Brent

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https://taciturn.social #admin, software engineer, amateur welder, occasional rocket scientist and proponent of the Oxford comma.
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BrentApr 14
Countdown looks to have slipped about 40 minutes, and skies are clear as can be. If it doesn’t scrub, we may even get a nice sunset showing of the vacuum engine plume 🍀
https://sfba.social/@iss/116405160772276034
ISS over San Francisco (@[email protected])

Another Starlink launch is scheduled for 7pm tonight from Vandeberg. Skies look great!, but it's roughly 45 minute before sunset, so unlikely to be visible from the Bay Area unless the countdown slips. Countdown: https://www.spacex.com/launches/sl-17-27 Viewing tips: https://iss.sf.ca.us/vandenberg/

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BrentDec 20, 2023
Paweł GrzybekDec 18, 2023

✨ New post

If you are not a Helix user, ignore this post — just some configuration gibberish. If you are a Helix fan, save yourself a hassle and copy/pasta 🍝 this one!

https://pawelgrzybek.com/the-deno-language-server-configuration-in-helix/

#HelixEditor #deno @deno_land

The Deno Language Server configuration in Helix | pawelgrzybek.com

I bumped into a little config roadblock. Helix comes out of the box with LSP support. The Deno LSP server can be enabled via the deno lsp command. It took me a moment to make these two play nicely together, so I am sharing my config to spare you a little hassle.

pawelgrzybek.com
BrentDec 8, 2023
Prof. Sam LawlerDec 8, 2023

Today was a hard day. But someone who interviewed me yesterday sent me a news article about a satellite that is mostly made of wood and somehow that gave me a ridiculous amount of hope (probably WAY too much hope...)

https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/07/asia/japan-wooden-satellite-scn-spc/index.html

BrentAug 26, 2023
jenifer daniels ♎ :verified:Aug 26, 2023

#TIL Despite Their Name, King Crabs Aren’t Actually Crabs 🦀

https://vinepair.com/cocktail-chatter/king-crabs/

Despite Their Name, King Crabs Aren’t Actually Crabs

The king crab is not taxonomically a crab, and the last common ancestor king crabs shared with "true" crabs lived 250 million years ago.

VinePair
BrentFeb 15, 2023
Show threadGlyphFeb 15, 2023
the zeroeth law of robotics is that a robot may not decrease shareholder value, or, by inaction, allow shareholder value to decline
BrentJan 27, 2023
Sheril KirshenbaumJan 27, 2023

Nature is full of surprises. Meet Costasiella kuroshimae, an adorable species of sea slug known as “leaf sheep.”

At no more than 8mm, these tiny ocean critters graze on algae & keep chloroplasts in their bodies for up to 10 days. They supplement their diet through photosynthesis to create energy, which is why they’re sometimes referred to as “solar-powered sea slugs.” https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210324-the-odd-sea-creature-powered-by-the-sun #nature #science #SharedPlanet

The 'sheep' that can photosynthesise

Much like its herbivorous namesake, the ocean-dwelling "leaf sheep" grazes for food; however, it supplements its diet in a unique way: through the power of the sun.

BBC