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Flares are related to the complex magnetic fields of stars. Since red dwarfs are more compact, I can imagine that the magnetic field also being more compact will result in it being more messy, especially if its strength doesn’t scale with the star’s size. The more chaotic magnetic field would result in more flares/more violent flares.

It’s a weird englishism and in this context they’re using “consider” to mean the same as “believe”, probably because saying “believe” implies it’s a more personal opinion than “consider”.

ASAT missiles are only suitable for low earth orbit, you’d need a rocket about the size of a falcon 9 to reach GEO where Intelsat was sitting. Think people might notice that. Wouldn’t need the satellite to be on a suicide mission, could just slap a gun on it like the good old days.

They have one sigint satellite Olymp-K creeping around up there, why not a second that doesn’t have a Wikipedia article

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I found it much better than the day after, probably because of the smaller scale of the story. The build up at the start of Threads is probably one of the most stress inducing things I’ve watched, it feels so real.

It’s just a bad headline, I think it’s on highway G318 in Tibet, so you might be able to see Everest from there but you’re probably not starting a hike from the charging station.

It’s on the Tibetan side of Everest, and it reads like it’s on China National Highway 318 (G318 on Google maps), which is actually really not very close to Everest but I guess it’s the nearest main route on the northern side. Totally misleading headline. The average elevation of the Tibetan plateau is 4500m so the actual headline is “china builds an EV charging station on a main road in Tibet”. The base camps that most international travellers use are on the Nepalese side.

When George subbed for Lewis in 2020 he only had one entry in the championship. Though they were his only points so maybe that’s not the best example.