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Astra blames launch failure on wiring error and software flaw

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WASHINGTON — Astra Space said March 7 it identified two problems that led to the failure of a launch last month as the company gears up for a new launch that may be imminent. In a March 7 statement, the company said an investigation into a Feb. 10 failure of its Rocket 3.3 vehicle to reach orbit determined the root cause was an error in a wiring diagram for the payload fairing that kept all its separation mechanisms from firing. Read More...

Building a Bladelock for Cursebringer UA

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I have a player who wants to be a Tiefling with a big 2 handed weapon.Looking through some UA, I found the Abyssal Tiefling which has more useful stats (+2 Cha, +1 Con), and also this invocation in the Warlock and Wizard UA: Cursebringer (a warlock invocation) "You can create a greatsword forged from silver, with black runes etched into its blade, using your Pact of the Blade feature. If you reduce a target cursed by your Hexblade’s Curse to 0 hit points with this sword, you can immediately change the target of the curse to a different creature. Read More...

PS5 controller teardown reveals how adaptive triggers work

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A PS5 DualSense controller teardown video released by YouTube channel TronicsFix has given fans an in-depth look at the inner workings of the new controller. The video showcases how its adaptive triggers, haptic feedback, and other features work. TronicsFix takes apart the controller piece by piece to get a grasp on how it all works and gauge reparability if the worse should happen. Once the DualSense is successfully pulled apart, TronicsFix notes a much larger battery than the PS4 controller (1560mAh vs 1000mAh) but is disappointed to see that Sony chose to use the same joysticks as the PS4 DualShock, meaning stick drift may become an issue for the controller in the future. Read More...