planetaryprotection

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Congrats! Check hop water if you haven't already!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Thousands of military drones have been remotely piloted for decades. This news isn't as ground breaking as it might seem. Some of these drones are large: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northrop_Grumman_RQ-4_Global_Hawk

I know a military drone isn't the same as a passenger carrying airplane, but for cargo I think the only reason this isn't already a thing is because drones are military tech and most governments don't want that falling into the wrong hands.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I got LASIK earlier this year. It's an expensive solution to the many small inconveniences that glasses have, but totally worth it imo.

I went from -5.25 with mild astigmatism to 20/15 eagle vision basically overnight.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 11 months ago (5 children)

This is simply not true. Starvation isn't the only thing that kills people - they die of easily treatable medical issues all the time because of lack of health insurance. Unhoused people die of exposure every summer and winter.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not trying to defend Jeff here, but generally these kind of space megaprojects rely on manufacturing materials in space. I.e. capture an asteroid and use its material as the radiation shielding. Not that that's currently anywhere near feasible ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

In 2021 there was some planning/writing done for a prequel, but I don't think anything came of it.

That film is having a bit of a cultural comeback, so there's still hope.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

The Grand Canyon! Must seem even grander to an ant

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Is "research chemicals" a euphemism or are you literally referring to chemical substances/precursors purchased and used by laboratories that are also available to the public?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Are kernel maintainers not unpaid volunteers?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

My business daddy pays for my Apple machine and it's great for ssh-ing into various cloud-based Linux boxes.

[–] [email protected] 66 points 11 months ago (4 children)

I used to work for a startup that laid claim to all "ideas" that I had, in or out of working hours, during my period of employment with them.

 

I have a bare bottom quarantine tank that is very low to the ground and doesn't produce a good siphon for water changes or vacuuming detritus.

Does anybody have a good recommendation for an electric pump that I can use for water changes or vacuuming?

I'm thinking something self-priming, variable speed, not submersible?

 

I have a new tank that is low to the ground and my siphon doesn't produce good flow for water changes.

It's a bare bottom tank so I like to vacuum up the detritus that accumulates as well.

Does anybody have a recommendation for an electric pump/gravel vac that I could use to vacuum/do water changes?

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