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jstevenyork

@jstevenyork@mastodon.social

Genre writer. Teller of tales. Collector of relics. Ally. Maker. Man of action. Man of action figures. Really tall guy.
Call me "Steve" or "J. Steven." Very left for my age. Don't mess with my peeps. I have a LOT of peeps. Hopefully you.
#makers #space #science #sciencefiction #fantasy #writing #gamedevelopment #neurodivergent #creativity #toys #publishing #indieauthor #books #genre #mystery

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w7voa, to random
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USAF releases new imagery of the B-21 Raider. https://www.af.mil/News/Article-Display/Article/3784952/b-21-raider-continues-flight-test-production/

jstevenyork,
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@w7voa
Based on past early releases of stealth aircraft imagery, these are undoubtedly carefully selected angles intended to hide as much as they show. For example, there is at least early toy version of the F-117 fighter with a very gently swept wing, far less than the real thing, because the first photo released was angled to give just such an impression, or at least to make it difficult to know what the actual angle was.

arstechnica, to random
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OpenAI pauses ChatGPT-4o voice that fans said ripped off Scarlett Johansson

"Sky’s voice is not an imitation of Scarlett Johansson," OpenAI insists.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/05/openai-pauses-chatgpt-4o-voice-that-fans-said-ripped-off-scarlett-johansson/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

jstevenyork,
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@arstechnica
"It's a COPY of Scarlett-Johansson, and that's COMPLETELY different!"

arstechnica, to random
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“Outrageously” priced weight-loss drugs could bankrupt US health care

Prices would need to be dramatically slashed to avoid increasing the national deficit.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/outrageously-priced-weight-loss-drugs-could-bankrupt-us-health-care/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

jstevenyork, (edited )
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@arstechnica
I'm full-blown diabetic and my doctor just put me on Ozempic to bring down my recently rising A1C. Would be terrible if a tag team of greedy drug companies, Tiktokers, trendy stars, and fashionistas ruined this for people who actually need it. Not to mention maybe toppling the entire health-care system, bad as it is in the U.S.

#healthcare #drugcompanies #greed

arstechnica, to random
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NC Senate passes bill to make it illegal to publicly mask for health reasons

Senators skeptical of legal trouble for harmless masking after moving to make it illegal.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/nc-senate-passes-bill-to-make-it-illegal-to-publicly-mask-for-health-reasons/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

jstevenyork,
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@arstechnica
Fuck all these guys. Fuck them up the nose with a splintered board lubed with covid mucus.

MLE_online, to random
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FYI, the tale of my junk e-bike, previously serialized in toot format, is now available to read as a single article on The Autopian:

https://www.theautopian.com/i-built-an-e-bike-entirely-out-of-trash/

jstevenyork,
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@MLE_online
Great article! Love hearing stories of this kind of guerilla DIY project. Still riding the bike, or what eventually became of it?

nyrath, to random
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Well, my smartphone just screamed at me. It informed me that at 5:00 EST the army Corp of engineers will be using explosive cutting charges to slice up the part of the collapsed Francis Key Bridge which is currently draped over the cargo ship.

They said anybody within 2,000 feet should either wear hearing protection or hide inside a house.

I will comply...

jstevenyork,
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@nyrath @swope
Wow! Never would have imagined that!

BTW, how close were you actually? Is this your home or office?

arstechnica, to random
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First Dream Chaser spaceplane needs more work when it gets to launch site

The rest of Dream Chaser's heat shield tiles will be installed at Kennedy Space Center.

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/05/first-dream-chaser-spaceplane-needs-more-work-when-it-gets-to-launch-site/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

jstevenyork,
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@arstechnica
The rule seems to be, tile heat shields are HARD, and subject to endless fidgeting. And remember that a tile failure killed a space shuttle crew. 90% of the way on a heat-shield isn't enough, and nobody has really proven them as safe and routinely reliable. This remains a major challenge for SpaceX on their Starship as well.

MLE_online, to random
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When I retrofitted this old flashlight with rechargeable lithium batteries and an LED bulb last year, or whenever it was, I made a point to add a low battery light. After using it on and off for months without charging, it is satisfying to see that the low battery light actually works. I was never sure if it actually would

jstevenyork,
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@MLE_online
I love up-tech retrofits of cool old devices like this. Very nice!
Can you give any insight on how you did the conversions? I'm interesting in doing something similar with old lights and toys I have here to work, but the mechanics and safety issues of working with lithium power packs still intimidate me.
BTW, it's a little hard to judge scale here. Is this maybe an old miner's headlamp?

rasterweb, (edited ) to random
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Luckily I will never be caught up in some crypto-scam because if someone told me "The project promises that everyone who bridges ETH to their layer-2 chain would be able to receive their ETH back 1:1 in thirty days" I would have no fucking clue what that even means and I'd probably get distracted by my cats...

jstevenyork, (edited )
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@rasterweb
Yes, this. I don't know what most of that means, but I know that I don't NEED to know what most of it means.

shoq, to random
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Kristi Noem defends her account of killing own dog in new book.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/kristi-noem-defends-account-killing-dog-new-book-rcna149631

jstevenyork,
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@shoq
Kill, kill, and kill again. When the daughter came home and asked where the dog was, the kid was lucky she wasn't next. "Hateful little bitch is untrainable and unappreciative! >BAM!<

