Yes, this is proof of concept stage. The key issue with the laser approach is not just power, but aiming precision. The better they columate the beam to focus the transmitted power, the better they need to aim the beam to actually hit the receiver. A deep space craft is only so large, and 200 inch telescopes are also a tiny target to hit at these distances. The mass curvature of space and the motion of objects need to be accounted for, as distance adds signal delay.

Peltier systems work similarly, but anyone with such a drink cooler knows that they're pretty limited in delta temperature. You can add a little heat, or pull out a little heat, but it's not gonna make ice in the desert. American AC is usually set to blast 40degF either way for a whole room.

And if you're not familiar with Notion's interface at all?

I bought a SteamDeck because I wanted to play some games that normally required a Microsoft-ridden PC to play. They use a very similar immutable approach on the SteamDeck, making apps more like game cartridges and maintenance as easy as choosing between public and preview update streams. For Grandma who keeps getting p0wnd by banner scams, an immutable Linux PC with a bog standard screenshare could also be a relief to the IT Support grandkids.

This job position has been filled before and another assignment already made. If that worker does not address your salary concerns, please rewrite your resume and submit again.

The Vela pulsar is said to have a surface diameter of 12 miles. So, any point on its surface along the rotational equator, assuming rigidity, mass is moving hella fast. (2 pi (6 miles)) / ((1 / 11) seconds) = 667379 m/s That's about 0.2% of C, vs a point at its rotational pole. It's roughly 4x the fastest manmade object, the Parker probe, reaching 148000 m/s briefly while it did a gravity slingshot maneuver.

There is a whole world of difference between
"The lander, as expected, did not reply." and
"The lander did not reply as expected."

The "Moron in a Hurry" doctrine is a legal phrase used in trademark disputes. Guess now it can be used in a liability case.

All this pedantry and nobody pointed out the original summary says "sleep for the 655 hour night" when the 655 hours is the full diurnal cycle, or 27.3 Earth days.

Unity deprecated their VS Code support a year ago. Vanishingly few hobby developers use the debugger and single-step through Unity C# code, but lots of professional developers do.

Watch out, now Muskelon will issue a Cease and Desist against you for using his trademark.

There isn't really any proof that Waymo vehicles are driverless, only that the driver isn't in the vehicle. If you compare a dozen dubiously driverless vehicles to a million collecting data every moment and already doing a pretty good job at autonomy, which do you think will succeed?

The fact that the driver is not in the vehicle does not mean that there is no driver.

I believe that this was figured out in the amateur observer community before NASA confirmed it. I saw it go by in my twitter feed. Not sure I can find it now...

Linear Energy Transfer