Part of why I'm always hanging out here, to be honest.
[ also, it's not fuckin COLD here. but they take an actual, metal (math) compass to carefully chart the distance between one point and another before updating it in the system. ]
It's kind of fun to go a little analog every now and then. This is something the locals did, and were kind enough to provide, so I figured I'd learn how they charted things and then reference them against the digital recordings we take.
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[casually does a gymnastic flip to land next to where they're sitting, leaning in to look at the star chart after she's planted her butt down.]
I know you said you were working on our star charts, but I didn't think it would be so... [squints.] Analogue?
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[ also, it's not fuckin COLD here. but they take an actual, metal (math) compass to carefully chart the distance between one point and another before updating it in the system. ]
It's kind of fun to go a little analog every now and then. This is something the locals did, and were kind enough to provide, so I figured I'd learn how they charted things and then reference them against the digital recordings we take.
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[in the tone of someone who thinks they would die if they had to do this work themselves, but ganymede is into it so it's fine.]
How'd you get into this type of work, anyway?