NASA Awards Contract for NOAA’s Space Weather Program - NASA
NASA, on behalf of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has selected Southwest Research Institute of San Antonio to build threeNASA
NASA, Peru Agree to Study Potential Sounding Rocket Campaign - NASA
NASA and Peru’s National Commission for Aerospace Research and Development (CONIDA) laid the groundwork for a potential multi-year scientific rocket launchNASA
Time for an #introduction... again!
My name is Christine Lemmer-Webber, I'm co-author/co-editor of the ActivityPub standard which connects together the fediverse (Mastodon, Peertube, Sharkey, GotoSocial, etc). In other words, I'm one of several people who worked on the specification by which you're getting this very message!
I'm also Executive Director of the Spritely Institute! We're making next-generation decentralized tech spritely.institute
I moved here from @cwebber@octodon.social! Hello again!
South Pole Safety: Designing the NASA Lunar Rescue System - NASA
In the unforgiving lunar environment, the possibility of an astronaut crewmember becoming incapacitated due to unforeseen circumstances (injury, medicalSarah Douglas (NASA)
NASA Leadership Hosts Future-Focused Dialogues with Kennedy Employees - NASA
NASA Deputy Administrator Pam Melroy (front center left) discusses NASA 2040 on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024, the agency's strategic initiative for aligningNASA
Precision Pointing Goes the Distance on NASA Experiment
One year ago today, the future of space communications arrived at Earth as a beam of light from a NASA spacecraft nearly 10 million miles away. That’s 40Loura Hall (NASA)
ia.acs.org.au/article/2024/not…
g'day mate, i'll need to see your internet license before you can sign in to your playstation account, no worries mate it's simple as, just need to be over 16, yeah nah it's super secure, just need to link your government ID to your youtube account mate, what's the harm in that, and don't worry about a data breach, that's illegal
Not just kids: Everyone to be age verified for social media
Proposed under-16s ban has wider implications for Australians.Information Age
55 Years Ago: Apollo 12 Launches - NASA
The Apollo 12 spacecraft launches from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in this image from Nov. 14, 1969, with astronauts Charles Conrad Jr., Richard F.NASA
55 Years Ago: Apollo 12 Makes a Pinpoint Landing on the Moon - NASA
In November 1969, Apollo 12 astronauts Commander Charles “Pete” Conrad, Command Module Pilot (CMP) Richard F. Gordon, and Lunar Module Pilot (LMP) Alan L.Kelli Mars (NASA)
Old Skies from Wadjet Eye Games looks like one to remember with a new trailer gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/old-…
#PCGaming #Linux #LinuxGaming #AdventureGames
Old Skies from Wadjet Eye Games looks like one to remember with a new trailer
If you're a lover of point and click adventure games, you're going to want to watch the new trailer for Old Skies from Wadjet Eye Games.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Updates on NASA Field Campaigns - NASA Science
Snippets from The Earth Observer’s Editor’s Corner PACE-PAX PACE–PAX had as its primary objective to gather data to validate measurements from NASA’s PACE mission.science.nasa.gov
NASA and Forest Service Use Balloon to Help Firefighters Communicate - NASA
NASA is participating in a collaborative effort to use high-altitude balloons to improve real-time communications among firefighters battling wildlandTara Friesen (NASA)
NASA’s EMIT Will Explore Diverse Science Questions on Extended Mission - NASA
The imaging spectrometer measures the colors of light reflected from Earth’s surface to study fields such as agriculture, hydrology, and climate science.Anthony Greicius (NASA)
The Earth Observer Editor’s Corner: Fall 2024 - NASA Science
On September 18, 2024, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shared the first images of the Western Hemisphere from the GOES-19 satellite, its newest geostationary satellite launched on June 25, 2024 onboard a Falcon Heavy rocket…science.nasa.gov
Federation: Collaborate without compromise! 🌏
Nextcloud Hub 9 introduces federated video calls, enabling meetings across Nextcloud instances while keeping your data private.
