There’s the short story “A Colder War” by Charles Stross. Among other things, there’s a reference to a real-life nuclear weapon concept called Project Pluto. In the story, it turns out it was built to try and kill Cthulhu.

So… maybe that’s the goal of Sundial? Cthulhu would be a valid target for a weapon that ludicrous.

Otherwise, I agree. “The fuck is wrong with us” is the only valid conclusion.

I don’t know, but there’s only one way to find out.

That’s correct. IM-1 in Feb 2024 and IM-2 in Mar 2025 both ended with tipped-over landers.

Headline is misleading. The Nokia hardware worked fine; it’s the host vehicle from Intuitive Machines that tipped over and ran out of power.

I heard the red ones go faster.

Who are the remaining 55% still buying swasticars?

Short answer: No. Garbage in, garbage out. CSI-style zoom-enhance is pure fiction.

There are AI tools that will hallucinate more pixels, if that’s what you want, but that’s just plausible lies based on prior data.

Startup time. RAM consumption. Privacy.

Giant sawblades are also helpful whenever your stealth bomber is boarded by ninjas.

It’s usually because of cheap electrolytic capacitors. Letting a $10+ item die because they were too cheap to pay $0.25 instead of $0.15 for a properly rated component.

Machine Spirit can have a gun of its own, as a treat.

At long last, we have created the Torment Nexus from classic sci-fi novel Don’t Create The Torment Nexus.

That’s weird, the computer says everyone was born January 1, 1900.

All I see is “Crush your enemies, see them driven before you”.

Factorio, because the factory must grow.

Video tutorial covering roundabouts and also defensive techniques for fighter aircraft.

That’s still $10k worth of graphics cards. How many of these do they expect to sell at that price?

Video: I was a teenage Foot Clan ninja.

How is this a science meme?

CBOR for life, down with JSON.