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šŸš€ Voyager 1 isnā€™t done yet ā€” not even close šŸ§ šŸ”§šŸ“”

NASA just pulled off another miracle save:
šŸ›°ļø The spacecraftā€™s primary roll thrusters, offline since 2004, were believed permanently dead
šŸ§Æ With backup thrusters at risk of failure, JPL engineers gambled on a high-stakes heater reset
šŸ”„ If wrong, it couldā€™ve caused a small onboard explosion
šŸ“” If right, it would restore control ā€” 15.6 billion miles from Earth

They were right. The thrusters fired. Voyager 1 can still hold its course.

This wasnā€™t a reboot. It was old-school problem-solving, deep systems knowledge, and the audacity to trust an idea that might just work.

The most distant human object is still flying ā€” because a team believed it could.

#Voyager1 #NASA #Space #Engineering #Resilience #DeepSpace
theregister.com/2025/05/15/voyā€¦


NASA keeps ancient Voyager 1 spacecraft alive with Hail Mary thruster fix

: Failure could've triggered a small explosion
Brandon Vigliarolo (The Register)
#engineering #space #nasa #resilience #voyager1 #deepspace

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coming up at the top of the hour, it's the hawaiian connection with me keao at theglobalvoice.info you can listen here at theglobalvoice.info:8000/broadā€¦

Welcome to The Global Voice - The Global Voice

The Global Voice brings together an international team of broadcasters, producers and radio journalists to present for you a wide range of entertaining and informative programs.
The Global Voice

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Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 18th May 2025

Need to let loose a primal scream without collecting footnotes first? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid: Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful youā€™ll near-instantly regret.

Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.

If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cutā€™nā€™paste it into its own post ā€” thereā€™s no quota for posting and the bar really isnā€™t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned soo many ā€œesotericā€ right wing freaks, but thereā€™s no appropriate sneer-space for them. Iā€™m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged ā€œculture criticsā€ who write about everything but understand nothing. Iā€™m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. Theyā€™re inescapable at this point, yet I donā€™t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldnā€™t be surgeons because they didnā€™t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I canā€™t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.


(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)

BlueMonday1984

2025-05-04 23:00:08

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Stubsack: weekly thread for sneers not worth an entire post, week ending 11th May 2025


Need to let loose a primal scream without collecting footnotes first? Have a sneer percolating in your system but not enough time/energy to make a whole post about it? Go forth and be mid: Welcome to the Stubsack, your first port of call for learning fresh Awful youā€™ll near-instantly regret.

Any awful.systems sub may be subsneered in this subthread, techtakes or no.

If your sneer seems higher quality than you thought, feel free to cutā€™nā€™paste it into its own post ā€” thereā€™s no quota for posting and the bar really isnā€™t that high.

The post Xitter web has spawned soo many ā€œesotericā€ right wing freaks, but thereā€™s no appropriate sneer-space for them. Iā€™m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged ā€œculture criticsā€ who write about everything but understand nothing. Iā€™m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. Theyā€™re inescapable at this point, yet I donā€™t see them mocked (as much as they should be)

Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldnā€™t be surgeons because they didnā€™t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I canā€™t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.


(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this.)


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Welcome to the RB family, QRServ šŸ„³

apt.izzysoft.de/packages/dev.uā€¦

QRServ takes any selected file on your device and makes it available through its own HTTP server at an unused port number. The selected file can then be downloaded via web browser on another device or software that allows file downloads over HTTP from QR codes.

This was made possible thanks to the efforts by its author ā€“ and thanks to his SteamDeck running our RB framework :awesome:

#reproducibleBuilds #IzzyOnDroid #SteamDeck

ā€žQRServā€œ ā€“ IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

Transfer files with ease over a network.
IzzyOnDroid App Repo
#SteamDeck #reproduciblebuilds #izzyondroid

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šŸŽ‰šŸŽ‰ Two Hundred! šŸŽ‰šŸŽ‰

#ThisWeekInGNOME #200 is here ā€” and I'm thrilled to unveil TWIG 2.0!

Check out the latest news and experience the new revamped TWIG:

thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/ā€¦

#GNOME #TWIG


#200 Two Hundred

Updates on what happens across the GNOME project from week to week
thisweek.gnome.org
#gnome #ThisWeekInGNOME #twig

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Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox

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Thunderbird for Android / K-9 Mail

Thunderbird for Android / K-9 Mail is being translated into 66 languages using Weblate. Join the translation or start translating your own project.
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I thought 7ā‚¬ on this kit would be a good splurge because I've been meaning to sew my own handbags and this way, I naĆÆvely assumed, there would be a ready-made set of tools and clear instructions. but the instructions are wordless and I'm already stumped. unlike the zipper pictured mine has these little tails that make it jut out from the trim band, should I fold them? cut them out? sew them as is? am I supposed to sew the head or the tail of the zipper? does it make a difference? aah
An instruction pamphlet whose photos are slightly different from the provided materials, utterly throwing me off.
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Federico Mena Quintero

youtube.com/watch?v=TW9t0HTK_7ā€¦ - a BIG channel, lots of good tips. I like the focus on neatness.

youtube.com/watch?v=wbD9cVZsEyā€¦ - the zipper-in-a-slit technique.

youtube.com/watch?v=iEzXDxZDV6ā€¦ - many pieces, reinforcing the end of a zipper.


