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Pantone doesn't mean much when the lighting conditions change throughout the day.

Maybe maybe not. Camo is just about playing the odds, nothing works from every angle or circumstance. If tires on wings means 5% more planes survive it's probably worth it.

That's what config files are for. It would be a nightmare to hardcode weight and balance and have to recompile the HUD every time you change the loadout or refuel the plane.

Most code, algorithms, etc are not any more sensitive than the concept of desks and file cabinets. No, guidance programs for missiles probably shouldn't be put on GitHub, but there's a reason RSA and other encryption algorithms were open sourced. It's better to have more eyes looking for inefficiencies, weaknesses, and vulnerabilities than to just assume it's good because no-one on the team responsible is smart/engaged enough to find them.

A lot of functionality can be decoupled from anything that needs to be classified. A HUD is a HUD and no one should be hard coding in performance characteristics of the F-35 into it. I've also worked on government projects and holy crap does the code quality vary wildly, even before you get into "it's still working so deal with the problems, it doesn't have the budget for updates".

Using 'off the shelf' parts/code can save significant time and money. There's a reason subs use xbox controllers. Government websites and data interfaces at the very least should have the audit-ability that open source provides.

The moons of Jupiter and Saturn were called satellite planets from their discovery until sometime in the 20th century.

The first several asteroids were called planets, until enough were discovered that the term 'asteroid' was invented and they were renamed.

The first Kuiper belt objects were called planets, until enough were discovered that it turns out Pluto is mostly just a particularly reflective example.

That's very heliocentric of you.

The definition of 'planet' has changed a lot in the last few millennia.

Pluto was not the first 9th planet. Then again we were up to 13(?) at one point.

Planet has never been very well delineated. The Sun was a "planet". Ceres was a "planet".

When we find enough things to break up the classification, we make a new classification. Like "asteroid" or "dwarf planet" or "gas giant".

Also it's Hard Rock Cafe, they have a burger with shrimp on it, what's so weird about mix n' matching patties?

The "magnetic forces do no work" thing is maddening.

The guy who is 'the guy' for that level of physics textbooks just happens to be determined to prove a non-quantum mechanics based explanation of magnetism so the book is written from that perspective without actually saying it. Of course.

The hash or a checksum can be sent to the page to be checked by the same function running in your browser that is checking if the new password has special characters etc.

In theory yes, but not a lot of people are uploading their family photo albums AFAIK.