That's why the EU requires presence in the EU, when you want to process EU data. This IS exactly what happens here.
If you don't have a presence in the EU, then the EU can't require anything of you.
Readit Newstrothamel commented on X hit with $140M EU fine for breaching content rules reuters.com/sustainabilit... · Posted by u/pogue
trothamel commented on What's Hiding Inside Haribo's Power Bank and Headphones? lumafield.com/first-artic... · Posted by u/rozenmd
They recently did a massive recall on a line of power banks for being fire hazards. Make sure it’s not one of them.
They also did a recall on speakers (under their soundcore subbrand) for the same thing. I'm not sure if this is good or bad - they proactively contacted me to let me know about the recall.
For context.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathfinder_Technology_Demonstr...
NASA's TBIRD mission demonstrated 200Gbps laser communications (in a tiny 6U form factor) to earth.
The Starlink inter-satellite laser links are 200Gbps space-to-space, and I believe the space-to-earth downlink of each Starlink V2 mini is 96 Gbps.
trothamel commented on Trump Revives Billionaire Isaacman’s Nomination to Top NASA Job bloomberg.com/news/articl... · Posted by u/impish9208
It's not, other tweets are still public.
ETA: The link is just broken https://x.com/rookisaacman/status/1985796145017471442
Sorry about that, thanks for the fix.
trothamel commented on Trump Revives Billionaire Isaacman’s Nomination to Top NASA Job bloomberg.com/news/articl... · Posted by u/impish9208
From https://x.com/rookisaacman/status/1985796145017471442, Isaacman's plan for NASA:
- Reorganize and Empower
Pivot from the drawn-out, multi-phase RIF “death by a thousand cuts” to a single, data-driven reorganization aimed at reducing layers of bureaucracy between leadership and the engineers, researchers, and technicians--basically all the “doers”. Align departments tightly to the mission so that information flows for quick decision-making. One example, which was mischaracterized by a reporter, was exploring relocating all aircraft to Armstrong so there could be a single hierarchy for aviation operations, maintenance, and safety. From there, aircraft like T-38s would operate on detachment at JSC. Other goals of the reorganization, would be to liberate the NASA budget from dated infrastructure that is in disrepair to free up resources to invest in what is needed for the mission of the day. And maybe most importantly, reenergize a culture of empowerment, ownership, and urgency--and recalibrate a framework that acknowledges some risks are worth taking.
– American Leadership in the High Ground of SpacePut more astronauts in space with greater frequency, including rebooting the Payload Specialist programs to give opportunities for the NASA workforce--especially on opportunities that could unlock the orbital economy--the chance to go to space. Fulfill the 35-year promise and President Trump’s Artemis plan to return American astronauts to the Moon and determine the scientific, economic, and national security reasons to support an enduring lunar presence. Eventually, transition to an affordable, repeatable lunar architecture that supports frequent missions. When that foundation is built, shift resources toward the near-impossible that no one else will work on like nuclear electric propulsion for efficient transport of mass, active cooling of cryogenic propellants, surface power, and even potential DoD applications. To be clear, the plan does not issue a directive to cancel Gateway or SLS, in fact, the word “Gateway” is used only three times in the entire document. It does explore the possibility of pivoting hardware and resources to a nuclear electric propulsion program after the objectives of the President’s budget are complete. On the same note, it also seeks to research the possibility that Orion could be launched on multiple platforms to support a variety of future mission applications. As an example of the report being dated, Sen. Cruz’s has subsequently incorporated additional funding in the OBBB for further Artemis missions--which brings clarity to the topic.
- Solving the Orbital EconomyMaximize the remaining life of the ISS. Streamline the process for high-potential science and research to reach orbit. Partner with industry (pharmaceuticals, mining, biotech, etc) to figure out how to extract more value from space than we put in--and critically attempt to solve the orbital economy. That is the only way commercial space station companies will have a fighting chance to succeed. I don’t think there is anything controversial here--we need to figure out how to pay for the exciting future we all want to see in space.
– NASA as a Force Multiplier for ScienceLeverage NASA’s resources--financial (bulk buying launch and bus from numerous providers), technical, and operational expertise to increase the frequency of missions, reduce costs, and empower academic institutions to contribute to real discovery missions. The idea is to get some of that $1 trillion in university endowments into the fight, alongside NASA, to further science and discovery. Expand the CLPS-style approach across planetary science to accelerate discovery and reduce time-to-science... better to have 10 x $100 million missions and a few fail than a single overdue and costly $1B+ mission. I know the “science-as-a-service” concept got people fired up, but that was specifically called out in the plan for Earth observation, from companies that already have constellations like Planet, BlackSky, etc. Why build bespoke satellites at greater cost and delay when you could pay for the data as needed from existing providers and repurpose the funds for more planetary science missions (as an example)? With respect to JPL, it was a research request to look at overlaps between the work of the laboratory and what prime contractors were also doing on their behalf. The report never even remotely suggested that America could ever do without the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Personally, I have publicly defended programs like the Chandra X-ray Observatory, offered to fund a Hubble reboost mission, and anything suggesting that I am anti-science or want to outsource that responsibility is simply untrue.
– Investing in the FutureThe congressionally mandated “learning period” will eventually expire, and the government will inevitably play a greater role in certifying commercial missions (crewed and uncrewed) just like they do with aircraft, ships, trains, etc. NASA eventually should build a Starfleet Academy to train and prepare the commercial industry to operate safely and successfully in this future space economy, and consolidate and upgrade mission control into a single “NORAD of peaceful space,” allowing JSC to become the spaceflight center of excellence and oversee multiple government and commercial missions simultaneously. Other investments for the future included AI, replacing dated IT systems, and ways to alleviate the demand on the Deep Space Network.
Dystopian story plot:
Apple completely opens up the iOS platform. Do whatever you like.
Also, an XCode license is now $20,000/year. Don’t like it? Build your own.
If I'm remembering correctly, the community jailbroke the iPhone OS and produced a toolchain and app installer before the App Store's original release.
trothamel commented on NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission cnn.com/2025/10/20/scienc... · Posted by u/voxleone
TBH, I believe him on this one.
Knowing some folks who are working with their psychiatrists on their mental health and using ketamine under supervision: it seems ketamine is starting to prove effective for depressive issues.
The challenge is it's extremely potent and the dose is extremely patient-dependent. Miss a dose, mis-dose, or fail to realize you don't have the calibration right yet, and the risk for side-effects is high. Depression itself can also mask other conditions (like, counter-intuitively, mania; when you're too depressed to be manic you don't show the mania symptoms) that only surface for potential treatment when the depression is treated.
Most importantly: Musk can afford the kind of calibre of psychiatrist (and the time for observation) necessary for the therapy to be maximally effective. So if he's working with someone and serious about being treated, I wouldn't doubt ketamine therapy would be on the table.
(All of that having been said: mixing marijuana and ketamine is risky as hell; if Musk smoking on Rogan wasn't a one-off, he's doing his psychiatrist no favors introducing a second drug to his system that interacts with the same neural pathways and can create overshoot and bounce-back effects).
It sure looks like the Rogan thing was a one-off, though. I believe that the bit was that Musk hadn't done it before, and I don't see much evidence he's used marijuana since.
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5636278-trump-s...
It appears to be an open question as to if independent agencies are allowed under the constitution. The most recent round of articles seem to be like that one in The Hill, which indicate the answer is likely to be 'no'.
This seems to be in response to that.