I haven't been on slashdot in a long time, and boy is it a shitty experience.
Using Orion browser with uBlock Origin, initially the site loads fine. Then it tries to load ads. It detects that the ads don't load, so it displays an overlay that looks like a crash modal "oops, something went wrong", shaming the user into believing THEY did something wrong.
Dismissing the modal reveals that the CSS was unloaded in the background.
FWIW I have no problems (and see no ads) on the site running a pihole dns-based blocker on my network.
In-browser blockers are interesting because they’re actually modifying the DOM, and any JavaScript which expects the DOM to have certain elements, and doesn’t handle them being missing, can cause these kinds of failures. Network-level blocking should at least cause the requests to the ad services to fail in the first place, which has a much higher likelihood of being a tested code path (ie. Not breaking the site just because a request failed.)
Basically I’m not surprised that in-browser, DOM-manipulating ad blockers cause failures in a lot of sites’ JavaScript, and I wouldn’t necessarily chalk it up to maliciousness on Slashdot’s part.
In the end, SpaceX is America’s only reliable way to get to space. It’s great that it’s also cheap considering that. Boeing is, as usual: cheap, fast, good; pick none.
It sounds like the entire issue was caused by a design issue with a thruster which had never been used in space before.
Surely one can switch out the thruster for a redesigned one, or even a totally different type of thruster if the team has lost confidence in the design, and be flying again in months?
It's never that simple, especially when it comes to human spaceflight and NASA procedures. Switching out the thrusters will mean months of safety reviews, tests, updated procedures and flight rules, and endless other paperwork to make sure neither the crew nor the space station are put in any risk.
Not that all that necessarily works - Starliner had already been through all that and the really wild stuff to me is how much NASA was willing to waive their rules about safety around the ISS in order to let Starliner dock.
tldr: These guys suffered rapid, progressive failures of their thruster control loops in orbit. They were close to either being stranded in space or impacting the station, in what might have been a lethal circumstance. Rebooting regained them just enough control authority to dock, and they did; Nobody wanted to risk touching the capsule after, not knowing how many minutes the thrusters would still be operational.
netsharc|11 months ago
dotdi|10 months ago
Using Orion browser with uBlock Origin, initially the site loads fine. Then it tries to load ads. It detects that the ads don't load, so it displays an overlay that looks like a crash modal "oops, something went wrong", shaming the user into believing THEY did something wrong.
Dismissing the modal reveals that the CSS was unloaded in the background.
Thanks but no thanks.
ninkendo|10 months ago
In-browser blockers are interesting because they’re actually modifying the DOM, and any JavaScript which expects the DOM to have certain elements, and doesn’t handle them being missing, can cause these kinds of failures. Network-level blocking should at least cause the requests to the ad services to fail in the first place, which has a much higher likelihood of being a tested code path (ie. Not breaking the site just because a request failed.)
Basically I’m not surprised that in-browser, DOM-manipulating ad blockers cause failures in a lot of sites’ JavaScript, and I wouldn’t necessarily chalk it up to maliciousness on Slashdot’s part.
readthenotes1|10 months ago
renewiltord|10 months ago
croes|10 months ago
When SpaceX gets the same status then Boeing they will become similar in quality.
michaelsshaw|10 months ago
londons_explore|10 months ago
Surely one can switch out the thruster for a redesigned one, or even a totally different type of thruster if the team has lost confidence in the design, and be flying again in months?
verzali|10 months ago
Not that all that necessarily works - Starliner had already been through all that and the really wild stuff to me is how much NASA was willing to waive their rules about safety around the ISS in order to let Starliner dock.
andrewstuart|10 months ago
Lex-2008|10 months ago
mapt|10 months ago
arkensaw|10 months ago