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1. Zach Leatherman 1 min later

   maybe the API could use this web site https://whoisinspace.com/

   1. Baptiste 58 min later

      @zachleat
      The interplanetary Internet project has a data transmission protocol but no location aspect AFAIK. Sad.
      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interplanetary_Internet

      1. Zach Leatherman 1 hr later

         @Saint_loup don’t you dare nerd-snipe me 😅

         1. Baptiste 1 hr later

            @zachleat

            :-3

2. Josh “Yoshi” Vickerson 2 min later

   @zachleat weather app can know which hemisphere. you know… for accuracy.

   1. Zach Leatherman 3 min later

      @josh okay but opt-in

3. Jason Garber 8 min later

   @zachleat “iszachin.space” is available!

   1. Zach Leatherman 13 min later

      @jgarber why buy a domain when I could make a web component

      1. Jason Garber 19 min later

         @zachleat “<zach-stronaut>” let’s goooooo!

4. Andrew Douglass 21 min later

   @zachleat does being in a plane count as on earth? What about below ground?

   1. Zach Leatherman 39 min later

      @ardouglass anything below https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%A1rm%C3%A1n_line

5. Doug Parker 🕸️ 3 hr later

   @zachleat Standards position: Against

   Reason: Too much entropy, returning `false` would identify the user as an astronaut, could be a fingerprinting vector.

   Recommendation: API should always return `true`.

   1. Zach Leatherman 3 hr later

      @develwithoutacause Counterpoint: not everything in space is an astronaut

      1. Doug Parker 🕸️ 7 hr later

         @zachleat [HAL 9000 has entered the chat.]