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Computer scientist Margaret Hamilton with the extensive amount of code she and her team wrote to guide the NASA mission to the Moon, USA, 1969 (media.piefed.social)
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[โ€“] zqps@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Sci-fi plans to "save humanity" from catastrophic climate change usually remain in the planning / CGI stage. That's much cheaper, and it is all you need to placate people who might otherwise make demands about our economy and ecology here on earth.

[โ€“] wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 days ago

We just need a little more compute, and then all our plans will be in reach. Please pledge $100 billion today. We can only guarantee a 5000% ROI in ten years. And you'll even get this cool mug. See, it says "Space Wiz." Wouldn't it look great on your desk?