These programs require continuous funding. The probe went to Jupiter. The scientist and listening stations back on earth still have to run to receive the data.

It is usually due to “budget cuts” as the easiest way to kill a project is to defend it.

Juno Jupiter flyby

Maven mission to mars

New horizons kbo flyby

Terra mission-earth science satellite

Aqua mission -earth science satellite

DSCOVR

SLS-which may actually be a bad program but is a good example of the political issues with NASA vs senate.

NASA is too beholden to politics… You can’t do 7 year builds and missions when the Senate flips every 4 years and has to kill everything the other side did on principle that it has a D or R attached to it. Everything is political.

And knowing the cult of Apple, they’ll pay it because it makes them look wealthy. That is the whole culture of Apple Customer base.

Even still, the ‘flag’ could be enough damning evidence for some people to take action. We’re in the cultural ‘guilty until proven innocent’ territory, where a mere accusation ruins lives.

Measuring cup from Walmart. Packaging said dishwasher safe. It was not.

Better Homes Food chopper that couldn’t be disassembled to clean it. Potato chunks got pulled up into the housing by the blades and just rotted there with no way to access it. The exact same model is still sold in stores.

This is also my take: any person can set up an image generator and churn any content they want. Focus should be on actual people being trafficed and abused.

SCP-001

Bell telephone. AT&T was one of the resulting companies.

Fixing tech debt. Once it is fixed, I have some documentation to write because no one responsible for this security software knew it wasn’t working. Don’t outsource your IT to the lowest offshore bidder, you’re a $5000 bribe from a breach.

Bun, brat, mustard, sourkraut. If there is a pack of malt vinegar in the drawer, that too.

Resontite doesn’t require a headset. It runs in desktop just as well… You just don’t get body tracking.

Meta isn’t the only VR space. Resontite VR plays like VR chat meets Gary’s mod, and supports most equipment you can hook up. It is not perfect but there are frequent updates trying to address the issues, same as any platform.

The error on the screen tells you exactly what is wrong in plain English… But you got impatient and clicked past it.

MSI - Stupid MF

Nuclear power reactors built after the 1970’s. New generation (5?, 6?) for baseload. Mox, msr, lead moderated… Renewables can bicker over the transient loads while reactors provide the ‘always on, always needed’ bulk of power load.

Fuel reprocessing to close the loop would be the grail at this point.

FedEx package warehouse used theses when I worked there.

When it breaks, it isn’t always obvious or easy to fix, but can cause problems for anything that has to talk to anything else. The biggest thorn it puts in my side is that short names [ThisPC] are served differently than fqdn [ThisPC.MyDomain.com]. Does NotMyApp use short or FQDN to resolve other machines? I don’t find out until the Wireshark.

Hard drive pin that needed to return to home position for the machine to boot would stick. A small drop would allow the spring to push it back home, and the drive would return to function.

OOTL: what is this machine in the thumbnails I keep seeing associated with AI?