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Are they looking to hire any software engineers right now?

It was a relic from a time when it looked like 3D printing was going to be the next big thing.

Agreed, it looked like VR was going to be big, MS & Meta were pushing it hard.

This gives me an idea for an extension similar to this mod but for Firefox, for those who are insane enough to try it: 1/10000 Chance for Withered Foxy Jumpscare Every Second

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=34819...


Apparently that same technology is being used on newer US Navy ships for waste management.

There was a similar program I used when I was working at a smaller company and built an automated backup system for their call center recordings. It basically mapped the S3 bucket to a Windows drive letter, since the PBX call recording software was running on a Windows server. It was a while ago so I can't recall the name of the program

>the lifespan of a camera module was about 24-48 hours for work inside the water of the reactor near the "hot" fuel of the reactor

Wow, you must have needed many shelves full of replacements ready. The whole thing has me curious and full of questions.

How did they even go about replacing them without endangering anyone? And why was a camera needed in a place so close that they would fail so quickly?


It was literally a guy's job on the floor to just replace modules and other electronics. The equipment itself would not become contaminated so it was safe to handle afterwards. It just got bombarded by radiation and became useless as a camera. Being hit by ionizing radiation does not mean you become radioactive. The main issue is if bits of contamination would stick to our fancy duct tape we had around the cameras.

As for why we needed them it's for a bunch of reasons. This is 30 meters down. You gotta inspect welds, replace jet pumps, pick crap up that people drop in, pull plugs, help guide CRD maintenance. Tons of stuff. You gotta see it all. Camera handlers are magical and learn to swim the cameras around using puppet like movements. You manipulate these duct taped to rope cameras using either the cable or the rope. Sometimes we would attach them to stupendously long poles we assemble which were also duct taped (this changed eventually). The issue is such a long pole is basically a pool noodle in terms of handling. Keeping stuff from getting stuck and having confidence in where you were was an art. I wish I could tell you nuclear inspection used fancy drones and super high tech robotics but a ton of the visual side is duct taped cameras and talented handlers. Ultrasonic inspection is where the robotics took over and where they earn their keep. Encoding the position is worth the effort. But for visual you can't really get a sub to do much better than a guy with a long pole. Haha


This is something that really needs to be done in the states imo.

IIRC we don't have a sovereign wealth fund, but we should in order to provide a social safety net for our citizens, especially with all the uncertainties regarding the future right now.


No no no. We’re a Christian nation. Fuck them kids (literally, on an island). Get rich, fuck young models. Just like the President.

Seems like its at least bigger than the Apollo Lunar Module from the 70's

And with modern forms of entertainment to make the trip less boring.


> And with modern forms of entertainment

"We're sorry, your Prime subscription appears to have cancelled. Would you like to renew it? We can send you a text message to get this started ..."


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I wonder if Starlink works if the dish is above the satellites. Technically GPS can work from the moon.

Starlink uses phased arrays pointed at the ground but lasers between satellites. So it wouldn’t be impossible to spin one around and have it bounce traffic to earth through the swarm pointing down.

But these satellites are very close to earth compared to the moon. It wouldn’t only save 0.3% transmit power vs just sending right to the surface. It’s very unlikely the consumer antennas could manage hitting an earth satellite from the moon.


> Technically GPS can work from the moon.

Well, one side of it.


Actually, it's all dark.

I don't think I would be bored in this trip!

>15 GB of space on my phone, and 1.5 GB of RAM, is dedicated to Android OS alone

The original Droid phone I used had only 256mb of memory, and could still multitask and run multiple apps at once with that limited memory. Its crazy how bloated things have become over the years.


I wonder the same thing. I've been using KDE Plasma and have not looked back.


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