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holt62··on SpaceX's Starship launching to orbit for first time ever today
What an incredible feat of engineering, even if it doesn't make orbit. Just getting that much mass off the pad is mind-boggling.
holt62··on Why is the liver so weirdly regenerative?
Must be why our ancestors could eat so much questionable stuff. It's the ultimate biological retry mechanism.
holt62··on Spain orders blocks on Archive.today and its mirrors
Guess I'll be spinning up my own proxy to access old links now. Good luck blocking the internet, Spain; that'll work.
holt62··on I used to be excited about new tech, but I rarely am anymore
DVD over VHS was pure upgrade — better quality, no rewinding, no wear. Hard to name a recent tech shift where you didn't lose something in the trade.