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[Video] More Archimedes engine testing at Stennis (x.com)

submitted 1 month ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/rocketlab

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https://x.com/RocketLab/status/1840143678171689435

Things have been heating up at Stennis 🔥

The Archimedes engine development and qualification campaign continues to progress well with lots of hot fires taking the engine through various operating conditions and tweaks.

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[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

We should petition Rocket Lab's social media team to post on Mastodon.

[–] Dave 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Surely by now there would be tools that let them post to twitter and mastodon with one upload.

I think we should encourage companies to run their own instances (restricted to only their users). Companies don't run around using gmail email addresses, why do they use facebook and twitter instead of having their own mastodon instance?

I know, I know, because it's where the users are and therefore free advertising, but I think rocket lab employees should have mastodon accounts @mastodon.rocketlabusa.com or something like that, and other companies should do the same. Companies that offer email hosting services for companies should throw in mastodon accounts as well.

[–] threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Surely by now there would be tools that let them post to twitter and mastodon with one upload.

There are a few, but they all require Twitter API access (added cost).

we should encourage companies to run their own instances

I'd love for this to happen! Though it is another added cost for (currently) marginal benefit, while Twitter is free.

Companies that offer email hosting services for companies should throw in mastodon accounts as well

This is an interesting idea. Do you know of any companies offering fediverse hosting services? This could be controversial among the diehard FOSS folks (and does pose an embrace-extend-extinguish risk), but it could also be a way to onboard more mainstream organizations who don't want to deal with hosting themselves.

[–] Dave 2 points 1 month ago

There are a few, but they all require Twitter API access (added cost).

Ah right, of course, AI advancements mean all the APIs cost money now.

Do you know of any companies offering fediverse hosting services?

There are some, like https://masto.host, but that's not really the kind of thing i was suggesting.

This could be controversial among the diehard FOSS folks (and does pose an embrace-extend-extinguish risk), but it could also be a way to onboard more mainstream organizations who don’t want to deal with hosting themselves.

I didn't think of this. If a company sets up an instance and starts posting their updates, other instances may well defederate them as spam. Like you say, you could onboard more mainstream organisations, but many Mastodon users are likely to think this is not something we should aim for. Your link also mentions that accounts that mirror twitter posts are generally not well received, so maybe it's not the best idea.