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TomK32on Crew-9 Returns to Earth

I don't, but I expect a powerful person to have the foresight to have not just Yes men around them and listen to advice/voices that give them counter points to what they want to blurb out before they blurb it out.

TomK32on Crew-9 Returns to Earth

You mean last year, according to this source (2017) https://youtu.be/tdUX3ypDVwI?t=2305

TomK32on Crew-9 Returns to Earth

> regime that controlled NASA

As far as I know the political regime of the USA was a democratic one last year.

The PR victory of a returning two astronauts (one of which called space her "happy place"[1]) who didn't take the ride home on a leaky capsule is rather minute and not worth a movie like the Apollo 13 mission. When them staying up longer NASA actually might have gotten more stuff done than if they didn't, even with Crew 10 starting with two empty seats in September.

The whole thing isn't as bad as Trump ordering the release of water in Northern California, but once more it shows that he wants to things purely for show with no regards to the consequences.

[1] https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/ced019gne3no

TomK32on Crew-9 Returns to Earth

There are much worse places to wait for a flight home. How Trump and Musk acted is just ridiculous and maybe shows that the are missing the bigger picture in complex situations or lack people close to them whole tell them that an action might be a useless publicity stunt or worse have negative impacts further down the road.

TomK32on Tesla registrations – and public opinion – are in a free fall

It will be very interesting to see if Telsa gets into trouble regarding the emissions market where it did sell its emissions allowance to ICE manufacturers. Less cars sold should mean less carbon credit to sell?

TomK32on Just heard Trump's closed VOA. What are the implications?

The BBC is about to commit another self-mutilation with BBC Sounds being restricted to UK users only. They are not thinking in terms of soft power even though we listeners do point it out as one did in the last BBC Feedback program[1].

The damage that Brexit has done to UK bands touring the continent is severe enough that the government just created a new fund for bands [2] and at least it recognizes music as key part of the UK's soft power. The UK is one of only three countries that are net exporters in terms of music and let's not forget that British music has invaded the world, even the US, more than once. More than anything, music can move the people's hearts as they won't see it as propaganda. China does something similar with its pandas.

[1] near the end: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0028v04 [2] https://www.gov.uk/government/news/major-new-funding-for-mus...

TomK32on Just heard Trump's closed VOA. What are the implications?

Voice of America, if anyone else wondered and had to google. Closing it will reduce the USA's soft power in the world and make it easier for China, Iran and Russia to step in.

TomK32on They flew into hurricanes for NOAA, until they got caught up in DOGE firings

> He backed Trump due to the president's commitment to the rule of law, he said, but now Mr Ripp thinks Trump is flouting the correct procedures for reducing the federal workforce.

Should someone who ignores a simple fact like Trump being a convicted felon and casts their vote based to Trump's "commitment to the rule of law" be allowed on a plane that flies dangerous weather?

TomK32on My legal last name prevents me from completing my Twitch affiliate onboarding

Even the error message is a sign of bad error handling: Last name can't contain "Null".

Contain? Is this is really what the if-clause did test for?

TomK32on 'We stand with Ukraine for as long as it may take' – Keir Starmer tells Zelensky

Putin has been pushed back for three years without using nukes. Matter of fact, all countries with nuclear weapons have faces wars and even lost some. The sowiets didn't nuke Afghanistan, the USA didn't nuke Vietnam or <insert long list here>, even Israel didn't nuke Iran desite the 1980 classic by Vince Vance & the Valiants: Bomb Iran. Nukes are useless.

TomK32on 'We stand with Ukraine for as long as it may take' – Keir Starmer tells Zelensky

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-support-to-ukr...

    £7.8 billion in military support
    £5 billion in non-military support

TomK32on U.S. halts offensive cyber operations against Moscow

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TomK32on Show HN: I got laid off from Meta and created a minor hit on Steam

It's from 2023 but the last Godot community survey showed a marketshare of 27% for Linux amongst the developer's primary development platform and 55% for exports to Linux[1]. That's quite massive compared to the 2.06% Linux and 1.4% OSX have amongst gamers[2]. So, if you need help getting your game to those 3.4%, there should be plenty of helping developers on the usual godot forums.

[1] https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeXRE1nF64PUilO6fA7... [2] https://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey/Steam-Hardware-Softw...

TomK32on A DOGE staffer appears to be posting DOGE work on his public GitHub

Sounds like a conflict of interest.

TomK32on Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting

Russia had three years, no eleven, to escalate this war but has not done so. You'd think the Kursk invasion would have triggered but it has has not. It is us Europeans who have to escalate this war, show strength because it's the modus that Putin operates on and the only language he understands. I want to see an ultimatum after which we not only create this no-fly-zone over Ukraine but also send men (I'll include my own grey beard here) to Ukraine to help them push the invaders out. If that happens we need to set a second ultimatum after which we simple invade Russia. It's sad to say: But as with my native Germany, it will take a complete defeat for the Russian people to have even a chance to embrace democracy. I'm somewhat disappointed that the future of Russian people is barely ever mentioned. Take away Putin and his cronies, give them democracy like (West) Germany did and the EU re-gains access to a huge market.

