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Ralph

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Old. Knows everything and has come to solve the world's problems by talking about them. Tries (sadly) to be funny.

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65dBnoise, to space
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#Ingenuity's high pedestal

(seen here with a different eye: MCZ_LEFT )

Processed, cropped MCZ_LEFT, FL: 110mm
looking NNE (14°) from RMC 52.0000
Sol 1130, LMST: 16:19:12

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01130/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL0_1130_0767269753_818EBY_N0520000ZCAM09152_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

#Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

Ralph,
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@65dBnoise

I swear, the "brush stokes", inverted looking perspective, and surreal effect make this look just like a Salvador Dalí painting. I would call it 'Where's Gala?'

renwillis, to random
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Why do they keep making Planet of the Apes movies? Who's asking for more? Is the IP just cheap to use or something?

Ralph,
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@renwillis

Franchises are all about the money. The last one tripled their investment.

https://www.the-numbers.com/movies/franchise/Planet-of-the-Apes#tab=summary

NickEast, to scifi
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I didn't realise this was a thing, do people really think Mary Shelly wasn't the first SciFi author? 🤔

@sciencefiction @writers @writingcommunity @writing


Ralph,
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@NickEast @sciencefiction @writers @writingcommunity @writing

"Cyrano de Bergerac wrote about a trip to the moon that was published in 1657."

I thought there was an earlier french novel about life on a distant star, but I can't find a reference to check the date.

https://www.cambridgescholars.com/resources/pdfs/978-1-4438-8676-5-sample.pdf

hazelweakly, to random
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I love explaining complicated subjects in a quippy way that isn't necessarily wrong. For example:

Kubernetes is 20 while-true loops in a trench coat pretending to be a container orchestration platform.

What are your favorite quippy ways to explain a complicated topic? It could be anything! I'm just curious what y'all have :)

Ralph,
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@hazelweakly

When asked how they got 1.44 MB on the same size disk as the 720 KB disks, I said, "They made the bits smaller."

65dBnoise, to space
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A family of rocks.

Processed MCZ_LEFT, FL: 110mm
looking from RMC 51.0410
Sol 1099, LMST: 12:48:28

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01099/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZL0_1099_0764504745_614EBY_N0510410ZCAM09115_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

#Perseverance #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

Ralph,
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@65dBnoise

The (darker) slate gray color must be a recessive trait.

grunfink, to random
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So it seems that, now that Threads is federating, the most popular person in the fediverse is... Mark Zuckerberg:

https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/release_candidate/statuses/112140845317198247

I find these "popularity contests" pointless, ridiculous and inherently toxic, and a signature of private social networks where the goal is not to help people communicate between each other.

This is the reason why does not propagate how many followers nor likes a person have.

Ralph,
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@grunfink

Is that really 'popular', or just 'notorious'?

65dBnoise, to space
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Freshly crushed Martian rocks for supper.

Late evening shadows always make for interesting captures.

Processed MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 110mm
looking SSW (194°) from RMC 51.0000
Sol 1091, LMST: 15:24:25

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01091/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1091_0763804166_139EBY_N0510000ZCAM09109_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

Ralph,
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@65dBnoise

You can see where the rocks would fit together if the sand was removed. There are tracks where Perseverance walked over it, but I don't think Perseverance moved the rocks.

I wonder how long it took the rocks to move to their current locations? I'm guessing that they were in moving water for a long time.

65dBnoise, to space
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It appears is looking for its lost rock sample. The fragment (not necessarily from the sample) seen here just above center is ~7mm in size and 2.5m away from the camera.

Processed MCZ_RIGHT, FL: 110mm
looking ESE (118°) from RMC 51.0000
Sol 1087, LMST: 10:42:07

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01087/ids/edr/browse/zcam/ZR0_1087_0763431673_583EBY_N0510000ZCAM09104_1100LMJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/ASU/65dBnoise

Ralph,
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@tom30519 @65dBnoise

Every time I look at them I think, rabbit tracks! Except that the rabbit was going sideways.

kfury, to random
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Now I understand why it’s mHz and kWh!

Ralph,
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@kfury

Who is RADAR named after?

maxleibman, (edited ) to mastodon
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Poll inspired by today’s social media plagiarism Mastodontroversy, and a quirk of Fediverse privacy culture.

Which do you believe?
#Mastodon #Fediverse #privacy #plagiarism

Ralph,
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@maxleibman

Specify 'index', Why would anyone do this?

I can not vote as my choice.

RickiTarr, to random
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Okay, let me try to ask this question, in a coherent way!

When we hear certain kinds of music, arrangements and tones, we associate them with feelings and emotions, like this sounds magical or whimsical, this sounds bouncy and happy, or dark and tragic. Do you think that is this is innate, like the combination of certain notes and tones just illicit these feelings in most people or is it because we've seen it related to these kinds of emotions on the radio or in movies and TV?

Ralph,
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@RickiTarr

"The Signature Series" is about the 'personality' of the 24 major and minor keys (and also totally brilliant). Scroll down a bit to "The Major Keys"

https://soundcloud.com/thesignatureseries

65dBnoise, to space
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Sol 1074 comes to an end in the desolate serenity of Jezero Crater, Mars.

