<![CDATA[Hot take: The Artemis livestream is a damning indictment of modern computing devices.]]>Hot take: The Artemis livestream is a damning indictment of modern computing devices. It seems like half the radio chatter is troubleshooting email delivery problems, confusing user interfaces, or devices not booting or connecting. Literal astronauts with years of training can’t make our stuff work.
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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helvede.net/users/jwcph/statuses/116356795532839197https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://helvede.net/users/jwcph/statuses/116356795532839197Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:23:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Hot take: The Artemis livestream is a damning indictment of modern computing devices. on Mon, 06 Apr 2026 06:11:41 GMT]]>@beccadax Also, like somebody else said, why in the name of Dr. Seuss' unmentionables would NASA allow as much as a single scrap of proprietary corporate software aboard a goddamn spaceship!?

I just don't see the an Apollo 13-style successful wrangling of an unforeseen technical space problem when Wiseman is on the horn with Microsoft tech support because an Outlook bug bricked all the onboard computers...

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