A workaround has been implemented for an old problem on the amazing Voyager 1 spacecraft. Would AI have had the insight this engineer did?
… one of our engineers had this insight that maybe there was this other possible cause and it was fixable.
The Netfix Was In
Continuing to dig through piles of stuff in my office, I came across the booklet for my now useless first generation Roku player, from 2008.
Look at all those connections! The original name for the product was, “The Netflix Player by Roku.”
Prattman Cave
I’m on a tear, reorganizing my office and the space that I suppose should be called the media room. Going through many long-buried things, I was reminded that I used to make DVDs.
Remember when the music and movie industries were so concerned about recordable media? They were convinced that people burning their own CDs and DVDs would destroy their businesses forever. Now, they couldn’t care less about physical media.
Presto Change-o
Now you see it…
… now you don’t!
Crowd Funning
Why did the Afrikaner “refugees” migrate to America instead of the Netherlands, the land of their ancestors? They’d have lots of fun up there. Karen, Kathleen and Kristel got back together for some K3 reunion shows! Full disclosure: My mother’s family was originally from Holland.
https://www.belganewsagency.eu/original-k3-reunites-for-anniversary-concerts
Heartening News
My first post-ablation checkup looks excellent. I’ll wear a heart monitor in July and if, as expected, the results are unchanged from today, I can stop taking Eliquis, the most expensive of blood thinners.