doomsel

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Manufacturer issues remote kill command to disable smart vacuum after engineer blocks it from collecting data — user revives it with custom hardware and Python scripts to run offline in c/technology@lemmy.world

[–] doomsel@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I specifically got one which can run valetudo and it works great for over two years now. Without sending images of my flat to china or the us

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sharks are older than polaris in c/science_memes@mander.xyz

[–] doomsel@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (2 children)

If I understand correctly, it is 2billion years old, but 50million years ago it merged with another star, making it more massive and thereby more bright an visible from earth. Fun fact: Due to it beeing a yellow supergiant it will turn red in a couple of thousand years and then die quiet soon.

Source: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-old-is-the-north-star-the-answer-could-change-our-maps-of-the-cosmos/

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