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More of the article is about the hatch and how it has been locked on various missions because the crew didn't trust the payload specialist. I also learned that a Saudi prince flew on the space shuttle.

The problem is a world view based on appeals to authority and nothing claimed about said authority can be proven or disproven.

"Some people require micro management and constant oversight"

In my experience these people don't thrive in the office either. For software engineering in particular, these people are not useful employees.

A lot of these same problems were solved in a similar way with Datomic and xtdb.

https://www.datomic.com/ https://xtdb.com/

We have done amazing space missions over the last couple decades with mind-blowing discoveries; they just weren't manned. As far as manned spaceflight, Artemis 1 was a complete success two years ago. Artemis 2 will launch with people at the end of this year or early next year. We are waiting on multiple companies to complete their part of what will become Artemis 3, when we actually land. I'm not sure that the average person even knows that SpaceX is part of Artemis 3, and the entire project is being drowned out by Elon's nonsense.

I think you are just seeing more noise, but not less signal. There is so much work being produced now, and so much of it is worthless that it can appear as though we no longer know what we are doing.

Non-superhero comics have been outselling superhero comics in the US for many years. DC and Marvel have been trying to maintain their traditional model, including comic book shops, for decades now; it doesn't work.

The problem is compounded by the fact that Americans see animation and comics as something for children while the US entertainment industry pumps out unsophisticated drivel. There are countless anime series and movies that are more emotionally and intellectually complex than most live action entertainment produced in the US.

Most works that have stood the test of time are political. Is this the part where you tell us that Rage Against The Machine only became political recently?

People are jaded because of MS's history. Some of us didn't realize that they are still forcing OEMs to do nonsense like this.

If you care about the condition of books you buy, don't buy from Amazon. They'll throw a $100+ hardcover in a lightly padded envelope and chuck it around. Or they'll put it in a box with some other random item and a few inflatable shipping bags, but not enough to keep things from shifting around freely.

There are better cheddars out there, but Kerrygold is widely available in the US. Get the product with the most aging, at least a year.

The food in the US is terrible and contributes directly to many of our health problems.

"Historic deal to protect vital water source in US"

This is referring to the Colorado River, and it is WAY too little, and far too late. Real changes won't be made until the situation is dire.

"First African country with shared parental leave"

Based on the linked article, South Africa was already ahead of the US.

"The gang's attacks on tech giants including Uber, Nvidia and Rockstar Games cost the firms nearly $10m."

Were these actual costs or typical made up bullshit?

They pivoted from the previous fad.

I highly recommend checking out what we learned about Saturn's rings from Cassini. One example: https://science.nasa.gov/resource/the-tallest-peaks-2/

I submitted it, but it wasn't upvoted.

Ruby is still very popular in Chicago.

I realize now that some people might have mistaken my comment to mean that I'm the person who created the USB-C MIDI synth. I meant that I've been working as a software engineer and have plenty of free time.

Without the walled garden: https://wikis.world/@wikipedia/111587024591220062

I've been doing this for a couple decades now, and I've never had a job where I had to put in more than 40 hours on a regular basis. At most I've put in a few extra hours due to some rare circumstance a few times per year.

There are better employers out there.

But... they have no-code AND AI! And like 5 awards from... someone... right on their front page! Maybe they needed to add more bullshit.

Why aren't people in jail for this?

Looks like NASA provides it too: https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19800025809

While I fully support more craft being sent out of the solar system, we are making some mind blowing discoveries in the solar system itself. I recommend watching a good video (or article with images) about what we discovered with Cassini.

There are many, many unmanned missions happening now making amazing discoveries. Cassini was nothing short of mind blowing.

I'm somewhat sympathetic to your claims, and I wish more people were intellectually curious, but there are very likely more people in absolute numbers performing scientific research now than ever.

This entire concept is wild to me as someone who is incredibly ignorant about space.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heliosphere#Heliopause

I was curious how Voyager 1 is powered. The answer is radioisotope thermoelectric generators (nuclear batteries):

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radioisotope_thermoelectric_ge...

Seems we believe that they will last until 2025:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyager_1#Power

You are either being disingenuous or incredibly oblivious. People want to know what our elected officials are saying in private with lobbyists and campaign contributors.

It's curious how these problems are highly correlated with the police doing questionable shit.