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Let the flamewar begin....

NASA is sending a software update to the Voyager 2 spacecraft today!

Data will be sent at 16 bps with a 19 kW transmitter using the 70-m dish at DSN Canberra.
Distance: 20 billion km
Light travel time: 18:40 hours

The patch contains logic to recover from glitches similar to the one in May 2022, when the AACS system on Voyager 1 was sending garbled data. The root cause was not diagnosed. The patch will be activated on Oct 28. Voyager 2 will be next.

jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasas-voyage
#Voyager
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@jaymcor
Come to qoto org, embrace creative freedom! We have :ablobcatheart: and other greatness!

Also Dr. @freemo is bastion of awesomeness, so it's win win win situation :ablobangel:

@freemo I hunted down references and wrote something up. Unfortunately, it will not fit in this !#$!% 500 character limited space. So I uploaded it as a LinkedIn article. You should be able to view it without logging in or creating an account. Let me know how it works for you, and if there any major issues.
linkedin.com/pulse/what-eviden

I think I am going to have all my pants convrted to support button-based suspenders!

What do you guys think of my new contact info page. I would love any feedback, particularly if anyone can think of some more useful information I could add:

jeffreyfreeman.me/contact/

( FYI it is based on so you can view my posts right fromt he fediverse and follow the page from there if anyone wants)

@realcaseyrollins

I am no expert but seems we have two types....

The bullpup lookign design appears to be an IWI tavor: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IWI_Tavo

The other one looks like a submachine gun, I dont see a magazine so likely ribbon loaded.

Seems the other one is an IWI Negev: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IWI_Nege

Random person: Hey bob told me you were a programmer?

::sensing someone about to ask me to code something for free::

Me: You mean pragrammer? Yea!

Them: A what?

Me: Me a pragrammer, Its short for Pragmatic Rammer. Its a group of farmers who get together to talk about pragmatic approaches to ram farming.

Them: But you live in the city

Me: Yea its more of side interest than a main thing. Anyway, why do you ask?

Them: Nevermind...

@noelle Hi. Havent checked in on you in a while. Just wanted to let you know I care and hope your doing well.

Interesting fact of the day, in certain places in Japan Tattoos are illegal, or more accurately, it is illegal to go to those places if you have any tattoos. These include some public beaches, waterparks, and hot springs.

To me it is a huge personal violation to outlaw where a person can go based solely on what they put on their own body.

@realcaseyrollins @freemo yeah they are the biggest fish 💪🏽 did you allsoo know no ever seen a whale shark being born

Interesting fact of the day: The two largest fish known to us are in fact quite different in their maximum observed size.

The whale shark is generally considered the largest and their maximum size in tones is a little over 20 tons.

By comparison the basking shark is the second biggest but its max size only comes in at a little over 5 tones.

That would mean, by weight, the largest fish in the world is at its maximum 4x bigger thant he second biggest.

Interestingly, however, there isnt nearly as much disparity in their maximum length. The Whale Shark maxes out around 18 meters while the Basking Shark is around 14 meters.

Interesting fact of the day: Both dogs and wolves start to display object permanence at about the same time in their development (5b object permanence at ~11 weeks).

By comparison humans start to show stage 5b object permanence around 12 to 18 month.

I miss having deep nuanced quality conversations in real life... Everyone has become to boring with idealistically pure thoughts and everything revolves around them justifying those ideals... I miss when people would think for themselves and offer real insight rather than just a catalog of their biases....

Luckily I do still have friends like this, but they are just such a rare breed. Even the intellectuals are often mind numbingly boring.

How strictly do you adhere to promises and oaths?

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