Jim @sullybiker@sully.site

I first saw him on the BBC Horizon documentary back in 1991; the first time western film crews had been permitted on the site. This was already quite late in the cleanup; the shelter was complete, the fuel was found, and they were into the data gathering and reclaiming phase.

Finally got around to reading Alexander Borovei's book about his exceptionally long duty at Chernobyl, from the opening hours of disaster to the relative normality a decade later.

Didn't realize the ISS was so clapped out.

Ocean experts raise concerns over deorbiting the International Space Station - SpaceNews
https://spacenews.com/ocean-experts-raise-concerns-over-deorbiting-the-international-space-station/

Switching customers from Linux to BSD because boring is good • The Register
https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/08/switching_from_linux_to_bsd/

41F outside. On schedule, the lows have arrived. Had to give in and turn the heating on...

Follow up at ophthalmology, some eye injections for my trouble (I have a little inflammation in my bad eye that just won't quit). They're painless really, but your body certainly lets you know you've been stabbed in the eye.

I did enjoy James Cameron's comment on the culture at OceanGate: "Move fast and break stuff isn't helpful when the stuff has you inside it"

The photographs are clear and quite haunting. Five people in there, or what's left of them anyway.

40 minute excellent summation of the Titan submersible's composite hull composition and failure, and some details and data visualisations of the hull monitoring system. It basically started to come apart several dives before the accident dive.
https://youtu.be/Z7xaePm9QhY

Got a breach notification from Change healthcare. Enjoy my medical records, losers.

This is quite a dry account of the ATR upset and subsequent crash. You can see he's totally mystified. Reminds me a bit of AF447, in that everything that can be done wrong is apparently done wrong.
https://youtu.be/MMvsf0sVmrk

Pools is great. such an unusual and enjoyable concept. it is alarmingly close to some dreams, which I suppose is the idea. #gaming

Watched a freight consist being put together at Connellsville PA. Most interesting was the Newton's Cradle effect as this mile long thing went backwards and forwards. You'd hear a wave of loud thuds race up and down the train each time it went backwards and forwards.