[04:00:02] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o Althego' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [05:14:46] raptop, I love how the deepest, darkest cosmic horror in HPL's "He" is...Chinese people [05:14:51] lmao [07:52:56] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o purpletarget' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [07:55:19] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+v Hikaru' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [09:02:00] Uh, Tesla updated the interior design of S and X. And I have a feeling that we wont see this steering wheel in the EU... [09:02:54] looks dumb [09:04:08] if you're using a self-driving feature all the time and only need it to steer away from obstacles, then it's fine. [09:04:14] But I don't see full self-driving yet... [09:04:32] But you can play Cyberpunk on it. [09:04:39] Which means there's a Linux version out there. [09:04:48] which is a massive disappointment [09:04:56] to the point they are getting sued or something [09:05:02] Probably a similar version as for Stadia. [09:05:07] But not for regular Linux users. [09:05:17] I hate companies who do things like that. [09:05:49] It's only a disappointment for console users. The other users seem to be mostly fine with it [09:11:48] hehe, the "Major esthetics improvements coming" is because of a 425 megapixel picture [09:17:30] there was already a (court, iirc) decision that wiper controls via touchscreen only are not allowed [09:17:47] who'd want a Tesla cockpit to look like an old Boeing, anyway [09:18:33] it was cool in Knight Rider, but that car actually did have autonomous driving capability [09:21:38] packbart: it was about changing the wiper speed and settings. Not the wiper itself. [09:22:37] the wiper itself goes on automatically [09:23:15] yeah, but I don't see a "stalkless" steering wheel getting approval with turn signals via push buttons [09:23:18] https://www.teslarati.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/QE4lCLg.png wiper on off is on the left stick [09:25:10] otoh, I prefer a BMW i3 over any Tesla any day. I think they're ugly. The i3 "Tron car" is weird enough, too [09:25:36] e-Smarts are quite funny, though. good acceleration, too [09:27:38] but have very low range [09:27:44] and iirc they aren't built anymore [09:28:42] oh, they still are [09:28:46] my informations are incorrect [09:29:22] I use car-sharing, so I get to drive and compare variety of models [09:29:45] For a city they are fine [09:29:56] But I take my car mostly on a bit longer trips. [09:30:51] I use "traditional" rentals for longer trips. One day, I'll just rent a Maserati for the fun of it [09:34:42] of all the car-sharing model, I currently prefer the VW Polo [09:47:03] "the standard human spaceship will be mostly rectangular with engines on one end and weapons on the other" [09:54:56] why would it be rectangular? [09:55:57] Because Our Weapons Will Be Boxy in the Future. https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/StandardHumanSpaceship [09:56:14] fewer polygons ;) [10:03:17] boxy weapons. Hehehe. Why do I have to think about The Expanse here? [10:03:31] also the current season is so boring [10:04:00] nothing happens except stupid decisions that are made. [10:04:22] is one season one book? [10:05:10] more or less. the series diverged quite a bit from the books [10:07:41] I hope the season finale makes up for it. Otherwise I have not much hope for the next one [10:08:06] "oh, we go there and take a suborbital ship to the Moon" [10:08:11] Suborbital you say? [10:08:13] To the Moon? [10:08:17] WHAT [10:08:48] And then some bad guys appear. Who would have thought. What a surprise. [10:09:09] it's not exciting if you expect it. [10:09:25] But who am I... just a mere viewer. [11:33:27] NasaSpaceflight is again hyping SN9 flight :D [11:35:15] it looks like ok today [11:35:25] based on the weather [11:56:55] !road [11:57:00] Mat2ch => Primary; Thursday, Jan 28, 2021; 9:00 am to 6:00 pm; Scheduled | Secondary; Friday, Jan 29, 2021; 8:00 am to 2:00 pm; Scheduled [11:57:06] Primary is today [12:34:53] SpaceX has to be very confident. Otherwise I can't explain why they moved the crane to Pad A if they wanna fly SN9 soon [12:35:09] probably because of sn10 [12:42:37] So no launch today but moving SN10? [12:42:39] Or both? [12:47:41] they can move it after the launch [12:47:49] or just simply tomorrow [12:48:59] how long did it take them last time to prepare for launch? [12:50:54] a bit longer, because SN9 fell over :D [12:51:49] what I meant to say is, that it is a huge risk having an expensive crane next to a thing that makes a continous explosion at its back [12:55:06] yes [12:55:44] even if they owned the crane, but they probably dont [12:57:46] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5kVZlnHZ3o went live. LIVE: Starship SN9 Flight Test. NASASpaceflight [13:01:21] Ahoy. [13:01:34] . [13:01:46] Hello person [13:01:50] . [13:05:09] ;mission [13:05:10] XXCoder: A yellow glow-in-the-dark