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- Comment on nuked from orbit 1 day ago:
Alexandra Doten is a science communicator and astronomy content creator who rose to fame on TikTok during the COVID-19 pandemic. Doten, a Vanderbilt graduate, interned at NASA for two summers and worked as a communications specialist after graduation. She later transitioned to the U.S. Space Force. Doten is known for her storytelling, which she says has inspired people to pursue careers in astronomy and space, and to invest in astrophotography equipment.
Not to give credit to Twitter verified assholes, but comms specialist is not a specific astronomy or aerospace field.
A former space communications specialist with NASA and later, the U.S. Space Force, today, I am an independent consultant to space organizations around the world. I write and develop brand strategies, educational presentations, speeches, and social media content.
And I harbor some pretty strong opinions about NASA’s public and internal administration for the past 30 years.
Two preventable shuttle disasters and a hacksaw outsourced attempt to return to the moon are not what I would consider quality projects. Modern NASA is the epitome of wasted talent.
- Comment on Xenon 3 days ago:
Is xenon actually that rare? I thought it’s always used whenever something needs an ultra stable environment like enclosed data centers and sealed storage/vaults.
- Comment on I watched Arrival (2016), there was a lot more to it than I was expecting 1 week ago:
Yeah essentially.
India was just mad because of general rivalry lol
- Comment on I watched Arrival (2016), there was a lot more to it than I was expecting 1 week ago:
No that’s Kashmir.
Punjab is technically a region that also happens to be the name of the province in both Pakistan and India since they both encompass the same region.
- Comment on Memory Wiped 1 week ago:
The famous tank man photo? That guy wanted the tanks to stay to make sure the area was safe. He was protesting them leaving. There’s video of him that I guarantee people like you haven’t seen despite it being on YouTube.
Aye man cmon not even the most patriotic Red White Blue American believes the IRS are good guys lol
- Comment on I watched Arrival (2016), there was a lot more to it than I was expecting 1 week ago:
The thing I remember about this movie was that India got mad one of the fictional aliens from this movie decided to land in Pakistan instead of India.
The other thing I remember was that they for some reason decided to show the location on the map as “Punjab, Pakistan” which is even more generic because it’s a province not a city.
- Comment on reddit 2 weeks ago:
Thank you Animaniacs for the source material for this meme lmao
- Comment on Uncanny sandwich 2 weeks ago:
- Comment on It really is like this 3 weeks ago:
I really don’t care how much the US complains about Chinese nationalism when they pull the same crap in practically every 3rd world country for the sake of holding power.
There’s a reason why so many 3rd world immigrants in the US feel unfazed by Trump because they essentially grew up in some Washington backed imperialist government which was way worse, hence the reason they emigrated.
They understand that neither country is some beacon of hope, they’re just two big competitors that keep each other somewhat in check. The tradeoff you get for joining the US is freedom of expression and representation (mostly) and the tradeoff you get for joining China is faster upward momentum and social stability (mostly). Its better to have at least two choices instead of one which in reality would be none.
Yes there will always be sketchy things you probably shouldn’t touch, but we’re really out here defending internet censorship over TikTok as if the NSA doesn’t have 2/3rd of the modern world permanently bugged.
- Comment on "I know the perfect place for the ESP button! Right in front of the drivers knee!" 3 weeks ago:
Buddy that’s a Lexus. The corect way to sit in those is to put the seat low and far back than what even a bucket seat would do. You should basically be so reclined like it’s one of those sofas from a shrink’s office.
It’ll take you a few minutes to adjust to the new ride height and gain your superiority complex over the other peasants on the road.
- Comment on Video Game History Foundation's long-awaited digital library will be available online next week 4 weeks ago:
I was gonna make a joke about Nintendo, but I’m pretty sure they actually sued someone for publicly hosting 30 year old copies of the Nintendo Power magazine.
- Comment on Nintendo Switch 2 finally officially revealed 5 weeks ago:
Yuzu 2 when
- Comment on Hypothetically, what would the geo-political implications be, if the United States of America annexed Taiwan (with the approval of Taiwanese people via a referrendum)? 5 weeks ago:
Escalation with China, which is not what the US currently wants, hence why they keep military support in check but nothing more. However it is the USA, so they likely have a ton of direct influence in Taiwan’s government, so it could be just as well considered a vassal or “shill” state, or at the very least decently under control.
Currently though, they are cutting off China from Taiwan’s chip supply which is forcing China to kick start their lithography fabs at home, and is also the reason why a ton if the RISC-V software is coming out of Chinese universities (open ISA unlike ARM and Intel x86).
The USA likes to keep a resemblance of global leader, so they’ll never actually annex any country even with popular support, just control it with the easiest method available, which is usually just espionage and a crap ton of bribes.
