Az2d ago

i love how space travel went from Star Trek: The Next Generation to Deep Space 9 in the space of one (1) lunar mission.

Apollo program: boldly going where nobody has been before, everyone is a decorated pilot putting their lives on the line in the most advanced tech.

Artemis II: shitters broken, "I have two versions of Outlook and neither of them are working".

Show threadAz2d ago

that 00's joke has gone from cringe OS fanboy wars to Utopia levels of uncomfortable relevance:

> Why do astronauts use Linux?
> Because you can't open windows in space.

Steven G. Harris1d ago
Show threadAz
50 years on and space travel has become the techno utopia we have always wanted, as summed up in this quote from NASA's Artemis II livestream
Apr 4 at 9:09amWeb
Show threadChipotle Axolotl (aka Julian)1d ago
@az glad it's not just me.
Show threadAllan Chow1d ago
@az "hey there are two outlooks and neither of them work"
Show threadChris Bohn1d ago
@az I think it's time to update this comic.
Show threadllogiq1d ago
@DocBohn @az it's a bad idea to open windows in space...
Show threadprozacchiwawa1d ago

@DocBohn @az

2018: what are you doing with that 1.5 gig of ram? -- running slack
2026: what are you doing with those 48 gig of vram? -- having my chatbot read slack for me.

Show threadEdelruth, PBS Passport Holder3h ago

@prozacchiwawa

Extra points for making me laugh out loud

@DocBohn @az

Show threadSwader2h ago
@DocBohn @az Oh no Microslop Outlook fail!
Show threadDon Thompson1d ago
@az Don’t tell me it’s controlled from a bluetooth connected games console controller?
Show threadLuka Rubinjoni1d ago
@az Just like meshtastic...
Show threadMethylzero1d ago
@az Why the everloving fuck did they use windows...or bluetooth for that matter
Show thread⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️5h ago
@Methylzero @az "COTS"
Show threadARGVMI~1.PIF3h ago

@falken

USB and Linux are COTS too. This isn't 1994.

@Methylzero @az

Show thread⊥ᵒᵚ Cᵸᵎᶺᵋᶫ∸ᵒᵘ ☑️2h ago
@argv_minus_one @Methylzero @az have you seen the cable management mess they have already :-) Wireless for non critical makes sense.
Show threadARGVMI~1.PIF2h ago

@falken

Well, good thing it's non-critical then, because it's quite non-reliable.

@Methylzero @az

Show threadChancerubbage1d ago

@az @superpixels

One thought I keep having about the Artemis II mission is the amount of time astronauts will spend looking at some black mirror touch screen. They might as well be some shlub having someone from home on speaker phone trying to guide them into remotely finding baking powder at the grocery.

But in Space!

Show threadBytebro 🇬🇧 🇺🇦 🇬🇱1d ago

@az

Hahaha!

Show threadMark Daniels-Wr. 🟢1d ago
@az … on earth as it is in heaven…
Show threadEdelruth, PBS Passport Holder3h ago

@MarkDW

🏆

@az

Show threadAlesandro Ortiz 🇵🇷🏳️‍🌈1d ago

@az Someone please start a "Shit astronauts said in space" account for quotes like this.

At first I couldn't believe either were real, but they are.

Show threadSupermoosie1d ago

@az
Remember Artemis II came about because first term Trump wanted to relieve his youth by putting people back on the moon.

So NASA hand to cancel a whole heap of actual science programs, learning about the earth, planets, our solar system and universe to make a bus to take meat to the moon for TV.

Show threadAditya Khanna7h ago
@SuperMoosie @az I thought your comment was half-baked, but no you're entirely correct. They're literally dismantling all of NASA to, and this is a quote from the funding request: "to beat China"
Show threadnick1d ago
@az ground control to Major Tom
Are you on mute?
Are your speakers on?
hey does anyone know how I share my screen now I think this thing upgraded since yesterday when Iast tried it.
The Skype looks very different today ...
Show threadD. G. Marshall15h ago

@nickzoic @az

Ground Control to Major Tomcat...

Show threadDave1d ago
@az stop letting systems engineers touch computers
Show threadBrian Grinter1d ago
@az @NewtonMark
Nothing will beat Apollo 10 “Give me a napkin quick! There's A Turd Floating Through The Air”
Show threadewhac23h ago

@az Erm...

Not that I actually *know* anything about RF, but isn't the 2.4GHz band kinda noisy in space?

Show threadDaniel Carosone20h ago
@az I heard this live. Also so much toilet diagnostics and repair.
Show threadI AM BANKSY ☕ / 🗑‍🔥19h ago
@az
They haven't even tried printing a document yet. There be monsters.
@timixretroplays
Show threadTim 🎮17h ago
@az they made fun of the Oceangate guy for using a Logitech controller under the sea but they took fucking Bluetooth devices into space?
Show threadARGVMI~1.PIF3h ago

@timixretroplays

There won't be much interference from other Wi-Fi or Bluetooth devices in space. In theory, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth would work great up there.

In theory.

@az

Show threadlina isidora | HOLY FUCK ARTEMIS II8h ago
@az huh theyre already near the mun??
Show threadEdelruth, PBS Passport Holder3h ago

@lina

A Kerbal reference!
💖💖💖💖💖

@az

Show threadOkerampa8h ago
@az "Even in the future nothing works"
Show threadDen of Earth6h ago
@az
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Den of Earth (@[email protected])

Would you trust Bluetooth with your life? I used to longboard (to commute), and for a while I looked into electric longboards. They had decent engineering but the flaw with all of them seemed to be that none offered wired controls - they all had some handheld gizmo that was Bluetoothed to the board. That may not be a big problem when you're underway, but if you're going downhill and relying on regen to come to a stop... WE'RE SORRY, MAKE SURE YOUR DEVICE IS DISCOVERABLE AND TRY AGAIN Oh f

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Show threadYora5h ago
@az "Have you ever had a dream that you had you would you could do you want you could do so you wanted o much you could do anything?"
Show threadEdelruth, PBS Passport Holder3h ago

@az

I love a highly entertaining thread: y'all need to read this and all the replies!
🤣

Show threadTheresa1h ago
@az astronauts: just like us