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hexadecimal, in If you could place any object on the surface of Mars, purely to confuse NASA scientists, what would it be?

A single horseshoe crab, naturally deceased.

Alexmitter, in What piece of kit or setup represents the pinnacle of your hobby/profession?
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Everyone toying with system level stuff on ARM devices should have a cheap but Linux mainline capable board. Like a classic Allwinner A64 based board.

digitallyfree,
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The pinnacle would probably be a dedicated Ampere server or workstation.

NUL, in If you could place any object on the surface of Mars, purely to confuse NASA scientists, what would it be?

A few planks of wood.

TooTallSol, in If you could place any object on the surface of Mars, purely to confuse NASA scientists, what would it be?

My body in a lawn chair, with my right thumb extended out for hitchhiking, my left hand holding an American flag, and a sign in my lap saying "California or bust!"

567PrimeMover,
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Shouldnt've taken that left at Albuquerque

FreeBooteR69, in If you could place any object on the surface of Mars, purely to confuse NASA scientists, what would it be?
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I'd put an exact replica of the NASA HQ on Mars.

Mirror_I_rorrIMG,

Haha, I was going to say an exact replica of the Curiosity rover.

patchw3rk, in How do I crosspost in kbin?
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I created @BestOf and/or https://kbin.social/m/BestOf and have just gotten familiar with crossposting in kbin. The best I could figure out is 'copy url to fediverse' and pasting it in the 'Submit new link' window.

Ni,
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Thank you! I will try that, I think crossposting would help a great deal with kbins growth.

patchw3rk,
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Absolutely agree.

ansik, (edited ) in If you could place any object on the surface of Mars, purely to confuse NASA scientists, what would it be?
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Not a single act, but a series of actions. The rovers power down during Martian nights, right? So, during these periods, you could rearrange the rocks nearby. At first, NASA might not even pick up on the changes, but eventually, someone's bound to notice.

Imagine the buzz it would create! The scientists studying the photographs sent back by the rovers would be left scratching their heads. They'd probably first suspect some unknown natural phenomena, or even the rovers themselves, until the changes became too orchestrated to explain away. It would be a cosmic puzzle, a Martian mystery that would have them combing through data for answers.

No extraordinary or unnatural objects, just ordinary Martian rocks moved around. Instead of presenting them with an object that screams 'alien intervention,' you'd be nudging them into a mystery, all with the Martian surface's naturally occurring elements.

YolkBrushWork402,
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That would definitely fuck with NASA, i can already see Youtube Videos being made about this and their being theories and stuff. This would also be very interesting, how would the Governments react to this? How will UFO Conspiracy Theorists respond to this?

Varwin,

Continue to escalate the situation until it reaches a fever pitch, then stop cold for a week

edm00se,
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The rocks change in a pattern, I swear it's a single character substitution cipher! Wait a minute... "drink more Ovaltine" what the crap?

CynAq, in If you could place any object on the surface of Mars, purely to confuse NASA scientists, what would it be?
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A post with the Liberian flag attached to it.

YolkBrushWork402,
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Liberian Pride 🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷🇱🇷

SuburbanHaikuist, in If you could place any object on the surface of Mars, purely to confuse NASA scientists, what would it be?
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An altered skeleton, half buried. Give it a larger than normal skull or extra long arms or toes or something like that.

YolkBrushWork402,
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That would for sure fuck with NASA scientists

MrTrono, in If you could place any object on the surface of Mars, purely to confuse NASA scientists, what would it be?

A dinosaur skeleton

desqrypt,
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Human skeleton would work, too.

ivanafterall, in If you could place any object on the surface of Mars, purely to confuse NASA scientists, what would it be?
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A "Welcome to Venus" sign. Just imagine their faces, they'd be so confused...

JelloBrains, in If you could place any object on the surface of Mars, purely to confuse NASA scientists, what would it be?
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Assuming size is not an object, a pyramid; doesn't matter if it's Myan, Aztec, or Egyptian, heck make it a mix, and have it buried in a mound of dirt or in a mountain with just parts of it sticking out.

Or if we aren't going supernatural teleportation of items, I'd think something like the person who said moving rocks around, maybe lay rocks out in shapes like roads or the foundations of houses.

mystiick,

"HELP" or "SOS" in rocks would be pretty funny

Merlu, in If you could place any object on the surface of Mars, purely to confuse NASA scientists, what would it be?

A private property sign.

peepquinox,

Stranger, yer a-trespassin’ on my dirt farm.

Track_Shovel, in If you could place any object on the surface of Mars, purely to confuse NASA scientists, what would it be?

A 1950s branded household item, like a toy or something that is no longer in production and had a hard end date. I would place or within the path of the rover but in a place it hasn't been yet

recently_coco, in If you could place any object on the surface of Mars, purely to confuse NASA scientists, what would it be?
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The Ozymandius Statue, with the exact quote from the poem.

YolkBrushWork402,
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What was the quote?

Joe,

I met a traveller from an antique land,
Who said—“Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. . . . Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed;
And on the pedestal, these words appear:
My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal Wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

YolkBrushWork402,
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Thank you

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