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   John Carlos Baez (johncarlosbaez@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 06:07:45 JST John Carlos Baez

   Sometimes I think people go into astronomy just because it *sounds* so cool.

   When I hear "heavy metal subwarf" I imagine Gimli's mini-me running around killing orcs with an axe while listening to songs by Slayer.

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     RobJLow (robjlow@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 06:23:25 JST RobJLow

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     @johncarlosbaez I'm sure I remember one of my physics lecturers claiming to have seen a paper titled 'Degenerate star has dwarf companion'. But now that it's many years later and google exists, I'm sad to report that I can't find any such thing. Maybe it was just a paper he wanted to write.

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     John Carlos Baez (johncarlosbaez@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 06:43:05 JST John Carlos Baez

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     • Roquette ⁂

     @Roquette - I generally stay away from AI-generated art, since it's ripping off real artists.

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     Roquette ⁂ (roquette@paquita.masto.host)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 06:43:06 JST Roquette ⁂

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     @johncarlosbaez
     If you give this prompt to Dall-e, perhaps you receive that image!!

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     John Carlos Baez (johncarlosbaez@mathstodon.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 12-Nov-2024 06:44:58 JST John Carlos Baez

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     • RobJLow

     @RobJLow - Darn!

     I'm going to talk about some really weird-sounding types of stars in the days to come... astronomers have a knack for coming up with good names, and the universe has a knack for coming up with strange objects.