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"Our transmitters shut down after a certain period of time, at the latest when the battery capacity is exhausted. This is due, among other things, to strategic considerations." Among other things. And this was the most sane part of Meteolabor's email
If the transmitters continued to operate after battery exhaustion, then I may begin to question the laws of physics, as well as my life choices
> Fuck Russia You know. I came to that conclusion when they started shootings rockets at a civilian airplane in 2014, killing 298 civilians of which 196 people that I share citizenship with. And fuck Germany for still buying Russian gas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655 US govt never apologized.
> Fuck Russia You know. I came to that conclusion when they started shootings rockets at a civilian airplane in 2014, killing 298 civilians of which 196 people that I share citizenship with. And fuck Germany for still buying Russian gas.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655 US govt never apologized.
That is, should it be "A joke domain purchase turned into geopolitical warfare"
Anyway, fascinating reading.
It's fun to see habhub in an article. ~10 years ago a group of friends and I launched 2 weather balloons for fun with a GPS logger, APRS transmitter, and a few sensors, and then retrieved it afterwards. I have a bunch of memorable experiences from it, including: 1. Under inflating the first balloon because our helium provider was closed, and instead buying lower pressure "party" balloon containers (and not realizing…
Does the title mean, "...turned into..."? That is, should it be "A joke domain purchase turned into geopolitical warfare" Anyway, fascinating reading.
> Meanwhile (and you might have noticed me asking for AWS help on fedi) we contacted AWS as the source IP was from an AWS network. It was very important however to make sure the AWS support did not shutdown access. I'm legitimately impressed that whoever got that ticket on AWS side actually followed through and was able to divert from their script...
Ditto. My experience with AWS support has been generally disappointing.
It's fun to see habhub in an article. ~10 years ago a group of friends and I launched 2 weather balloons for fun with a GPS logger, APRS transmitter, and a few sensors, and then retrieved it afterwards. I have a bunch of memorable experiences from it, including: 1. Under inflating the first balloon because our helium provider was closed, and instead buying lower pressure "party" balloon containers (and not realizing…
I had this idea before of sending ballons to "the space" with a collectible object and then retrieve them, saying "I have this specific object that was in space too". Is it possible or am I dreaming too much?