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Discussion Thread 🍄 Saturday 7 March 2026 (aussie.zone)

submitted 20 hours ago by YarraByte@aussie.zone to c/melbourne@aussie.zone

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[–] _miss_cellophane_@aussie.zone 2 points 3 hours ago (5 children)

After hearing so much anticipation about the upcoming movie, I'm currently at chapter 4 of Project Hail Mary (Audiobook). I am not disappointed.

[–] Catfish@aussie.zone 2 points 34 minutes ago (1 children)

I just wish the tv ads would stop so I don't keep getting Oasis stuck in my head

[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 points 11 minutes ago

The only ad I have seen is on the sides of buses

[–] LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 3 points 1 hour ago

Woooo join the club!!

[–] useless_modern_god@aussie.zone 2 points 2 hours ago

I don’t remember there being so much interest in an upcoming movie from this group before

[–] Seagoon_@aussie.zone 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

I had a breakthrough today in some of my understanding of relativistic physics. 🐱🚀

I think. 🤔

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_dilation

spoiler

so if tau ceti is 13 light years away , it takes HM 4 years to get there and only just over 2 years for the beatles to get back, it's still 13 years Earth time for the HM and 13 for the beatles , regardless of how fast they go, because each is measuring time and distance differently and velocity is not additive

[–] imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone 2 points 8 minutes ago

Yep. That seems right. Everyone has their own rulers and clocks. It's all consistent within the observers frame. The paradox only happens when you try to reconcile between the two.

I studied relativity - it was my favourite (general relativity even more!)

[–] SpinMeAround@aussie.zone 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I'm up to chapter 8 and really enjoying it! It's been so easy to apply Ryan Gosling's voice to the main character.

[–] LowExperience2368@aussie.zone 4 points 1 hour ago

I remember reading something that said Andy Weir had Ryan in mind when writing the book or something along those lines