octopus-like creature infiltrates your Science Jr. containers. The rescue mission requires a rescue mission. [14:25:41] Althego: the time the crane is already at the complex suggests that they bought it. [14:26:01] They will need it for years to come and it would be far more expensive to rent it. [14:30:59] can be [14:34:52] the crane boom is lowered which means they really want to launch with it being nearby... [14:35:00] lol [14:35:11] probably to lift SN10 onto Pad A tomorrow [14:35:21] i guess they win a day with this if nothing explodes [14:35:31] and yes it is called "boom" and has nothing to do with the boom we hopefully wont see. :D [14:42:07] Mat2ch: It still has Roll-Lift branding, you'd think they'd at least debrand it if purchased [14:42:31] All the lifts and things on the pad are United Rentals [14:53:20] Maybe they get it cheaper if they leave the branding on. [14:54:20] Probably the opposite if anything [14:55:56] why, it would be free ad [16:29:15] hmm, a cherry picker [16:29:20] maybe they launch later [16:32:18] Althego, have you read "He" [16:32:24] (hpl story) [16:32:53] i read nothing from him [16:35:08] Althego, its a very unintentionally funny story [17:01:01] oh no [17:01:16] if the wind is too strong now, tomorrow will be the same [17:08:00] tfr is gone. [17:08:12] Great [17:08:18] I was looking forward to this :P [17:08:23] at least i dont have to worry about being up late [17:08:57] unless friday is a failure too [17:09:07] because then the whole thing starts next week [17:09:19] and we can wait for the late launch again [17:22:28] the streamers all have hope [17:22:30] I don't. [17:22:32] :D [17:30:55] hehe [17:31:02] yes, if the tfr is gone, it is over [17:32:45] it is gone [17:33:19] and since tfrs probably can't be set up just a few minutes ahead of something this means it's over for today. [17:33:27] Screw you high upper winds! [17:33:31] unless spacex has an experimental teleporter, and they can just directly jump to orbit :) [17:35:48] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+v eriophora' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [17:36:12] shift-F12 [17:40:01] the FAA website doesn't seem to be made for 100000 SpaceX fans... [17:40:12] hehehe [17:40:29] i guess thousands od people are sitting there and just pressing refresh constantléy [17:40:39] The NSF stream has 60k viewers. That is insane. [17:40:50] i moved on [18:13:33] i used to have persistent rotation installed as an additional challenge because you couldn't use timewarp to stabilize your ship [18:13:53] now i use it to speed up my very careful and slow rotations [18:15:48] That's fuel/battery efficient. [18:16:27] yeah, i've started building ships with far less battery power too [18:16:34] i'm slowly turning into you darsie [18:16:41] hehe [18:19:26] If you hold at your maneuver marker and then time warp, will you still rotate, e.g. because the hold didn't stop you completely? [18:22:59] yeah, but you can get to stabilize pretty well [18:23:07] with small ships at least [18:24:44] If not, you could rotate away from the maneuver marker and will rotate back to it periodically, then hold attitude at the marker just before you start the burn. [18:25:15] Unless that unrealistic physics sphere messes up your attitude. [18:27:11] hehe. gura is playing read dead 2. there is a shrimp on her head, and there is a small cowboy head on the shrimp's head [18:27:34] why do i always want to write it as read dead instead of red dead [18:28:00] cowboy head or hat? [18:28:09] hat [18:28:27] see, tehre is some typing issue [18:28:33] at least more than usual [18:28:40] supposedly new tfr is up [18:28:44] Yeah. You need neuralink :). [18:29:17] i cant even direct my own fingers correctly, after decades of use. why would i use an extra hand better [18:29:56] The idea was that it reads your thoughts and sends exactly what you think :). [18:30:31] the god emperor of dune had something like that. he used that for his journals [18:30:51] there is a tfr up [18:30:58] somewhat different than it was before [18:31:27] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Aviation_Regulations#Temporary_flight_restrictions [18:31:42] https://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_1_8565.html [18:32:08] Are we all supposed to click that link? :) [18:32:33] nothing harmful there [18:32:52] DDoS [18:32:53] maybe it is another tank test, if they cant fly [18:36:18] i'm halfway annoyed that i'm here for all the tests [18:36:45] its like... if you come in at the end, when they send the first one off to mars, you don't have to wait around so much [18:37:40] i just wanna see the first payload - robotic refuel system - land on mars already [18:38:10] when's that gonna be? 2030? [18:39:16] maybe [18:39:28] because of elon time [18:39:39] if we are lucky, starship makes into orbit this year [18:39:44] but there are always issues [18:39:53] after that it needs to be used [18:39:59] a lot [18:40:10] and the orbital refueling needs to be developed [18:40:48] maybe they can