Processed, undistorted NAVCAM_LEFT
looking WNW (289°) from RMC 50.1618
Sol 1074, LMST: 15:26:04

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01074/ids/edr/browse/ncam/NLF_1074_0762295114_800ECM_N0501618NCAM00501_01_295J01.png
Credit: #NASA/JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

#Perseverance #Mars2020 #Solarocks #Space

Ralph,
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@65dBnoise

What is the reddish 'inner ring' in the sun in the original image?

DJDarren, to random
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What’s the oldest song that your brain has filed under “Fairly New”?

For me it’s Duran Duran - Ordinary World

Which was released in 1993…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FqIACCH20JU

Ralph,
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@DJDarren

Nuages Gris - Franz Liszt

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BHNVrLfR0E

maxleibman, (edited ) to random
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I am always amused by the assertion, when people start to debate the mysteries of conscious experience, that "consciousness is an illusion."

My paraphrase of "cogito, ergo sum”: If consciousness is an illusion, who is being fooled?

Ralph,
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@maxleibman

Reality is an illusion, consciousness is our ticket to the show.

Free_Press, to random
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Amazing 3D drawings!
#AureFreePress

video/mp4

Ralph,
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@Free_Press

I'm guessing that these are AI generated because of the work required to do this manually (Not that a human couldn't do this with graph paper).

Am I wrong?

Ralph, to random
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Has the Meta federation destroyed the fediverse yet? I can't tell.

Ralph,
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@kaia

It was a big deal six months ago, but it doesn't seem to have made much of a difference.

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/blog/meta-on-the-fediverse-thread-or-opportunity/

65dBnoise, to space
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Speaking about the Mars Relay Network, here is a 2021 proposal for a next-generation relay network, referencing the current MRN as a benchmark. Future Mars helicopters may be able to communicate directly with Earth without the need for a rover in their vicinity:

"A Dedicated Relay Network to Enable the Future of Mars Exploration"
By Davis, Richard M. et al

Paper (PDF): https://dataverse.jpl.nasa.gov/api/access/datafile/74943

Images from the paper

#Mars #NASA #Solarocks #Space

image/jpeg
image/jpeg

Ralph,
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@65dBnoise

Prior art:

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

From back when Venus was a swampy jungle.

rebrafsim, to random

first person to throw a baby out with bath water: oh wow I should not do this

Ralph,
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@rebrafsim

That's the subject of the first aria in the "Oedipus" musical comedy.

andrealuck, (edited ) to space
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Mars - Argyre Basin - Latest release from #ESA #Mars Express

Full size image 5000x4259: https://flic.kr/p/2pw44Rm

Instrument: HRSC

Orbit: 24863
Time:2023-09-09T23:09:43
Filters: ND, GR, BL
Product IDs:
HO863_0000_ND3.IMG
HO863_0000_GR3.IMG
HO863_0000_BL3.IMG

Credit: ESA/DLR/FUBerlin/AndreaLuck

#Space #Spacetodon #Astrodon #Solarocks #Astronomy

Ralph,
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@andrealuck

Galle looks more like this emoji ";}" rotated 90 degrees clockwise (rotate the emoji, not the crater.) to me.
(YMMV)

Is that a:
bow,
hat,
leaf, or
volcano
on its head?

maxleibman, to random
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Seem to be on the up-and-up.

Totally Legitimate Enterprise, Inc., DBA Talent Recruiting Firm, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nope Definitely Not a Scam, LLC.

Ralph,
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@maxleibman

Seems a bit florid to me. I think it started with AI and then somebody with a thesaurus 'Punched it up" to dazzle you with their gaudy corp-speak.

p.s. Don't give them your routing and transfer numbers.

The_Whore_of_Blahbylon, to random
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How the fuck does this even happen?

https://x.com/Wild_XW/status/1748203433532731697?s=20

Ralph,
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@The_Whore_of_Blahbylon

Respectfully, STOP READING TWITTER! It will just raise your blood pressure.

If you gaze into a sewer you are going to see some shit.

maxleibman, to random
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I hope this email finds you good.

Ralph,
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@maxleibman

Are you trolling for the grammar police?

I be good, THX (1138)

edwilk, to conservative
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Smashing Urchins
https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/divers-armed-with-hammers-spark-hope-in-efforts-to-save-kelp-forests-it-s-ecologically-sanctioned-mayhem/ar-AA1n4QHz?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=HCTS&cvid=6552ba06ede24b14a0295a9439cfefc7&ei=44

@TidalFlats @glasspusher @12thRITS @AlterNewt @Biff52 @GuyDudeman @keithmorrisnm #ChunderRoad #ecology #kelp #seaurchins

Ralph,
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@keithmorrisnm @TidalFlats @glasspusher @edwilk @12thRITS @AlterNewt @Biff52

Bug Music

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bug_Music_(album)

65dBnoise, to space
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Cable arrangement detail at an arm joint next to 's turret.

Processed, cropped NAVCAM_LEFT
looking W (277°) from RMC 49.0370
Sol 1027, LMST: 12:29:57

Original: https://mars.nasa.gov/mars2020-raw-images/pub/ods/surface/sol/01027/ids/edr/browse/ncam/NLF_1027_0758111857_491EBY_N0490370NCAM00224_02_0LLJ01.png
Credit: /JPL-Caltech/65dBnoise

Ralph,
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@65dBnoise

This shows that 'art' can happen anywhere that people are striving for perfection.

I look at that cable management, and I look at the tangle of cables snaking off the back of my desk, and I know I'm not living my life right.

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