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The past tense of "snapshot" is "snapshat".
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Extremismus
(1987)
Bryce I need to get this idea out there with respect to Jira tickets. “No ticket, no task” got me a whole bunch of empty tickets with nondescript titles.
It doesn't matter what you think of Comey. If he can be charged for posting a photo of sea shells on a beach arranged to spell out "8647", anyone can be charged for any speech that the president dislikes.

It's becoming increasingly clear to me that Reflect Orbital's fucking stupid giant mirror satellite, with absolutely NOTHING useful to offer, which will cause countless safety issues, ecological disasters, and destroy the night sky, is going to launch.

A bunch of astronomers and I have sent out a fact sheet about them to a bunch of journalists, but very few are going to write about this. So, let me try posting it all here.

Here's what I know about Reflect Orbital and all the downsides:

The cat's out of the bag! My latest book, "The Secret Life of Circuits", is available in early access:

https://lcamtuf.coredump.cx/blog/secret/

It's the reference I wish I had when I was starting out. Electrons to embedded systems, 290+ color illustrations and 420+ pages of well-explained theory.

The Secret Life of Circuits

Many of you follow this blog because of the regular features about electronic circuit design.

ok so the US president threatens the pope via the avignon papacy that we've definitely all heard of but the pope doubles down on how world peace is good and war with iran is bad so the president makes an ai picture of himself where he's jesus healing john stewart but then iran jumps in saying we're on the pope's side and jesus is a holy man and that's not OK so the secretary of war and not defence anymore recites a made up bible verse from a tarantino movie and somehow this week is not over yet.

Scientists have engineered tobacco plants to produce five psychedelic compounds that are normally found in a wide range of natural sources, including psilocybin mushrooms, ayahuasca, and toads, according to a study published on Wednesday in Science Advances.

https://www.404media.co/scientists-create-plant-that-produces-ayahuasca-shrooms-and-toad-psychedelics-all-at-once/

Scientists Create Plant That Produces Ayahuasca, Shrooms, and Toad Psychedelics All At Once

The proof-of-concept system produces psilocybin, DMT, and other compounds in leaves of the tobacco plant, potentially easing pressure on wild species and preserving Indigenous traditions.

404 Media