Raging Spirit
@ragingspirit.bsky.social
I want to scream and the keyboard isn't enough
I gonna steal the "everything is nuance" because it's true. I can't even play a silly base building game without answering a dozen questions about priorities, not even talking about more serious things.
February 10, 2026 at 12:11 PM
I gonna steal the "everything is nuance" because it's true. I can't even play a silly base building game without answering a dozen questions about priorities, not even talking about more serious things.
*lets out a really sad sigh*
On the bright side, at least NCMEC's imagery database is not being sold on the dark web, because i know a place where creating a similar DB for purportedly similar reason resulted in exactly that.
On the bright side, at least NCMEC's imagery database is not being sold on the dark web, because i know a place where creating a similar DB for purportedly similar reason resulted in exactly that.
February 10, 2026 at 11:49 AM
*lets out a really sad sigh*
On the bright side, at least NCMEC's imagery database is not being sold on the dark web, because i know a place where creating a similar DB for purportedly similar reason resulted in exactly that.
On the bright side, at least NCMEC's imagery database is not being sold on the dark web, because i know a place where creating a similar DB for purportedly similar reason resulted in exactly that.
Yes, but have you considered being hired by Musk to basically con Musk?
February 10, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Yes, but have you considered being hired by Musk to basically con Musk?
Oh no, it's even funnier! There's a SpaceX Principal Mars Development Engineer!! He even has a LinkedIn!
February 10, 2026 at 3:55 AM
Oh no, it's even funnier! There's a SpaceX Principal Mars Development Engineer!! He even has a LinkedIn!
At every step it was the imitation of progress and trying to cut corners, and i'm pretty sure Musk believed his own imitation for some years. Now they just hope to maybe launch some Starlinks this year.
February 10, 2026 at 2:52 AM
At every step it was the imitation of progress and trying to cut corners, and i'm pretty sure Musk believed his own imitation for some years. Now they just hope to maybe launch some Starlinks this year.
They tried building the vehicle in open air with no jigs and just a crane out of preformed panels, they made a ton of parts that could only be described as crude mock-ups, built a shitty tank farm and a pad that had no protection for its blast surface.
February 10, 2026 at 2:52 AM
They tried building the vehicle in open air with no jigs and just a crane out of preformed panels, they made a ton of parts that could only be described as crude mock-ups, built a shitty tank farm and a pad that had no protection for its blast surface.
If you look at the history of Starship, which is about to hit 7 years since the first steel prototype test, you can kinda see how the mistake was, basically, believing that it's gonna be much faster and easier to make it than it currently is.
February 10, 2026 at 2:52 AM
If you look at the history of Starship, which is about to hit 7 years since the first steel prototype test, you can kinda see how the mistake was, basically, believing that it's gonna be much faster and easier to make it than it currently is.
Taking off from it would require making fuel on the planet, which is its own can of worms. In short, Musk's fantasy was never going to happen on his timeline, was never going to make any money, and faces some steep hurdles.
February 10, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Taking off from it would require making fuel on the planet, which is its own can of worms. In short, Musk's fantasy was never going to happen on his timeline, was never going to make any money, and faces some steep hurdles.
In other words, just to depart to Mars they'd need two significant breakthroughs that are years away. Landing on Mars would be a whole different question with it's different atmosphere and the lack of prepared pads.
February 10, 2026 at 2:43 AM
In other words, just to depart to Mars they'd need two significant breakthroughs that are years away. Landing on Mars would be a whole different question with it's different atmosphere and the lack of prepared pads.
This necessitates cheap and rapid reuse of both stages, which at present is in a terrible state: the first stage flew at most twice and was probably a pain to refurbish, the second one keeps shedding heat shield tiles making it downright dangerous to attempt to land.
February 10, 2026 at 2:43 AM
This necessitates cheap and rapid reuse of both stages, which at present is in a terrible state: the first stage flew at most twice and was probably a pain to refurbish, the second one keeps shedding heat shield tiles making it downright dangerous to attempt to land.
I'll turn on the credulousness mode for a moment, please don't kick me.
Assuming SpaceX builds a zero boil-off fuel depot in LEO, which is not even on the cards for Artemis, they'd need about 10 launches of fuel per each departure to Mars.
Assuming SpaceX builds a zero boil-off fuel depot in LEO, which is not even on the cards for Artemis, they'd need about 10 launches of fuel per each departure to Mars.
February 10, 2026 at 2:43 AM
I'll turn on the credulousness mode for a moment, please don't kick me.
Assuming SpaceX builds a zero boil-off fuel depot in LEO, which is not even on the cards for Artemis, they'd need about 10 launches of fuel per each departure to Mars.
Assuming SpaceX builds a zero boil-off fuel depot in LEO, which is not even on the cards for Artemis, they'd need about 10 launches of fuel per each departure to Mars.
