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What is your linux backup strategy?
  • I use syncthing to sync almost everything across my computer, laptop (occasional usage), server (RAID1), old laptop (powered up once every month or so), and a few other devices (that only get a small subset of my data, though). On the computer, laptop, and server, I have btrfs snapshots (snapper). Overall, this works very well, I always have 4+ copies of my data in 2+ geographical locations.

  • SpaceX launches fifth Starship, catches Super Heavy booster
  • Amazing! What is left to do now? Orbital Raptor relight and dummy payload deployment? Do they need a new launch license for that, or is the current one (which should be good for similar flights if I understand correctly) sufficient? S31 + B13?

    I assume they will want to demonstrate the V2 flap design before attempting a ship catch. They also need the second tower for that, unless the booster can be destacked sufficiently fast.

  • Firefox will consider a Rust implementation of JPEG-XL (with Google's help)
  • I took my existing JPEG file, compressed it using JXL, 15% smaller.

    Then I decompressed it again into JPEG. The file was bit-for-bit identical to the original file (same hash). Blew my mind!

    Directly using JXL is even better of course.

  • NASA's solar sail successfully spreads its wings in space
  • You can check heavens above (adjust your location) to check when it will be visible for you.

    Wait a second, it’s going to pass over my house in 5 minutes!

    Edit: Shit, clouds!

    Edit2: I was able to see it through a few gaps in the cloud cover!

  • Landtagswahl in Thüringen - 1. Hochrechnung
  • S. Wagenknecht hat einer “Koalition mit AfD in Thüringen klare Absage” erteilt:

    Sie erklärte, dass man mit dem dortigen AfD-Landeschef Björn Höcke "nicht zusammenarbeiten" könne. Höcke vertrete "ein völkisches Weltbild - das ist also meilenweit von uns entfernt". Die Zustimmung zu AfD-Anträgen behielt sich Wagenknecht aber vor. "In einer Demokratie sollte jede Partei, die Anträge einbringt, ein normales Verfahren erwarten, wo am Ende entschieden wird, ist der Antrag richtig oder falsch."

    Aber ob man mit einer AfD ohne Höcke zusammenarbeiten würde? Wurde nicht ausgeschlossen.

  • Russia's best friends in Germany: AfD and BSW
  • Ah, yes, the horseshoe.

    I wouldn’t consider BSW as a classical left-wing party, though (also rejected by BSW, but I think smaller/new parties usually try to avoid classifying themselves in the left-right-spectrum). Sociopolitically, their positions appear (not much substance so far) to be more closely align with the conservative-/right-wing-end of the political spectrum.

  • Share of the European Union's GDP in 2023
  • But DE, SE, and ES are the official two-digit ISO 3166 country codes for Germany, Sweden, and Spain, respectively. The ISO 3166 country code for Greece is GR, not ES.

    However, el is the official ISO 639 language code for the Greek language (lowercase, not uppercase!). So for some reason, someone decided to use the uppercase Greek language code to denote the country of Greece. (the two-digit ISO 639 language code for Sweden is sv, so it’s not even consistent)

    As /u/Successful_Try543@feddit.org pointed out, they apparently use the VAT identification number for this image.

  • Really excited about todays Ariane 6 maiden launch!
  • Wow, it really seems to be one of those crypto scams, you are right! I specifically checked for this, but apparently, I was fooled!

    I was suspicious of the -2024 suffix. Things that tricked me:

    • 139k subscribers: I guess this channel just renamed itself?
    • Lot’s of official esa videos on the channel: Apparently, it’s just playlists.

    I will redact my post to remove the cryptoscammer link. So far, no cryptoscamming was observed.

  • Really excited about todays Ariane 6 maiden launch!

    I was just watching the countdown to todays Ariane 6 flight on YouTube on the official cryptoscammer European Space Agency channel. The preview animation video that they are looping looks stunning, but something seem off …

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    Outstanding idea.
  • 3 weeks, roughly in line with faster Space Shuttle turn around times

    The shortest shuttle turnaround time was 55 days. Almost three times as much as Falcon 9. The fastest post-Challenger turnaround time was 88 days, I believe. After Columbia, the fastest turnaround was around 5 months.

    NASA claimed that the shuttle could achieve a turnaround time of two weeks (page IX). It looks like SpaceX is not the only one setting unrealistic timelines?

  • TUXEDO on ARM is coming - TUXEDO Computers
  • Without UEFI, the boot process is different for each device, requires a custom boot loader, or at least explicit support by the operating system. Is your laptop going to be supported by the distribution you want to use? What about in 5 or 10 years? With UEFI, the boot process is standardized, so it should just work.

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