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"Quite simply, if you have not read this book yet, read it. If you have a colleague who has yet to read it, get them a copy. If someone asks you what one book to read about software engineering, it is this one. It is not Code Complete, Second Edition, nor is it Clean Code, nor any other book that claims to teach you how to get software right the first time around (you will not)."
https://deprogrammaticaipsum.com/michael-feathers/

Some statistics about all robotic #LunarLanding attempts so far from 1965 to 2025 compiled from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_missions_to_the_Moon and https://scicomm.xyz/@AkaSci@fosstodon.org/114636519291241321 in which I only count those for which descent to the surface had been initiated, not missions lost at launch or on the way - in a nutshell ~70% of all landings by government agencies went well (essentially the same rate 60 years ago and now!) but only ~30% by private companies. Here goes ...
There have been two separate periods of soft lunar landing attempts of ca. a dozen years each, from 1965 to 1976 and 2013 to 2025 (ongoing) with a huge gap between them.
In the first interval there were 20 attempts with 13 successes (Luna 9, 13, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21 and 24 and Surveyor 1, 3, 5, 6 and 7), one partial success (Luna 23, counting as 50%) and 6 failures (Luna 5, 7, 8, 15 and 18 and Surveyor 4), so the success rate was 13.5/20 = 68 %. All missions were by - the Soviet and U.S. - governments.
In the second interval there were so far 14 attempts with 6 full successes (Chang'e-3, 4, 5 and 6, Vikram 2 and Blue Ghost), three partial successes (SLIM, IM-1 and 2, counting as 75%, 50% and 25%, respectively) and 5 failures (Beresheet, Vikram 1, Hakuto-R 1 and 2 and Luna 25) so the success rate was 7.5 / 14 = 54%.
But looking only at the government missions it was 72%, slighly up from 50 years ago. While for the commercial attempts it was only 29%. In total the success rate was 19 (18 government-run) missions out of 34 (28) attempts or 62% but 69% for governments only. And if you throw in the 6 Apollo landings, the total success rate rises to 68% and the government-only rate goes even up to 75%.

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23andMe Re-Opens Data Auction With $305 Million Bid From Former CEO
Amy Wojcicki really wants her hands on that DNA.

The new Quadcast episode is also available on YouTube if you don't download podcasts. The Spread of Christianity in the Greek and Roman Empires with Professor Teresa Morgan https://youtu.be/ggjDX0Gcdg4

Series D, Episode 09 - Sand
AVON: Let's get going.
REEVE: Fine landing, Chasgo. You certainly put the lady out of business. [To Servalan] If there is anyone on this planet, you'll have to leave them to me now.
https://blake.torpidity.net/m/409/37 B7B5

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I really feel for JLCPCB. With all the visible strike-throughs on their tariff FAQ, you can see they're *trying* to keep track of the febrile toddler's changes, but seem to have just given up back mid-May https://jlcpcb.com/help/article/us-tariff-policy-faq

I really feel for JLCPCB. With all the visible strike-throughs on their tariff FAQ, you can see they're *trying* to keep track of the febrile toddler's changes, but seem to have just given up back mid-May https://jlcpcb.com/help/article/us-tariff-policy-faq

"Mary Maxwell Gates, Bill’s mother, was appointed to the board of directors of the national United Way in 1980. And guess who else was in that committee? The late John Opel, president, chairman, and CEO of…, you guessed it, IBM, between 1974 and 1986."
https://deprogrammaticaipsum.com/gary-