TomK32on Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting

Ukraine has been loosing a three-day-special operation for three years.

Russia's refinery's are getting hit and all that crude oil is worthless with a refinery. In the case of the campaign again Nazi Germany's refineries funny enough it's the allies who didn't think it as critical as the Nazis did https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_campaign_of_World_War_II#O...

TomK32on Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting

No one will bother about those loans when a Ukrainian victory will give the EU access to at least the Ukrainian market if not also the market of a new democratic Russia. Please do some long-term thinking on this.

TomK32on Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting

The EU froze over 200 billion Euros from Russian assets. Russia will never see that money again. Once Putin is defeated Ukraine's debt will be paid with that.

Also, please do think long-term: A victory for Ukraine and a second try for democracy in Russia will mean that the EU will regain huge markets right at its doorstep that need rebuilding and in the case of Russia some diversification would be sensible.

TomK32on Zelensky leaves White House after angry meeting

Isn't there anyone in the White House who makes sure Trump isn't inventing numbers? Put the actual dollar amount on a cue account if needed so he doesn't repeat the 350 billion again (of which most stays in the US anyways).

TomK32on Introducing a terms of use and updated privacy notice for Firefox

[Enter TomK32] [Enter Downvote] [Enter Downvote]

TomK32: You treacherous cowards! Is thy mind void of any knowledge or are you driven by a devil that you deny the existence of this programming language?

[Exit TomK32]

PS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakespeare_Programming_Langua...

TomK32on Introducing a terms of use and updated privacy notice for Firefox

No more genius lines from you, Shakespeare?

TomK32on Musk: Upgrade of FAA's ATC system is failing and SpaceX needs take over

Well, since sending those two unpiloted BFRs to Mars three years ago and the first human landed on Mars last year, SpaceX must have been looking for some new task...

Source: https://youtu.be/zDUNnfXvzcg?t=2195 at about 36:35

TomK32on The People Carrying Out Musk's Plans at Doge

Luigified? I'm pretty sure those young Doge "tech experts" receive a lot less marriage proposals than Luigi.

TomK32on Show HN: I got laid off from Meta and created a minor hit on Steam

Godot makes it easy to export to Linux and I'm sure it's still true that feedback from Linux users is better even in terms of finding bugs as mentioned in this interview with Croteam in 2015:

> The feedback from Linux gamers is great – they seem really happy that we’re supporting the platform and they are a huge help in finding bugs. Often, bugs that are initially reported as Linux specific turn out to be issues in all version of the game, it just sometimes happens that it’s easier to reproduce on some platforms. So, yeah – we’ll definitely keep on supporting Linux in the future.

[1] https://www.marcosbox.com/2015/02/13/interview-with-croteam-...

TomK32on Show HN: I got laid off from Meta and created a minor hit on Steam

"Don't overbalance" is an invitation for Spiffing Brit to play yet another perfectly balanced game :-)

TomK32on Show HN: I got laid off from Meta and created a minor hit on Steam

Oh god, I love watching RCE playing it. I'll steer clear off it though, pachinko games are a bad idea for my ADHD :-) Congratulations on the success.

TomK32on Trump might not know he's forging a new relationship between Britain and the EU

That'd be nice but I fear our friends on the island are too stubborn to accept and fix their mistake.

TomK32on Elon Musk Suggests He Alone Decides What Gets Funded in the Government

Fiveteen judges have been impeached. Since 1803! [1] It's understandable if you disagree with a judges orders, but if Musk is taking this as a reason to call for impeaching judges he shows a clear lack of understanding of how justice works.

[1] https://ballotpedia.org/Impeachment_of_federal_judges

TomK32on Winners of the $10k ISBN visualization bounty

Fascinating. It allows for some interesting observations when you as I zoom in on this one (sadly no direct links to coords/zoom level) https://archive.anarchy.cool/maps/isbn.html You can find publishers like Hueber Verlag[1] in the eastern part of the German language section. They spread their ISBN numbers in a pattern with something like 1360000 between them (I know, ISBN having a checksum leads to gaps in the numbering), which generates a repetitive pattern with plenty of empty space. It is so wasteful on this huge chunk they have.

Are there no rules on how publishers have to assign their numbers? Just so they could hand back an unused block if they don't need it any longer.

[1] I can see how publishing learning material in 30 languages can give people "ideas" when assigning ISBN numbers https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hueber_Verlag

TomK32on Elon Musk and Spiky Intelligence

Or at least a discussion about how so divisive, egomanic and sociopathic characters are given far too much airtime and credit. I do wonder whether those 15 minutes of fame should be the upper limit for anyone.