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@nyx @placholdr @scathach this reminds me of a joke in some ancient joke book from like the 90s that was my nan's house. It had different joke categories (50% of the book was wife jokes) and there was a small "Computer Jokes" section and it had this joke I've never forgotten for some reason

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A man gets on a plane and sits next to an old lady who decides to make conversation with him. She asks "where are you heading?" to which he replies "I'm going to the UNIX convention" to which she, shocked, says "A whole convention for eunches? I didn't know there were that many of you"
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So follow along and tune in later tonight as humanity tries to redirect an asteroid for the very first time!

Impact is at 7:14 PM EDT, with the onboard camera live stream starting at 5:30 PM EDT and the main event live stream starting at 6:00 PM EDT

We should get images up to a few *seconds* before impact! For this mission, a loss of signal is a GOOD thing 😉

#DARTMission #PlanetaryDefense #NASA

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Did you know there will be a LIVE STREAM from the DRACO camera onboard DART as it comes in to impact the binary asteroid Dimorphos??

Get the links at dart.jhuapl.edu and follow along as humanity tests our ability to redirect asteroids🚀

#DARTMission #PlanetaryDefense #NASA

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In mind-blowingly hypocritical UN speech, Biden tries to rewrite history - YouTube youtube.com/watch?v=khzHWQSxwg

FYI Be interesting to see if demonstrations are held regarding this new policy, implemented by the Truss government.
earthlogs.org/2022/09/23/briti

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Fun fact: GBP (British Pound) has fallen. £1 = $1.07 today. Was about 1.17 last week.

Also fun fact: EUR has parity with USD.

My laptops on minifree.org are sold in GBP (£), so they're cheaper now, for foreign customers, due to weaker £ value on currency exchange.

If a laptop would have cost you $400 US last week, it will cost you about $365 now, due to exchange rate difference.

The researchers [from Standford University] found most of the Information Operation “likely originated in the United States.” From there it ran a massive, interconnected web of automated “bot” accounts on Twitter, Facebook and other social media platforms.

The covert operation to influence online audiences has been using “deceptive tactics to promote pro-Western narratives,” while “opposing countries including Russia, China and Iran.”

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@hackernews@die-partei.social

Tldr
“This important legislation will, for the first time ever, codify open source software as public infrastructure,”
This has a lot of legal implications for coders, hackers, script kiddies, etc.

"The legislation also requires CISA to hire professionals with experience developing open source software to ensure that government and the community work hand-in-hand and are prepared to address incidents like the Log4j vulnerability. "
So now Microsoft will be a government contractor in securing github-dependant federal infrastructure?

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Is #Biden having a laugh? The US has been ignoring the UN Charter since it was founded - No Imperialist in the history of the world has trampled on the Sovereignty of other Nations as much as #US Empire...
RT @W7VOA: If nations can pursue imperial ambitions without consequences it puts at risk everything the #UN stands for, declares @POTUS.

🐦🔗: nitter.eu/wallacemick/status/1

I'd be interested what people on the Federation think of this teacher wearing prosthetic breasts with nipples showing. Personally, I support the individual's right to wear what they want, but not in the workplace or school.
It's not professional in my opinion, and isn't what most of us want our children seeing while at school. Thoughts? nationalpost.com/opinion/rex-m

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While Energy Companies are allowed to make outrageous profits, the #EU is punishing its own citizens as it supports the #US #NATO Proxy War in Ukraine. The EU is not operating as an Independent entity, lacks strong leadership, and is behaving like a pawn of US Empire...
RT @highlightsnews1: The current regime in the EU is subservient to the US empire, says MEP @wallacemick in an interview with Press TV @EDProgramme.

🐦🔗: nitter.eu/wallacemick/status/1

More on the subject of Ukraine, by former US intelligence officer Scott Ritter, who told the world back in the 2nd Gulf War in his capacity as UN Weapons Inspector, that Iraq had no WMDs therefore the pretense for war was invalid. Turned out he was right!
youtu.be/oz_gq0LpbTU

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