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bizzyb
1mo ago
https://github.com/lukaspieper/Gcam-Services-Provider to choose any gallery while still using pixel camera
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bizzyb
2y ago
To install on Windows you have to manually install the configs on top of an existing Firefox install. Instructions are on the website.
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bizzyb
2y ago
Haven't seen this mentioned yet, not a fork but a suite of configs and mods for Firefox. https://codeberg.org/celenity/Phoenix
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bizzyb
2y ago
Doesn't necessarily change your overall point but Trump won a plurality of the vote, not a majority.
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bizzyb
2y ago
McMurdo and South Pole both use the same fuel, AN8, for pretty much everything.
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bizzyb
2y ago
McMurdo has starlink. South Pole doesn't, but not due to technical reasons from starlink's side. From what I understand when they tested at Pole they noticed interference with some of the science experiments, its possible they wil
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bizzyb
3y ago
Starlink was certainly a game changer for life around here. McMurdo is essentially a small town so many different jobs and routines to make everything go. Some stay inside all the time, some have to work outside a lot. https://br
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3y ago
Here at McMurdo we've had 24/7 satellite internet for at least as long as I've been coming down (~10 years). Think roughly a ~30mbps connection shared with ~1000 people with business and science bandwidth prioritized over per
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3y ago
Using starlink at mcmurdo station in Antarctica. The IP shows as Sydney, Australia.
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3y ago
both. (for mcmurdo/south pole) most of the dry/canned/frozen food is procured in the USA and loaded on a vessel in port hueneme for the once a year resupply vessel. "freshies" are ordered from new zealand and flown
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4y ago
roughly $3 dollars per gallon purchase price for 5-6 million gallons. Plus tanker costs to McM at between $25k-$70k per day for roughly 90 days. Plus the cost of the ice breaker, between $3.5-$11 million per year. [0] That's just to ge
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bizzyb
4y ago
not quite a borewell. short for rodriguez. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodriguez_well https://www.southpolestation.com/trivia/rodwell/rodwell.html
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4y ago
the rodwell where they melt the ice for their water makes a big cavern in the ice. the previous rodwell is used for all greywater/human waste, indeed making a giant shitcicle. when the current freshwater rodwell is done, they start a n
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4y ago
correct, no psych evals for USAP participants.
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4y ago
mcm has two bars, they both absolutely serve liquor. source: me, a current bartender here in mcmurdo.
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4y ago
sorry for the late reply. but basically it simply wasn't helpful. good people got screened out, bad people still got thru.
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4y ago
its been a few years since they did any psych testing for mcmurdo or pole