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HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

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It's A Me, Solar Mario!

Astronomy Universe
1 year ago 24.2K views 0 shares
It's A Me, Solar Mario!
The sun just became a Nintendo character! This ultraviolet image from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory shows coronal holes creating what looks suspiciously like Mario's mustached face. Those dark patches aren't just cosmic coincidences - they're regions where the sun's magnetic field opens up, spewing high-speed solar wind into space. Next thing you know, our star will be jumping on Goombas and collecting cosmic coins. Just hope it doesn't send a Koopa shell of charged particles our way - our power grids aren't designed with 1-UP mushrooms.

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Oracle Cloud free tier 2026: 4 OCPU/24GB cut to 2 OCPU/12GB

Oracle quietly halved its Always Free Ampere A1 tier to 2 OCPU and 12GB RAM. What changed, whether you'll be billed, and how to resize your in... Read article →

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