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https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34227604 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34227604 DonHopkins on Jan 3, 2023 | root | parent | next [–] John McCarthy trolled me once! When I met him, we were chatting about Stanford, and I mentioned that I really admired that huge radio telescope that you could see around 280 and Page Mill Road in the hills above Stanford. He looked puzzled and confused, and asked "Which huge radio telescope?" I was flustered and explained how you couldn't miss it, right by 280 and Page Mill Road, it's out there in a field, its huge, it's enormous, gigantic I tell you, there's no way you can miss it, bla bla bla... He let me go on and on, describing it, and acted like he had absolutely no idea what I was talking about, like I was crazy for hallucinating a gigantic radio telescope that both of us must have passed zillions of times. Finally he let on and said, "Oh, you mean that SMALL radio telescope???" inamberclad on Jan 3, 2023 | root | parent | next [–] It's just called The Dish, and I mean, it's only medium sized (46 meters) compared to the main antenna at a DSN site (70 meters).