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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Questionable Things Callum Has Done
Since some people think that Callum is this perfect, flawless uwu mage who's never done a wrong thing ever, I thought it was important to break down all the questionable, morally dubious, and even problematic things he's done over the series.
So without further ado:
Cannibalism: Ate up all your faves.
2. Murder: His looks could kill.
3.Robbery: Stole our (and Rayla's) heart
4. Arson: His eyes light up the whole world
4. Recklessness: Bossing to hard
5. Broken Bones: From carrying the weight of TDP on his back
So there you have it. All of Callum's many, many crimes. As a fandom we CANNOT keep letting him get away with this!
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It's funny how a silly fictional character can come into your life and then take over your entire brain chemistry
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Tell me you don’t want justice.
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Writing Prompt #2668
"He's a monster!"
"He's a hot monster, though."
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"his rough hands are a stark contrast to his lips - a feather touch to the wound that's yet to heal."
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