Defector Annual Report, September 2023 โ August 2024 | Defector
Published on October 16, 2024 Purpose of this report This is the fourth year that Defectorโs business team is publishing an annual report.defector.com
"Comet C-2023 A3 pictured from the International Space Station."
NASA Johnson Space Center, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Was recently made aware of this excellent paper about the Fediverse by @profxavier01. They go into a lot of detail about the social situation here from both an internal and external perspective, and I found the conclusions quite insightful. Give it a read!
An evidence-based and critical analysis of the Fediverse decentralization promises
This paper examines the potential of the Fediverse, a federated network of social media and content platforms, to counter the centralization and dominance of commercial platforms on the social Web.arXiv.org
NASA Selects Two Teams to Advance Life Sciences Research in Spaceย - NASA Science
NASA announced two awards Thursday to establish scientific consortia โ multi-institutional coalitions to conduct ground-based studies that help address the agencyโs goals of maintaining a sustained human presence in space.science.nasa.gov
"Passage de la comรจte C-2023 A3 Tsuchinshan-Atlas au dessus de Capbreton 2."
Thomas Castel, Public domain via Wikimedia commons.
I Am Artemis: Sarah Ryan - NASA
A passion for puzzles, problem-solving, and propulsion led Sarah Ryan to her current position as Raptor engine lead for NASAโs HLS (Human Landing System) insight team. The rocket will land astronauts on the Moon for NASAโs Artemis missions.NASA
NASA Goddard Hosts Former VP Al Gore to Mark 10 Years of DSCOVR Mission - NASA
Environmentalist and former Vice President Al Gore visited NASAโs Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, on Oct. 16, 2024, to commemorate theRob Garner (NASA)
NASAโs C-130 Aircraft En Route to India in Support of NISAR Mission - NASA
NASAโs globetrotting C-130 Hercules team is carrying out a cargo transport mission to Bengaluru, India, in support of the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture RadarNASA
Just Keep Roving - NASA Science
Throughout the past week, Perseverance has continued marching up the Jezero crater rim. This steep ascent through the Martian regolith (soil) can prove to be slow driving for the rover, as the wheels can slip on the steepest areas.science.nasa.gov
NASAโs IXPE Helps Researchers Determine Shape of Black Hole Corona - NASA
New findings using data from NASAโs IXPE mission offer unprecedented insight into the shape and nature of a structure important to black holes called a corona.Beth Ridgeway (NASA)
NASA Pilots Add Perspective to Research - NASA
NASA pilots detailed how they help researchers find the right fit for experiments that might not advance without proving that they work in flight as they doDede Dinius (NASA)
Old Data Yields New Secrets as NASAโs DAVINCI Preps for Venus Trip - NASA Science
How NASA's DAVINCI mission to Venus uses old data to reveal new secrets.science.nasa.gov
Imagining the Future - NASA
A space shuttle lifts off high above the surrounding land in this Aug. 1, 1973, illustration. With 135 missions flown over 30 years, NASAโs shuttle fleetNASA
Mastodon feat. Bรผsi #plushtodon #CatsOfMastodon
Edit: Forgot to add the shop link. You can order your Plushtodon from here shop.joinmastodon.org/ (only open to EU currently, US and other countries coming soon)
Mastodon Merch Store
The official merch store of the open-source, decentralized social media platform Mastodon.Mastodon Merch
What kind of digital world do YOU want to live in?
In our latest Nextcloud Podcast Constanze Kurz explores the complexities of digital politics, predictive policing, and mass surveillance in Europe.
Listen now!
