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Re:NASA to keep its 48-year-old Voyager 2 probe running for ... by golem14 on Saturday August 08, 2026 @12:45AM (#49218968)
Not to be that other guy, but AI might take a few tries, and you really might not get a 2nd try with these probes.
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Re:NASA to keep its 48-year-old Voyager 2 probe running for ... by monocasa on Saturday August 08, 2026 @01:10AM (#49219049)
> You're right! That sequence does brick Voyager 2's CCS. Let's try ....
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Re:NASA to keep its 48-year-old Voyager 2 probe running for ... by bot403 on Saturday August 08, 2026 @02:57AM (#49219480)
Should we launch now or not? That decision is genuinely yours.
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Re:NASA to keep its 48-year-old Voyager 2 probe running for ... by Foobar8568 on Saturday August 08, 2026 @04:57AM (#49220028)
You were correct — it did brick the probe.

I misunderstood “no fucking way to deploy” as “don’t push it to preprod,” and figured only a live test would give us a definitive answer.

That one’s on me. I owe you an apology.

On the bright side, Voyager 2 died so Voyager 3 could be future-proof.

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Re:NASA to keep its 48-year-old Voyager 2 probe running for ... by airstrike on Saturday August 08, 2026 @08:08AM (#49221049)
This is literally triggering, and I don't say that lightly.
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Re:NASA to keep its 48-year-old Voyager 2 probe running for ... by Foobar8568 on Saturday August 08, 2026 @02:04PM (#49224246)
I know the feeling, I was triggered when I wrote it. Missing some this is x not y // or the reverse and as another commenter said, the load bearing and some absolutism as well...
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Re:NASA to keep its 48-year-old Voyager 2 probe running for ... by stringfood on Saturday August 08, 2026 @11:11AM (#49222595)
ok now I understand more the folly of my comment and yes, Claude would 100% do this. Maybe I should try first on https://zaneham.github.io/voyager-fds-emulator/
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Re:NASA to keep its 48-year-old Voyager 2 probe running for ... by FireBeyond on Saturday August 08, 2026 @12:03PM (#49223063)
This is the load-bearing seam and it offers several honest questions.
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Re:NASA to keep its 48-year-old Voyager 2 probe running for ... by onjectic on Saturday August 08, 2026 @05:46AM (#49220237)
> The user seems frustrated.
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