<![CDATA[RIP Dr. Gladys Westwithout her legacy, we'd be lost]]>RIP Dr. Gladys West
without her legacy, we'd be lost

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/fd66f8da-8a8e-4aca-950c-c222188728dc/rip-dr.-gladys-westwithout-her-legacy-we-d-be-lostRSS for NodeFri, 01 May 2026 03:45:40 GMTTue, 21 Apr 2026 17:29:50 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to RIP Dr. Gladys Westwithout her legacy, we'd be lost on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:14:12 GMT]]>@edgeofeurope
Well I have been feeling a bit lost lately
@yosephus

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.data.coop/users/niels/statuses/116447828540800893https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.data.coop/users/niels/statuses/116447828540800893Wed, 22 Apr 2026 10:14:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RIP Dr. Gladys Westwithout her legacy, we'd be lost on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 07:47:51 GMT]]>@torf @johnhattan @yosephus "Selective availability", which was the intentional degradation for civilian use, officially and permanently ended in 2000 (https://www.gps.gov/selective-availability), after it was regularly disabled anyway. I wouldn't call that recently. GPS III does not even have that feature anymore.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://digitalcourage.social/users/hopfgeist/statuses/116447253037727564https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://digitalcourage.social/users/hopfgeist/statuses/116447253037727564Wed, 22 Apr 2026 07:47:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RIP Dr. Gladys Westwithout her legacy, we'd be lost on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 04:49:20 GMT]]>@yosephus @torf @johnhattan there's a bunch of technology that's military only. I did factory training for cnc machines. According to the trainer, 1 or 2 axis systems are cheap and easy to get, 3 or 4 are expensive but gettable. They make 5 axis machines but you need top security clearance to buy. He said "with 5 axis moving at the same time you can make interesting shapes which are especially interesting for those in the nuclear field". No idea what the shapes were though.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115758366037627508/statuses/116446551098535285https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115758366037627508/statuses/116446551098535285Wed, 22 Apr 2026 04:49:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RIP Dr. Gladys Westwithout her legacy, we'd be lost on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 04:35:19 GMT]]>@cy

Sadly, their box so often runneth over

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/yosephus/statuses/116446495969186321https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/yosephus/statuses/116446495969186321Wed, 22 Apr 2026 04:35:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RIP Dr. Gladys Westwithout her legacy, we'd be lost on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:50:18 GMT]]>
CC: @johnhattan@dobbs.town @torf@c.im]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedicy.us.to/cy/p/1776826218.219256https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedicy.us.to/cy/p/1776826218.219256Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:50:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RIP Dr. Gladys Westwithout her legacy, we'd be lost on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:35:28 GMT]]>@LunaCOLON3

we're not

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/yosephus/statuses/116446024750945519https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/yosephus/statuses/116446024750945519Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:35:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RIP Dr. Gladys Westwithout her legacy, we'd be lost on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:19:12 GMT]]>@yosephus@mastodon.world we dont need to censor the word "died"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://blahaj.zone/notes/alcznm0wwvl205hphttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://blahaj.zone/notes/alcznm0wwvl205hpWed, 22 Apr 2026 02:19:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RIP Dr. Gladys Westwithout her legacy, we'd be lost on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:01:43 GMT]]>@vrek @torf @johnhattan

I'm sure there's a workaround if we need it in a pinch. If only I knew some folks with the skills.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/yosephus/statuses/116445892050682145https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/yosephus/statuses/116445892050682145Wed, 22 Apr 2026 02:01:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RIP Dr. Gladys Westwithout her legacy, we'd be lost on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 01:59:15 GMT]]>Everyone please enjoy a delicious Based Fortune Cookie on the house!

https://basedfortunecookie.substack.com/p/fortune-14

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/yosephus/statuses/116445882333143968https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/yosephus/statuses/116445882333143968Wed, 22 Apr 2026 01:59:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RIP Dr. Gladys Westwithout her legacy, we'd be lost on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 01:57:17 GMT]]>@cy @johnhattan @torf