Sew an easy cosmetics bag

FREE PATTERN HERE - http://so-sew-easy.com/easy-cosmetics-bag-pattern/ How to make and sew an easy cosmetics bag for your make up and toiletries. Free sewi...
YouTube

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#curl build updates: curl-for-win Windows builds are now signed with cosign. Download page now includes links to these and to GPG signatures. The latest build uses zlib-ng instead of classic zlib as an experiment. curl.se/windows
Daily builds (also for Linux and macOS) are also signed now with GPG and cosign: github.com/curl/curl-for-win/aā€¦

daily Ā· Workflow runs Ā· curl/curl-for-win

Reproducible, static, curl binaries for Linux, macOS and Windows - daily Ā· Workflow runs Ā· curl/curl-for-win
GitHub
#curl

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Over the last 10 minutes more than 1,000 EU citizen more supported the call for an EU wide ban on conversion practices targeted LGBTQ+ persons.

Which means it is currently on track to reach the required 1 million signatures before the deadline.

Please continue the great work getting people to sign the initiative!

Edit: We pushed past the one million signatures at approx. 16:00 CET on May 16th.

mstdn.social/@nerdd/1145179017ā€¦

eci.ec.europa.eu/043/public/#/ā€¦


European Citizens' Initiative

Give your support !
eci.ec.europa.eu
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I so agree! Thanks for posting this! macaw.social/@sommer/114518673ā€¦

Sommer Panage

2025-05-16 17:24:47

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I meant to re-post this for #GAAD!

This article by @dadederk is a great reminder of many truths about doing #accessibility work: focus on systems, not short term goals, be persistent and resilient, and work w/ a network/community however you can!

smashingmagazine.com/2025/04/fā€¦



Fostering An Accessibility Culture ā€” Smashing Magazine

While thereā€™s no definitive playbook for building an accessibility culture, Dani shares lessons from his experience in shaping it through habits rather than mandates.
Smashing Magazine

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I wonder if #curl could follow the wonderful example from the #Radicle project on how to properly support #Tor onion service endpoints.

daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/05/16ā€¦

#TorProject #libcurl #HumanRights


Leeks and leaks

On the completely impossible situation of blocking the Tor .onion TLD to avoid leaks, but at the same time not block it to make users able to do what they want.
daniel.haxx.se
#Tor #HumanRights #curl #libcurl #radicle #torproject
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Shawn Webb

@bagder Essentially, #curl commit 0ae0abbe72514a75c10bfc4108d9f254f594c086 broke updating #HardenedBSD packages for certain users who use HardenedBSD behind a fully Tor-ified network (a network that uses transparent Tor proxying).

Those users were unable to update their HardenedBSD systems since the package manager uses libcurl behind-the-scenes. Some of these users live in malicious environments (malicious to human life), with actively-exploited applications.

So, this prohibition had a real negative impact, putting our users in harm's way.

If curl had a way to bypass the prohibition, we would've been able to keep our users safe.

This is why I mention #Radicle: they, too, do not support the .onion TLD by default, but can be configured to provide that support.

Radicle has three options:

  1. Default: No support, .onion domain lookups will fail.
  2. SOCKS support where .onion lookups succeed.
  3. Explicit transparent proxying support, so .onion lookups succeed

curl is missing that third option.

#curl #hardenedbsd #radicle @daniel:// stenberg://

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Salt Typhoon cyberattacks exposed major flaws in U.S. telecom networks.

Unencrypted SMS, voice, even MFA = compromised.

At Purism, we build secure tech: Isolated baseband radios Post-Quantum Crypto Secure Apps Private LTE

Link: puri.sm/posts/why-the-salt-typā€¦


Why the Salt Typhoon Hacks Make Our Public Networks Vulnerable ā€“ Purism

Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.
Purism SPC

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Also totally forgot to talk about this yesterday.
As a part of global accessibility awareness day, we put out a new update for the Be My Eyes app for Windows that is completely rebuild from the ground up. Along with giving us a better base to build amazing new features for desktop in the near future, this new app also fixes a lot of the accessibility issues that people have reported over the last 1.5 or so years.
In addition Chat History is now also available on Desktop, so you can start a conversation from mobile and continue it on desktop (and vice versa).

