Ben Hockley

Software developer working from home @telstrapurple Brisbane.

[Ben Hockley @Togusa09]

@4n6lady Yeah... had it once where the last trouble shooting step from the helpdesk was to reset the modem to factory settings which I didn't want to do because I'd spent ages sorting out IP allocation.
And of course it fixed my issue 🙄.

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@sydney_ev For the battery I'd say first blackout, for the stove, the first time you use it and realise how quickly induction heats up.

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@peterrhague I'm curious who approached who for this partnership. SpaceX brought in a costume design to help with the aesthetic of their suits, so even if not offering technical assistance it isn't unprecedented.

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@AntiEVidiots Hearing people still talking about EV batteries "only lasting 3-4 years" is weird when you're driving around a 4 year old EV without an issue.
It's gone from just repeating FUD to being an outright denial of reality.

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@KenKirtland17 The cost to refurbish museum pieces for flight instead of starting new manufacturing sooner is one of the tragedies of the SLS program

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@zoi716 @BellikOzan Many people seem to want it completely one way or the other, which tends to make the discourse quite difficult at times.

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@barleybnupriv Wouldn't it be the Shelbystack?

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@DrChrisCombs I'm *really* curious about the timing on this, as the original hopper was certainly thicker steel than they're using now, though not sure about the Mk1 and early SN1 prototypes. That being said, how thick is the steel on a centaur? Drastically different loading of course though

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@BrucePerens While it doesn't block vehicle entry, requiring a pin to drive can prevent them from running off with the car as easily.

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@PebMet1 @xThrawn @Adam19003447070 @ThePrimalDino That's their job... That's like complaining an area gets closed off after a crime scene.
The FAA and SpaceX thought they had all their bases covered, but it didn't turn out to be the case, so it needed to be investigated to ensure nothing else was missed.

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@BellikOzan Also shielding and communications equipment which could affect its mass too. Orion does have more space, but Apollo wasn't exactly roomy.

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@Anton81191831 If it were achieving that goal it one launch, it'd be a better ROI and need less launches, or do more work for the same number of launches.

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@Yrouel86 It's a valid concern, but is an argument for other launch providers to up their game, rather than a need to change anything with SpaceX

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@fredrin Am busy with family today, but good luck

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@20thcenturymarc The whole opening bit in Lords and Ladies is just brilliant.

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@suchnerve Everything else aside, why would he host an event for people from his work at her place? If they lived together they would be different, but it sounded like they live separately.
(Aside from the obvious reason that her place is clearly cooler than his)

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@peterrhague I do like the NASA priorities chart though - it's a shame that the budget for moon exploration is taking away from some of those other areas.

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@kylascan For more context on why it's using water at all, a lot of data centres apparently use evaporative cool to dissipate their heat.

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@LauraFlowD @VicVijayakumar And then there's the zero space characters you sometimes get