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   Liam Proven (lproven@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Sunday, 14-Jun-2026 02:22:07 JST Liam Proven

   How JPL Keeps the 13-Year-Old Curiosity Rover Doing Science

   https://spectrum.ieee.org/curiosity-rover-jpl-mars-science

   It takes some special tricks to maintain a robot 200 million kilometers from home

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     Liam Proven (lproven@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Sunday, 14-Jun-2026 02:22:07 JST Liam Proven

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     There's a lesson here for all contemporary computing. When you're absolutely compelled to keep things tiny and simple, it becomes possible to keep them working for years on end without updates or site visits.

     The best software is tiny software.