Dr. Eric J. Fielding, PhD

@michael_w_busch@mastodon.online @ai6yr@m.ai6yr.org @MatWright@mastodon.social They have checked the Madrid Deep Space Network site today, and there is no damage to the antennas only grass inside complex

@teledyn@mstdn.ca @sundogplanets@mastodon.social Putting zucchinis in people’s cars is hilarious

@overholt I curate my “X” feed by never going to that platform.

@sundogplanets@mastodon.social If the journalist is in the USA and doesn’t say time zone, they are almost always in Eastern Time. NY and DC barely acknowledge other zones.

@Brad_Rosenheim@climatejustice.social So the floor was lava?

@paco@infosec.exchange @pluralistic@mamot.fr Another way to explain the layoffs is, “we are spending billions of dollars on AI data centers, so we don’t have funds left to pay for human employees”.

@alisynthesis@io.waxandleather.com @TechTangents@dialup.space You don’t need to worry about copyright infringement because AI content can’t be copyrighted

@sundogplanets@mastodon.social It seems that the USA Department of Defense is looking at getting orbital power satellites, also. https://breakingdefense.com/2026/07/why-dod-silicon-valley-now-are-betting-on-solar-power-beaming-sats/

@ricci@discuss.systems Thanks for the detailed description. I saw something about the residents trying to fight this but didn’t know the crazy scale.

@FluentInFinance EV battery fires are not from the liquid. It is from thermal runaway and degradation of the lithium itself. The solid state batteries will have some similar risk if the temperature inside is not controlled.

@nuwagaba2@mastodon.social Yes, Alaska and the Arctic are warming much faster than the middle latitudes, so the wildfires are getting worse

@sundogplanets@mastodon.social That is shocking, but I would use “would be” instead of “will be” for the million-satellite constellation. It may never happen.

@DoomsdaysCW@kolektiva.social Wildfires have been common in Alaska for a long time. The numbers and areas have increased

@Ohsin@mastodon.social @MatWright@mastodon.social The small grass patches between the antenna pads and roads burned, they don’t have larger vegetation inside the complex.

@joyousjoyness This is one calm but hungry animal. Is that a baby tail in the pouch?

@sundogplanets@mastodon.social Nice to have some sun! The new baby goat shows how much the other babies have grown in a short time.

@chad @cdnspace This is excellent! The NASA AROW page does not even load on my iPhone. Yours looks good on a small screen. One of the space YouTube channels said that the TLI burn was only 300 m/s of delta-V, which seemed far too small. Your dashboard lists a far more reasonable delta-V over 3000 m/s.

@EthicalProfessor@mstdn.social @gottalaff.bsky.social Johnson runs the protection program? Like a mafia boss?

@christopherbrown @randahl Yes, substantial numbers of people end up at Waffle House drunk or high without remembering how they got there, but this guy is crazy

@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt Beautiful embroidery! She must need a big supply of green thread. The texture of the trees is excellent.

@paulknightly@mstdn.social I have subscribed to the Apple News service to get access to some news media. I know Apple is keeping at least 30%, but it is very convenient

@FranceskaMann @wdlindsy Trump received voted from about a third of the eligible voters. Many people did not vote in 2024.

@onedawnconstant @MrAptronym @FluentInFinance Thanks for the detailed explanation.

@Lana@beige.party Interesting way to think about it

@skewray@mathstodon.xyz That is an interesting method to double-check Snapdragon calculations. JPL is doing more high-risk missions, but mostly for Earth and Moon exploration.

@BenjaminKlein@mastodon.nu @sundogplanets@mastodon.social @adambecker.bsky.social Yes, the MEO GPS satellites, GEO satellites, anything going to the Moon or Mars, etc. have to pass through LEO. Maybe Elon should think about that.

@sundogplanets@mastodon.social China filed a request with the ITU for frequency allocations for 200,000 satellites. Elon said “ I’ll see your 200,000 and raise to 1,000,000 satellites. “

@BenjaminKlein@mastodon.nu @sundogplanets@mastodon.social @adambecker.bsky.social The GPS satellites are in Medium Earth Orbit, far above LEO satellites.

@sundogplanets@mastodon.social @ravenbait@mastodon.scot The Tibet paper is at: https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/article/22/2/163/206045/How-flat-is-Tibet Let me know if you want me to send a PDF as it may be still paywalled after 30 years.

@ravenbait@mastodon.scot @sundogplanets@mastodon.social My most-cited paper had a title with a question, but it is not a yes-no question, so I guess Betteridge's Law does not apply: "How Flat is Tibet?"

@b0rk@social.jvns.ca I have used the tcsh shell for decades on various Linux and macOS machines but I recently switched to the zsh shell that is the default on macOS now. It is talking time to get all my command settings to work again. The dichotomy between the csh and sh shell families is a hassle.

@skyfaller @futurebird If all the vehicles using the tunnels were EV's the air quality would be much better. Still some particulates from the tires, though.

@Fedihacker@masto.es Yes, this application is computer vision. The article throws in a mention of a separate but related procedure that used Gen AI.

@Fedihacker@masto.es They did use generative AI recently to create the way points for the rover drive plan. It saves time, but the human planners double-check it.

@sundogplanets@mastodon.social Hank Green did a YouTube video about this animation of images. He thought it was great to see satellites, showing Earth is occupied by humans.

@mirijb2@c18.masto.host Nice, I assume you meant late 1870’s.

@pbump@journa.host It might be better to use the percentage the speeder is over the limit. A 5 mph excess is much bigger in a 20 mph limit, than for a 75 mph limit.

@tangledwing@ohai.social Beautiful photo! It was carved by glacial meltwater, but I doubt the volcanic bedrock was soft, it is very powerful and erodes strong rocks.

@dsandler@mastodon.social Is that last line an intensional joke on Slack messenger?

@sundogplanets@mastodon.social So much wheat! Nice views.

@rahmstorf@fediscience.org Thanks for the link to your new paper.

@nswigger@mstdn.party I have boycotted Chick-Fil-A for many years, but I don’t go to fast food restaurants anyway.

@sundogplanets@mastodon.social I am not sure about the population distribution in Canada, but the Eastern Time Zone has by far the largest population in the USA.