March 24, 20232 yr NASA's Perseverance Mars rover imaged drifting Red Planet clouds on March 18, 2023, the 738th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech)
March 24, 20232 yr 3 minutes ago, Toastrel said: NASA's Perseverance Mars rover imaged drifting Red Planet clouds on March 18, 2023, the 738th Martian day, or sol, of the mission. (Image credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech) The clouds are interesting. Depending on the altitude they're mostly CO2 with traces of H2O. I think the lower ones are more water. Rain is exceedingly rare but occasional snow/ice precipitation.
April 3, 20232 yr NASA Names Astronauts to Next Moon Mission, First Crew Under ArtemisThe crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission (left https://www.nasa.gov/press-release/nasa-names-astronauts-to-next-moon-mission-first-crew-under-artemis
April 5, 20232 yr The BOAT Event: Brightest Gamma-Ray Burst in History Puzzles Astronomers Worldwide https://scitechdaily.com/the-boat-event-brightest-gamma-ray-burst-in-history-puzzles-astronomers-worldwide/ Cool gif. BOAT is Brightest of all time. An international collaboration studied the aftermath of the brightest gamma-ray burst ever observed, dubbed the BOAT (brightest of all time). The burst, called GRB 221009A, swept through the solar system and was detected by numerous spacecraft and observatories. The UArizona astronomers leveraged various telescopes and instruments, providing them with a "cosmic lab” to better understand the cause and properties of the burst. Although the jets in the burst were not unusually powerful, they were exceptionally narrow and one was pointed directly at Earth. Astronomers have yet to find a brightening supernova associated with this type of GRB, raising questions about the fundamental understanding of these extremely energetic explosions.
April 6, 20232 yr 22 hours ago, Toastrel said: The BOAT Event: Brightest Gamma-Ray Burst in History Puzzles Astronomers Worldwide https://scitechdaily.com/the-boat-event-brightest-gamma-ray-burst-in-history-puzzles-astronomers-worldwide/ Cool gif. BOAT is Brightest of all time. An international collaboration studied the aftermath of the brightest gamma-ray burst ever observed, dubbed the BOAT (brightest of all time). The burst, called GRB 221009A, swept through the solar system and was detected by numerous spacecraft and observatories. The UArizona astronomers leveraged various telescopes and instruments, providing them with a "cosmic lab” to better understand the cause and properties of the burst. Although the jets in the burst were not unusually powerful, they were exceptionally narrow and one was pointed directly at Earth. Astronomers have yet to find a brightening supernova associated with this type of GRB, raising questions about the fundamental understanding of these extremely energetic explosions. from your link... this one's cool too
April 7, 20232 yr ChatGPT is making up fake Guardian articles. Here’s how we’re responding https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/06/ai-chatgpt-guardian-technology-risks-fake-article I used ChatGPT to look up some shell commands for a problem we were having, at it did a good job with that. I then went to the relevant site and verified the commands with their documentation, but what it gave us worked. AI AI AI AI AI am the frito bandito
April 7, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Toastrel said: ChatGPT is making up fake Guardian articles. Here’s how we’re responding https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/apr/06/ai-chatgpt-guardian-technology-risks-fake-article I used ChatGPT to look up some shell commands for a problem we were having, at it did a good job with that. I then went to the relevant site and verified the commands with their documentation, but what it gave us worked. AI AI AI AI AI am the frito bandito You can use it to find common vulnerabilities in your code too. I wouldn't totally rely in it but if v. 4 is better it could be pretty good for that (on both sides)
April 7, 20232 yr On 4/5/2023 at 2:35 PM, Toastrel said: The BOAT Event: Brightest Gamma-Ray Burst in History Puzzles Astronomers Worldwide https://scitechdaily.com/the-boat-event-brightest-gamma-ray-burst-in-history-puzzles-astronomers-worldwide/ Cool gif. BOAT is Brightest of all time. An international collaboration studied the aftermath of the brightest gamma-ray burst ever observed, dubbed the BOAT (brightest of all time). The burst, called GRB 221009A, swept through the solar system and was detected by numerous spacecraft and observatories. The UArizona astronomers leveraged various telescopes and instruments, providing them with a "cosmic lab” to better understand the cause and properties of the burst. Although the jets in the burst were not unusually powerful, they were exceptionally narrow and one was pointed directly at Earth. Astronomers have yet to find a brightening supernova associated with this type of GRB, raising questions about the fundamental understanding of these extremely energetic explosions. This was a different long gamma ray burst, but some opine that it could confirm existence of a theoretical white hole https://medium.com/predict/did-we-detect-a-white-hole-16b97f44347a Did We Detect a White Hole?
