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1. theruran 🌐🏴 (theruran@hackers.town)'s status on Thursday, 10-Feb-2022 23:49:47 UTC theruran 🌐🏴

   amazing how NASA can deploy and maintain the Deep Space Network but can't self-host a web-based photo gallery? ➡️ https://www.flickr.com/people/nasawebbtelescope/

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   • SeTec Astronomy :blobbandage: (setecastronomy@hackers.town)'s status on Thursday, 10-Feb-2022 23:50:41 UTC SeTec Astronomy :blobbandage:

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     • Devine Lu Linvega

     @neauoire @theruran I hate these things.

   • theruran 🌐🏴 (theruran@hackers.town)'s status on Thursday, 10-Feb-2022 23:50:41 UTC theruran 🌐🏴

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     • Devine Lu Linvega

     @SetecAstronomy @neauoire it requires FDA-approved Grade AAA paper towels Made in USA to satisfy its operational requirements

   • SeTec Astronomy :blobbandage: (setecastronomy@hackers.town)'s status on Thursday, 10-Feb-2022 23:50:41 UTC SeTec Astronomy :blobbandage:

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     • Devine Lu Linvega

     @theruran @neauoire But when it fails, you have to stick your hands in that grimy little wheel on the side, that no one cleans, to get a fresh paper towel out.

     Don't get me wrong, I hate the ineffective blower kind, and am not a fan of the noise of the ones that want to be wind tunnels when they grow up. And I've yet to see an air blade that hasn't made the floor a disgusting swamp. As an end user, paper towels really are the way to go, IMO.

     But please, just use a regular stack dispenser like we've had for years. But also don't stuff it to the brim, they only work if there's some free space in there.

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   • Devine Lu Linvega (neauoire@merveilles.town)'s status on Thursday, 10-Feb-2022 23:50:42 UTC Devine Lu Linvega

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     @theruran

   • theruran 🌐🏴 (theruran@hackers.town)'s status on Thursday, 10-Feb-2022 23:51:19 UTC theruran 🌐🏴

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     • humanetech
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     • Devine Lu Linvega

     @humanetech @SetecAstronomy @neauoire reminds me of this TikTok I saw of a 4D robotic baby rocker. ya know, there are swings and even motorized swings but this thing looked like it came out of Boston Dynamics and cost $2,000

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   • humanetech (humanetech@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 10-Feb-2022 23:51:20 UTC humanetech

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     • Devine Lu Linvega

     @SetecAstronomy @neauoire @theruran

     I call this efficiency :D

   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Thursday, 10-Feb-2022 23:54:13 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     • Adrian Cochrane
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     @darrenpmeyer @alcinnz @theruran People know how to watch pictures on the web since 1993, it's literally not rocket science.
     
     "people" are not on flickr.
   • Existential Anger as a Service (darrenpmeyer@infosec.exchange)'s status on Thursday, 10-Feb-2022 23:54:29 UTC Existential Anger as a Service

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     • Adrian Cochrane

     @theruran @alcinnz they CAN. But they're meeting the people where they are. The reality is that more people will see those images and be inspired if they're somewhere like flickr than if they're on nasa.gov; and probably easier to get people to manage such a thing, too — it's easier to find people who know how to use flickr than people who know whatever self-host tool they use

   • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅 (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 11-Feb-2022 03:36:05 UTC Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

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     • Adrian Cochrane
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     @darrenpmeyer @alcinnz @theruran It's possible that they want to interact with journalists, photographers and visual artists, in which case I guess flickr makes sense. I hope you are right that it's a conscious decision rather than carelessness, ignorance or laziness.
     
     As one of the billions of people who are not active flickr users, if I want pictures from NASA I go to nasa.gov.
   • Existential Anger as a Service (darrenpmeyer@infosec.exchange)'s status on Friday, 11-Feb-2022 03:36:06 UTC Existential Anger as a Service

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     • Adrian Cochrane
     • Santa Claes 🇸🇪🇭🇰🎅

     @clacke @alcinnz @theruran it's not a question of ability, it's a question of attention. NASA doesn't just want to host images, they want people to go look at them. More people will do that on Flickr

     I guarantee you they put more thought into this decision than you have. Just because you don't care about the same things doesn't make them foolish or incompetent