jameswaltermoore.bsky.social
Aerospace dinosaur from the era of steam gauges, 16-bit fixed point processors, and gimballed gyros. Failed politician, pilot, and author. Let's gab here or on Substack. No broligarchs, no mas!
https://substack.com/@flavoursofquarks
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That's some pretty squirrelly data, eh? Back in the day when I used to work on autonomous flying machines, we'd say that the vehicle had entered "terrain burrowing mode."
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Ah - You were more thorough than I was :-)
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Not looking good. Shouldn't take but a minute to get a ping from the lander.
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Yep. And I'm really rooting for these guys, but golly, they have a lot to learn about how to stream a landing attempt.
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Where did you see the telemetry data? I'm really rooting for these guys, but golly their broadcast is pretty bogus.
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Priceless:
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That's pretty interesting. I've rarely found a one inch grape, though, and cumquats are a bit too oblong. Bottom line: Methinks AI systems need to add more fruits and vegetables to their diets.
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I was working on a presentation to give to some kids/prospective engineering students - "How to Land on the Moon" - Wanted to make a scale model earth/moon using fruit - Decided to be lazy and have AI calculate the sizes/distances and look what happened :-o.
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Phil: Look how stupid AI can be :-o
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It's a bit ironic, isn't it, that although we live in a radically different world now, it sometimes feels like 1952 all over again, only this time with a (n illiterate version of) Joseph McCarthy in the White House.
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*Breaking*: Next Starship launch has been scheduled for the 4th of July.
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youtu.be/P6WD7B_I_9c?...
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Hey, Phil. Help us pass this link around, wouldja? If nothing else, it'll help serve as a form of therapy for a lot of us. And we need lots of therapy, sig...
change.org/gulfofmexico
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On another note...
change.org/gulfofmexico
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Pass auf: Vierte Reich kommt gleich...
#truckfump #muckfusk
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Good to see you here, having finally bailed on xTwitter... FWIW you're the first (English speaking) person I've followed on Blue Sky. And I didn't know that you were a pilot! Got yer Canadian license, do you, or did you do the FAA to TCCA thing?
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Well done. I deleted it from my phone a while back, and, along with many others, I plan to delete our accounts on January 20th. There are a couple of hashtags that you can help us pass around - #DeleteXOnJan20 and #stopelon
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Danke. Bin neue am Bluesky (noch ein Twitter Flüchtling) und brauch Hinweise wie deinen, Bluesky Trolls zu meiden...
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Yup. www.goodreads.com/quotes/43852