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NASA's switch to Linux in space was driven by reliability, flexibility, and security concerns. The International Space Station (ISS) originally relied on Windows, but astronauts frequently encountered crashes and instability. In 2013, NASA announced that all laptops on the ISS would transition to Debian, a Linux-based operating system, to improve stability and control over software.

This change wasn’t just about reliability. Windows was much more vulnerable to malware, and in 2007, a worm named W32.Gammima.AG spread to the ISS. With Linux, NASA gained the ability to modify and customize the system for mission-critical applications without depending on proprietary software. Today, Linux powers much of NASA’s space infrastructure, from ISS systems to Mars rovers and beyond.

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bring back forums

you aren't supposed to have a single identity online

communities shouldn't demand you let a vc-funded company have your mobile phone number

you don't have to pay $100/yr [or whatever it is] for features that every forum had for years, or if it didn't it's for a reason

@PsyChuan Renamon

ok seriously, how do I get my arch setup in 2025 to look like these stardock skinz from 2000?

when i encountered them back then i thought they were meh or whatever but now i yearn for the golden age

ooh I just had a horrible idea.

So Rust has an extension called "cargo-mommy" which makes the compiler act like a mommy-domme when you compile stuff, right?
https://github.com/Gankra/cargo-mommy

and recently I've been hacking on some old Microsoft Agent systems. What if I combined the two?

You hit compile, there's a few errors, and then suddenly, you see her...

anyway, PSA for austrian transfems who didn't change their name in ÖBBs system i guess:
ÖBB doesn't allow you to change your name easily
you can do that anyway if you open devtools, find the input element for the first name, and just remove "disabled="""
you can just click save and... it saves correctly.

tfw you play something you half-know on keyboard and realise it spans just over three octaves and many of the intervals involved are very close to a perfect fourth and you go 💭🎸❗️

‪tries to play something written for guitar on keyboard wow this is hard how are you expected to make these hand movements‬
‪tries to play something written for keyboard on guitar wow this is hard how are you expected to make these hand movements‬

eff yeah rpg.net!

RE: https://wandering.shop/users/croyle/statuses/113980659735347074

I had off by one errors in two directions! but sadly they didn't cancel each other out.

note to self: before you try to CALL a function, make sure you have a stack first.

We all know about the Pioneer Plaque and Voyager’s Golden Record but have you seen the ‘Water Words’ on the Europa Clipper. It is a plate made of tantalum and has the waveforms of the sound of the word water in 103 languages engraved on one side.
Its a plate of semiotic beauty and I hope future lifeforms will not listen to it backwards.
https://europa.nasa.gov/spacecraft/vault-plate/?ref=longnow.org