Mastodawn

“Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.”

- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
#Artemis II

Jay Lyerly 2d ago

Rob Fahrni 2d ago

“Asps. Very dangerous. You go first.”

Jay Lyerly 2d ago

Sir Rochard 'Dock' Bunson 3d ago

#MASH on #war

Hawkeye: War isn't Hell. War is war, and Hell is Hell. And of the two, war is a lot worse.

Father Mulcahy: How do you figure, Hawkeye?

Hawkeye: Easy, Father. Tell me, who goes to Hell?

Father Mulcahy: Sinners, I believe.

Hawkeye: Exactly. There are no innocent bystanders in Hell. War is chock full of them - little kids, cripples, old ladies. In fact, except for some of the brass, almost everybody involved is an innocent bystander.

Jay Lyerly 2d ago

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Martin Rundkvist 4d ago

I can't overstate this. NASA's use of pounds and cubic feet in its outreach efforts does not come across to science-literate people, inside or outside the US, as a sign that the country is a badass superpower that can do what it likes and ignore everyone else.

Instead it suggests that the US is a provincial nation of dungaree-wearing banjo players.

#science #nasa #artemis #space

Jay Lyerly Mar 31

RE: https://mastodon.social/@nixCraft/116323166028853664

We had a set from 1977 that I used into at least the early 90s when I went off to college. Imagine reference materials that were 15 years old! I usually do internet searches and limit to the last year, otherwise it’s out of date and useless. No wonder we’re all tired.

Jay Lyerly Mar 27

RE: https://mastodon.social/@dabeaz/116301557537537750

When I was new to linux (and linux was new to the world), xv was the only tool that had a GUI for navigating files. For me and my merry band of unix newbies, it was the way we deleted files created by accident with names like " “, “?” and everyone's favorite “:q!”. And it was the only app we used that showed actual _graphics_ in a world full of text windows.

Jay Lyerly Mar 17