Just a reminder that Nobel-prize winning PCR (1983), used in basically any genetic tech today, was only possible because of an extremophile bacterium discovered in 1964 in Yellowstone funded by a small ~$80k NSF grant with no obvious application at the time. The value of basic #science cannot be predicted and often is realized decades after it's done.

How a discovery in Yellowstone National Park led to the development of PCR - Richmond Scientific
https://www.richmondscientific.com/how-a-discovery-in-yellowstone-national-park-led-to-the-renowned-technique-of-dna-amplification-pcr

Adept at touch typing? Want to go insane? Try the latest toggle switch "keyboard."

#typing #writing #writingcommunity #humor #humour

Today, around 18:44 UTC, NASA’s Parker Solar Probe completed its final Venus gravity assist maneuver, passing within 376 km of Venus’ surface.

The flyby adjusted Parker’s trajectory to bring the spacecraft to within 6.2 million km of the solar surface on Dec. 24, 2024 and on the next 4 perihelions. It will be the closest human made object to the Sun and the fastest (690,000 km/h).

FYI, Mercury is 58 million km away from the Sun on average.

https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/heliophysics/final-venus-flyby-for-nasas-parker-solar-probe-queues-closest-sun-pass/
https://eyes.nasa.gov/apps/solar-system/#/sc_parker_solar_probe?time=2024-12-24T11:48:00.000+00:00
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#FujiNet users can track the US #Election2024 via their #Atari8bit, #ColecoAdam, #TRS80CoCo, and #Apple2 computers!

Server: fujinet.online Path: /Election2024/

#retrocomputing

Just 2 weeks to go until the Retro Computer Festival 2024 at the Center For Computing History in Cambridge. I will be there on both Saturday and Sunday with some #RC2014 kits set up, some kits to buy, and maybe even a sneaky peek at upcoming stuff 😉

https://www.computinghistory.org.uk/det/72258/Retro-Computer-Festival-2024-Sunday-10th-November/

Hope to see you there
#RC2014OnTour #RCF2024

Quantum entanglement explained:

Socks come in pairs. If you put a sock on your left foot, the other sock of the pair instantly becomes the “right sock,” no matter where it is located in the universe.

Good news broken #C64 owners!

You can now purchase the amazing DesTestMAX (Deadtest/Diagnostic Cartridge) from my store!

https://www.tfw8b.com/product/destestmax/