Mary @mary@computerfairi.es

SPACE FACT:

'Constellation' means something different to the public and to astronomers!

A constellation, in formal astronomy usage, is a specific area of sky delimited by right ascension and declination. (analogous to latitude and longitude). There are 88 modern constellations.

A recognizable pattern of stars is called an 'asterism'. An asterism can be contained within a constellation, or across multiple ones.

Example: the Big Dipper is an asterism, but the constellation is Ursa Major.

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Defunct Vancouver tech retailer's servers sold off, containing credit cards and other customer details
https://boingboing.net/2018/09/20/immortal-remains.html

anyone has experience with cleaning (D)SLR lenses for fungus ?
(done by you and not a paid service !)
what chemicals do you use ? specific grease after cleaning ? clothing type ? etc.

pls boost ​

TIL Skype inserts white noise in a repeating pattern into all calls to let the listener knows the call is still connected

I guess this is a kind of "comfort noise" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comfort_noise

Via: https://twitter.com/nicbravo/status/1038599239000096768

This seems like a good time for a PSA:

If in the future you see something on a public-facing webpage you want to make a durable record of for use as evidence, don't take a screenshot. Those are -- understandably -- widely considered too easy to fabricate.

Instead, snapshot the page with the Internet Archive. It'll log a timestamped copy of the page to their servers. Highly tamper-resistant.

https://archive.org/web/ ("save page now", bottom-right)