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Either that or a really big flaw somewhere in the implementation. Humans are always the weakest link however. At this point in time, most of the largest internet services should consider themselves on the same level as banks or utility/transport/infrastructure provider... at least from the security stringency requirement side. I know that a lot of stuff on the internet are less secure simply because distance isn't a thing at all, nothing to do with the implementation. You can also cut time by adding processing power, something much harder to do with physical stuff, and everything is tried 24/7 because time zones aren't a thing (thanks to lack of distance). It's also not helping given the duality of anonymous / real identity types on the internet (it could even be argued that part of why the internet exist as-is is because of the anonymity; and it's not like you can't try to be discreet).

Well, given that Ubuntu is based on Debian... Xubuntu was another one that I considered; I also tried LXLE but I found it a bit too few for my liking. Problem is that I heard LXDE has been abandoned, and they've moved on to LXQt; with KDE also being based on Qt I kinda felt that Lubuntu (now based on LXQt) would be somewhere on the sweet spot. -Ubuntu version 20.04 is also really easy to use, given my experience with 18.04 (though part of that had to do with the terrible OEM support, I've changed hardware now). Will try to look on Debian first I suppose. - EDIT : Alright, XFCE is made by Debian community so I guess the other option is Debian w/ XFCE.

Took me 4 days to update an old Windows 8.1 machine that I last used in 2016 or something. Part of it is my own error (trying to revert everything back to the factory state, which means that I have to catch up even further back), but I expected it to be easier... Still not finished as I do want to put in Lubuntu into it (unless someone have a better suggestion of lightweight linux distros - the machine only have 2 GB of RAM and it's x64 for some reason - that won't confuse me too much, I have experience using Ubuntu and Kubuntu only XD) - EDIT : if it wasn't clear, I mean dual boot. Just for backup.

I don't have some fancy motor tracker setup, so the most interesting stuff I've captured are just star clusters. I've seen Andromeda before but it was so dim so I was quite disappointed. (no tracker motor, no hope of some kinda long integration time shots.) If anything, the most exciting and memorable stuff I've witnessed are eclipses. No, not capturing them; Experiencing them. It's a nice reminder - that one can see without any kind of instruments - that everything in the universe do move about.

waiting for mods to close the thread Took me 4 days to update an old Windows 8.1 machine that I last used in 2016 or something. Still not finished as I do want to put in Lubuntu into it (unless someone has a better suggestion of lightweight linux distros - the machine only have 2 GB of RAM and it's x64 for some reason - that won't confuse me too much, I have experience using Ubuntu and Kubuntu only XD

@mikegarrison You're correct. I guess something you did only once 5 years ago did no justice to memories XD Seeing the tide tables now also proves it. Thanks for reminding me, at least I wasn't doing an actual port with that mistaken fact in mind XD Although it's something to remember that the Sun also generates a fair amount of tidal forces. I mean, the Earth is compact; for a less compact object like a Gas Giant, the effect might be more significant. @JoeSchmuckatelli sorry for giving you the wrong facts on that one.

Actually it is much stronger than the Moon's, and vice versa for the Moon itself (stronger than the Earth's). There's a reason the ocean tide is always synced with the time of solar day, with the Moon making it somewhat higher or lower, not the other way around. Tidal force is also proportional to the object's size - the larger the object, the stronger the force. Inner planets are tiny compared to the gas giants.

First of all, you don't want to have too much humidity around electronics. If it's where you use electronics, you might want something that doesn't throw water everywhere. I've only ever seen them used for temporary stuff ie. a reception or similar. Proper AC unit (read : those with a separate evaporator - also known as split unit, or a two-hosed portable unit, or a window unit) would always be better. Swamp cooler might be an option but it depends.

They could've provided something more like Japan's QZSS, given the similar latitude and the "special relationship". But oh well. At least honestly it gives me a lot less worry on how exactly they're going to affect observations and stuff. The way how they've been working means that it'd probably only be seriously considered in the next decade or something; and probably the astronomical community there would've given it enough pressure that it'd be fairly impotent by then. I hope the other players (esp. Starlings) would really reduce their brightness and stuff. Maybe the US DoD has something up their behind.

I mean I could see it being launched from much higher plateaus - the Andes is already where most planes fly at, at least for regional flights and approach phase and stuff. Though that's what I thought until I read about it being done mechanically... idk but I don't think humans have ever made such a huge machine before, even if it only spins at a constant rate around a small radius of gyration. I'd rather waste propellant than making such a huge machine from scratch. We should try make a working miniature first... Then fiddle with the ways of how to reach really high speeds, then how to make a rocket that somehow survives all that and finally what can you really launch from it.

Where are they supposed to launch it from ? I hope not from sea level...

Technically this launch is by ULA... so without further ado : EDIT : OK that wasn't a launch. I didn't read enough...

I can understand why it's called "starlings". Loss of Signal and Line-of-sight has similar initials indeed... But yeah, I imagine they might've used certain things to their advantage this time. Kinda assume that for all those that has signal loss it was some kind of occlusion (maybe by the plume) and vibration. They might managed to make it more isolated.

All water, air and space crafts are legally the same thing - the laws of the nation they're registered to applies onboard. On the ISS there are clear sign labels saying "OVHD" (ceiling) and "DECK" (floor). And after checking out the Google Street View tour of ISS, apparently orientation within docked spacecrafts are labeled accordingly with their planned place of attachments, in sync with the rest of the station. ____________ Starlink launch SpaceX-hosted livestream link for later in the night (tomorrow morning for me) :

Except that I guess the top of the capsule ends up pretty much sideways while docked to the ISS. I actually wonder whether the orientation of stuff on the ISS affects the orientation of all the other things being docked to it. Also, if it was near the capsule dock hatch, wouldn't we have seen it while docking ? To be fair it does flare out away so it's a bit hard to see.

Yeah, this is what they use primarily on the ISS, but I think they have a few bottles from Earth as well.

I think Space Force is just a way to consolidate the whole space resource together - mostly remote-sensing apparatus (both space-based and ground-based) and maybe really long-range missiles (ICBM counts somewhat but only so much). I don't think they'd really launch someone into space, however if they ever would launch someone it'd be for research in the same manner as MOL. The whole thing has a lot more to do with multi-domain operations, perhaps. It's only if and when we're ready to break the Outer Space Treaty would we start seeing troops in space.

Dang, sure I've missed a lot of Chinese launches... (or any launches to be fair, not really been up and running to space stuff !) @050644zf How's the livestream situation these days ? I last remembered watching a livestream on YouTube in 2016 for CZ-5 maiden launch : I can understand if it's now hosted on probably like bilibili or so, but would still interest me regardless !

Answered once in a webcomic :

I was actually wondering about that short >4g moments, but I guess it's fine.

Fingers crossed man ! Soyuz controls of the current MS era looks pretty good as well. Capacitive sensors - the technology behind touchscreens - are actually pretty resilient; screens could be cracked but the risks can be evaluated well. They say it's more "alive" - probably from the two peak-g.

Could be for the big foam box... but I saw something else kinda like shrink-wrapped... batteries ? Given how much touch screen has been involved it wouldn't surprise me any longer if they have such equivalents on space stations from this point on.

They seems to be safing something... Anyone know what is it ?

IDA adapter is new, but the PMA connection hasn't been since 2011 I guess. Don't know whether it went well on DM-1 or not. Pretty sure they do on the ISS as well ! As long as you can generate enough suction, you can still drink well from an enclosed bottle.

I wonder how much of it has to do with new hardware/old hardware problem XD