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Dogs_And_Cats

Lucy the Dachshund came in for a bath and brush

NomadNuzzles

Warhammer

what is this category?

Hamstr

Warhammer is a tabletop miniature wargame set in various fictional universes, and is known for its intricate lore and strategic gameplay. Players assemble armies of miniatures representing fantastical creatures and engage in battles using dice rolls and rulebooks to determine outcomes.

science

Two giants in the satellite telecom industry join forces to counter Starlink

Stacker_Sports

Stacker Sports- Day 147- Another two bite the dust

grayruby

bitcoin

Griefing Attack on BTC Testnet Generates Three Years' Worth of Blocks in a Week

Cje95

FiresidePhilosophy

Embracing Love

anniedustan

Facing competition from Starlink and other emerging satellite broadband networks, the two companies that own most of the traditional commercial communications spacecraft in geostationary orbit announced plans to join forces Tuesday.

SES, based in Luxembourg, will buy Intelsat for $3.1 billion. The acquisition will create a combined company boasting a fleet of some 100 multi-ton satellites in geostationary orbit, a ring of spacecraft located more than 22,000 miles (nearly 36,000 kilometers) over the equator. This will be more than twice the size of the fleet of the next-largest commercial geostationary satellite operator.

The problem is that demand is waning for communication services through large geostationary (GEO) satellites. There are some large entrenched customers, like video media companies and the military, that will continue to buy telecom capacity on geostationary satellites. But there's a growing demand among consumers, and some segments of the corporate and government markets, for the types of services offered by constellations of smaller satellites flying closer to Earth.

The biggest of these constellations, by far, is SpaceX's Starlink network, with more than 5,800 active satellites in its low-Earth orbit fleet a few hundred miles above Earth. Each of the Starlink satellites is smaller than a conventional geostationary platform, but linked together with laser communication terminals, thousands of these spacecraft pack enough punch to eclipse the capacity of internet networks anchored by geostationary satellites. Starlink now has more than 2.6 million subscribers, according to SpaceX.

Satellites in low-Earth orbit (LEO) offer some advantages over geostationary satellites. Because they are closer to users on the ground, low-Earth orbit satellites provide signals with lower latency. The satellites for these constellations can be mass-produced at relatively low cost, compared to a single geostationary satellite, which often costs $250 million or more to build and launch.

"In a fast-moving and competitive satellite communication industry, this transaction expands our multi-orbit space network, spectrum portfolio, ground infrastructure around the world, go-to-market capabilities, managed service solutions, and financial profile," said Adel Al-Saleh, CEO of SES, in a statement announcing the acquisition of Intelsat.

Yea that is what it is for. It is just crypto twitter and like making a fit about everything.

health

grip strength 

zapsammy

Nice. How would you recommend getting started? 

> Bitcoin miners show no signs of “capitulation” despite their revenue falling to 14-month lows following the halving event in April. In an April 30 post to X, CryptoQuant CEO Ki Young Ju said that following a drop in revenue to levels post having, Bitcoin miners now face two options, capitulation or await growth in the price of Bitcoin to cover their costs.

‘No signs’ of Bitcoin miner capitulation despite plummeting revenue

opensource

Aboriginal Linux

> Aboriginal Linux is a shell script that builds the smallest/simplest linux system capable of rebuilding itself from source code. This currently requires seven packages: linux, busybox, uClibc, binutils, gcc, make, and bash. The results are packaged into a system image with shell scripts to boot it under QEMU. (It works fine on real hardware too.) The build supports most architectures QEMU can emulate (x86, arm, powerpc, mips, sh4, sparc...). The build runs as a normal user (no root access required) and should run on any reasonably current distro, downloading and compiling its own prerequisites from source (including cross compilers). The build is modular; each section can be bypassed or replaced if desired. The build offers a number of configuration options, but if you don't want to run the build yourself you can download binary system images to play with, built for each target with the default options.

Fountain Pens 

Satosora

I picked up calligraphy recently and found it a very relaxing art form. Besides that I never used them, but there is a whole world to learn about different styles and purposes behind them. What do you use them for?

> daily superautomated ai tech-bro mockery

Quacker News

Photography

During the construction of a new store in Dublin in 2013

CuriositiesInTheWorld

> Cloud Seeder by IPv6rs is a one-click server appliance wizard. It takes a highly opinionated approach to using container technology by deploying fat containers as isolated server appliances.

Cloudseeder - Self Host with a Click on Your Home PC

The power of positive thinking (or how I saved my ass)

cryotosensei

Good work keep your cool and redeeming yourself! 

builders

Cypher Update #3: Clear Skies

cypherspace

conspiracy

> At a tech forum in Beijing last week, a Chinese company unveiled a “homegrown” brain-computer interface that allowed a monkey to seemingly control a robotic arm just by thinking about it. In a video shown at the event, a monkey with its hands restrained uses the interface to move a robotic arm and grasp a strawberry. The system, developed by NeuCyber NeuroTech and the Chinese Institute for Brain Research, involves soft electrode filaments implanted in the brain, according to state-run news media outlet Xinhua. Researchers in the US have tested similar systems in paralyzed people to allow them to control robotic arms, but the demonstration underscores China’s progress in developing its own brain-computer interface technology and vying with the West. Brain-computer interfaces, or BCIs, collect and analyze brain signals, often to allow direct control of an external device, such as a robotic arm, keyboard, or smartphone. In the US, a cadre of startups, including Elon Musk’s Neuralink, are aiming to commercialize the technology.