thetomcraig

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   by thetomcraig 2y ago

   In college, I had an internship at JPL writing software to help collate, transform, and combine pictures of Jupiter, for use with NASA’s JUNO mission. My coworker and I created a GUI application in IDL (similar to FORTRAN), that would allow
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   by thetomcraig 2y ago

   Nit Pick feedback: it should read: “the right _number_ of features”, not “_amount_ of features”. Other than that, love the look of the site :)
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   by thetomcraig 3y ago

   > Ask a nontechnical Windows or Mac user where their files are stored - they have no idea. This. The move towards “everything on the cloud” was a double edged sword for non-power users. It’s great that you don’t have to make Grandma pl
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   by thetomcraig 3y ago

   It’s amazing that amateur folks can provide this much insight these days. I worked at JPL 10 years ago and setup a pipeline for amateur Jupiter astronomers to get their images to JPL/NASA. Basically JPL figured out that these people we