#digitalrights #Snowden #masssurveillance
nextcloud.com/blog/constanze-kโฆ
Constanze Kurz: mass surveillance, Snowden, and the future of digital politics - Nextcloud
Edward Snowden's disclosures in 2013 were not only revelatory but also catalyzed a necessary discussion around mass surveillance and yet Constanze argues we've since lost momentum in this critical conversation.Nextcloud
Iowa Students to Connect with NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station - NASA
Students from Iowa will have the opportunity to hear NASA astronaut Nick Hague answer their prerecorded questions while heโs serving an expedition aboard theNASA
Could Life Exist Below Mars Ice? NASA Study Proposes Possibilities - NASA
Researchers think meltwater beneath Martian ice could support microbial life.Anthony Greicius (NASA)
Transition. Part 25.
Sometimes I take a black and white film camera on my bike rides.
#photo #photography #photoart #filmsnotdead #filmphotography #mediumformat #forest #trees #believeinfilm #rollei400s #Poland #blackandwhite #Transition #staircase
Not one of these Bastard Companies are GREEN as they claim. It's All Greenwash Nonsense!
Google turns to nuclear to power AI data centres
#BBC #BusinessArticle #DirtyAI #AIDoomsUsAll
Google turns to nuclear to power AI data centres
The tech giant says it will use energy from small reactors to power its use of artificial intelligence.Joรฃo da Silva (BBC News)
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Another community problem is the sheer noise. This health crisis story from Granbury, Texas is about a bitcoin mining farm, but the same problem applies to data centers:
sciencefriday.com/segments/bitโฆ
time.com/6982015/bitcoin-mininโฆ
For the techbro community, it's all about "shopping around" for the places with the fewest regulations and the cheapest politicians to buy off. Sometimes that's in some east asian hell-hole. Sometimes that's the middle of Texas.
โWeโre Living in a Nightmare:โ Inside the Health Crisis of a Texas Bitcoin Town
TIME spoke to over 40 people in Granbury, Texas who believe their medical issues stem from a Bitcoin mine owned by Marathon Digital Holdings.By Andrew R Chow/Granbury, Texas (Time)
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@Alexander Goeres Maybe the techbro geniuses behind nuclear AI asked AI what the most efficient power source for their AI plans would be, and the AI training data was infested with oodles of nuclear power propaganda.
The whole "small reactors" thing is the nuclear industry's current attempt to pretend to be relevant. There has been a constant torrent of press releases and propaganda puff pieces regurgitating industry claims that small reactors are the next big thing ... like way more press than solar freaking roadways or Hyperloop.
Truth is, the economic viability of small reactors is even more hopeless than traditional reactors. But people have been wising up to the failures of traditional reactors, so they pump up talk about these small reactors to fool the easily fooled that we need to stop investing in solar and wind because superior nuclear is right around the corner.
My point is ... if these techbros ask AI what to do, the AI will simply GIGO them small reactor lies.
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Mรกs empresas GAFAM entrando en lo nuclear para atender a la pantagruรฉlica demanda de energรญa de los #CentrosDeDatos
elperiodicodelaenergia.com/amaโฆ
El Periรณdico de la Energรญa
El Periรณdico de la Energรญa, con informaciรณn diaria sobre energรญa elรฉctrica, eรณlica, renovable, petrรณleo, gas, mercados y legislaciรณn energรฉticaRedacciรณn (El Periรณdico de la Energรญa)
Public Work, preciosas imรกgenes de dominio pรบblico
Public Work by Cosmos
Public Work is a visual search engine for public domain content. Explore 100,000+ copyright-free images from The MET, New York Public Library, and other sourcespublic.work
Iowa Students to Connect with NASA Astronaut Aboard Space Station - NASA
Students from Iowa will have the opportunity to hear NASA astronaut Nick Hague answer their prerecorded questions while heโs serving an expedition aboard theNASA
Scientist Profile: Jacquelyn Shuman Blazes New Trails in Fire Science - NASA
Jacquelyn Shuman, FireSense Project Scientist at NASA Ames Research Center, originally wanted to be a veterinarian. By the time she got to college, Shuman hadMilan Loiacono (NASA)
