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SpaceX satellites half the size of pickup trucks are falling from the sky (thenarwhal.ca)
submitted 2 months ago by FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] j_elgato@leminal.space 104 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Oh thank God... We almost had to use the metric system there didn't we?

[–] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

We were within a hair's breadth of that awful fate.

[–] technohacker@programming.dev 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

within a hair's breadth

squints eyes

[–] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

No, smaller, actually. A squint is 17.76 hair's breadths

[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago

Are all imperial hair bigger, or only Texas ones?

[–] prex@aussie.zone 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)


[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca -3 points 2 months ago

121 dicks in Africa, 322 dicks in Asia.

[–] pHr34kY@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

We almost had to mention standard cars, which are also half the size.

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Americans don't drive cars, so they don't know how big they might be.

[–] waterSticksToMyBalls@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

A car?? Is that some kind of libural version of my furd f300000 king ranch pedestrian killer edition truck?

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Essentially the same but with a radiator grill that isn't large enough to intake an entire basin all in one go.