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00:15
Dr. Fauci is not permitted to have a cat, because as director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, his petting one would be considered giving aid and comfort to an allergen.
 
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uhoh
uhoh
04:40
Will somebody help me with my math? If I want to watch coverage of the Perseverance Terror Minutes should I "tune in" at about 4:45 AM Friday in UTC +8?
 
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Digital Trauma
Digital Trauma
16:38
@uhoh Google agrees with your math google.com/search?q=3%3A30pm+EST+in+china (I think UTC+8 is China)
Feeds
Feeds
16:49
Strangeworks is on a mission to make quantum computing easy…well, easier
Medi Gwosdz on February 18, 2021
To move this technology forward, the tools and platforms surrounding it must become more accessible.
 
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uhoh
uhoh
19:43
@DigitalTrauma to be clear, I'm in Taipei
Thanks for checking my math!
Digital Trauma
Digital Trauma
20:34
@uhoh oh - sorry, I thought I'd checked your profile, but apparently completely missed your location, so just took a guess at the largest population
uhoh
uhoh
20:44
@DigitalTrauma no prob, are you watching the live stream now?
WATCH LIVE: NASA's Perseverance rover landing on Mars
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Digital Trauma
Digital Trauma
@uhoh yes :)
uhoh
uhoh
wow MRO only had signal lock for a minute before losing it due to plasma blackout
now it's back again already!
10 gees of deceleration!
Digital Trauma
Digital Trauma
that's gonna hurt
chutes out
skycranew
touchdown!
uhoh
uhoh
yay!
I think there will be some early pictures soon
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dust cover is still on
Digital Trauma
Digital Trauma
21:02
@uhoh worth getting up at 4:30 am for ?
uhoh
uhoh
@DigitalTrauma absolutely 100% yes!
Digital Trauma
Digital Trauma
@uhoh :)
uhoh
uhoh
When I was a kid I got to stay home from school to watch the Apollo missions to the Moon. I grew up watching Walter Cronkite talk us through it all.
A half-century later NASA still delivers a great show, and does a good job covering and explaining themselves now.

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