Grab 15 more Steam Deck games in the Fanatical Play on the Go Bundle PREMIUM gamingonlinux.com/2024/10/grabโฆ
Grab 15 more Steam Deck games in the Fanatical Play on the Go Bundle PREMIUM
Fanatical's Build your own Play on the Go Bundle PREMIUM edition has launched again with another set of games for you to grab for your Steam Deck.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
NASAโs SpaceX 31st Resupply Mission to Launch Experiments to Station - NASA
NASA and its international partners are launching scientific investigations on SpaceXโs 31st commercial resupply services mission to the International SpaceChristian M. Getteau (NASA)
Nexus Mods new cross-platform app adds support for Heroic Games Launcher and Baldur's Gate 3 gamingonlinux.com/2024/10/nexuโฆ
Nexus Mods new cross-platform app adds support for Heroic Games Launcher and Baldur's Gate 3
The newer in-development open source and cross-platform Nexus Mods app just expanded, and it's sounding awesome. Much easier modding is coming for Linux and Steam Deck.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
APOD: 2024 October 17 - The Clipper and the Comet
A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.apod.nasa.gov
The Starter Pack system on Bluesky is simply magic stuff: bsky.app/starter-pack/gamingonโฆ
Mastodon needs stuff like this.
Play Golf as household objects in the challenging House Hopper gamingonlinux.com/2024/10/playโฆ
Play Golf as household objects in the challenging House Hopper
House Hopper instantly reminded me of WHAT THE GOLF?, taking the basic idea of Golf and turning it into something totally absurd.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Bechtle partners with Nextcloud Enterprise Day 2024 in Frankfurt: why is this partnership so incredible? ๐
Strongly committed to promoting digital sovereignty in the public and private sectors, Bechtle is an important actor on the global IT market.
Register for the event today!
nextcloud.com/blog/bechtle-a-nโฆ
Bechtle: a new sponsor of Nextcloud Enterprise Day 2024 in Frankfurt - Nextcloud
Excited to announce Bechtle as a sponsor for Nextcloud Enterprise Day 2024 in Frankfurt! Read more in our blog.Mikhail Korotaev (Nextcloud)
Melt Them All is a bit like a retro action rogue-lite Factorio with tower defense gamingonlinux.com/2024/10/meltโฆ
Melt Them All is a bit like a retro action rogue-lite Factorio with tower defense
Stripping down automation sims to the basics, adding in some tower defense and a little rogue-lite action with retro visuals and you have Melt Them All.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Goeland is like Untitled Goose Game but you're a seagull in a town that's a bit too peaceful gamingonlinux.com/2024/10/goelโฆ
Goeland is like Untitled Goose Game but you're a seagull in a town that's a bit too peaceful
Giving off some early Untitled Goose Game vibes, Goeland is a non-linear open-world adventure where you're one of the most annoying birds on the planet - the seagull.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
with the legs pointing forward, and the beak going woo woo
youtu.be/btx2Op2C3tc?si=hEnQ2iโฆ
Sorry, it's a very specific Sardinian meme ๐คฃ
Dunebound Tactics really is one to watch for strategy fans gamingonlinux.com/2024/10/duneโฆ
Dunebound Tactics really is one to watch for strategy fans
Dunebound Tactics has been announced by Terahard Studios and if you're anything like me and love your strategy games, this looks like one to watch for sure.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Grab more quality games real cheap in these Fanatical bundles gamingonlinux.com/2024/10/grabโฆ
Grab more quality games real cheap in these Fanatical bundles
Fanatical have some more quality games you can get extra cheap in a couple of bundles, so let's take a look at what you can get in them.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Mesa graphics drivers 24.2.5 released with a few more bug fixes gamingonlinux.com/2024/10/mesaโฆ
#Mesa #Linux #OpenSource
Mesa graphics drivers 24.2.5 released with a few more bug fixes
Mesa 24.2.5 was announced from developer Eric Engestrom bringing in some more bug fixes for various Linux graphics drivers.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
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