Bilal

cosign!

@Erdayastronaut oh man, very disappointing. @dearmoonproject -- is there going to be something replacing this. Tim Dodd going is kinda like all of us going.

And just like that, the dreams of my crew are over. I have such mixed emotions about dearMoon’s cancellation. Of course I’m extremely disappointed, having dreamt about this mission since I first heard about it in 2018 and even more for the last 3 years since the selection process started. I slowly allowed myself to envision a trip to the Moon one little bit by little bit. On the other hand, I have guilt about being upset about a gift that was retracted. A part of me doesn’t feel I’m entitled to grieve since I wasn’t entitled to this mission in the first place. But the reality is, I’ll need to allow myself to grieve this loss as it became a big part of my life, my dreams, and my visions. Going to space has never been a thing I’ve actively pursued in general. It’s not a goal of Everyday Astronaut. It was simply a cherry on top. Granted, a HUGE cherry, but I’ll be just fine without this mission. I’m extremely fortunate to have the life and the career I have and this mission’s cancellation changes none of that. In fact, I’ve gained new friends, had new adventures and learned more about myself in the last three years because of dearMoon. Unfortunately, I can’t speak for everyone on the crew who all have different emotions, consequences and realities of this cancellation. For those who this affects the most, my heart goes out to them. The one thing I have a hard time reconciling is the timeline. Had I known this could have ended within a year and a half of it being publicly announced, I would’ve never agreed to it. We had no prior knowledge of this possibility. I voiced my opinions, even before the announcement, that it was improbable for dearMoon to happen in the next few years. I still firmly believe that, within my lifetime, we will see missions like this happen, and while I will never be the first to do such a mission, it brings me great joy to know the future is bright and exciting. And I’m proud to be able to continue to cheer those on who will do these exciting firsts! I’ll still be here to help explain rocket science to anyone who will listen to me babble on about spaceflight. In 2018 I started looking at the Moon and imagining artists going around it, then as the selection process narrowed, I allowed myself to imagine going around it. But unfortunately now every time I look at the Moon, it’s a painful reminder of dreams lost. But I will continue on as I always have, one giddy rocket nerd who’s here to witness history, absorb as much knowledge as I can, and break down what I learn for my fellow everyday person. I love you all, thank you for the ongoing support and encouragement at this time.

@Alex_ADEdge yea it's been going on "....forever"

I feel like I'm the only person who just doesnt care about 'pi day'. Has this always been a thing?? 😅

@mubix long press depending on the elevator model or in some you can double click the lighted button

Today I learned you can cancel floors in elevators by long pressing them… WHAT!?! You don’t have to wait it out if someone pushes something then gets off…. Apparently this has been normal for decades….

@DennisF it would be impossibly long...

Does anyone maintain a list of security cons/events these days?

@kashhill the "Share" button on iOS Photo app works just as well with the GMAIL app... you can see them on your laptop

Me: "Can you email me that snowman photo?" Husband: "Email a photo? Is it 1998 here?" I'm still on the flip phone and I didn't get cute photo he sent to the family text iThread. What if I just... never go back to my iPhone...?

@tomaspueyo @CJHandmer @skdh hinted at the math on this once, I believe, but the process you describe of converting atmospheric C02 to hydrocarbon fuel is inefficient... and at scale will add heat to our planet, it may be better to extract atmospheric methane which has a 100x warming effect, though $$

We could easily stop climate change right now if we wanted to For example, we could pause global warming with 100x less money than countries pledged in the recent UN's COP28 If we don't do it, it's just because we don't really want to Here's how to do it in 3 steps 🧵:

@DJSnM @ExploreCosmos_ Had no idea! Looking through wikipedia he proposed 8 *YEARS* earlier. The wikipedia for Kuiper belt doesn't even mention him. Edgeworth belt sounds more apt given the physical location of this belt.. Wiki gives credit to a 3rd astronomer Julio Fernandez as well.

@ExploreCosmos_ One important point: Kuiper’s prediction was predated by Kenneth Edgeworth’s prediction of the belt. Which is why many astronomers call it the Edgeworth-Kuiper belt. Both would die in the 70’s before any evidence of objects were found in the region.

The Kuiper Belt is a vast and mysterious region located in the outer reaches of our solar system, beyond the orbit of Neptune. Named after Dutch-American astronomer Gerard Kuiper, who predicted its existence in 1951, this distant region is home to a diverse population ... 1/

@DJSnM rockets only please! and astronomy/physics too as per usual

Video I'm working on - do you know? Are you curious? Or do you want me to give up on planes and stick with rockets.

@mikewhelanjr @gordon_cassie agree with you.. can't relate to the harms until you experience.

Huge amount of confirmation bias on this platform for this take. I did this and it worked great for me personally. I don't recommend it broadly though - if you are the right person for this advice you probably don't need it.

@bhaines0 @QuinnyPig but i need this Ben!

Hello from #HashiConf in San Francisco. I'm here because basically every client I has uses Terraform, and I can't resist a good shitposting spree I'm here with over a thousand engineers who have the free time to spend since they're not waiting for CloudFormation deploys.

@gordon_cassie looool

Peppa pig has attained SOC2 certification

@kashhill @elonmusk I've seen this behavior on incognito mode in Chrome for a few months. In addition you only can get to twitter.com/elonmusk if you search for the handle on google and navigate it to it that way. Otherwise it forces a login flow that fails to twitter.com (login page)

Hit the site today on a browser while not logged in and saw that my tweets stopped in 2021. Checked out @elonmusk’s profile and it cuts off in 2022. Is this a ☠️ server issue? Update: they’re ordered by popularity!

@erinemilyxo @JBizzle703 i'd be open to examples of where you have seen it be useful (redacted to protect the innocent of course)

@bilalmujahid @JBizzle703 Ohhhhh highly disagree!

What's your unpopular cybersecurity opinion that gets a reaction like this?

@SpaceAbhi Abhi -- I thought it was already fairly accepted thought? pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn….

Whoa, interested to read more about this research (and thoughts from those skeptical of the claim): "Humanity’s Ancestors Nearly Died Out, Genetic Study Suggests" nytimes.com/2023/08/31/sci…

@anton_chuvakin another good line "if you don't get cloud IAM, cloud IAM will get you"

Midway during a GoogleNext Cloud Security Operations preso @anton_chuvakin says "Look we didn't even mention AI yet" .... everyone starts clapping lol

@anton_chuvakin Just now GoogleNext ... If you don't get Cloud IAM ... Cloud IAM will get you 😆

So much time is wasted in companies because people can't say "no" Here are five dysfunctional ways to say "no" to a yes or no question. Avoid all of these!