You Better Be Grateful #shorts
Why do you make me do this game#gaming #cultofthelamb #linuxgaming #steamdeck #gamingonlinuxTwitch: https://brodierobertson.xyz/twitchDlive: https://brodiero...YouTube
Researchers found a surprise in @NASAWebb's calibration data: an asteroid the size of Rome’s Colosseum — between 300 to 650 feet (100 to 200 meters) in length! It may be the smallest object (illustrated here) detected by Webb. go.nasa.gov/3Yt43Xm
#NASAExoplanets
Webb Detects Extremely Small Main Belt Asteroid
An asteroid roughly the size of Rome’s Colosseum — between 300 to 650 feet (100 to 200 meters) in length — has been detected by an international team of European astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.Jamie Adkins (NASA)
#ISS
Astronauts Relax as Cosmonauts Prep for Cargo Mission
Four Expedition 68 crew members are off-duty today following last week’s spacewalk to upgrade the International Space Station’s power generation system.blogs.nasa.gov
“My big takeaway is: it's okay to take chances. Sometimes we step in our own way and we need to accept help.”
Tiffany Fairley brings the #Artemis missions to the world as a public affairs officer for @NASAKennedy. Celebrate #BHM: go.nasa.gov/3wXkG1w
#NASA
Public Affairs Officer Tiffany Fairley
My big takeaway is: it's okay to take chances. Sometimes we step in our own way and we need to accept help." — Tiffany Fairley, Public Affairs Officer, Artemis Team Lead, NASA's Kennedy Space CenterThalia Patrinos (NASA)
Are you a student majoring in... anything? Apply now for an internship at intern.nasa.gov!
We have several programs, including Pathways, which accept many majors and provide a structured path to potential full-time employment at NASA after graduation. Deadline: Feb. 10.
#NASA
James Webb Telescope’s Incredibly Deep View of the Universe
The European Space Agency has released a gobsmacking deep field image of thousands of galaxies taken by the James Webb Space Telkottke.org
#JamesWebb
Nick Risinger
Nick Risinger is a photographer and designer living in Seattle, Washington. He is also the Co-Founder of Fifth Star Labs, makers of the iPhone and iPad app, Sky Guide.Nick Risinger
The Defiance of Salman Rushdie
In his first interview since a near-fatal stabbing, the author talks with David Remnick about the attack, his recovery, and his new novel, “Victory City.”David Remnick (The New Yorker)
My 8 Best Techniques for Evaluating Character
These methods have helped me enormously—and can save you much heartache and anxietyTed Gioia (The Honest Broker)
Should Linux Users Hate Apple As Much As Microsoft?
It's pretty easy to get a Linux user to start ranting about Windows or Microsoft but you'll find a lot of people who don't really care to do so about Apple a...YouTube
As an Ex Mac user (from MacOS Mojave to Ventura on a 2019 MacBook Pro)
Here's what I feel
Apple doesnt get enough crap thrown at them cus their software is only on their own hardware
After using MacOS and iOS for 4-5 years, The software even tho is very limiting is more or less smooth and well made, not to say that shit doesnt break, it might but its pretty stable now, given how macos is an immutable system now and with snapshots to back it up, sandboxing etc etc
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We've discovered 5,243 planets beyond our own solar system – exoplanets – so far.💫 Each week we add to the known worlds.
#MondayMotivation: Search for understanding wherever you can.
exoplanets.nasa.gov
#NASAExoplanets
Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System
NASA’s Exoplanet Exploration Program, the search for planets and life beyond our solar system.Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System
#NASA
Hubble’s New View of the Tarantula Nebula
A snapshot of the Tarantula Nebula (also known as 30 Doradus) is featured in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope.Andrea Gianopoulos (NASA)
seems like a lot of what we calll art today was exactly that then it was produced. “Reality painting” and/or a PR exercise. Make the subject or purchaser feel or look good.
Some was art for art's sake of course.
What a lovely shade of orange
wouldn't it be funny if-.. no, it couldn't be
but maybe, let's have a peek...
Well fuck me, apparently this even made it into the news.
Of course they're making up stuff, saying my geiger counter reading meant 11.75 Bq(‽)
That's not how it works, a Geiger counter doesn't tell you the activity of something by holding it on there.
Went back to take some better readings:
Standing next to the wall it's 0.1 to 0.15 uSv/h
On contact it's up to 0.5 uSv/h
A ludlum 44-9 reads around 100 kcpm on contact, hottest spot was 200 kcpm, almost all of that is beta.
TechRepublic covers favorite office solutions that aren't Office 365 or Google Workspace 🤔
Find Nextcloud Office on top of the list as the favourite choice to go for ✨
5 alternatives to Office 365 that you’ve never considered
If you're looking for an alternative office suite, there are several choices to be found. Jack Wallen offers his five favorites that aren't Office 365 or Google Workspace.Jack Wallen (TechRepublic)
The Broom Method
A NASA worker demonstrating the broom method of detecting a hydrogen flame, which are invisible during the day.Mini Museum
Found this and ask myself about fake "facts". WHO developed Mastodon (many, many, I know, but who is the key developer?)