Let's champion decentralization & interoperability together! 🦾
nextcloud.com/blog/federation-…
Federation: a foundational concept for digital sovereignty? - Nextcloud
Learn how federation features in self-hosted apps work and how federation can help businesses and governments achieve digital sovereignty.Mikhail Korotaev (Nextcloud)
Summary of Aura 20th Anniversary Event - NASA Science
Snippets from The Earth Observer’s Editor’s Corner The last of NASA’s three EOS Flagships – Aura – marked 20 years in orbit on July 15, 2024, with a celebration on September 18, 2024, at the Goddard Space Flight Center’s (GSFC) Recreational Center.science.nasa.gov
The latest from Prime Gaming - November 14 edition - lots for Steam Deck / Linux gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/the-…
#PrimeGaming #Gaming #PCGaming
The latest from Prime Gaming - November 14 edition - lots for Steam Deck / Linux
Here we go again! Each week Prime Gaming, part of what you get with a subscription to Amazon Prime, add and remove various games you can claim to keep.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
The article "Classic Unreal Tournament and Unreal now easier to download free thanks to OldUnreal" was updated, with a statement from Epic Games to confirm it's totally fine gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/clas…
#UnrealTournament #Gaming #PCGaming #EpicGames
Classic Unreal Tournament and Unreal now easier to download free thanks to OldUnreal
Epic Games announced back at the end of 2022 that they were pulling a whole bunch of classics like Unreal Tournament and Unreal from stores, along with turning off servers, but now it's a bit easier to get them running again.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Minimalismo técnico y ecolobits.
A más localidad, más autonomía, más privacidad y más ecolobits.
blog.anartist.org/komunikilo/m…
Minimalismo técnico y ecolobits
Uno de los criterios comunicativos de Komunikilo hace referencia a la voluntad de minimizar el impacto ambiental de las tecnologías digit...Komunikilo
Temtem: Swarm is a survivor-like bullet heaven with cute creatures to evolve out now gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/temt…
#TemtemSwarm #Linux #SteamDeck
Temtem: Swarm is a survivor-like bullet heaven with cute creatures to evolve out now
Available now in Early Access, survivor-like bullet heaven Temtem: Swarm is another game entering the crowded but popular genre from developer Crema.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Innovation amnesia: Technology as a substitute for politics
This paper outlines a theory of amnesia in the face of innovation: when apparent technological innovations occasion the disregard of preexisting cultural, legal, and infrastructural norms.firstmonday.org
NASA Stennis Secures Grant for Clean Energy Project - NASA
The AFFECT Program awards grants to help the federal government achieve its goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by all federal buildings by 2045. MoreNASA
I've been thinking back to a couple pieces I wrote last time Trump came to town—reminders that Trumpism is part of broader American pathologies.
The cult of the presidency: americamagazine.org/politics-s…
Inequality is an American strategy: americamagazine.org/politics-s…
How to survive Trump: End the cult of the presidency
The presidency has become a cult to which we are expected to constantly direct our attention; the result is a disenchantment with democracy.America Magazine
Astronomers Find Early Fast-Feeding Black Hole Using NASA Telescopes - NASA
A rapidly feeding black hole at the center of a dwarf galaxy in the early universe, shown in this artist’s concept, may hold important clues to the evolutionLee Mohon (NASA)
NASA Seeks Options for Future Headquarters Building - NASA
As the agency continues to explore for the benefit of all, NASA is in the process of searching for a new headquarters facility in Washington or the immediateRoxana Bardan (NASA)
Minecraft-like free and open source game VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2) hits over 500K downloads gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/mine…
#VoxeLibre #Gaming #Linux #Minecraft #FOSS
Minecraft-like free and open source game VoxeLibre (formerly MineClone2) hits over 500K downloads
Originally called MineClone2, VoxeLibre is a free and open source sandbox game that's inspired by Minecraft and it recently hit a big milestone.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Telescope for NASA’s Roman Mission Complete, Delivered to Goddard - NASA
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is one giant step closer to unlocking the mysteries of the universe. The mission has now received its final majorAshley Balzer (NASA)
NASA's Hubble Sees Aftermath of Galaxy's Scrape with Milky Way - NASA Science
A story of survival is unfolding at the outer reaches of our galaxy, and NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope is witnessing the saga. The Large Magellanic Cloud, also called the LMC, is one of the Milky Way galaxy’s nearest neighbors.science.nasa.gov
#CatsOfMastodon
Where do jets go when they no longer fly? What happens to shipping containers when they aren’t useful anymore for cargo? The answer is invisible to most of us, but for Cássio Vasconcellos, abandoned trains, planes, and automobiles are far from forgotten.