#a11y #bemyeyes #gaad #globalaccessibilityawarenessday
#blind #bme #tech
#disability #assistivetech

#a11y #blind #tech #Disability #GAAD #bemyeyes #assistivetech #globalaccessibilityawarenessday #bme

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Geeky stuff aside, let's enjoy the hottest friday party ever. @Marek Macko is on air again with his awesome show called #playgroundLive. #dance, #trance, a bit of #hardStyle, #eurodance, #90s and other party genres in an incredible live mix performance lasting a few hours spiced up with some random chat messages of fellow listeners and friends.
#Dance #trance #hardstyle #eurodance #90s #playgroundLive @Marek Macko

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Physicists at Cornell University figured out how to chop onions without crying and the results are FASCINATING.

tl;dr chopping quickly with a blunt knife releases larger onion juice droplets at higher velocities resulting in more contact with your eyes and thus, more tears. Slower slicing with a sharp knife = less tears.

arxiv.org/html/2505.06016v1

Droplet Outbursts from Onion Cutting

arxiv.org

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AI in Action: Celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day - Microsoft Accessibility Blog blogs.microsoft.com/accessibilā€¦

AI in Action: Celebrating Global Accessibility Awareness Day - Microsoft Accessibility Blog

At Microsoft, our journey with accessibility started in 1995, and our commitment continues today as we work to engrain accessibility into our culture, design of products, and skilling.Ā Ā 
srodemeyer (Microsoft Accessibility Blog)

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Ooooh my tell-all interview about the creation of Ferris the Rustacean has been posted šŸ˜†

rustfoundation.org/media/celebā€¦

#rustlang

"Happy 10th birthday, Rust 1.0!" Ferris the crab leaping and throwing confetti into the air.

Celebrating Rustā€™s Birthday with Karen Tƶlva: Creator of Ferris the Rustacean! - The Rust Foundation

Today marks 10 years since the first stable release of the Rust programming language! To commemorate this special anniversary, the Rust Foundation recently commissioned a celebratory graphic from Karen Rustad Tƶlva: the original graphic designer of tā€¦
The Rust Foundation
#RustLang
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Spectrum & Cox Merge in $34.5 Billion Deal, Reshaping U.S. Cable TV Industry cordcuttersnews.com/spectrum-cā€¦

Spectrum & Cox Merge in $34.5 Billion Deal, Reshaping U.S. Cable TV Industry | Cord Cutters News

In a seismic shift for the U.S. cable industry, Charter Communications and Cox Communications, two of the nationā€™s largest cable providers, announced a merger agreement on Friday, valuing Cox at $34.5 billion on an enterprise basis.
Luke Bouma (Cord Cutters News)

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I meant to re-post this for #GAAD!

This article by @dadederk is a great reminder of many truths about doing #accessibility work: focus on systems, not short term goals, be persistent and resilient, and work w/ a network/community however you can!

smashingmagazine.com/2025/04/fā€¦


Fostering An Accessibility Culture ā€” Smashing Magazine

While thereā€™s no definitive playbook for building an accessibility culture, Dani shares lessons from his experience in shaping it through habits rather than mandates.
Smashing Magazine
#Accessibility #GAAD @Dani Devesa Derksen-Staats

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Yesterday I complained that ā€œsomeone put math in my programmingā€ when this slide came up at #ElixirConfEU

@federicomena replied: ā€œEsa diapositiva no tiene el estilo de LaTeX beamer? No puede ser buena seƱal šŸ¤£šŸ¤£šŸ¤£ā€

Which means: ā€œdoesnā€™t that slide have LaTeX Beamer styling? That canā€™t be a good signā€

To which I replied: ā€œOye chico! Las mĆ­as tambiĆ©n son de Beamer!ā€ ie ā€œhey dude, mine are also from Beamerā€

Federico: šŸ¤ šŸ˜‡

From: @simondassow
masto.ai/@simondassow/11439232ā€¦

A conference slide clearly made in LaTeX Beamer, with the title ā€œmap key typing: example derivationā€ and then a lot of text that uses a combination of Elixir syntax and math set theory syntax, which I cannot decipher let alone explain

Simon Dassow (@simondassow@masto.ai)

While I do like #LaTeX now, this thread still is hilarious: https://infosec.exchange/@pixelnull/114390944046438612
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#elixirconfeu @Federico Mena Quintero @Simon Dassow

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Microsoft claims that 30% of the code is already generated by AI. Why isn't it 100%.
So I tried it.
I "created" an application whose code is 100% generated by AI. I didn't write a single line of code.
The goal was not to create some large or complex application. Simply just a test.
If you are interested, the app is available on Google Play (currently not for iOS, maybe later).
I may publish the source codes later, but for now only here: play.google.com/store/apps/detā€¦

#AI #android #androiddev


AI Notes - Apps on Google Play

A note-taking app written entirely by AI.
play.google.com
#android #AI #androiddev
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brabitom

What about my impressions? At the beginning it was very good. As the project gained in complexity, the problems grew. AI changed parts of the code that it should have kept or discarded them completely. I often had to point out completely obvious but essential precautions, etc. This means that some experience in application development or design was needed to fully develop this way.
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