MLE_online, to random
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Like father, like daughter

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jstevenyork,
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@MLE_online
I love a good cave kitty. Tried to cover the current cat with a blanket, just to the neck, last night. She remains unconvinced. Miss my Sydney, who loved to lay on the mattress and have the bed made over her.

nyrath, to random
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I built the goofy-light kit when I was a little boy

https://hackaday.com/2018/12/14/retrotechtacular-remembering-radio-shack-p-box-kits/

jstevenyork,
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@nyrath
I remember these, but I don't remember seeing them by the time I worked at a Radio Shack for a bit in the late 70s. Looking it up, they were in the catalogs at least up until 1979. Maybe I was just more interested in other things (computers!) by then.

nyrath, to random
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A Stabilizing Robotic Tail for Floating Astronauts

https://www.core77.com/posts/130277/Industrial-Design-Student-Work-A-Stabilizing-Robotic-Tail-for-Floating-Astronauts

jstevenyork,
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@nyrath
Fascinating idea. Seems like adding some kind of hand or gripping fixture on the end would add to the utility.

Gargron, to random
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Oh, today is my 8th anniversary of working on Mastodon. I was 23 when I started, finishing my last year of university, still living at my parent's place. I had no idea what I was getting myself into or that it would consume the next 8 years of my life almost completely.

jstevenyork,
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@Gargron
Thank you for all your hard work. You've built something great here, and it arrived at a time when society desperately needed it.

jstevenyork, to random
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So I bought an LED shop light yesterday and I was just looking at the installation instructions and it says to install two ceiling hooks 44.08 inches apart. There are no instructions. That bugged me, and I assumed it had been manufactured overseas in metric and would translated to a round metric number. It translates to... 111.963cm. WTF?! Even if you assume rounding errors, why 112cm? Not 100 or 120 or even 115? WHYISTHIS!

nyrath, (edited ) to random
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jstevenyork,
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@nyrath
That time we had a nuclear rocket engine with 841 seconds of impulse and did nothing with it.

jstevenyork,
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@nyrath
Wow. That's a new one on me!

arstechnica, to random
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Report: Boeing may reacquire Spirit at higher price despite hating optics

Spirit was initially spun out from Boeing Commercial Airplanes in 2005.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/03/report-boeing-may-reacquire-spirit-at-higher-price-despite-hating-optics/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

jstevenyork,
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@arstechnica
It was stupid of Boeing management to spin off Spirit in the first place. The resulting damage to the company is almost incalculable at this point. Heads should roll at the head office. Boeing needs new management and a return to "engineering first."

jstevenyork, to random
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1/? So, now we know what happened to the Odysseus lander, and we have a couple incredible pictures to go with it, starting with this amazing action shot of the lander hitting hard and one of its landing legs shattering from the impact.
(thread...)
(Link via @AstroHawk https://cosmiclog.com/2024/02/28/odysseus-will-nap-after-sending-moon-landing-snapshots/

jstevenyork,
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3/3
I guess Intuitive Machines, the company behind this, is taking a stock hit. But from what I can see, this was a minor (if very expensive) procedural glitch (in not enabling the laser) easily remedied on future flights, and that otherwise the hardware seems amazingly robust, and the team capable and fast on their feet. The NASA LIDAR fix attempt happened ON THE WAY DOWN during a single orbit, and that is some Apollo 13 level MacGyver-stuff right there. It ALMOST worked! AND they landed!

arstechnica, to random
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Wendy’s plans AI-powered menu to change food prices based on demand, weather

Surge pricing test next year means your cheeseburger may get more expensive at 6 pm.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/02/wendys-plans-ai-powered-menu-to-change-food-prices-based-on-demand-weather/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

jstevenyork,
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@arstechnica
In case you were wondering if there were any corners of your life where corporate enshitification can't reach.

jstevenyork, to random
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I'm very happy with our vote-by-mail system here in Oregon. (I actually NEVER mail mine, it goes to a drive-through drop-box at my city hall, but that's what it's called.) I'm convinced its as safe, or more so, than alternate systems, and I love being able to sit down with my voter's pamphlet and spend as much time and research as needed to make thoughtful choices. And it gives access to EVERYBODY. Sorry GOP.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/pennsylvania-republicans-clash-with-trump-mail-in-voting-2024-02-23

Teri_Kanefield, to random
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Is there some kind of game going on?

jstevenyork,
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@Teri_Kanefield
There's always a game somewhere. Yatzi. D&D. Ticket to Ride. Though it is Sunday. There might be the sportsball somewhere. I do not know of the sportball. Do not care.

arstechnica, to random
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Convicted fraudster Elizabeth Holmes barred from federal health programs

The former Theranos CEO is barred from receiving payments from federal health program.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/01/convicted-fraudster-elizabeth-holmes-barred-from-federal-health-programs/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

jstevenyork,
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@arstechnica Well, that's poetic...

nyrath, to random
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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory world’s heaviest door

(Or the door to the underground flight control at the atomic rocket landing pad)

https://www.tumblr.com/kenyatta/739882895492186112

jstevenyork,
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@nyrath
Loved its cameo appearance in "Tron." (I couldn't find a good version of the original clip, so here it is recreated in bad CGI of the scene built in Lego. That's a deep level of abstraction that I am forced to like.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vekR1tgKekE

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