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ericskifftoday at 4:54 AM2 repliesview on HN

Fun, but the way they fly doesn't quite match my intuition. Why would an object curve when I send it out on the tangent? Wouldn't that be a straight line unless it's affected by a different gravity well?


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lemageduragetoday at 5:59 AM

Yes, you have to imagine a much bigger star beneath the viewport.

kaffekakatoday at 6:29 AM

I imagine it as slingshotting my way up a tree.