Orbital Owl @Zuph@octodon.social

Hello World #introductions

I'm Brad, 31, he/him, in the US Midwest, and an engineer working on cool space hardware.

Stuff I like and am good at:
- Electronics
- Embedded Programming
- Cooking
- Hiking
- Tabletop Games

Stuff I like and am getting better at:
- Knitting
- Sewing
- RATS RATS RATS
- Web Programming

Stuff I want to do:
- Start a commune with all my friendos
- Fully Automated Luxury Gay Space Communism

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What does it matter if our cool space something or other goes up on SPX 19 rather than SPX 18? The science will still get done.

It doesn't matter. Except that my boss will get invited to more fancy Washington shindigs. And our chief scientist will have a few more papers on his CV and another couple patents.

Meanwhile, the rest of us have killed ourselves for nothing. In many cases, not even a ticket to the launch.

I work in Aerospace. There's a Gene Kranz quote from the wake of the Apollo 1 disaster about how none of them stood up and said, "Dammit, Stop!"

Right now, we're in the midst of an absurd rush to finish two projects. None of which will kill anyone if they fail, fortunately. But we're rushing to finish because the boss told important people that they'd be done.

It's cool tech, and cool science, but we're all killing ourselves to meet deadlines that are totally artificial.

Considering taking a Spanish class at a local language learning school. I've tried Duolingo before, but it just didn't take.

Anyone have tips for picking up a language when there isn't necessarily anyone (relationally) close to you who speaks it? (Especially wrt Spanish)

#languagelearning

NASA: All payloads must pass sharp edges inspection before being permitted CoFR, where a "sharp edge" is defined as... ROSCOSMOS: 👌😂🗡️

Let the shells that manage these places go bankrupt until people are desperate enough to rent these overpriced ticky tacky apartments? Forcibly gentrify a block and let the chips fall where they may?

Standard myopia and a negligent planning commission?

So, my city, like so many other mid-sized mid-West cities, has a ton of developments of "Luxury Apartments" in hip and near-hip areas of town. They're all ostensibly to attract "Millennials," except no millennials I know could afford them. The ones that are finished are half-vacant, and a bunch more are about to hit the market.

What's the play here?

Having a rough time today between work stress and relationship stress, but buoyed by the idea of after work margaritas and reverse-engineering an old gorro anarquista and open sourcing the pattern.

Have you ever been so horny on main that you designed the Sagrada Familia?

Concept: Solar powered pirate radio glider drone.

Huh, apparently you can convert a bird scooter into a personal one for a mere $32...

https://www.ebay.com/itm/for-Xiaomi-MIJIA-M365-BIRD-Scooter-Circuit-Board-Dashboard-Cover-Replacement-JT/253942419471?epid=9022713001&hash=item3b2025d00f:g:KdIAAOSw1CBbxwHh:rk:1:pf:0

Hey webdev and federation nerds: y'all know of any good tutorials or guides to using webfinger in new apps?