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SpaceX targeting 33 engine Super Heavy static fire next week. https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1618989574616743936

Cape Canaveral Space Force Base pad LC-40 enhancements; Cargo Dragon infrastructure will be added for use this fall, Crew Dragon upgrades later....

The US National Science Foundation is using Starlink at the McMurdo station in Antarctica. The data goes up from a base station, hops from one...

I wear my dad's engraved pocket watch. The cover image is of a large elk.

In Michigan we're having a mild early winter, which isn't necessarily good because we need a hard freeze for certain crops to have a good yield and...

I was dog sick for a bit with a flu which wasn't in the vaccine this year. I'll spare you the gory details <barf> Today SpaceX completed a...

What Utwig said.

Doc, thank God you're back, I thought I will have to take up the mantle of MURC space editor. I was going to post this video if you wouldn't have...

After many bureaucratic delays the launch campaign for Starship has begun. The NASA team should be present for each of the upcoming major events; the...

Went to an event that was not happening for 2 years due to covid and met old friend from Sicily. Checked his watch and it's the Royal Oak. Looks...

I fully agree with that. And actually, my Samsung smartwatch taught me that to some extent. No matter how nice the fake watch face is designed, the...

What I meant is that you can really enjoy a watch even if it's an inexpensive one. I have a nice-ish Seiko sharp-edges and a Seiko 5 which I got a...

Nice ones... :) The key with such watches is not just the look/design; the material choices and finishing really make a difference. My brother...

So I did a watch day excursion to more high end shops downtown. All top brands are available. I checked out Breitling Navtimer, Zenith El Primero,...

:nervous: Oops... I meant that I forgot you live in the US... But glad to hear you are ok.

I know I am quite forgettable :laugh: Storm that just passed through my state started with an inch+ of snow then 1-2 inches of rain after as it blew...

True, I forgot...

It was Japanese market only... Nice concept, given how much data they can show using hands only. :) There were some nice ideas in the past. Kairos...

Epson launched a brand Trume (JDM only for now), Epson being part of Epson-Seiko (Seiko, Grand Seiko, Credor - ultra high end, Orient). It's large...

Dilitante replied, so it's not like reality and timelines split. :)

Still no-one from the other side.... :ermm:

The one I posted is a smartwatch which looks like a retro-digital watch. :) Not fully my style, but I think it is nicely done and am a bit surprised...

My father has a quartz Citizen for like 10+ years, I had a quartz Citizen during hi-school, both without problems. I lost mine. VJ: There are many...

Dilitante1: sad to hear that... My father sported a digital Citizen for years and it just worked... UtwigMU: Forgot to mention: Amazfit has a...

Years ago I bought a Citizen watch as a feel good item for myself. I had NOTHING but headaches with it. Had it warranty repaired 5x at the factory...

It is a rabbithole I am careful not to go into... :-) I have a couple of Swatch watches, including a fully automatic self-winding model and a...

Not me. I used to wear a watch religiously even when I had a phone. First thing I did when waking up (or second, priorities) was putting it on....

Yes, it needs this intel VT-d (or something like that). I have a strange issue with a Hyper-V VM. It is an installation of this music-server...

We are using it in production in addition to ESXi servers. Coworker is using it for crypto mining because it has newer kernel. I'm supposed to build...