Re:Sol: Open-source Alfred/Raycast alternative for macOS
by saagarjha on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @03:03AM
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Small "s" sun. Not our Sun.
Re:Sol: Open-source Alfred/Raycast alternative for macOS
by rspoerri on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @04:08AM
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thats a star, our star is called sun
Re:Sol: Open-source Alfred/Raycast alternative for macOS
by atombender on Thursday August 11, 2022 @06:00AM
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From https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sun:
sun noun
\ ˈsən \
1 a: often capitalized : the luminous celestial body around
which the earth and other planets revolve [...]
b: a celestial body like the sun : STAR
Or to quote Carl Sagan: "Across the sea of space, the stars are other suns."
Re:Sol: Open-source Alfred/Raycast alternative for macOS
by rspoerri on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @04:26AM
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that might need some correction...
Wikipedia states: The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System.
According to some articles on the web, other stars can be suns as well, if they contain a planetary system.
In common language however "the sun" is typically our star. "a sun" might be other stars as well.
I think most people dont understand and think about the difference and thus think a star is a sun.
Re:Sol: Open-source Alfred/Raycast alternative for macOS
by rzzzt on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @04:09AM
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Commonly known as a star.
(But now I wonder: is there a difference between stars and suns?)
Re:Sol: Open-source Alfred/Raycast alternative for macOS
by daotoad on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @04:35AM
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My understanding is that a star is a star regardless of what is or isn't in orbit.
A sun, however, needs to have planets to be a sun.
Re:Sol: Open-source Alfred/Raycast alternative for macOS
by rzzzt on Wednesday August 10, 2022 @04:43AM
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I searched if there are "free-floating" stars that don't have any planets in their field of gravity, and results essentially say "not since the early days of the galaxy". So nowadays all/most/the overwhelming majority of stars are suns. Very interesting!
> A black hole is a collapsed sun, do be a stickler. Have fun and enjoy.
No. Sun can never become a black hole: https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2019/why-the-sun-...