April 12, 20232 yr It's official... god has blue eyes and watches you ****e https://telescope.live/gallery/eye-god-helix-nebula
April 25, 20232 yr Gotta imagine that's excluding mobile otherwise I'd think safari would be much larger. Pretty cool either way.
April 25, 20232 yr 20 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said: Gotta imagine that's excluding mobile otherwise I'd think safari would be much larger. Pretty cool either way. I recently learned that less than 20 percent of phones being used are IPhone. I was surprised by that number. Makes me think the numbers they are using could be the total of mobile and PC operating systems.
April 25, 20232 yr I'm really surprised that IE owned the 00s. I don't think I ever was a big user of IE once Firefox was stable, and later Safari when I went Macbook for a few years.
April 25, 20232 yr 16 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said: I'm really surprised that IE owned the 00s. I don't think I ever was a big user of IE once Firefox was stable, and later Safari when I went Macbook for a few years. All the $W$^$^##%$&* banks defaulted to using IE. Forced people into using it
April 25, 20232 yr 1 hour ago, Boogyman said: I recently learned that less than 20 percent of phones being used are IPhone. I was surprised by that number. Makes me think the numbers they are using could be the total of mobile and PC operating systems. iPhone dominates market share in the wealthier western countries but Android dominates elsewhere and especially cheaper Android devices in many of the most populous regions. iPhone is the big revenue generator for devices but has never led in pure volume numbers.
April 25, 20232 yr 38 minutes ago, Toastrel said: All the $W$^$^##%$&* banks defaulted to using IE. Forced people into using it When IE first came out it was also significantly faster than Netscape, so I'm not surprised that there was a lot of adoption in the home. I just wasn't aware of how long IE dominated in the 00s. The persistence of IE through the late 00s and into the 10s because of how many sites relied on its idiosyncrasies (and its security holes) is the big crime IMHO.
April 25, 20232 yr 10 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said: When IE first came out it was also significantly faster than Netscape, so I'm not surprised that there was a lot of adoption in the home. I just wasn't aware of how long IE dominated in the 00s. The persistence of IE through the late 00s and into the 10s because of how many sites relied on its idiosyncrasies (and its security holes) is the big crime IMHO. Yeah it was better at first and yeah it allowed all sorts of non std crap to pass. It was a piece of sheet in the end of the day.
April 25, 20232 yr 25 minutes ago, DrPhilly said: iPhone dominates market share in the wealthier western countries but Android dominates elsewhere and especially cheaper Android devices in many of the most populous regions. iPhone is the big revenue generator for devices but has never led in pure volume numbers. Yeah I'm getting that now. When I saw, I wanna say it was 18 percent, it was surprising because I see them so much.
April 25, 20232 yr 20 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said: When IE first came out it was also significantly faster than Netscape, so I'm not surprised that there was a lot of adoption in the home. I just wasn't aware of how long IE dominated in the 00s. The persistence of IE through the late 00s and into the 10s because of how many sites relied on its idiosyncrasies (and its security holes) is the big crime IMHO. Yeah I went IE, Firefox and now use Chrome on my two PCs. I feel I used Firefox the longest as I jumped on it pretty early, but my perception may be skewed.
April 25, 20232 yr 24 minutes ago, JohnSnowsHair said: When IE first came out it was also significantly faster than Netscape, so I'm not surprised that there was a lot of adoption in the home. I just wasn't aware of how long IE dominated in the 00s. The persistence of IE through the late 00s and into the 10s because of how many sites relied on its idiosyncrasies (and its security holes) is the big crime IMHO. I recall endless issues with people trying to open sites that would only work in IE with certain settings, certain java versions. It was a nightmare.
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