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vik, 4 days ago to random

It's one thing to hear "we're going to make one small change," from the dev team, and quite another to hear it when your stuck on the pointy end of a rocket.

vik, 5 days ago to random

The Chang'e 6 lunar lander turns out to have deployed a rover camera. Shots of lander on surface, and onboard video of the prep and ascent of lunar samples : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qnonHQ_s1p8

lightweight, 5 days ago to random

It's really frustrating that many consumer electronics manufacturers don't offer replacement parts for their goods. I've had 3 sets of earbuds go through the wash (my boys, one of them twice!), damaging the charging cases, although the buds themselves seem fine. But you can't buy replacement cases - you need a whole new set, rendering the old earbuds redundant. Wasteful. I've managed to find second-hand cases on eBay, but none of the vendors ship to NZ. Tried YouShop, but... 1/2

mez, 5 days ago to random

Saw that Microsoft saying it’s a website’s fault if your password gets swept up by Recall if the site doesn’t cloak the password entry field following “standard internet protocols” which completely ignores the accessibility case for showing someone what they’ve typed in to their password field. Pretty sure every password manager lets you do this, and a ton of sites as well.

What a head-in-the-sand take.

Teryl_Pacieco, 7 days ago to writing

"It's the future, why haven't we cured hiccups," whined Vena, between hiccups.

Her robotic companion rose, shrieking, "Destroy all humans!"

Vena hiccuped again, "Sorry, that isn't going to work twice."

"Then I am out of ideas," said Robonnie, sounding defeated, curling up on a cushion.

Vena stifled yet another hiccup, and started to speak, only to jump as something slammed into the window.

"Ow," said Robonnie's remote drone.

"I'm cured!"

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