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Jupiter, observed by Voyager 1 on March 1, 1979.

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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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Being a young adult is so strange. You enter a coffee shop. The 20 year old girl waiting behind you cried all night because she just came to a new city for university and she feels so alone. That 27 year old guy over there works a job he is overqualified for, he lives with his parents and wants to move out but doesn't know what to do about it. That one 24 year old dude already has a car, a house, and a job waiting for him once he graduates thanks to his dad's connections. The 26 year old barista couldn't complete his higher education because he has to work and take care of his family. The 28 year old girl sitting next to you has no friends to go out with so she is texting her mother. That couple (both 25 years old) are married and the girl is pregnant. The 29 year old writing something on her laptop has realized that she chose the wrong major so she is trying to start all over. We are not alone in this, but we are actually so alone. Do you feel me

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I understand feeling like you've got no time to take care of your mental and physical health. I understand feeling like there's more important things to be worrying about.

But if you don't choose to do it, your body will eventually force you to. It will be at the most inconvenient time, it will stop you from doing those other important things all together and you will feel like utter shit.

So please, put yourself above the important stuff before you can't physically do it due to neglecting a huge aspect of yourself.

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To: professor@schoolname.edu Subject: CLASS3290 Question

are you mad at me

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so I got into grad school today with my shitty 2.8 gpa and the moral of the story is reblog those good luck posts for the love of god

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love when emails start off with “DO NOT REPLY”. like oh yeah way ahead of you brother

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Mechanical Principles by Ralph Steiner (1930)

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Beautiful cow who is mooing at you

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its so much and its dishonest work

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double checking the pdf im about to send to make sure the invoice i just scanned didn't magically turn into a full frontal nude image

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