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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Same kinda thing as EUMETSAT, AFAIK

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

Mostly unrelated, but holy shit, it's taken me about a decade to realize that's why the play is called M. Butterfly and this comment just did it. I just never really thought about the title, but the ambiguity makes sense.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

They have distinct blinking patterns as well. IIRC observing the pattern is one of the ways used to classify them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

TIL that's also the guy on the "hot fries" bag in the grocery store.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Either that or have it upside down, signaling distress and emergency.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

That's the thing that's confused me a bit. Project 2025 definitely calls for the dismantling and privatization of NOAA, but I didn't see anything specifically mentioning AccuWeather. IIRC the CEO of AccuWeather said it'd be way too costly for them to pick up all of the responsibilities they depend on NOAA for. At this point, I'd fully expect Musk to say his companies can handle it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

On the other end, you've got billionaire Jeff Lawson rescuing The Onion from private equity hell. I count their revived print subscription as one of the best things I've spent money on recently, considering it used to be free.