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What do you think?
And, even though I am an astrophysicist by profession, I am not an expert on the Solar System, so don't ask me...
However, I speculate that it actually was an alien starship. I think aliens are out there. And I think they used the Sun as a "gravity assist" vs. the center of the Galaxy, and that there were life forms on ‘Oumuamua. I agree with Harvard professor, Avi Loeb[^] when he speculated that ‘Oumuamua is, indeed, an alien starship.
I mean, what else could it be? I don't believe that it is just a rock that farted Hydrogen gas[^].
And, yes, there is some debate as to whether we should capitalize the world Hydrogen. I am of the religious persuasion that we should capitalize the names of chemical elements 
I doubt we will know the 'absolute truth' for sure. Not until we can be like in Rondezvous with Rama by Larry Niven[^] and actually launch a spacecraft quickly (i.e., on-the-fly) from Earth and rendezvous with it.
I wonder, if there really were aliens aboard ‘Oumuamua, they were sapient, intelligent, and conscious, and if, say, we were able to quickly and on-the-fly try to rendezvous with it, would they just see our spacecraft approaching them and either (a) accelerate to warp / hyperspace to escape us, (b) let us chase them until we exhausted our fuel, (c) fire on us with their weapons, or (d) open hailing frequencies? In the case of (d), would we be able to understand each other? Or would they have to send Interlac[^] or Linguacode[^]?
I think any civilization that can construct something like ‘Oumuamua would shoot first and ask questions later if they saw a strange ship approaching. Or they would jump to warp to try and escape.
Anyone know if ‘Oumuamua has been tracked, e.g., back to where it came from, or if we can look at it with Hubble/James Web to try and catch if the aliens, say, enter hyperspace upon leaving the Sol System?
Or perhaps is it a derelict, as in, it used to be a powered starship but now it is a dead husk, tumbling through space because it is a victim of some faraway interstellar battle? Also a likely explanation, in my opinion. Pure speculation on my part, though.
I love to just sit and make up fantasies about this kind of stuff. I wish we could know for certain whether aliens are out there, and I wish we could have the technology of casual interstellar travel[^] so we could go exploring.
Regards,
Brian Hart
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Why go to outer space for aliens?
As an Indian citizen entering the US, the immigration form at airport categorises me as an alien.
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Hello Folks,
I wanted to do a non scientific "show of hands" so to speak...totally optional to participate, of course 
Curious, what music playlist(s) help you get "in the zone" when you're coding or programming?
What's your personal opinion, does listening to certain music help you get in the zone / write code faster / do complex systems and software engineering better?
Do you personally think there is any merit to those studies, such as this one[^], this one[^], and this one[^], that seem to indicate in the affirmative?
Or what about this Reddit user's post[^] where he says music does NOT help?
Is it all just up to the beholder, or is there a real effect?
OKAY...GO!
Regards,
Brian Hart
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Yes for Physics and Calculus it was Pink Floyd's Wish You Were Here.
If you can't find time to do it right the first time, how are you going to find time to do it again?
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I just replied just a few minutes ago to your Bach thread saying I'm in the "no music" camp. Music distracts me. I might tolerate music without any singing when I'm coding. But music with actual lyrics is absolutely out of the question.
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I've created a compilation of the "Skip To Main Content" images hosted on my web site (so there are no ads or anything when you view the images) - at the bottom of this post.
UPDATE - Just got another one on Google Drive (see images below)
My Discoveries
1. I thought maybe this was only occurring on Brave browser but I have now seen it in MS Edge also.
2. I'm running Ubunut 22.04.4 LTS (maybe this only happens in browsers running on Linux)
3. This "feature" occurs when you've
a. scrolled a bit down a page
b. switch to another tab
c. return to the original page that you scrolled down a bit on.
d. only occurs if the target web site has the "skip to main content" HTML included.
Request
If you've ever seen this "feature" can you please post back and let me know?
I really despise this "feature".
It basically offers no help and I don't believe the front-end devs who implement it really understand what it is supposed to do. It's supposed to help, not require more button clicks.
