alt Hacker NewsMy brain immediately translated "Luna -> Terra -> Sol -> Astra" to "Moon -> Earth -> Sun -> Galaxy", an overall growing of size. While sure, "astra" doesn't directly translate to "galaxy", it's the base of the word "astronomical" and "astronomy".
I feel like people who don't get it immediately are just being deliberately obtuse.
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recursive • yesterday at 9:47 PM
I don't doubt that you feel that way, and there's no way I can really provide you any evidence. But I wasn't trying to be obtuse.
ricericerice • yesterday at 10:50 PM
i think you underestimate how much you "just getting it" stems from being terminally online - this is a HN model release thread after all
albedoa • today at 3:46 AM
> I feel like people who don't get it immediately are just being deliberately obtuse.
Okay. I don't believe that you got it immediately.
Astra means stars.
The more obvious, to me, interpretation was distance from us so I would've expected Terra -> Luna -> Sol -> Astra.
When I think of space and astronomical scales, I think of distance as much more common concern.