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Y'all, the world is sleeping on what NASA just pulled off with Voyager 1

The probe has been sending gibberish science data back to Earth, and scientists feared it was just the probe finally dying. You know, after working for 50 GODDAMN YEARS and LEAVING THE GODDAMN SOLAR SYSTEM and STILL CHURNING OUT GODDAMN DATA.

So they analyzed the gibberish and realized that in it was a total readout of EVERYTHING ON THE PROBE. Data, the programming, hardware specs and status, everything. They realized that one of the chips was malfunctioning.

So what do you do when your probe is 22 Billion km away and needs a fix? Why, you just REPROGRAM THAT ENTIRE GODDAMN THING. Told it to avoid the bad chip, store the data elsewhere.

Sent the new code on April 18th. Got a response on April 20th - yeah, it's so far away that it took that long just to transmit.

And the probe is working again.

From a programmer's perspective, that may be the most fucking impressive thing I have ever heard.

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The fact that Microsoft Word has to be a subscription is upsetting. I already paid for it why do I have to pay again

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what do you know of loss?

no words for how much I adore these two characters and the ways their journeys parallel one another's... take this as part character study (what if they helped each other heal!) and part ship content (they were made for each other...) anyways. the shadowzel illness never stops

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A portrait I made of Arcien Yu'Yden as a study! I wanted to practise how to draw their features and, after several failed attempts, I think I'm happy with this one~ (They're my morally questionable drow/tiefling wizard!)

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GASS 2024 - Part one of two!

I had the extreme pleasure of drawing @enkairo-designs character Amante Aval’acid! I really had such a fun time drawing them and the colours were so delightful to work through that the time just slipped by as I worked on this!

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want to do this over here too

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So uh. Happy 4/13! Here's my freshly finished fantroll, bc I thought it'd be funny to make one on 2024 I guess-

I don't have a name for her, so suggestions would be welcome. I wanted to push a bit the bug traits, as well as some bull-like stuff since she's a rustblood. No idea what I'll do for her. Probably another tiefling for DnD. It's the pipeline, anyhow-

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Some fellows from the Hive (Sigil)

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Sleepless

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a calm spring afternoon 🍃🌷

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When your vampire boyfriend catches you trying on the sexy robes

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Another bunch of Planescape NPC

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Thinking about Lae'zel and Kara and how their character arcs mesh so well together... They're so similar and complete opposites at the same time and they needed each other so badly to grow, it felt so natural for them to fall for each other

I could write an entire book about their dynamic, they're both new to Toril, non-human disaster bullies who somehow managed to fix each other?? And it worked??? Fascinating

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Actually finished her yippie

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A boy can dream, can't he?

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Not an art post, but something important I want to share: The older I get, the more I realise how important exercise is to keep my body and mind healthy. Artists especially tend to have a very unhealthy life style with spending most of our time sitting. A year ago my body essentially quit out on me and I started to get all kind of health problems that ended in an emergency surgery in october. It was the wake up call that I needed. I always wanted to pick up archery, so I joined a club in my area and started training twice a week. 5 months ago I also picked up strenght training in my local gym twice a week and the two combined improved my mental health and body beyond everything I could ever imagine. I'm a different person now, than I was a year ago and I'm so proud of the progress I made. I'm also a better artists because the exercise helps my mind to be focused and not as scattered as it once was. Maybe this motivates some people to also pick up some weights or join an activity that keeps the body moving. I'm not saying it will cure depression or serious mental health problems, but it will help!