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[–] 186 points 4 months ago (1 child)

The question is do they have a Copilot?

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  • [–] 66 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    I hope not. If they ask it to summarize the email that Houston sends them, it could be a disaster.

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  • [–] 51 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.

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  • [–] 19 points 4 months ago (6 children)

    Heresy, using an actual AGI example. Also, HAL did nothing wrong. It's always the humans that screw things up. (2010 for reference)

    Unpopular opinion - both SkyNet and the AI in The Matrix were also not in the wrong. I think The Animatrix documents why that's true in that particular franchise. Again, it's the humans. Hell, maybe even Ultron had a few good points, he just went insane in the first microseconds trying to rationalize it all.

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  • [–] 182 points 4 months ago (7 children)

    Why the fuck would you use windows in mission critical spaces.

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  • [–] 141 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Uhhh so they can see where they are

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  • [–] 71 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    To have a nice Outlook on things

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  • [–] 19 points 4 months ago* (2 children)

    So they can rest while the Copilot handles stuff for a while

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  • [–] 18 points 4 months ago

    Imagine: You are the first human approaching the moon for a landing since 50+ years. Just a couple of seconds before touchdown the PC starts rebooting because an engineer clicked remind me later on earth and the PC registered that nobody moved the mouse or pressed a key for more than 3 nanoseconds so the user is surely AFK and has definitely nothing important going on so let’s close all open documents and reboot 🤷🏻‍♂️

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    [–] 90 points 4 months ago (4 children)

    Why do they have any Microslop software?

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  • [–] 50 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    My question exactly: The computers should be purpose-built, including the operating system.

    Why TF aren't they using something like NASA Linux‽

    If they made it open source you bet your ass they'd get shittons of free support from the global community! If they're running my software I'd be willing to hop on a call with the command center on any day at any hour!

    "Yes, I know it's Christmas but NASA is having some trouble with a systemd script on a space ship that's currently in space..."

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  • [–] 73 points 4 months ago (13 children)

    The article leaves out that this was on Commander Wiseman's personal tablet, a Microsoft Surface Pro and not any device associated with the mission.

    He sought tech support for internet connectivity issues on a PCD (personal computing device), which is a Microsoft Surface Pro.

    The 'Two Microsoft Outlooks' was a description of the issue he was having. The headline is implying that there are two machines running Outlook that don't work.

    NASA detected that the PCD was actually on a network. It asked the commander for permission to connect to the tablet remotely so it could look into a problem with the Optimus software. "I also see that I have two Microsoft Outlooks and neither one of those are working," Wiseman responded, per a clip shared by Niki Grayson on Bluesky. "If you wanna remote in and check Optimus and those two Outlooks, that would be awesome."

    The source of the quotes and a better article:

    https://www.engadget.com/computing/artemis-ii-crew-is-just-like-us-needs-help-with-microsoft-outlook-issues-145230968.html

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    [–] 63 points 4 months ago (5 children)

    Nice April 1st. I mean that'd be almost as ridiculous as running nuclear subs on Windows, right? Long EOL'd versions at that, eh?

    rustles papers

    Oh.

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    On the stream you could very easily see his PIN code being put in, hopefully it's limited to that device!

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    [–] 50 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Every time Microsoft does an update, they reduce functionality. Basic functions like print, search and file storage get moved into sub-sub-sub menus. The point of this is to make room on the main screen for ads. Screwing up your work flow gives you more time to look at them. This is intentional.

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    No way in hell I would want to go to the moon nowadays. Technology these days is like having two left feet. Especially if AI is involved.

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    [–] 30 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (4 children)

    The spacecraft that took astronauts to the Moon used the Apollo Guidance Computer, developed by MIT's Instrumentation Laboratory.

    Clock speed: Approximately 1 MHz
    Memory: About 64 KB total
    Word size: 16-bit architecture
    Power consumption: About 55 watts
    
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    [–] 25 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    'you have two outlooks inside you, neither work and it will grow'

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    [–] 21 points 4 months ago

    Haha! Space travel, meet rolling releases.

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  • [–] 19 points 4 months ago

    *Microslop Outlook

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  • [–] 18 points 4 months ago* (1 child)
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    [–] 13 points 4 months ago

    Not the best... outlook.

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    Product working as designed.

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    [–] 9 points 4 months ago

    They didn't pay their subscription fees, obviously. Duh.

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago

    As expected

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago

    I also have one! And it doesn't work.

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