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I hope gravity turns it into an oblate spheroid, to both better match the earth and provide endless amusement to pendants.
January 19, 2026 at 3:39 AM
I hope gravity turns it into an oblate spheroid, to both better match the earth and provide endless amusement to pendants.
It must have felt almost normal there for a while
January 17, 2026 at 3:32 PM
It must have felt almost normal there for a while
Really hoping the JPL store puts out a coffee mug to commemorate the event.
They had one for the 45th anniversary of Voyager, which was quite nice.
They had one for the 45th anniversary of Voyager, which was quite nice.
January 16, 2026 at 11:11 PM
Really hoping the JPL store puts out a coffee mug to commemorate the event.
They had one for the 45th anniversary of Voyager, which was quite nice.
They had one for the 45th anniversary of Voyager, which was quite nice.
It occurred to me the other day that the joke in Arrested Development, where Tobias talks about marriage trouble, saying
"I don't want to blame it all on 9/11, but it certainly didn't help"
became more relevant and more darkly funny as time as passed.
"I don't want to blame it all on 9/11, but it certainly didn't help"
became more relevant and more darkly funny as time as passed.
January 13, 2026 at 7:58 PM
It occurred to me the other day that the joke in Arrested Development, where Tobias talks about marriage trouble, saying
"I don't want to blame it all on 9/11, but it certainly didn't help"
became more relevant and more darkly funny as time as passed.
"I don't want to blame it all on 9/11, but it certainly didn't help"
became more relevant and more darkly funny as time as passed.
No solid advice here tho I do see (on apple.fandom.com, fwiw) that there is a subsequent release called 7.5.3 revision 2, which had some bugfixes.
Is it practical to have two hdds for situations like this, cloning the active to a backup before doing an update? Not sure how rare the hdds are…
Is it practical to have two hdds for situations like this, cloning the active to a backup before doing an update? Not sure how rare the hdds are…
Apple Wiki
apple.fandom.com
January 13, 2026 at 2:26 AM
No solid advice here tho I do see (on apple.fandom.com, fwiw) that there is a subsequent release called 7.5.3 revision 2, which had some bugfixes.
Is it practical to have two hdds for situations like this, cloning the active to a backup before doing an update? Not sure how rare the hdds are…
Is it practical to have two hdds for situations like this, cloning the active to a backup before doing an update? Not sure how rare the hdds are…
I say that because the bartender here is practiced in the art
January 10, 2026 at 5:09 AM
I say that because the bartender here is practiced in the art
It’s right in the middle of tng in the sense that the characters are fully formed and the moral universe is intact.
The story closes in-universe threads that seemed too far apart to repair. And it does so in a way that draws to the core of what tng was all about - equality.
The story closes in-universe threads that seemed too far apart to repair. And it does so in a way that draws to the core of what tng was all about - equality.
January 10, 2026 at 5:08 AM
It’s right in the middle of tng in the sense that the characters are fully formed and the moral universe is intact.
The story closes in-universe threads that seemed too far apart to repair. And it does so in a way that draws to the core of what tng was all about - equality.
The story closes in-universe threads that seemed too far apart to repair. And it does so in a way that draws to the core of what tng was all about - equality.
Chill bartenders are the best bartenders
January 10, 2026 at 4:58 AM
Chill bartenders are the best bartenders
Well, my crummy estimate from Our World In Data gives ~4.5/week in the year 2025, so I'll take that as the number for now.
Pretty impressive rate of discovery, especially if you measure it in hectares :)
Pretty impressive rate of discovery, especially if you measure it in hectares :)
January 10, 2026 at 4:35 AM
Well, my crummy estimate from Our World In Data gives ~4.5/week in the year 2025, so I'll take that as the number for now.
Pretty impressive rate of discovery, especially if you measure it in hectares :)
Pretty impressive rate of discovery, especially if you measure it in hectares :)
Should have said 'average' instead of 'current', but still, genuinely curious as to how many are being added to the catalogue
January 10, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Should have said 'average' instead of 'current', but still, genuinely curious as to how many are being added to the catalogue
What's the current weekly rate of new exoplanet discoveries?
January 10, 2026 at 3:35 AM
What's the current weekly rate of new exoplanet discoveries?
At some level it feels like a dereliction of public duty to not pay attention to the latest awful news. The balance between the awful stuff & regular news (planets! books! advances in road paving! etc) isn't obvious, even though the regular news is more important in the long term.
January 7, 2026 at 3:22 AM
At some level it feels like a dereliction of public duty to not pay attention to the latest awful news. The balance between the awful stuff & regular news (planets! books! advances in road paving! etc) isn't obvious, even though the regular news is more important in the long term.
Getting 'Page cannot be found / 404' error for that link
January 5, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Getting 'Page cannot be found / 404' error for that link
Thought @ the speed of business 🤯
January 3, 2026 at 4:22 AM
Thought @ the speed of business 🤯
January 1, 2026 at 3:35 AM
PM Stephen Harper did something similar to Canada in 2013.
The release of photos showing irreplaceable publicly funded records, sitting in a heap in shipping containers and waiting to be discarded, was a significant event in turning public opinion against Harper.
thenarwhal.ca/dfo-library-...
The release of photos showing irreplaceable publicly funded records, sitting in a heap in shipping containers and waiting to be discarded, was a significant event in turning public opinion against Harper.
thenarwhal.ca/dfo-library-...
DFO Library Closures Anger Scientific Community | The Narwhal
Walter M. Miller Jr.’s classic sci-fi book "A Canticle for Leibowitz" tells the story of a post-apocalyptic future in which a small group of
thenarwhal.ca
December 31, 2025 at 11:31 PM
PM Stephen Harper did something similar to Canada in 2013.
The release of photos showing irreplaceable publicly funded records, sitting in a heap in shipping containers and waiting to be discarded, was a significant event in turning public opinion against Harper.
thenarwhal.ca/dfo-library-...
The release of photos showing irreplaceable publicly funded records, sitting in a heap in shipping containers and waiting to be discarded, was a significant event in turning public opinion against Harper.
thenarwhal.ca/dfo-library-...
It has unintentionally become a tradition of mine to listen to the Xmas special while wrapping gifts, and this year was the same - thanks!
You should release a soundtrack of the Xmas songs at some point…
You should release a soundtrack of the Xmas songs at some point…
December 26, 2025 at 5:22 AM
It has unintentionally become a tradition of mine to listen to the Xmas special while wrapping gifts, and this year was the same - thanks!
You should release a soundtrack of the Xmas songs at some point…
You should release a soundtrack of the Xmas songs at some point…
Is it well balanced?
December 26, 2025 at 5:05 AM
Is it well balanced?
For me it was the mars pathfinder. Getting weather reports from mars was inspiring.
December 26, 2025 at 5:00 AM
For me it was the mars pathfinder. Getting weather reports from mars was inspiring.
It's a C... miracle!
December 23, 2025 at 12:44 PM
It's a C... miracle!
Is the clipping in the top right/top left corners computed by the rover before upload, to reduce the amount of data that gets transferred?
I can imagine that working if the rover knew where it was / where it was pointing & had a DEM.
I can imagine that working if the rover knew where it was / where it was pointing & had a DEM.
December 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Is the clipping in the top right/top left corners computed by the rover before upload, to reduce the amount of data that gets transferred?
I can imagine that working if the rover knew where it was / where it was pointing & had a DEM.
I can imagine that working if the rover knew where it was / where it was pointing & had a DEM.
"How to handle toilet rats" seems like a name of a joke book title from a Fallout game
December 21, 2025 at 5:28 AM
"How to handle toilet rats" seems like a name of a joke book title from a Fallout game