fossilesqueMay 6, 2024

Voyager 1

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Voyager 1 - Mander

Show threadFlatFootFoxMay 6, 2024

I still cannot believe NASA managed to re-establish a connection with Voyager 1.

That scene from The Martian where JPL had a hardware copy of Pathfinder on Earth? That’s not apocryphal. NASA keeps a lot of engineering models around for a variety of purposes including this sort of hardware troubleshooting.

It’s a practice they started after Voyager. They shot that patch off into space based off of old documentation, blueprints, and internal memos.

Show threadnxdefiantMay 6, 2024
Imagine scrolling back in the Slack chat 50 years to find that one thing someone said about how the chip bypass worked.
Show threadxantoxisMay 6, 2024
Imagine any internet company lasting 50 years.
Show threadnxdefiantMay 6, 2024
IBM is 100, but the Internet didn’t exist in 1924, so we’ll say the clock starts in 1989. I’m pretty sure at least MS or IBM will be around in 15 years.
Show threadjaybone
What does IBM even do anymore? I’m guessing they just support all of their legacy products that customers are locked into.
May 6, 2024 at 7:04pmWeb
Show threadnxdefiantMay 6, 2024
It’s basically an investment fund that runs the companies it invests in, like Alphabet, but with a bigger mix of real estate and finance investments thrown in.
Show threadjayboneMay 6, 2024
What’s a company they invest in?
Show threadnxdefiantMay 6, 2024
Themselves. I’m just saying internally they run it like an investment fund. Example: medium.com/…/area-631-what-i-learned-in-ibms-star…
Area 631: what I learned in IBM’s start-up and innovation program

In short: a team of six are given a problem, a client, and 3 months to design and build a working prototype or proof of concept. That prototype can then be launched as a IBM funded start-up via Hyper…

IBM Design
Show threadazuthMay 6, 2024
Bought Red hat and is trying to lock down it’s users.