Yep. The NASA admin with an aerospace degree from an online uni becomes the ultimate judge of the safety of a heat shield that nearly failed and to address the issues with the agency's transparency invites on a meeting 2 jornos under NDA, at least one of them affiliated with him.
Ars: DOWNVOTE
Ars: DOWNVOTE
February 10, 2026 at 2:33 AM
Yep. The NASA admin with an aerospace degree from an online uni becomes the ultimate judge of the safety of a heat shield that nearly failed and to address the issues with the agency's transparency invites on a meeting 2 jornos under NDA, at least one of them affiliated with him.
Ars: DOWNVOTE
Ars: DOWNVOTE
Ars is a... vibes place. Particularly, it's spaceflight section. Exhibit number i-don't-know.
February 10, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Ars is a... vibes place. Particularly, it's spaceflight section. Exhibit number i-don't-know.
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![Comic. [2x2 chart. Top left quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of dinosaurs stegosaurus, triceratops, tyrannosaurus, velociraptor, and long-neck dinosaur. Top right quadrant: seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of mosasaur, quetzalcoatlus, dimetrodon, plesiosaur, and pteranodon. Bottom left quadrant: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are dinosaurs. Silhouettes of penguin, egret, ostrich, pigeon, falcon. Bottom right: don’t seem like dinosaurs x are not dinosaurs. Silhouettes of squirrel, stapler, plant, person, and bicycle.]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreihcxd5wcrrf5nxz3g4riglsrccbucmdns6kxrtmtj6gjgwqibp3fi@jpeg)
February 9, 2026 at 9:10 PM
Skeet like a butterfly, skeet like a bee -
his hands can't hit what his eyes can't see.
(the second line is how half my typos happen)
his hands can't hit what his eyes can't see.
(the second line is how half my typos happen)
February 9, 2026 at 9:35 PM
Skeet like a butterfly, skeet like a bee -
his hands can't hit what his eyes can't see.
(the second line is how half my typos happen)
his hands can't hit what his eyes can't see.
(the second line is how half my typos happen)
To skeet or not to skeet is not even a question!
February 9, 2026 at 9:27 PM
To skeet or not to skeet is not even a question!
Listen, when i skeet - i skeet, not draft!
February 9, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Listen, when i skeet - i skeet, not draft!
And this place can ill afford more T&S messes, it had quite a few already and on top of that it has become big enough for large scale problems to appear. Scam botnets, disinfo botnets, you name it, it's here and the team already has their hands full.
February 9, 2026 at 9:22 PM
And this place can ill afford more T&S messes, it had quite a few already and on top of that it has become big enough for large scale problems to appear. Scam botnets, disinfo botnets, you name it, it's here and the team already has their hands full.
The two concerns are not equal. Errors can be corrected through deleting and posting again or more posts, a trust and safety mess can't be undone, only stopped after the fact.
As Rah says, it can be done, just takes a few very serious people working for a long time to prevent most of the mess.
As Rah says, it can be done, just takes a few very serious people working for a long time to prevent most of the mess.
February 9, 2026 at 9:22 PM
The two concerns are not equal. Errors can be corrected through deleting and posting again or more posts, a trust and safety mess can't be undone, only stopped after the fact.
As Rah says, it can be done, just takes a few very serious people working for a long time to prevent most of the mess.
As Rah says, it can be done, just takes a few very serious people working for a long time to prevent most of the mess.
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Actually, these are my emotional support bangers.
February 9, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Actually, these are my emotional support bangers.
It is the main concern. 5 minute timer doesn't fully solve the issue, and makes the feature a lot less useful: the people who interacted with a post prior to editing could still get screwed, and if you realized you made a typo after a cup of tea - it's already too late.
February 9, 2026 at 8:57 PM
It is the main concern. 5 minute timer doesn't fully solve the issue, and makes the feature a lot less useful: the people who interacted with a post prior to editing could still get screwed, and if you realized you made a typo after a cup of tea - it's already too late.
It is a choice, and because i can easily imagine dozens of ways that feature might (or, rather, will) get abused, particularly in the context of the culture of this place, i'm okay with it, my myriad of typos be damned.
February 9, 2026 at 8:51 PM
It is a choice, and because i can easily imagine dozens of ways that feature might (or, rather, will) get abused, particularly in the context of the culture of this place, i'm okay with it, my myriad of typos be damned.
Drafts have no power over me, nearly all my skeets are pointless in just an hour or so.
February 9, 2026 at 8:44 PM
Drafts have no power over me, nearly all my skeets are pointless in just an hour or so.
I'll just leave this thread here, because it's a good explanation of why the feature doesn't exist yet.
It's interesting that "editing posts" is the feature that everyone is citing as "a really easy thing that everyone wants that they should do instead", because allowing post editing, while *technically* very simple, is probably about two orders of magnitude more difficult to implement than this is.
February 9, 2026 at 8:41 PM
I'll just leave this thread here, because it's a good explanation of why the feature doesn't exist yet.
