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📣 Let's start our AMA 🤠🐎⚡ Yihaaaaaa!!
Topics: ✈️ My career as an airline pilot 🗺️ Why you should use Satlantis.io if you are a frequent traveler 👥 My Barcelona Bitcoin Only community
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151 sats \ 5 replies \ @grayruby 22h
You should attach a wallet. Otherwise you are going to get a lot of cowboy credits. CC's are cool and all but I am sure you would prefer to stack some sats.
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They coooool... uhm, yeah. Sure
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CC are good as tips to post more but you should attack a wallet to receive sats too but there is a third possibility is to be from top stackers so you could cash out to btc ln wallet, attach a wallet is good in between to get tips as sats too.
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I think I already attached a lightning wallet. Is that what you are suggesting?
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 21h
Yes you are receiving sats now.
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Done! Thank you :)
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What would you tell someone who has severe anxiety when flying? Why is turbulence so terrifying?
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I've been there! I remember my first flight as a teenager. I was even alone in the airplane for the first time!!
The anxiety comes from the fear of the unknown. The easier first step to overcome that fear is learning how a plane flies. Let me try to put it with a metaphor:
Think of the air like a road, and the plane's wings like a car's wheels. Turbulence is just like bumps or potholes. It feels shaky, but it's not dangerous. Planes are built to handle way more than that, and pilots deal with it all the time.
You've got this ✈️💛
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Thanks!
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Cool. What's your favourite destination to fly to?
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I used to fly to most major airports in Europe, North of Africa and West of Russia. I have very good memories of Nice Côte d'Azur Airport, it's a piece of land surrounded by water, so... you better land where you are supposed to... or else... sleep with the fishes 🐟🐟🐟
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @grayruby 22h
Haha. Sounds beautiful but a bit nerve racking.
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hahahah, that's the pilot life 😅
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Is the Earth flat or globe? I'm sure you got some good high-altitude views on those flights 👀
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Great question to start with!
As an airline pilot, one of the first things you learn in flight planning is that the Earth is a globe, not just because it’s what textbooks say, but because you see and fly it every day. Pilots don’t just rely on visual confirmation from high altitudes (though yes, you can see the curvature from a cruising altitude of 35,000 feet on a clear day); we also have to understand the shape of the Earth to fly efficiently.
Let me explain:
🌍 We fly Orthodromic Routes (great circles) When planning long-haul flights, we don’t fly in a straight line on a flat map. We use what’s called the orthodromic route, or great circle route, the shortest path between two points on a sphere. On a 2D map, this looks curved, but in 3D space, it’s actually the shortest distance.
That’s why a flight from New York to Tokyo, for example, curves up over the Arctic instead of going straight west. If the Earth were flat, the shortest path would be a straight line across the Pacific, but that’s not how it works.
🧭 Loxodromic Routes are for simplicity, not efficiency Sometimes, especially in older navigation systems or short-distance flights, we might use a loxodromic (rhumb line) route: one that maintains a constant compass bearing. On a flat map, it looks straight, but on a globe, it's longer and spirals toward the poles. It's easier to follow but less fuel-efficient.
The fact that we even distinguish between these two types of navigation proves we’re dealing with a curved surface, not a flat one.
✈️ High Altitude Views Seal the Deal From 35,000 feet, with good visibility, you can see the horizon gently curve, especially over oceans or polar regions. It's subtle, but real. And the higher you go (like in a business jet or Concorde), the more obvious it becomes.
So from my experience, I'd say that the Earth isn’t flat. If it were, our navigation systems, flight routes, fuel calculations, and even satellite communications wouldn’t work the way they do.
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Fantastic answer! I should bookmark this for the flat earth folks
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What is satlantis and why should I use it if I’m a frequent traveler?
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I'm checking out Satlantis.io now. Looks like a cool website! I'm always thinking about where I want to live in this world.
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I just saw that it says Hong Kong is cheaper than Chiang Mai. I can't believe this at all 😆
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Wooohoo, sirii. Good to see you here
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Tell me more about your Barcelona Bitcoin Only community.
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How did you end up working with Aleks?
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Which upcoming Satlantis feature are you most excited about?
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It’s called "Collections".
Basically, it lets you save all your favorite spots in each city you travel to (restaurants, coworking spaces, cool landmarks, whatever). Think of it like creating your own personal map for every city you've loved.
And the best part? You can share those lists. Publicly, if you want to help others. Or privately, just with friends. So next time someone asks you “where should I go in Mexico City?” Boom, just send them your Collection.
I've wanted this for ages. It makes Satlantis feel like your travel brain, but organized and beautiful.
Launching very soon. Can't wait to use it myself. 🙌🌍
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What's the craziest conspiracy theory(s) you believe in?
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What a difficult question!!!! Can you give me a small list to choose from?!?!?! I'm starting with the blue light blockers, but I think it's not a conspiracy theory...
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