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colinburgess, to random
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Omg does no wonder remember the Triffids?

65dBnoise, to space
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From time to time uses its fixed down looking camera, or EDL_RDCAM, to record movies of, well, the ground πŸ₯΄ , probably while the ground radar RIFMAX does its thing. And let's not forget that it's the same camera that captured those epic images during the rover's descent to the Martian ground.

Debayered, processed EDL_RDCAM
Image captured from RMC 51.0030
Sol 1094, LMST: 12:55:27

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01094/ids/edr/browse/edl/EDE_1094_0764061319_591ECM_N0510030EDLC09016_0010LUJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

colinburgess,
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@65dBnoise rib bone fossils on Mars! πŸ˜‚

colinburgess, to retrocomputing
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@paulrickards back in 1990 my dads work imported an Amiga 1000 from the states to evaluate it. Once done they didn’t need it so they let him take it home to us. Like little birds in the nest being fed a big fat worm we devoured the awesomeness.
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colinburgess,
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@paulrickards At some point though I wanted to transfer some files from the amiga to 5.5” floppies. So I got dad to bring one home.

However he kept forgetting.

One night, he remembered though, so he came in, put it next to the computer and went to say hi to Mum

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@paulrickards New Zealand runs on 240V power, of course. Dad had rigged up a massive transformer for us to use for the Amiga.

You might get an idea of where this is going…

colinburgess,
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@paulrickards so yes, delighted as I rashly forgot the power issue and plugged the poor innocent disk drive into lethal 240V death.

It spun up for a bit and then popped loudly, the magic smoke wafting forlornly through the vents

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@paulrickards so then I had to do the walk of shame, up to the kitchen, where poor dad hadn’t even received his cup of tea yet.

My cheeks must have been burning because he knew immediately by the look on his face.

colinburgess,
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@paulrickards the tech guy at work apparently laugh heartily at the electrolyte spread thoroughly through the housing. He managed to fix the power supply though and it worked just fine after that.

They don’t build em like they used to!

The end

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@paulrickards alas, you never value things when you have them. A few years later we got a 286 and sold the Amiga.

😭

colinburgess, to Birds
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Anna’s Hummingbird harvesting cobwebs for nest building

A small irredentist green hummingbird is flying back and forth, grabbing cobwebs from a brown trellis support beam. The wall behind is beige, and part of a window is visible

colinburgess,
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@roguetrick haha, it’s never late to cry β€œdamn you, autocorrect!!!” :-)

BasicAppleGuy, to random
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Funny lookin’ coaster.

colinburgess,
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@BasicAppleGuy nice save icon you have there. Is that 3d printed? πŸ˜†

Rjdlandscapes, to NewZealand
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The news needs

https://thespinoff.co.nz/kai/14-02-2024/rat-tracker-an-interactive-map-of-supermarket-rodent-sightings-in-nz

colinburgess,
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@Rjdlandscapes man, needs to capitalize on this wave of rodent revulsion

iangriffin, to random
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Hmm i think those chicks were probably pūkeko rather than tākahe! Apologies :-)

colinburgess,
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@iangriffin still bloody cute!

andrealuck, to space
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Mars - Olympus, Tharsis, Noctis Labyrinthus and Phobos (can you spot it?) over the limb

Full size image 5500x3095 and more info: https://flic.kr/p/2puP9u4


Orbit 413 - Altitude: 20180 km
Timetag: 2023-08-14
Filters: f635+f546+f437
Data processed from https://sdc.emiratesmarsmission.ae

Credit: UAESA/MBRSC/HopeMarsMission/EXI/AndreaLuck

colinburgess,
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@65dBnoise @andrealuck what was the length of the cable? I recall it wrapping around the planet when it fell?

NanoRaptor, to random
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A small manufacturing defect destroys your computer's main storage, and it's nonrecoverable. All data lost.

Do you have backups so that you can restore what you cannot do without, and quickly? Have you checked those backups are happening? do you have multiple backups? have you checked they're restorable?

colinburgess,
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@NanoRaptor I heard that openAI is happy to accept all your data and you can ask questions about it if you ever need to…

sundogplanets, to random
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The windchill right now is -38C. I don't want to go do chores... (can't even cry about it, my tears would just freeze)

colinburgess,
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@sundogplanets this sort of weather is perfect for freezing bubbles and doing the throwing boiling water in a cup into the air trick

skrishna, to space
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Scientists using JWST snapped this stunning photo of the center of the Milky Way, and there are some intriguing mysteries hiding within it.

https://youtu.be/PGEK4goB4Zc

colinburgess,
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@skrishna great to see you back!

colinburgess, to mastodon
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If I can click the share button and open the web page of a post, then why can’t my local client fetch an image directly from the originating instance? Instead of waiting for my home instance to download it then send it to me it seems?

colinburgess,
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@hirad yeah I get it. Just frustrating that when I’m the first person on my instance to access some media it takes forever. I gotta encourage more mastodon.nz people to follow and lol

elizabethtasker, to random
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In today’s mini Japanese story (listened to for language practice), a woman with two children boards a ferry, along with a samurai. The kids demand candy, but there is only has one sweet 🍬.

The kids are brats and each demands to be given the candy.

The samurai wakes and draws his katanaπŸ—‘οΈ.

Is the solution to decapitate a child? I thought so.

So did the mother who hides the kids behind her.

But samurai slices the candy in two, solving the issue, although with a disappointing lack of finality.

colinburgess,
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@elizabethtasker audible won’t let me open that link in the USA, it keeps redirecting to either the app or audible.com! could you give me the book name and author? Thanks!

Sheril, to Birds
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Kiwi’s wild budgie cousins live >10K miles away, so we improvise.

colinburgess,
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@Sheril as a New Zealand born and raised ex budgie owner, this brought just so many feelings…

First - naming an Australian bird Kiwi is just such a beautiful chirp at the Ozzies (I love my cousins in Melbourne but I also love taunting them)

Next - Budgies are gorgeous, fun, insane little birds who will talk to a reflection in the mirror. I can just imagine the craziness of a zoom call.

Lastly - how do you keep the bird shit out of your keyboard?

colinburgess, to Birds
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TIL that the german word for Wren is ZaunkΓΆnig, which as far as I can tell is translated as King of the Fence. How cool is that, and very @loren https://nrw.social/@frankobert/111523026595669005

iangriffin, to NewZealand
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Ever wondered what the Aurora Australis looks like in real time on video? Your wish is my command. Here’s a sequence I shot earlier today showing the rapid pulses of the aurora which aren’t captured on timelapses!

video/mp4

colinburgess,
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@iangriffin this is an amazing video!

colinburgess,
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@iangriffin I’m in Northern California so I’m supremely jealous of that Canada and New Zealand are seeing right now!

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