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Brad returns this week minus a couple of discs but with a fancy new voice, and we talk at length about Artemis and the joy of public science, a few Watchcast space movies, wild times in customer service interactions, and more on this week's ramble!

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(00:00:00) Start of show(00:01:08) Brad returns, minus a couple of discs(00:13:15) Be careful about cracking jokes around a doctor(00:17:53) The requisite insurance convo(00:29:37) Maybe getting a little routine back(00:32:08) Artemis has been a nice thing to feel good about(00:41:52) Public science is good actually(00:44:17) GenAI is ruining space exploration too(00:45:40) RAM got slightly cheaper briefly?(00:49:06) Pretty close quarters on that spacecraft(00:51:43) Space movies (Project Hail Mary, Sunshine)(00:54:53) "The planet is dying" Watchcast month(00:57:04) RealIDs rear their heads again(00:59:40) Interacting with services, getting fraught!(01:04:33) Content and bye!

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Weekly Ramblecast 252: The iMac of Neck Braces

Brad returns this week minus a couple of discs but with a fancy new voice, and we talk at length about Artemis and the joy of public science, a few Watchcast space movies, wild times in customer service interactions, and more on this week's ramble! (00:00:00) Start of show (00:01:08) Brad returns, minus a couple of discs (00:13:15) Be careful about cracking jokes around a doctor (00:17:53) The requisite insurance convo (00:29:37) Maybe getting a little routine back (00:32:08) Artemis has been a nice thing to feel good about (00:41:52) Public science is good actually (00:44:17) GenAI is ruining space exploration too (00:45:40) RAM got slightly cheaper briefly? (00:49:06) Pretty close quarters on that spacecraft (00:51:43) Space movies (Project Hail Mary, Sunshine) (00:54:53) "The planet is dying" Watchcast month (00:57:04) RealIDs rear their heads again (00:59:40) Interacting with services, getting fraught! (01:04:33) Content and bye! Nextlander is supported by its community: http://www.patreon.com/nextlander Thanks for watching.

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Casey Neal

I had to have a similar conversation to cancel my xfinity account. I gave them the address I was moving to (very rural) and told them I would keep the account if they wired it up. They declined and the conversation ended very quickly.

Cajungoat

The full NecksLander crew is back together!

John Schoneman

He's got a bionic neck! Glad everything went well, Brad.