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“Only we are Earthseed. And the destiny of Earthseed is to take root among the stars.” —Octavia Butler (tweets don't reflect employer policy)
Jasoom
Joined October 2009
Maybe space resources can help Earth survive. But, like the Polynesians who settled the Pacific, that's really not the primary reason humanity wishes to explore & settle this new ocean, the depths of space. (Quote below is from Christina Thompson's excellent book Sea People.).
". Occasionally, there is famine or some other type of trouble, but usually it is a matter of chiefly ambition or pride." (Important. I've often been told the reason Polynesians explored & settled the Pacific is a desperate need for resources. Polynesians' own stories disagree.).
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RT @CJHandmer: We're spending $20b on the delta conveyancing project to move existing surface flows underground, recovering as much as 400k….
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RT @HacimRamalla1: @Robotbeat @Xaraphim Most of them are under 25 just out of high school. They have very little training on what objects a….
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I dunno if y’all know this, but you can just make your own kids at home. They can’t stop you. We’ve made 3 already.
There are ~36 waiting families for every one child who is placed for adoption in the US. Our culture has not really absorbed this yet. Still stuck in the 60-90s idea that "there are so many kids who need a good home!".
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RT @StatisticUrban: There are ~36 waiting families for every one child who is placed for adoption in the US. Our culture has not really a….
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RT @raylehmann: To be clear, Cracker Barrel's core constituency has never been Meemaw and Peepaw. It's harried dads on road trips who final….
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RT @moultano: I just don't get this attitude of viewing other people as only a cost and never a benefit. I would love 150% more people in m….
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I love how "hovercrafts" isn't an exaggeration or hyperbole. SpaceX literally uses hovercrafts (because it's the best logistical solution to the weird geography there).
I spent the day at Starbase and never really understood of the scope of what’s happening here. It’s a modern day Manhattan Project: an entire city built for the singular mission of going space. Rows of 1950s ranch homes, a couple of restaurants, a grocery store, hovercrafts
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RT @holliemaea: @ramez @Robotbeat @tszzl In The Diamond Age, the very poorest people had matter compilers. The rich people bought hand mad….
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An extra night's sleep for technicians and engineers is good. gives an opportunity for the subconscious to bring problems (and their solutions) to the surface before launch.
The sun setting on Ship 37 and Booster 16 after a scrubbed launch attempt earlier this evening. 📸 - @NASASpaceflight . 📺 -
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DOGE is what is finally getting me to migrate everything I do at work away from Matlab and to Python. Ubiquitous AI tools will likely make it fairly painless.
I have a moderate disdain for the cantera matlab release but I also refuse to use python so I’m staring at my terminal like this
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It's kind of a miracle that CAM for 3D printing is free. PrusaSlicer and OrcaSlicer (& fine, Cura). All free. & easily run it from the command line to automate it. I've used this to make hundreds of variations, with CAD & CAM called from Python. I'd LOVE to do this for machining.
@Robotbeat @mcjamez Oh. Probably. But you’re going to pay through the nose, I am sure.
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RT @CSI_Starbase: It appears the issues from today's scrubbed attempt were related to the Ship QD instead of BQD. Hopefully this ends up be….
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RT @charlesxjyang: Related water news this week: a developer is exploring floating solar projects 10× larger than any existing North Americ….
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RT @sdamico: it’s still nuts that new factories of this scale are only done by *one guy* in the US.
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RT @maxdubler: This fried chicken restaurant is in a grocery store that is in the same strip mall as a Popeye’s, a Raising Cane’s, and a Wi….
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