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minus-squareScirocco@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up32·5 months agoThey figured out how to resolve it weeks ago. It has taken this long to implement the results, and to get usable data flowing again
minus-squaremkwt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·5 months agoThey’re basically rewriting the software, and if it goes horribly wrong, the probe will just stop talking forever. So no one was in a big rush to push this into production.
minus-squareScirocco@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoBut, it worked! They have actually done it, the madlads (What’s the gender neutral equivalent of madlads?)
They figured out how to resolve it weeks ago.
It has taken this long to implement the results, and to get usable data flowing again
They’re basically rewriting the software, and if it goes horribly wrong, the probe will just stop talking forever. So no one was in a big rush to push this into production.
But, it worked!
They have actually done it, the madlads
(What’s the gender neutral equivalent of madlads?)