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Asteroid set to come closer to the Earth than the moon Nov. 8

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Re: Asteroid set to come closer to the Earth than the moon Nov. 8

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Post by Achshar »

knieveltech wrote: post #69
Achshar wrote: post #64

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"or reply as to why are you down voting?" well i don't want to get upvotes but if you disagree with me then please take some more time to write a quick comment as to why. Well i posted asking if it will be visible to naked eye, someone quoted a part of the story (indirectly) saying that it won't be and i happened to have missed that part, and i get down voted (for missing reading a part of the story).. well then i ac…

You worry entirely too much about karma.

again.. i dont need karma, i am just saying that if someone disagrees with me, just comment and tell me why, so that we can discuss or i can know why am i wrong.

Re: Asteroid set to come closer to the Earth than the moon Nov. 8

#72

Post by udp »

Achshar wrote: post #71
knieveltech wrote: post #69

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You worry entirely too much about karma.

again.. i dont need karma, i am just saying that if someone disagrees with me, just comment and tell me why, so that we can discuss or i can know why am i wrong.

You get downvoted when your comments are low quality and/or don't add to the discussion. Every comment you write with "why did you downvote me???" is both low quality and doesn't add to the discussion.

Relax, it's only HN. Go build something instead.

Re: Asteroid set to come closer to the Earth than the moon Nov. 8

#73

Post by Achshar »

udp wrote: post #72
Achshar wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

again.. i dont need karma, i am just saying that if someone disagrees with me, just comment and tell me why, so that we can discuss or i can know why am i wrong.

You get downvoted when your comments are low quality and/or don't add to the discussion. Every comment you write with "why did you downvote me???" is both low quality and doesn't add to the discussion. Relax, it's only HN. Go build something instead.

so i cannot add a comment as long as i don't have anything useful and accurate to say..? hmm can you honestly say that you agree with the notion that 'write constructive and accurate comments or don't write anything at all'?

My first ever comment in this thread was a legit question only that it's answer was already hidden in the parent article. I guess that didn't "add to discussion" then.

In short newbies cannot learn about the 'ways' of HN without being looked down upon (which is always so great for the morale). interesting. I hope my comment 'adds to the discussion' of the condition of 'ways' of HN :)

PS thanks for replying! i was kind of confused :D

Re: Asteroid set to come closer to the Earth than the moon Nov. 8

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Post by hugh3 »

maaku wrote: post #66
hugh3 wrote: post #20

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Don't forget that's a two-dimensional picture of 3D space, so it's probably not nearly as close to the moon as it appears. While most of the objects in the solar system are in kinda-sorta the same plane, they're not quite.

...except that the solar system is two dimensional, aligned on a plane?

See where I said "kinda sorta"?

If all the objects in the solar system were in exactly the same plane we'd have a solar eclipse every month. The moon's orbit, for instance, is inclined at five degrees to the ecliptic.

Re: Asteroid set to come closer to the Earth than the moon Nov. 8

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Post by PotatoEngineer »

Achshar wrote: post #73
udp wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You get downvoted when your comments are low quality and/or don't add to the discussion. Every comment you write with "why did you downvote me???" is both low quality and doesn't add to the discussion. Relax, it's only HN. Go build something instead.

so i cannot add a comment as long as i don't have anything useful and accurate to say..? hmm can you honestly say that you agree with the notion that 'write constructive and accurate comments or don't write anything at all'? My first ever comment in this thread was a legit question only that it's answer was already hidden in the parent article. I guess that didn't "add to discussion" then. In short newbies cannot lea…

Right: if you can't say something useful and accurate, please don't post. (There's still a LOT to say, so don't let that stop you from posting at all!) If you post in good faith and are inaccurate, then it's good form to either edit your post to acknowledge the error, or delete your post.

Getting downvoted is one way that newbies learn about HN; most of the time, the downvote comes with a discussion.

(One last note: sarcasm is really hard to detect in writing; we miss the tone of voice and all the nonverbal cues. It's polite to mark a sarcastic response with something that shows you're being sarcastic. Don't count on just the content of your post to show sarcasm.)

Re: Asteroid set to come closer to the Earth than the moon Nov. 8

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Post by nickpinkston »

cbr wrote: post #29
nickpinkston wrote: post #5

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Good question - an aircraft carrier nearer than the moon? I can't imagine that'd be visible to the naked eye - even ships on the horizon disappear pretty quick. Then again you can see satellites sometimes, but that's like 4 orders of magnitude closer.

Ships disappear on the horizon because of curvature, not distance.

LOL - I know that... I mean well I look at them from line of sight (on a mountain) only 30 miles away they're little specs...
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