send a test ship to mars in 2022, but i think it is unlikely [18:41:19] A foreig... umm, interstellar asteroid could be on collision course with Earth with no way to deflect it. [18:41:41] doesnt need to be interstellar to become deadly [18:42:01] there is no money even for the detection of these [18:42:07] No, but those are more likely to be discovered when it's too late. [18:42:11] much less any kind of deflection research [18:42:28] OTOH there are fewer of those. [18:42:56] A simple impact can do the trick. [18:43:09] if it's done in time. [18:43:39] there supposed to be a mission to shoot an asteroid moon to see if w can deflect them such way [18:44:02] didymos and its moon didymoon [18:50:54] I wonder how it could fail. We could miss or graze it. If we hit, there'll be debris scattered. I don't think it would break up in large fractions, so most of the momentum would be transferred to the remaining asteroid. [18:53:03] to small deflection, if asteroid is too heavy, too small if it is too fluffly and goes through, too small if it just breaks apart [18:53:32] this is like digging a probe in martian soil. seemed simple enough, but failed completely [18:53:49] Althego, you must understand [18:54:05] Its very difficult to make a machine perform such tasks from home [18:54:49] i didnt say it was a dumb design. it was a design. nobody knew what to expect. now it helped to show that there needs to be an other way [18:55:17] Remotely operated robot vehicles are a very difficult and complex thing [18:57:10] minas_tirith: Are you a moon or an ancient greek horned creature? [18:57:21] that's no moon [18:57:35] darsie, why? [18:57:40] Your name [18:57:49] Its a location in middle earth [18:57:51] I guess it makes me think of minotaur. [18:57:54] What were your interpretations? [18:57:55] k [18:58:14] There are many ancient horned gods [18:58:29] horny gods [18:58:48] Veles, Satyrs et [18:58:49] Veles, Satyrs etc [19:27:17] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+v erio' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [19:32:14] after all these recent events, will 2021 be worse than 2020? i think so [19:33:03] Nature might die a bit slower in 2021. [19:33:18] Action: raptop is hoping to see fewer deaths in 2021 [19:33:47] the new variants are spreading [19:33:55] Umm, I meant, it might resume dying at a more faster pace. [19:34:02] idk [19:34:34] The good news is that so far none of the variants are actually able to overcome the vaccines [19:34:43] Also, masks work [19:34:51] Ignore CDC; acquire N95* [19:34:58] *KN95, KF94, FPP2, etc are fine [19:59:28] it is venting a bit [19:59:36] Mat2ch: it is venting [20:00:08] Quick, put a surgical mask over the vent [20:00:14] hehehe [20:00:19] i just want to see the transport route be opened up, so to speak [20:00:35] having reliable transport is going to do a lot for establishing any sort of presence [20:00:35] do you need that route for something? [20:00:49] to build my mars colony [20:01:19] glory to arstotzka [20:01:23] wait, different game :) [20:02:48] Cheap Reliable Access To Space(tm) [20:04:52] Althego: suddenly I'm reminded of when Korone was playing Papers Please [20:04:57] (something something guard dog) [20:18:49] Althego: woah [20:46:08] The best numbered version has come out! [20:51:12] 1.11.1 yay [20:51:18] time for me to upgrade. [20:51:44] If only I hadn't run out of motivation. [20:52:32] This darsie^Wartoo unit has a bad motivator! [20:52:57] artoo? [20:54:05] Well, I've seen it a lot in eg: older writings, but also R2 [20:54:47] ic :) [21:09:21] raptop, crats is key. we need whole fleets of rockets ready to depart at every transfer window [21:15:59] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o Deddly' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [21:28:51] ooh, update [21:30:15] Steam had it scheduled for end of next week. noway [22:17:35] Action: darsie upgraded to 1.11.1. [22:18:01] I wish mouse wheel scroll would be "normal". [22:24:06] darsie: normal? [22:27:59] there is no normal [22:35:45] like, 3 lines per mouse wheel click instead of 10 clicks per item in the vehicle load dialog. [22:37:22] Mat2ch: [22:37:39] I have 24 clicks per full rotation of my mouse wheel. [22:39:23] Or 3-4 motions with my index finger per rotation. [23:16:37] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+o UmbralRaptop' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [23:20:13] Last message repeated 1 time(s). [23:20:13] hm. in 1.11.1, I get odd lags in the VAB. no reaction for a few seconds [23:25:22] oh no [23:25:53] If you can figure out what's causing them (something bad related to the animations?), please post more [23:32:29] just in 1.11.1? [23:32:58] maybe something in the background.. -shrug [23:33:03] Action: raptop assumes so, but we'll see [23:35:58] #KSPOfficial: mode change '+v Hikaru' by ChanServ!ChanServ@services.esper.net [23:49:43] I didn't notice it in 1.11.0. I'll try and test [23:49:54] but first I need to get that relay sat into orbit [23:55:06] fair enough