New Form of Ice Discovered – May Shake Up Our Understanding of Water
Researchers at University College London and the University of Cambridge have discovered a new type of ice that more closely resembles liquid water than any other known ices and that may rewrite our understanding of water and its many anomalies.Mike O'Neill (SciTechDaily)
Get some laid-back life sims and builders in this latest game bundle
The Sim-ple Life Bundle from Humble Bundle is another that has a few good looking indie gems you might want to relax with.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
H5N1 Bird Flu: “An Even Deadlier Pandemic Could Soon Be Here”
Zeynep Tufekci on the H5N1 strain of the avian influenza, which is showing some recent signs of spreading in mammals. Bird flu --kottke.org
#NASAMoon
Leaders in Lidar | Chapter 3: Take the Next Steps
Riding on the success of MOLA, the Goddard team develops new lidar instruments for Earth, the Moon and Mercury. Each new instrument is a major leap forward i...YouTube
Did he think there is oil on the Moon? Did he want to make sure the Moon isn't made out of cheese? Did he want to build a torture prison on the Moon? Did he want to dig a hole there and hide trillions of dollars of DOD budget? I'm full of questions.
Open Media Network
Organisation for and example of "rebooting" Independent Media Centre'sOpen Media Network
Watch GRAMMY Awards Season 65 Episode 1: The 65th Annual GRAMMY Awards - Full show on CBS
Trevor Noah hosts THE 65TH ANNUAL GRAMMY AWARDS. Stream now on CBS and Paramount+.www.cbs.com
“The Moon is one big sand trap”
Astronaut Alan Shepard famously worked on his #golf game on the 2nd lunar EVA of the Apollo 14 mission #OTD in 1971. How well do you know your Moon golf trivia? Tell us how many golf balls are on the Moon!
Watch Al's shot: go.nasa.gov/40gDgPA
#NASAhistory
Alan Shepard Hits A Golf Ball on the Moon
Apollo 14 Commander and original Mercury astronaut Alan Shepard, the first American to fly in space, tees off on the lunar surface during his 1971 mission, w...YouTube
"Ein großer Sandkasten."
Ich erinnere mich noch, wie ich als Kind mit offenem Mund die TV-Übertragung mitverfolgen durfte.
Ich könnte jetzt "googlen" bzw. "DuckDuckGo'en", aber: Warum?
Fest steht:
Es war eine spitze Leistung.
Teeny tiny photobomb! 📸
Scientists found a surprise while looking through test data from Webb’s MIRI instrument. Webb serendipitously captured an asteroid (illustrated here) just 100-200 meters in length — likely its smallest object seen yet: go.nasa.gov/3Yt43Xm
#JamesWebb
Webb Detects Extremely Small Main Belt Asteroid
An asteroid roughly the size of Rome’s Colosseum — between 300 to 650 feet (100 to 200 meters) in length — has been detected by an international team of European astronomers using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope.Jamie Adkins (NASA)
Superhero strategy game Capes now being published by Daedalic Entertainment gamingonlinux.com/2023/02/supe…
Superhero strategy game Capes now being published by Daedalic Entertainment
Daedalic Entertainment have now teamed up with Spitfire Interactive to help their work on the superhero strategy game Capes.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
My guide to Steam Play Proton, the Windows to Linux translation for desktop and Steam Deck was updated! gamingonlinux.com/2019/07/a-si…
#Proton #Linux #SteamDeck #Gaming
A simple guide to Steam Play, Valve's technology for playing Windows games on Linux
Looking to test the waters with Linux gaming and don't want to lose access to your favourite Windows games? Here's a simple no-nonsense guide to actually using Steam Play.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
NVIDIA Vulkan Beta 525.47.07 supports extension to help VKD3D-Proton DXR gamingonlinux.com/2023/02/nvid…
NVIDIA Vulkan Beta 525.47.07 supports extension to help VKD3D-Proton DXR
Seems like a future update of VKD3D-Proton that translates Direct3D 12 to Vulkan for Proton, for Windows games on Linux desktop and Steam Deck, will make use of a newer extension available in the new NVIDIA Vulkan Beta 525.47.07 release.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
“2001: A Space Odyssey” Directed by George Lucas
From YouTuber poakwoods, a pair of criss-cross mashups of Star Wars and 2001: A Space Odyssey, but with their directors switchkottke.org
Companies save billions of dollars by giving employees fake "manager" titles, study shows
Calling your retail clerk an "assistant store manager" has a surprisingly big payoff, new research finds.Irina Ivanova (CBS News)
APOD: 2023 February 6 – In the Heart of the Rosette Nebula
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
Gorgeous puzzler Bonfire Peaks getting a 3-part DLC starting March 2nd gamingonlinux.com/2023/02/gorg…
#IndieGame #LinuxGaming #Linux #PCGaming
All your base are belong to us! Zero Wing, Twin Cobra and other Toaplan classics get upgraded for PC gamingonlinux.com/2023/02/zero…
#Gaming #PCGaming #Linux #SteamDeck
Zero Wing, Twin Cobra and other Toaplan classics get upgraded for PC
All your base are belong to us. Toaplan are having some absolute classics revived including Zero Wing, Out Zone, Twin Cobra and Truxton with a PC release and enhancements. Oh, and Native Linux support to ensure they're great on Steam Deck too.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Superfluous Returnz is an unnecessary video game of a useless superhero gamingonlinux.com/2023/02/supe…
#IndieGame #Point&Click #PCGaming #Linux
Superfluous Returnz is an unnecessary video game of a useless superhero
French comedy point and click adventure Superfluous Returnz is all about a useless superhero and it's releasing on May 15th.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Grammys 2023: Viola Davis becomes an EGOT
The star is only the 18th person to win each of an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Award.By Mark Savage (BBC News)
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