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What’s something on your mind lately that nobody else would understand? (programming.dev)

submitted 1 year ago by silas@programming.dev to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] silas@programming.dev 35 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (16 children)

I learned recently how the James Webb Space Telescope is not orbiting around Earth but literally orbiting around an empty point in space. I don’t think I even quite understand it, but it’s really cool

[–] keepcarrot@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A Lagrange point or whatever?

[–] darmabum@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

Now I got that ZZ Top intro ear-worm…

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