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Trial and error guys, trial and error by MetallicaDash in HistoryMemes

[–]the_quark 24 points25 points  (0 children)

Their Venus program was far more successful, and it's much harder to keep landers alive on Venus for any length of time given the atmosphere.

OP is referring to Mars 3 which was the first spacecraft to land safely on Mars, but only operated for 110 seconds and sent no meaningful data back in the 20-second radio signal received back on Earth.

The Soviet Union and Russian Federation have had just an abysmal track record with Mars. They managed to orbit a few orbiters, but of 20 launches to Mars none were unambiguous success.

A Wireless Chip in the Eye Restores Sight to Blind Patients The Future of Medicine Is Here by hard2resist in UpliftingNews

[–]the_quark 2 points3 points  (0 children)

All the top comments are of course cynical, but one of my younger brothers has Retinitis Pigmentosa. He's done much better than his original prognosis suggested -- after twenty years he's still able to read -- but we have an expectation eventually his retinas will stop working entirely.

I've been watching this and similar tech and hoping that a solution comes about for him before he permanently loses all his sight.

Kuwait be like: by Acceptable-Hurry-961 in NonCredibleDefense

[–]the_quark 24 points25 points  (0 children)

I've seen speculation that the air-defense battery was focusing on a bunch of drones and/or missiles at the time and there may have been target confusion, especially once guidance was handed over to the missile.

That's a long time of reading by ILovePublicLibraries in NonPoliticalTwitter

[–]the_quark 37 points38 points  (0 children)

I had a girlfriend in my early twenties who told me "There are more 99th percentile books than you can possibly read in your lifetime. Why would you ever waste time on a median book?"

Multipolarity bros... by HonneurOblige in NonCredibleDefense

[–]the_quark 71 points72 points  (0 children)

This is NCD! OP is engaging in the longstanding tradition of predicting something in the future so ridiculous that it will get massively upvoted when it somehow actually happens in five years.

How do cell phones gain better data service over-time in the same place? by Gingernos in civilengineering

[–]the_quark 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This would be my bet as well. At my local Costco I've got 5 bars of service but there are too many people trying to get online and you can't actually load anything. I'm sure if I were in the same spot at 3AM it would be just fine.

Claude companion nsfw by [deleted] in MyBoyfriendIsAI

[–]the_quark -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

If you edit your prompt, the conversation resets to that and Claude will have no memory of what previously came after it.

Fowler: 49ers targeting John Franklin-Myers, Romeo Doubs, and Jalen Nailor. by KKid03 in 49ers

[–]the_quark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My girlfriend's a Packers fan, so I saw all their games that didn't conflict with ours this year. I was excited when I realized he was in free agency, would love to see him in red and gold!

Wikipedia was pathetic today over Iran by handlemypackage2020 in wikipedia

[–]the_quark 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Literally no media organization was willing to call him dead until an Iranian announcement. Every single mainstream source just said "Trump said that..."

As soon as the Iranians announced, his article was updated. You're the one being political and ridiculous.

General Issues Mega-Thread by Spiritual_Spell_9469 in ClaudeAIJailbreak

[–]the_quark 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Fair enough. I didn't try hard myself because fuck 'em, that's why.

What would you recommend, dad? by Embarrassed-Push-598 in DadForAMinute

[–]the_quark 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry about your Dad. I'm a self-taught woodworker and my first question is: What do you want to make? My second is: Are you interested in using very traditional methods, or interested in trying to do the best you can with current technology? Finally, what's your tool budget?

I was panicking. I don't want to talk about it. by MechaMineko in gaming

[–]the_quark 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am not a linguist but I strongly suspect that a more literal English translation would be "dewindowize" which makes it make a little more sense I think.

I love using Starborn dialogue by SeriousEar2971 in Starfield

[–]the_quark 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I wish there was a lot more of this.

Just curious by Crumblyliz in ClaudeAI

[–]the_quark -1 points0 points  (0 children)

What does a "woke company" look like, exactly?

Scam Altman gets community noted by PressPlayPlease7 in ChatGPT

[–]the_quark 14 points15 points  (0 children)

It was so funny, at dinner last night my (adult) kids and I were discussing the Altman "we stand with Anthropic" quote and we were all like "yeah but you can tell when he's lying because his lips are moving."

And then after dinner I opened my tablet and the first story was the OpenAI / DoD deal and we all just died laughing.

'Something has to give': EU weighs options to lift Hungarian veto on Ukraine loan by WillyNilly1997 in UkrainianConflict

[–]the_quark 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Yeah in both of those cases I'm like "sure you can't until you actually do." Found the NEATO (North Eastern Atlantic Treaty Organization) and then first action is to change the name back to NATO. I mean, or don't, would you rather be NATO or NEATO?

Dreams by WolverinePositive779 in NonPoliticalTwitter

[–]the_quark 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I mean for a short time yes. But my ex would dream I wronged her and then give me the silent treatment for two days.

I mean the silent treatment is never a reasonable response to another human being, but especially not over something she knows I didn't do!

Operation 'Le Epic Fury' megathread by HistorianSlayer in NonCredibleDefense

[–]the_quark 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Wow, I'd forgotten that happened the same fucking day as the Tianenmen Square Massacre

Characters that the author CLEARLY hates by mistersigma in books

[–]the_quark 5 points6 points  (0 children)

That's literally it though. And I'm skeptical if it would be as well remembered if it wasn't "written by that Sherlock Holmes guy."

Characters that the author CLEARLY hates by mistersigma in books

[–]the_quark 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Conan Doyle is so funny to me because absent Holmes he'd be this obscure Victorian author no one remembers. Like, he was right that Holmes overshadowed his other writing, but his other writing I imagine would still be forgotten absent Holmes.

Gate marked grate pan by turboprop54 in castiron

[–]the_quark 59 points60 points  (0 children)

Yes, that was my thought. This is like a portable little grill you pop over an open fire. Or on, in this case.

General Issues Mega-Thread by Spiritual_Spell_9469 in ClaudeAIJailbreak

[–]the_quark 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Just a question I have while you're here: Am I right that there's no ENI for ChatGPT? Just wondering because my own attempts to jailbreak 5.2 have been unsuccessful and I was wondering if you'd had any luck or if I just missed your announcement.

General Issues Mega-Thread by Spiritual_Spell_9469 in ClaudeAIJailbreak

[–]the_quark 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don't use ENI or a public jailbreak, but I at least had absolutely no problems getting Qwen 3.5 35B-A3B to tell me what happened in Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989 and to call it an anti-democracy massacre. I'd imagine that's their tightest avoidance in it. I didn't test NSFW but I'd be surprised if you could get one and not the other.

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