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   goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Monday, 22-Jan-2024 18:38:44 JST goatsarah

   Journalists: LLMs will replace us! Oh noes! What will we do without humans in the loop to ensure fact checking and quality journalism?

   Also journalists: This is a propeller

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     Uraael (uraael@plasmatrap.com)'s status on Monday, 22-Jan-2024 19:41:32 JST Uraael

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     @goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org My mother once referred to a table as a "raised wooden floor thing". She may have missed an easy vocation.

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Monday, 22-Jan-2024 21:02:01 JST goatsarah

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     • Saxicola ✅ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺
     @saxicola Propeller:
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     Saxicola ✅ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺 (saxicola@toot.community)'s status on Monday, 22-Jan-2024 21:02:02 JST Saxicola ✅ 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇪🇺

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     @goatsarah
     Well it does propel the plane, so...

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     goatsarah (goatsarah@thegoatery.dyndns.org)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Jan-2024 03:40:09 JST goatsarah

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     • d2718

     @d2718 Yeah, I know how a turbofan works, thanks.

     Propeller is a specific thing in aviation, and that doesn’t include turbofans. It does include turboprops, which is why they have “prop” in the name, and not “fan”.

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     d2718 (d2718@hachyderm.io)'s status on Tuesday, 23-Jan-2024 03:40:11 JST d2718

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     @goatsarah

     I'm sure the person who wrote this caption wasn't thinking of it this way, BUT:

     That truck is stuck directly under the main fan blades of a high-bypass turbofan engine, which function essentially as a ducted propeller. They get rotated by a turbine in the jet exhaust and generate much more thrust than the escaping exhaust gasses themselves.

     https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turbofan