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[–] atropa@piefed.social 1 points 50 minutes ago

Has been a long-known problem, if you open a window with microsoft, it crashes

[–] Tiger_Man_@szmer.info 10 points 1 day ago
[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Vibe coding, baby.

Legit endangering our brave spacefarers.

[–] Mwa@thelemmy.club 4 points 1 day ago

probably the outlook code was vibe coded kek.

[–] NutWrench@lemmy.world 50 points 2 days 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.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 14 hours ago

The fact that the right click menu is now a submenu of the right click menu drive me mad.

They updated onenote today on my work PC and changed all my checkBOXES to CIRCLES. WHO THE FUCK APPROVED THAT as you can see I'm still pissed. Fuck microslop

[–] Tuxman@sh.itjust.works 35 points 2 days ago
[–] Chough@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 day ago

I feel bad for them.

[–] Noam_Calhoun@lemmy.today 18 points 2 days ago

*Microslop Outlook

[–] PK2@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

Product working as designed.

[–] cenariodantesco@lemmy.world 25 points 2 days ago (3 children)

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

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[–] faltryka@lemmy.world 166 points 3 days ago (7 children)

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

[–] TachyonTele@piefed.social 131 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Uhhh so they can see where they are

[–] Whitebrow@lemmy.world 65 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (7 children)

To have a nice Outlook on things

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[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 55 points 2 days ago (12 children)

You wouldn't and they didn't.

The article has just failed to inform the readers (the few that got past the headline), that this was on his personal Surface Tablet and not on anything associated with the mission.

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[–] amateurcrastinator@lemmy.world 31 points 3 days ago

There was a slight miscommunication at the fabrication stage. The requirement was to include windows and now they are in a windowless tube with two not functioning outlook accounts. Honest mistake, could happen to anyone

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[–] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 174 points 3 days ago (1 children)

The question is do they have a Copilot?

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 58 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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

[–] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 46 points 3 days ago (7 children)

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

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[–] FauxLiving@lemmy.world 68 points 2 days 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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[–] 404found@lemmy.zip 31 points 2 days ago (2 children)

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.

[–] poopkins@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

The live stream of the launch was low resolution with constant cutouts. I was also surprised by how poor the tracking was. It's saddening to see how much worse this has been so far compared to 1969.

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[–] hperrin@lemmy.ca 81 points 3 days ago (5 children)

Why do they have any Microslop software?

[–] riskable@programming.dev 45 points 3 days ago (2 children)

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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[–] Ch3rry314@piefed.social 28 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days 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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