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Y’ever read something and have understanding that has eluded you interminably suddenly stop, curl up, and snuggle neatly into a fold in your brain because a new way way opened to it?

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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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Bothering the beast

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lord the peasants are so loud today

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Why did you give the last of your food to that poorly disguised mimic? You were finally at peace with letting go, but now this odd thing won’t leave you alone and is even turning itself into various items in an attempt to aid you.

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lord the peasants are so loud today

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 "Oh, you look a bit blurry," she said, as she placed her right hand gently on your chin.

 "Hold on, let me just–" Before you could even mutter a response, you felt the snap of a button press. In you face, a simple graphical interface appeared.

┌┤ Settings ├───────────────┐ │ Picture │ │ Color │ │ • Clock/Phase Calibration │ │ Input Source │ └───────────────────────────┘

 "Ah, there we go," she exclaimed, having easily navigated your controls. Recovered from your daze, you tried pulling away, to no avail. "Wait, wait, it will be quick, just," she whispered, both of her hands now holding your face close. "Just relax."

┌┤ Clock/Phase Calibration ├──┐ │ Calibration in progress │ │ ‣ Position │ │ ‣ Clock │ │ ‣ Phase │ └─────────────────────────────┘

 A second button press; streaks and lines glitch in and out of existence, a vertical Moiré pattern quickly sweeps your screen. You notice her eyes, her gaze still fixated on you, as the visual chaos in your display quickly subsides.

┌┤ Clock/Phase Calibration ├──┐ │ Calibration complete │ └─────────────────────────────┘

 "All done, see?"

 Released from her clutches, you quickly turn away from her. She lets out a mischievous giggle as you cover you face with your hands, feeling the heat emanating from it. You worry if she saw the expression on your face. With no doubt, she did. Sharp and clear.

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