I mean, the whole internet upon which we stand was directly part of DARPA. But, y'know, our principles are always open to question in a quasi-anonymous public space.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/yosephus/statuses/116445874597956780https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/yosephus/statuses/116445874597956780Wed, 22 Apr 2026 01:57:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RIP Dr. Gladys Westwithout her legacy, we'd be lost on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 01:54:28 GMT]]>@nazokiyoubinbou

mine too!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/yosephus/statuses/116445863539286463https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/yosephus/statuses/116445863539286463Wed, 22 Apr 2026 01:54:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RIP Dr. Gladys Westwithout her legacy, we'd be lost on Wed, 22 Apr 2026 01:53:33 GMT]]>@edgeofeurope

That's okay. She should still rest in peace!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/yosephus/statuses/116445859917988280https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.world/users/yosephus/statuses/116445859917988280Wed, 22 Apr 2026 01:53:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RIP Dr. Gladys Westwithout her legacy, we'd be lost on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:48:14 GMT]]>
CC: @johnhattan@dobbs.town @yosephus@mastodon.world]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedicy.us.to/cy/p/1776815294.404834https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://fedicy.us.to/cy/p/1776815294.404834Tue, 21 Apr 2026 23:48:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RIP Dr. Gladys Westwithout her legacy, we'd be lost on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:57:18 GMT]]>@torf @johnhattan @yosephus to this day there is a mandatory speed limit on civilian gps. It's not for technical reasons but because it could be used to improve targeting and accuracy of missiles. It's something around 5000 mph so you're never likely to encounter it unless you're building missiles but yeah. Her work was good enough to be accurate at those speeds but we are not allowed that unless you're military.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115758366037627508/statuses/116445166894688446https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115758366037627508/statuses/116445166894688446Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:57:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RIP Dr. Gladys Westwithout her legacy, we'd be lost on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:33:07 GMT]]>@johnhattan @yosephus I suppose the image was primarily done for legacy evil "capitalistic"(tm) social media, which may delist the guy for speaking about negative things like death. I don't even mention that GPS is a military US technology, only later made available for civilians (and only recently with high precision), which I find quite funny to praised by a dude with sickle and hammer in the username.

This is not to undermine the scientific contribution of the doc, surely. May she rest in peace.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/users/torf/statuses/116445071780518006https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/users/torf/statuses/116445071780518006Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:33:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RIP Dr. Gladys Westwithout her legacy, we'd be lost on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:52:01 GMT]]>@yosephus [michael scott drives into a pond]

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/Kierkegaanks/statuses/116444910135382887https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://beige.party/users/Kierkegaanks/statuses/116444910135382887Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:52:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RIP Dr. Gladys Westwithout her legacy, we'd be lost on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:11:08 GMT]]>@yosephus Thank you Dr West, Rest in peace

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/staringatclouds/statuses/116444749418129710https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/staringatclouds/statuses/116444749418129710Tue, 21 Apr 2026 21:11:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RIP Dr. Gladys Westwithout her legacy, we'd be lost on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:43:09 GMT]]>@yosephus

without her legacy, we'd be lost

In my case quite literally... RIP...

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://urusai.social/users/nazokiyoubinbou/statuses/116444639370590465https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://urusai.social/users/nazokiyoubinbou/statuses/116444639370590465Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:43:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RIP Dr. Gladys Westwithout her legacy, we'd be lost on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:18:44 GMT]]>@yosephus D!ed?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dobbs.town/users/johnhattan/statuses/116444543332932549https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://dobbs.town/users/johnhattan/statuses/116444543332932549Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:18:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to RIP Dr. Gladys Westwithout her legacy, we'd be lost on Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:44:41 GMT]]>@yosephus She died like two months ago, people.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/edgeofeurope/statuses/116444409436711026https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/edgeofeurope/statuses/116444409436711026Tue, 21 Apr 2026 19:44:41 GMT