this is an incredibly sketchy story and so far all the people involved in breaking / spreading it are deeply unreliable sources

This is such a fantastic essay.

"In the place of problem-solving technology, companies have jumped on successive bandwagons like NFTs, the metaverse, and large language models. What these all have in common is that they are not built to really solve a market problem. They are built to make VCs and companies rich"

Why didn’t NASA enforce that design reference document? It’s such a predictable situation to be in. I would love to see how that axiom contract is structured.

Thanks for sharing!

i will keep reiterating it but the mRNA vaccine is one of the most important human inventions in history, next to the printing press and the solar panel, and the fact america is abandoning it is frankly anti-human in all ways possible

Interesting read, thanks!

lots of strong opinions on all sorts of things with no room for nuance or the ability to understand that they might not have any idea wtf they are talking about.

Oh for sure, no arguments.

And as far as that rescued pilot goes, there are some pretty convincing arguments that the whole thing was a cover for an operation to snatch Iran‘s uranium which failed terribly. Actually the fact that the pilot hasn’t been on every morning talk show is telling.

I either too high for this bullshit or not high enough for this bullshit.

Feels sketchy. They allegedly want the best minds but only early-to-mid career. Why did they need a special OPM arrangement for this? I’m guessing normal pay scales and other regs do not apply. Presumably just looking for cheaper temp labor to replace the people they kicked out.

Well to be fair Iran have claimed several times to have captured US soldiers/pilots, so they aren’t exactly trustworthy.

Saving this for a future NPC name.

Bsky support team:

Well I meant to be fair he probably did talk to a lot of scientists on Reddit.

It’s called “mute this user”

I’m scared to Google that.

a woman in a white tank top is looking out of a window ALT: a woman in a white tank top is looking out of a window

If you see this, quote with a character that starts with ‘S’

Great job. I loved it too.

I must seem like a lunatic because nobody knows the history of this.

Request to have my feed just be posts with this energy for awhile. Thank you.

So threatening the pope to shut him up really worked out well.

This timeline is crazy.

Some of those ads you get on instagram actually have good stuff.

What? No. You’re lying. I hope you’re lying. Please be lying.

You understood the Bad Take assignment.

Astrology is just another made up religion.

Me: “Obviously a skill issue on my part.”

Was planning to pee on the tire of my minivan.

#space engineers love their acronyms… there is some hardware being launched to the #ISS tomorrow on #Cygnus called SHREC. It has some sub components called FIONA and DONKI 😉