StackOverflow when running Brave browser
https://newlibre.com/assets/skipToMainContent_SO.png[^]
Microsoft docs when running Brave browser
https://newlibre.com/assets/skiptocontent_ms.png[^]
Github when running MS Edge browser
https://newlibre.com/assets/SkipToMainContent_github.png[^]
Wall Street Journal running MS Edge
https://newlibre.com/assets/skipToMainContent_wsj.png[^]
Google Drive on MS Edge
https://newlibre.com/assets/skiptomaincontent_googledrive.png[^]
modified 30 secs ago.
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This doesn't happen on CodeProject? (yay us)
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote: This doesn't happen on CodeProject?
It doesn't happen on CP and I'm really glad. 
It's a very strange feature that some have implemented (before they even understand how it should be used).
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Skip to content
It allows users to bypass the navigation menu and go directly to the main content of a page. These links are useful for users who only use the keyboard or who use a screen reader. This is not a useless feature. They make your website more navigable, particularly for keyboard-only and screen-reader users.
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Rohit Teja Maddula wrote: particularly for keyboard-only and screen-reader users
A screen reader already knows the main content, if the web dev properly uses semantics. If they don't, then chances are they won't for this feature.
If you look at the OP mentioning what it takes to trigger this feature, then the user already needs to (in all likelihood) scroll past the main content first, which would negate any usefulness for this from an accessibility perspective for a blind person.
Might help the keyboard user though when tab cycling as space bar or page down won't change the tab focus.
Jeremy Falcon
modified 1hr 10mins ago.
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I (could) agree. Except, why is it occurring for me? I don't use a screen-reader or keyboard-only.
I think it _could_ be a useful feature, if used properly.
However, it only causes me to have more keyboard touching and mouse clicking.
Not helpful.
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I've never seen that (on GH/GHE at least) using...
Firefox => Ubuntu
Firefox => Windows
Chrome => Windows
Lynx => CP/M (kidding)
Just tried it on Edge on Windows for poops and giggles and nothing. You got some sorta plugin installed?
Jeremy Falcon
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No, definitely not a plugin. I hadn't seen this feature ever either and then I started seeing it in Brave. I actually quit using Brave and switched to Edge to get away from this feature.
Alas, I've now seen it in Edge.
Again, it is a weird set of circumstances to make it occur so that's why I'm interested in knowing if others have seen it.
Also, I've checked the Accessibility options on my Ubuntu settings and I don't see anything that would indicate that it should use this Accessibility feature.
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I always thought he was a theoretical physicist.
Now, where's me coat ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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It's all relative.
If you can't find time to do it right the first time, how are you going to find time to do it again?
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Depends on your frame of reference.
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OriginalGriff wrote: I always thought he was a theoretical physicist.
CP Editors should include a "groan" emoji for response to these type of messages. 
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There are "roll eyes" and "not amused" emojis, which I've seen some people use for that kind of reaction.
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Greg Utas wrote: "not amused" emojis
I must've missed that one. Or has that been Grumpy Cat all along?
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A 3 finger salute to snow.[^] 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I just came back to my computer expecting to find: an Arduino IDE session, six Excel spreadsheets, various web pages pointing to the local Python web server that was running in a VS Code session alongside the five web pages that I was working on, and all the rest just as I left them... Not unreasonable I think!
What I actually find is that the system has been rebooted, and hidden away in an information log I find that "Windows successfully installed the following update: 2024-04..." at 5/13/2024 02:07:39
Idiots!
And someone asked if MS bashing was allowed - in my mind it is obligatory.
Andy
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At least, it succeeded!
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?"
-- Rigoletto
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It actually de-hibernates my computer, installs updates and then leaves it running just to waste electricity and annoy me ...
Or worse, de-hibernates my computer, tries to shut down to install updates but finds a app - normally an MS app - that won't close so it leaves it running having not updated until I get up in the morning 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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OriginalGriff wrote: ... de-hibernates my computer, installs updates and then leaves it running ...
Exactly!
There are no solutions, only trade-offs. - Thomas Sowell
A day can really slip by when you're deliberately avoiding what you're supposed to do.
- Calvin (Bill Watterson, Calvin & Hobbes)
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