AmpBenzScientist @AmpBenzScientist@qoto.org

TIL NASA didn't expect Skylab to deorbit until the early 80s, and made plans to revisit the space station with the shuttle, boost it to a higher orbit, and expand it through the decade. Atmospheric drag from increased solar activity in the late 70s brought it down sooner than anticipated.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylab#Plans_for_re-use_after_the_last_mission
#til #todayilearned
https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/1absa6f/til_nasa_didnt_expect_skylab_to_deorbit_until_the/

I wonder if a 50BMG SBR exists... I kinda want one just for the absurdity of it.

#Gun #Guns #2A

@JoeStewart

Thank you. I’m continually surprised by my ignorance and the ease with which I accept as fact things I read and watch….

For what its worth before seeing this post I beleive the typical narrative of Nixon being the bad guy who started the war on drugs too.

What got me was when i was reading this i went “wait a second, they made it sound like he made heroin illegal, coulda swore it was already illegal”… I looked it up and sure enough it was made illegal 44 years earlier.

So then, beleiving my original assumptions must be true I went “Well surely he at least made it more illegal”.. so i looked up his exactly policy and read it and read his quotes. To my shock he actually passed laws that specifically reduced criminality, making pocession a misdemeanor for all drugs which used to be a felony.

After that I went and researched the quote and found it to be utterly fake. and well… we arrived at my post :)

The outcomes I was referring to relate to those delivered by decades of the “war on drugs.” In particular, the narco traffickers and the induced migration of those fleeing the resulting violence not to mention the focus on enforcement and incarceration rather than treatment and prevention.

The war on drugs certainly started with Nixon indirectly with the formation of the DEA. Nixon wanted less criminality, but actual enforcement. He thought drug abuse was a true ill to society as far as I could tell, so he did want to eliminate it, but he didnt want everyone to just wind up in jail. He largely wanted to target,it seems, the dealers and producers and leave the users out of it as far as severe punishments go. This was absolutely an improvement from the felony charges people used to get.

The problem is the DEA took on a life of its own, after Nixon it grew, became more pervasive, and the penalties started to increase again.

So one can argue that Nixon started a chain of events that ultimately led to the drug war and its abuse on the people. But when Nixon started it it wasnt like that, and as I said it actually was a lessening of charges.

@AmpBenzScientist To minimize lives taken you should have lots of ethically grown veggies and some portion of mountain raised beef.. the mor mountain raised beef the better for lives lost, but there is a limit to how many can be raised, and there is health concerns. So in a world where everyone is doing that then meat would be part of but a small portion, of the diet.

Just a reminder, if you care about reducing lives lost a diet that includes meat responsibility in the right proportions will result in significantly less lives lost than eating a salad.

Compared to mountain-raised beef eating beef will result in significantly FEWER lives lost than a salad. One salad probably cost quite a few insects and mice their lives to make. A mountain-raised cow is wild grazed, so the land isnt suitable for crops, and no animals other than the cow dies. So one cow makes 3000 meals, thats a much better deal than the multiple deaths per plate you expect from a salad.

#Vegan #Veganism #Vegetarianism #Vegetarian #Keto #Diet

Strange problems in #Ox64 BL808 UART and Interrupt Controller ... Let's investigate the alligator in the vest

Article: https://lupyuen.codeberg.page/articles/plic3.html#uart-and-plic-troubles

Every time I update my Android project, I have to pick up what I forgot. Google is every helpful.

Until I finished all my tasks. About to build the release APK. Then I realized that I forgot the password of my signing keystore.

Everytime. Literally everytime. I spend a lot of time trying to remember the password. Then forget it again.

foundation-libc: libc in #ZigLang for Freestanding targets

https://github.com/ZigEmbeddedGroup/foundation-libc

TCC: The simple C Compiler for #RISCV ... Can we compile TCC to #WebAssembly with #ZigLang Compiler? 🤔

Source: https://github.com/lupyuen/tcc-riscv32-wasm

"#Apple said it would not charge a commission to developers of apps who avoided the App Store, but it would levy a Core Technology Fee of €0.50 for each App Installation"

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/jan/25/apple-to-allow-eu-customers-to-download-apps-without-using-app-store

@AmpBenzScientist These positions are all contractor positions we are hiring for, contract2 hire

"#RustLang Community suffers from a collective Stockholm Syndrome when it comes to Compile Times. They are bad"

https://thenewstack.io/where-does-the-time-go-rusts-problem-with-slow-compiles/

I am still looki g for top notch programmers and data scientists to hire for 100% remote. Hit me up. Open source contributors get top consideration.

#oss #work #programming #ai #agi #java #polyglot #bigdata

Try our Online Demo of Apache #NuttX Real-Time Operating System ... Powered by TinyEMU #RISCV Emulator 👍

Source: https://nuttx.apache.org/demo/

Weak Ordering in the #Ox64 BL808 Memory Management Unit (#RISCV T-Head C906) ... Causes problems with the UART and Interrupt Controllers! Here's how we fix it

Article: https://lupyuen.codeberg.page/articles/plic3

@AmpBenzScientist Thats why you record :) because it may be used against you but if it is then its a violation.

I know I have said this before, but its soooo important to know.

In america your 5th amendment right to remain silent is **not** granted automatically. If speaking with a cop if you remain silent without explicitly invoking it as a right that silence **can** and will be used against you in a court of law. It is **only** when you explicitly verbalize you are invoking your right that you gain this protection!

#Law #USA #Police #ACAB

@AmpBenzScientist

Shame it didnt work out for you then, maybe make another go?

I would say money is pretty easy to make legally and morally too. Most, almost every one, has very poor money habits. So generally most people are looking for ways to waste their money and dont even realize it. Honestly if money was a bit harder to make we might have a healthier economy because then people would have to actually provide services of value.

Im always happy to hear new ideas, but keep in mind if i like it I would steal it, so if you dont want someone to steal it you shouldnt share it (or at least get an NDA first). But yes if you publicly expose your idea ill listen and see if i get any inspiration from it, sure.