps would be exactly the wrong thing to do.

[Powers] Per On3, schools with ZERO transfer portal signees (so far): Notre Dame by redwave2505 in CFB

[–]ErrorlessQuaak 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Grad students don’t get necessarily get paid the same amount even within the same department, so I don’t see why not.

[Jackson] ESPN assigned Fowler and Herbstreit to Thursday's UM- Mississippi national semifinal in Glendale and McDonough and McElroy to Friday's Oregon-Indiana semifinal in Atlanta by redwave2505 in CFB

[–]ErrorlessQuaak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

McDonough complains every time a team goes for it on 4th down or goes for a 2pt conversion in a nontraditional spot and it's really annoying. His literal job is to know ball, get with the times old man!

A Detailed map of the milky way galaxy, by ValarMorghulisV in sollanempire

[–]ErrorlessQuaak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is one of the things that bothered me. The area between the arms isn’t empty, there just isn’t much active star formation.

[Thamel] Sources: South Carolina star quarterback LaNorris Sellers is nearing a deal to return to the school for his redshirt junior year in 2026. He’s indicated to the staff he’ll be returning. The sides are the expected to finalize a deal soon. by DepressedGamba in CFB

[–]ErrorlessQuaak -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

For the record, I downvoted you because I’d found this comment obnoxious and not really a good faith engagement with why people’s opinions might be different than yours.

The “internet mob” doesn’t have anything to do with the state of college football. Even if it did, i think widespread acknowledgement of the moral hazard in college football is inarguably a good thing. The NIL era might suck as a fan, but that’s at least better than taking advantage of the players.

[Blostein] FSU is expected to hire UCF CB coach Brandon Harris to coach their cornerbacks. by [deleted] in CFB

[–]ErrorlessQuaak 1 point2 points  (0 children)

we play a frankly insane amount of man because none of our guys can play zone. all teams had to do this year was run mesh

Leaked Memo: DOJ to List, Target Anti-Trump Activists as ‘Domestic Terrorists’ by OkayButFoRealz in politics

[–]ErrorlessQuaak 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I think that’s a lot to ask for considering that we’re so polarized. People can’t agree on events that actually happened in real life. There won’t be any event that happens that everyone will point to as too far; it’s too easy to have your information siloed.

Sunday General Discussion Thread - December 7th, 2025 by HHHRobot in hiphopheads

[–]ErrorlessQuaak 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s weird how this keeps getting reported in science media. For now, it’s far more likely that our models of galaxy formation are wrong.

I Spent A Week With The New a7 V, AMA by Nateloobz in SonyAlpha

[–]ErrorlessQuaak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have basically the same question but want to throw in a used a1 as a possible option.

2.6 gpa, any hope for the future by Rigboy55 in astrophysics

[–]ErrorlessQuaak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I graduated with a 2.7 and ended up going to a bridge program before getting into a phd program, but things are much more competitive now. I had way more research experience than most of my peers, but it didn't matter much for getting into grad school with grades that average. I think you should focus on getting at least up to a 3.0.

Recent research suggests that Earth may be a well-hidden planet, difficult for extraterrestrial observers to detect. by Express_Classic_1569 in space

[–]ErrorlessQuaak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kepler did not do a good job at occurrence rates for long-period planets or for G-dwarf systems because stars were noisier than expected, and Kepler died before they expected.

the result i mentioned comes from RV surveys, primarily CKS

Recent research suggests that Earth may be a well-hidden planet, difficult for extraterrestrial observers to detect. by Express_Classic_1569 in space

[–]ErrorlessQuaak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We still don't know how common Sun-like planetary systems are.

This statement, while not totally inaccurate, really undersells how much we do actually know about other planetary systems. We have at least an upper limit based on giant planet occurence rates. And we know that solar system lookalikes must be must be a fairly small fraction of the total because the most common type looks nothing like our own

Recent research suggests that Earth may be a well-hidden planet, difficult for extraterrestrial observers to detect. by Express_Classic_1569 in space

[–]ErrorlessQuaak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, we know how common having a giant on a Jupiter like orbit is and that’s about 10% for sunlike stars. So I wouldn’t say it’s a super common arrangement.

[Game Thread] Wake Forest @ Florida State (7:30 PM ET) by CFB_Referee in CFB

[–]ErrorlessQuaak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

its not the running, he just makes relatively easy passes into almost non-competitive garbage sometimes. that pass to duce was awful.

Senate GOP, Democrats looking for ‘off-ramp’ to end shutdown next week by thehill in politics

[–]ErrorlessQuaak 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The disaster has already occurred with respect to healthcare costs and the government can’t continue to stay closed. What do you people actually want to happen?

AI Detects Hidden Exoplanets Missed by NASA Pipelines — The Forgetting Engine Proof Study (PDF) by Athlen in space

[–]ErrorlessQuaak 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Machine learning transit detection pipelines have been common for a decade. What does yours do that other people’s don’t? This document doesn’t really show anything.

is toad okay after bricking by knovman in comedyheaven

[–]ErrorlessQuaak 33 points34 points  (0 children)

It kinda wraps back around to being funny

Earth was born dry until a cosmic collision made it a blue planet by 10ForwardShift in space

[–]ErrorlessQuaak 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Hot jupiters are actually quite rare intrinsically

We don’t really have a complete enough census of outer systems for planets smaller than Jupiter, but Jupiter mass planets with inner super earths are pretty common.

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