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1. hutzli+79[view] [source] 2023-07-31 11:41:35
>>belter+(OP)
In short, it was remote bricked, by giving it commands to rotate a bit. After successfully executing those commands - no further commands could be received, as now the antennas are not facing earth anymore.

But luckily it automatically readjust itself to earth automatically every half year exactly for these events. So on 15.10 we will know, if it is really lost. In either case, the end of its mission is near anyway, because the nuclear batteries are near its end.

edit: Nasa has a blog post on this https://blogs.nasa.gov/sunspot/2023/07/28/mission-update-voy...

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2. dylan6+2H1[view] [source] 2023-07-31 18:50:13
>>hutzli+79
reminds me of the time I forgot i was on a remote connection, and could not figure out why the thing quit responding when i typed eth0 down
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3. renewi+302[view] [source] 2023-07-31 20:28:34
>>dylan6+2H1
Had a node that I was connected to over wireguard. Wanted to reset the wireguard conf.

    sudo wg-quick down wg0
Nice one, mate. Had to drive back to log in and bring up that interface. I still do this, FWIW, but now I use `at` to schedule "up" 1 min in future haha. So far so good though it's not smart :)
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4. dylan6+372[view] [source] 2023-07-31 21:00:27
>>renewi+302
Luckily for me, I just had to go down the hall to the data center, and then reset it with the local terminal. Compared to you, I learned the lesson on the cheap, but you got the bonus of a nice get out of jail free card. Neat CYA trick that I will keep in mind.
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