Photographing and stitching together composites, Vasconcellos condenses details of urban infrastructure like highways and parking lots into sprawling, all-over compositions.
Classic Unreal Tournament and Unreal now easier to download free thanks to OldUnreal gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/clas…
#UnrealTournament #FPS #Gaming
Classic Unreal Tournament and Unreal now easier to download free thanks to OldUnreal
Epic Games announced back at the end of 2022 that they were pulling a whole bunch of classics like Unreal Tournament and Unreal from stores, along with turning off servers, but now it's a bit easier to get them running again.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Old School Rally gets split-screen support, new stages and a new car gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/old-…
Old School Rally gets split-screen support, new stages and a new car
Old School Rally is properly awesome. Bringing back some fond memories for me of playing Colin McRae Rally on the original PlayStation and now it just got a whole lot better.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Godot Engine 4.4 dev 4 released with interactive in-game editing gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/godo…
Godot Engine 4.4 dev 4 released with interactive in-game editing
An exciting new feature for game developers has begun to land in the free and open source Godot Engine, with the start of interactive in-game editing.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Little Big Adventure – Twinsen's Quest a remake of the original classic is out now gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/litt…
#LittleBigAdventure #Gaming #PCGaming
Little Big Adventure – Twinsen's Quest a remake of the original classic is out now
Little Big Adventure – Twinsen's Quest from [2.21] and Microids is out now. It's a remake of the original classic with a graphical makeover and modernized gameplay.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Looks cool but I've just noticed a worrying trend.
One of my browser plugins highlights when a game is excluded from the Family Sharing service and this is the 4th I've seen in the last day or so. It used to be the odd AAA release but now it's a bunch of smaller indie games.
As a Dad with 2 kids starting to get into regular gaming the new version of the family sharing on Steam has been wonderful but it will be seriously kneecapped if Devs are seeing it as a bad thing for them
Train finally returns to Counter-Strike 2 in the latest big update gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/trai…
Train finally returns to Counter-Strike 2 in the latest big update
Train! It's back! A fan favourite map returns that was annoyingly missing from the release of Counter-Strike 2. But it's now back and looking better than ever in the latest update to Valve's FPS.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
literally who hurt genomics to make you all encode one specific kind of number as the ASCII characters from ! to ~ as an integer input to some logarithm function, but then others of you changed the function but kept encoding it as a single ASCII character ranging from -5 to 62 (???), and then later they decided that -5 to 62 was silly and so they changed that to 0-62 and throwing away half the original range for no reason, except actually it's 0-40 by convention.
did anyone consider "encoding it as a number"
#DataStandards #FileFormats #Genomics
@grvsmth filesize advantage. Quality as a number would require minimum two characters (single digit plus delimiter) and maximum of 3 characters (two numbers plus delimiter). Fixed width 0 led would still require two characters. ASCII coding makes it one character per quality score. Minimizes cold file sizes.
Now the multiple FASTQ quality ASCII coding specs are an artifact of Illumina choices. Sanger phred scale should have been the standard all along.
Mesa 24.2.7 out now and Mesa 24.3 may come sooner than expected gamingonlinux.com/2024/11/mesa…
#Linux #Mesa #OpenSource
Mesa 24.2.7 out now and Mesa 24.3 may come sooner than expected
The latest update for the open source graphics drivers is here with Mesa 24.2.7 out now. Plus we might see Mesa 24.3 a bit sooner than expected.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
GOG harkening back to "Good Old Games".
It's a great way to differentiate themselves on top of "no DRM".
Maybe someday someone will be able to get some lawyer to find the paperwork for who owns "No One Lives Forever" so it can be updated and preserved.
None of my current laptops even have a CD-ROM drive to read my disks and the hacks to get them running still leave them at an ancient, tiny resolution.
GOG are doubling down on game preservation, and making it easier to see which games run well on modern PCs
GOG have announced the GOG Preservation Program, restoring and relaunching over 100 classic games to run smoothly on modern hardware.James Archer (Rock Paper Shotgun)
bbc.com/news/articles/c629ddqg…
World’s largest coral found in the Pacific near Solomon Islands
The coral could be 500 years old and is bigger than a blue whale, scientists say.Georgina Rannard (BBC News)
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