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> When the rover had an issue they actually used the helicoptor's userspace command line GNU utilities to debug and get logs from the rover to send to Earth. W
by kurts_mustache 3y ago
> When the rover had an issue they actually used the helicoptor's userspace command line GNU utilities to debug and get logs from the rover to send to Earth.
Wow, such a great testament to The Unix Philosophy of building small, modular, focused tools that can be combined together to do all sorts of interesting and more complex tasks. I'm sure no one imagined using these utilities from a helicopter to retrieve rover logs to aid in diagnostics, but here we are. What a cool story.
- rigid 3y agonow if we just teach those tools to kids instead of turning them into spreadsheet office robots, that would be great.
- rajamaka 3y agoI imagine NASA is built and operated on a foundation of thousands of spreadsheets
- TeMPOraL 3y agoSpreadsheets are the best thing in computing since a Lisp REPL. Half of the startups today would be much better (in terms of utility, simplicity and ergonomics) for users and customers if they were served in form of a downloadable Excel sheet.
- zelphirkalt 3y agoAlmost agree, 'xcept for the "Excel" part, which I would switch against "spreadsheet".