Mastodawn

New article on too many satellites and ways that we SHOULD be allocating orbits (by Gregory Radisic with me as second author) https://theconversation.com/too-many-satellites-earths-orbit-is-on-track-for-a-catastrophe-but-we-can-stop-it-275430

Been up for about 30 minutes and I already got a media inquiry. Nice.

Too many satellites? Earth’s orbit is on track for a catastrophe – but we can stop it

Cultural, spiritual, and most environmental impacts aren’t taken into account when launching thousands of satellites.

The Conversation

Henrique Oliveira Feb 17

OpenFactBook.org Feb 16

Happy Presidents Day.

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domain reference on every country, used by 6 million people
monthly since 1997.

We built a replacement:
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Public data should stay public.

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Henrique Oliveira Feb 2

nixCraft 🐧Feb 2

people might joke but this is where the IT industry is headed and nobody is safe. it doesn't matter if you are good or bad, you are just another commodity. just look at how many engineering jobs were cut in the past 18 months. Oracle is now reporting it will cut 30k jobs. there is no regulation in place and by the time our politicians wake up there will be nothing left. once it was a thriving industry and now it is on the brink of collapse. the change is real whether you like it or not

Henrique Oliveira Jan 14

Federico Viticci

Jan 13

love these icons! what a clever way to draw symbols for:

- TV with antenna
- plate
- shortcuts with line
- tilted TV
- weird clock
- rectangles
- stuff
- McDonalds
- panorama
- street sign under snow

Henrique Oliveira Jan 14

Héliographe Jan 14

If you put the Apple icons in reverse it looks like the portfolio of someone getting really really good at icon design

Henrique Oliveira Jan 12

Ben Jan 12

"In China, driverless delivery vans have become a total meme, they plow through crumbling roads, fresh concrete, motorcycles, anything. Nothing stops them."

Henrique Oliveira Jan 7

Lee 🌏Jan 6

Is see Danish citizens online are now proposing to invade USA and MAAG. (Make America Actually Great)
Under occupation they would ensure Americans got.
Universal healthcare
Fairer wages + lower income inequality
Paid parental leave
Bike-friendly cities
Free college options
Fewer work hours
Reliable public transportation
Stronger social safety net
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#Denmark #USA #USpol #Politics

Henrique Oliveira Jan 6

Randahl Fink Jan 6

Here is the Maduro indictment.

The United States — lead by President Donald Trump — believes that the Venezuelan president is a corrupt and illegitimate president, who has leveraged government power to protect and promote illegal activity, to enrich himself and his family and concentrate power in his own hands and the hand of his family.

Let me repeat that: A country lead by Donald Trump wants to lock up a president who is corrupt and abuses his power to enrich himself and his own.

Priceless.

Henrique Oliveira Jan 6

Ben Todd Jan 4

Hey Guys, gals, people and pets, Satya Nadella is getting tired of people calling AI Slop output AI Slop. If everyone can stop that's be great as it is upsetting Microslops share holders.

Don't start calling Microslop Microslop or use the #microslop tag as it might burst the AI bubble and then Microslop might have to take SlopPilot out of Windows. As you know, that would be terrible.

https://www.windowscentral.com/artificial-intelligence/microslop-trends-on-social-media-backlash-to-microsofts-on-going-ai-obsession-continues

#microslop #microsoft #copilot #sloppilot #AI #genAI #AISlop #AIBubble

Henrique Oliveira Jan 5

Prof. Sam Lawler Jan 5

I have not updated my Starlink numbers in a while, and great flying fuckballs, is it ever bad. We are now up to 9,422 Starlink satellites in orbit, out of 14,046 total active satellites.

1,446 Starlinks have reentered and added their 500-1500kg of computers, batteries, solar panels, and aluminum frame to the upper atmosphere (and at least one has hit the ground).