slurryer's comments

On: Show HN: Beautiful Python List Prompts Package

[slurryer]

termios issue. I installed this via pip in python 3.7 under windows 10 and got an error about the termios package not being available. But trying to install termios via pip reports that the package is not available. Any suggestions?

[rcfox → slurryer]

The readme only claims to support Linux.

termios is a built-in package, but not for Windows. https://docs.python.org/3/library/termios.html

On: A Bumpy Ride to the Moon: Israeli Spacecraft Hits ...

[slurryer]

I wonder how many missed maneuvers like this can be missed before the thing runs out of fuel and tumbles back to earth. Awesome use of retro techniques though.

[eesmith → slurryer]

When an orbiting spacecraft runs out of fuel, it keeps staying in orbit. It does not "tumble back to earth" unless it is close enough that the atmosphere is thick enough to slow it down further.

In this case, perigee is 668 km from the earth, which is in low-earth orbit, but it's apogee is 69020 km away, or high earth orbit - https://heavens-above.com/orbit.aspx?satid=44049&lat=0&lng=0... .

Hubble is about 500 km elevation, and it's expected to take about 30 years for its orbit to decay, from the last time it was reboosted. For Beresheet it would be much longer.

On: A dual screen e-reader is looking likely for 2020

[slurryer]

I loved the e-ink readers, but they were to small and held too little text on one screen so I usually use a 10' tablet. But a dual screened e-ink reader would be amazing.