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Filming in our workspace again. I feel like one of those animatronic puppets at Disneyland.
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Making baked garlic fries for lunch..
Yummy and something even I can handle! Without (much) risk of food-related sickness or injury I mean.
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It being a mostly data-base issue, most unix systems were not (directly) affected by the infamous "Y2K" bug. However they are susceptible to a similar issue. Virtually all "POSIX" systems - including most unix systems, as well as linux - keep track of the number of seconds since the "unix epoch" began on 00:00:00 GMT on January 1, 1970 in a 32-bit number. If you ask a unix system what time it is you'll get back a number like (brb..) "1583616379", which corresponds to "Sat 07 Mar 2020 01:26:19 PM PST".Actually it is only a 31-bit number, with the 32nd bit indicating whether the other bits are to be interpreted as a negative or a positive number. Unfortunately this means that in only 18 years - at 03:14:08 GMT, January 19, 2038 to be precise - that 31-bit number will "overflow" into the 32nd bit and unix systems will start returning a negative number for the date. Obviously this will have various unintended and undesirable consequences.Fortunately the linux community has come up with a workaround in the nick of time. To be sure, it isn't a complete fix. In fact, it really just kicks the can down the road a bit. But we should now be good until 15:30:08 GMT Sunday, December 4, 29,227,702,659. Hopefully by then they'll have figured out how to deal with the situation once and for all.
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Here we go with a 3rd straight week of pounding, sawing, and general mayhem as they rebuild/repair the building for the Mars 2020 folks. This is right across the hall BTW. I'm literally taking this pic from my office doorway.
Actually, if you include the server room construction, and the power supply therefor, and the asbestos abatement, and the restroom repair/replacement, and, and, and.... we haven't had more than a couple months' break in the pounding for several YEARS now.
Ow, my head...
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Is it wrong that I've had the 18th of Feb.
marked on my calendar for 6 months now but didn't realize that tomorrow is 
day until about 20 minutes ago?
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First human since Apollo - and first private citizen ever - to fly around the moon to be announced this afternoon...
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When Tesla's AI research is making people like Lex Fridman and James Douma laugh and shake their heads in amazement you know the company is onto something.
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Folding@Home now has an option to work on the COVID-19 virus. Looks like it is time to fire up all those cores on my 2700X. My computer room has been a bit chilly lately anyway.
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“Deadhead sticker on a Cadillac” vs “black flag sticker…”. A bit weird to parse since caddys aren’t exactly the status symbol they once were but I guess the point is there’s sellouts in every generation.
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I can't believe that UPS is still doing the old, "nobody was home" schtick. EVERYBODY is home these days!
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Trying again... 50% change of weather problems - and currently raining - and an instantaneous launch window (3:22pm EDT) is a sketchy combination but maybe we'll get lucky.
(People that don't appreciate talking-heads stepping on the interesting stuff might want to monitor the Mission Control audio loop.)
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Playing single-player "deadly" mode with large biomes & haven't found sheep. Forgot about the phantoms....
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“Earlier in the year, the Northwest experienced a historic heat wave, which set all-time temperature records and contributed to hundreds of deaths. This week's heat wave, focused instead on the Southwest, won't be as extraordinary, as wildfire smoke can block some of the hot sun, but it can still be dangerous.”
IOW, the sun would have made it super hot, but it won’t get that bad because the smoke from the wildfires will block some of it. Kind of a good news / bad news thing going on there.
For the record, it was already over 90F on the patio here by 9:30am today.. and that’s on the shady side of the house!
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For anyone wanting to follow the Mars 2020 (aka Perseverance) landing tonight here’s all the links.
In related news, Krispy Kreme has a limited-time offer.
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I can hardly wait! (Order status is still at "assembly".)
System76’s updated 15-inch Pangolin laptop ships with Ryzen 7 5700U CPU -
Cool APOD (astronomy picture of the day)
Who needs fantasy when we have stuff like this in real life?
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Something of a concern...
... out of an abundance of caution, and in consultation with NASA Headquarters and the NASA Chief Health and Medical Officer in accordance to agency response plans — Ames Research Center will temporarily go to a mandatory telework status until further notice.
