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  • At first I was like "alright, enough with the couchfucking bullshit. It's not true and I don't like lying".
    Then I read the smaller part at the bottom and you know what? Fair enough.

  • M4 Mac Mini Power Button Has New Bottom Location
  • I also at first thought it's not that bad, because it looks like the main part of the computer is "hovering", because it stands on that round portion. But then I saw that the button is on the backside! Why? That way you have to reach around everything, making it impossible to fit the thing into some smaller space and still use it. If it was on the bottom but in the front you would still have your beloved button-less design but the button would still be pretty accessible.

  • Giant catapult defies gravity by launching satellites into orbit without the need of rocket fuel - The Brighter Side of News
  • Makes sense as well. So the projectiles they throw not only have to be able to withstand the launch and release the payload, but they also have to be functioning rockets to allow for a circulation burn...

    Well good luck to them.

    Edit: I think I had that animation in mind where the canon shoots a canon-ball into a circular orbit (don't remember where I saw it), but I guess that's impossible, too, then. >.<

  • Giant catapult defies gravity by launching satellites into orbit without the need of rocket fuel - The Brighter Side of News
  • Thanks for the detail! I thought it should definitely be possible in theory to throw something into orbit. But you're right, I didn't think of the atmosphere and its friction. You would also have to throw at a very flat angle so theres a lot of atmosphere for your projectile to pass through.

  • Giant catapult defies gravity by launching satellites into orbit without the need of rocket fuel - The Brighter Side of News
  • Yeah, when I first heard what they are trying I was extremely sceptical. Watching some YouTube videos that talk through the physics involved didn't help much. So I was extremely, surprised reading this headline and thinking they actually got something into orbit. I'm somehow both relieved and upset that they didn't.

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