It would only happen in a military conflict, which is also unlikely despite China trying to hype up their military all the time. They don’t currently have the resources to take on Taiwan even alone (in a prolonged fight) just due to the sheer logistics of transporting a ton of troops onto the rather heavily defended Island.
They want the fabs, but they can also just as easily play the long game and eventually make them at home in probably less thana decade.
Also not to mention Taiwan probably has actual social care and proper facilities for its citizens, so I don’t think anyone would want to join exploit heavy USA.
- Comment on Report: Switch 2 Announcement Expected This Week 5 weeks ago:
Lol I used a pencil a few times
- Comment on Report: Switch 2 Announcement Expected This Week 5 weeks ago:
Only if it’s jailbreakable
Just to spite Nintendo for shutting down Yuzu and Ryujinx
- Comment on They fucking geoblocked blahaj.zone 1 month ago:
Lol I’d tread a bit carefully.
KSA likes to chase people and have them “disappeared” for their opinions.
I know a guy they picked up for 3 months and when he finally showed up, his poor mouth was zippered shut.
And he was an international too.
I’d look around for a solid VPN solution anyway. Useful to have in any country.
- Comment on Checking in 1 month ago:
Jokes on you they’ll never ask show me your last starred github repo
- Comment on Checking in 1 month ago:
- Comment on Anon buys a TV without researching 1 month ago:
Looked at the CES reveals and aside from some minor improvements, its nothing but overloaded AI crap.
Even on TVs from 10 years ago, the first thing you had to do was turn off the stupid auto frame generation, smoothing, lighting, and other effects so you can actually enjoy your content in original detail and correct FPS.
- Comment on Anon doesn't wash 1 month ago:
Not myoglobin, actual blood. Very rare, but sometimes the butcher didn’t drain properly.
You can tell because by that time, the blood has coagulated into a mush.
Myoglobin is clearish red and pink like you said. That’s stuff is fine.
- Comment on Anon is a winner 1 month ago:
For me it’s always the unexplained power nerfing that authors do just to advance the plot.
Harry Potter in the first 3 books was fearless, he literally took on voldemort with his bare hands.
Then when the dumbass plan with the port key cup happens, he just stands there like an idiot as the rat dude kills Cedric and revives Voldemort as if both he and Cedric don’t have wands that allow them to cast spells.
I mean they could have maybe had like 20 wizards camping the graveyard to make escaping impossible, but nah they really tried to make the coward rat guy seem like he was now somehow more capable than all of voldemort’s previously defeated plans combined.
- Comment on Anon doesn't wash 1 month ago:
Does washing actually cause the fat to come off though?
I’ve had bloody chicken before which you do actually want to wash/clean off because cooked blood will completely destroy your dish.
Otherwise you can cut off some cartilage and hard fat that won’t render when cooked. No need to wash it.
- Comment on what was the last game you played in 2024? 1 month ago:
2 player Mario Kart Wii, 16 race game with aggressive items and motion controls.
I watched my friend eat 5 blueshells in one race lmao
- Comment on How German Police Do Police Brutality 1 month ago:
Haha now show the ones where they stomped out anti Israeli protestors with impunity
- Comment on Hurry 1 month ago:
Thank god it’s Mate and not GNOME
- Comment on Saw this at a neighbor's Christmas Eve Party. I didn't have the nerve to tell them to change it 1 month ago:
Hey buddy this isn’t reddit where you can activate your neurons with a karma counter.
You don’t have to repost smuggle content with bait titles for literally any reason.
I don’t even think communities here have a way to prevent users from posting without a requirement, including joining a community.
- Comment on Anon gives a piracy history lesson 1 month ago:
Literally the only thing missing is full migration to H265 or AV1 with a solid bitrate.
It’s still a bit inconsistent due to hardware acceleration capabilities and final file size targets.
Most torrents are too compressed or too huge.
Luckily bandwidth and storage is cheaper than ever, so going for full size quality rips is viable for many.
- Comment on Hurry 1 month ago:
- Comment on GET REKT 1 month ago:
It sounds stupid but I really want to imagine China was behind all this as a test run of bio warfare via invasive species and there’s just some random CCP agent going Rats! We’ve been foiled again. Start dumping more corn syrup into our honey exports!.
- Comment on Which were the worst movies of 2024? 2 months ago:
A bit off topic but the
film industryHollywood has stagnated quite a bit since a lot of investors have pivoted into video games a decade ago.Combined with the craphouse that is streaming, and you don’t have a good environment for new & fresh ideas to be taken seriously.
All that remains is franchise monoliths that studios have been aggressively recycling for content, and poor executions thay don’t have any resemblance of an artistic vision or concept.
Don’t worry, there are still a lot of interesting and great films out there, just maybe not in the same capacity and/or quality as before.
Going through old one off films from the 80s and 90s with mediocre or poor reviews often seem like they’d do pretty well if released today, especially in the streaming space.
