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Peeling Back the History of Mars, One Layer at a Time. June 3, 2022 (Sol 3492) credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS/fredk

I rely a lot on bird calls / songs to identify birds, but mockingbirds are really confusing there. I use a bird ID app when I can't recognize the calls. I saw a mockingbird and decided to record it: the app pinged for four other species besides the mockingbird (including two simultaneously??) as I stood there watching it

Oh wow it's a video of the origin of the quote in my bio. I had no idea this existed. Thanks, @ike. What a treasure she was and will always be.
youtu.be/Et9Nf-rsALk

Fun Facts 

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You cannot wash your eyes with soap.
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You cannot count your hair.
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You cannot breath while sticking your tongue out.
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You tried the third fact just now.
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When you tried the third fact, you realised it can be done.
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Now you're laughing, since you got fooled.
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But you did not read the fifth fact yet.
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You looked up what the fifth fact is just now. Then you discover its missing, realising you got fooled again.
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Now try this on with your friends and fool them too.

@izaya it's the round eyes and broad expressive faces. they're also pretty floofy

This happened today!! 😍
The amazing EIRSAT-1 team invited me to help for a few minutes building the final version of Ireland’s first satellite. What an incredible opportunity!

@johnabs I think there is something to be gained from building new systems using languages that rule out certain classes of bug, but I wouldn't make rewriting software for fielded systems that have operated for decades my starting position if I were auditing a system for security and reliability.

@johnabs depends on your def of safety. and "cyber infrastructure". also, maybe they "seek" it, but do they "find" safety?

@mia is that supposed to render glxgears in my client? or is this one of those insider jokes

is this enough to continue anyway? probably! hasn't stopped me yet. what it does mean is that it'll end up much less ... elegant than having figured it out from the start
so if anyone has any suggestions for stuff that doesn't fit anything mentioned I'm all ears
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@davidrevoy ah, OK. I thought the Wii U was Wii because the "U" doesn't look like a letter to me
@cwebber

@davidrevoy don't you want the Wii version? looks like you can get it for $40 USD @cwebber

AI-Generated art: Preview of some of the pages from The Necromancer's Cookbook (horror) 

@welshpixie will you add "translated" text in place of the AI scribbles? @zatnosk

I recently started using an AI-based software that enables my team to get more science out of my days on Mars.

Now, I can target interesting rocks and zap them with my SuperCam laser for my team to analyze later. twitter.com/nasajpl/status/153

I really like that when restores a session, it puts the windows on the correct virtual desktops. 😌

@basepair use of the drake meme seems backwards, like you don't want people to follow your talk but to decipher screenshots of the referenced material

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