cannabineer
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And nothing. No rocket, no contrail, no signal. Launch is proceeding nominally, but not that I could tell from here.
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Roger A. Shrubber
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And that fucking scares me...A mechanical unit that is capable of those kind of gymnastics, with an autonomous ai....One mistake in programming and how many people could it kill, what kind of damage could it do? One incident of hacking, and how many innocent bystanders get killed before the police finally manage to stop it?
And you KNOW there will be incident of hacking, and at least a few of them will be malicious...
I'm not worried about Skynet, there is more than ample opportunity for fuckery right now without fantasizing.
CunningCanuk
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That’s the kind of talk that led to the formation of labour unions.
cannabineer
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DIY-HP-LED
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A lot of things depend on improved battery tech and this is one of them. A 4X increase in battery capacity is not unreasonable to assume in 5 years judging by the research and development I'm seeing. At least for this limited application and others, EV production is a massive increase in scale and reliability.
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
yes, but density? (and operability in Winnipeg)
DIY-HP-LED
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Density and mass with lithium sulphur of lithium silicone, both are possible options with breakthroughs in both that are transferable to mass manufacture. Engine factories retooled occasionally and battery factories will do the same as chemistries improve, many are aimed at using existing equipment for the most part. There are battery factories using various chemistries springing up all over north America now.
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DIY-HP-LED
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If it can go a couple hours it will be fine, remember it can change out it's own batteries. It can feed itself and will kick yer door down if required to get at a power outlet if starving!
cannabineer
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that is fantastic. Thank you. I wish I understood the mechanics.
Sativied
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He explains his development process in detail in various documentaries and his website ( . As you know, no perpetual motion, no more than the energy that goes in can come out. Part of his efforts is about steering how it comes out. It's like pushing a ball very hard but ensuring it can roll only slowly and with least amount of friction. One way to store the (sometimes wind-) energy is plastic bottles, sort of a pumping system.
"The PET bottles are a type of wind stomach for the animals. The wind is stored with the help of the wings. The wings on the back of the beast wave in the wind, they are connected to a crankshaft, on the crankshaft are pumps that pump air into the PET bottles to high pressure. They can use that pressure to drive their muscles, for example, to walk or to drive senses."
I remember when he just started he did a lot of trial and error to get the right angles and proportions of certain 'body parts'. Until he wrote a genetic algorithm that produces the best options by evolution and selection. Simply put, every part that worked better (in theory/math/sim), had babies with other good working parts.
cannabineer
Ursus marijanus
That is even more impressive than his lumber budget.
I’m pretty sure I saw a serial crankshaft in the dorsal member of one of the caterpillar types.
Idaho killer was sloppy (of course, what's with the Dexter thing, one in Canada too?) and going for a Ph.D in criminology? He returned to the scene because he forgot an item or two..too late at 9am for that sheath-moron..looks like he's got some jailhouse justice on his face this appearance. Just wait; if he makes it to trial I'll be surprised.
www.independent.co.uk
Police have ‘no record’ of whether Bryan Kohberger was offered internship position
The Independent filed a public records request with the Pullman Police Department earlier this year
Sativied
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It has begun. Even though Macron backed down to only a 2-year increase.
France gripped by strikes, protests against pension reform
PARIS: More than a million people marched in France on Thursday (Jan 19) to protest pension reforms, with some demonstrators clashing with police in Paris, as strikes disrupted public transport, schools and much of the civil service. The interior ministry put the total number of protesters...
A little over a million, just warming up.
DIY-HP-LED
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I was at the car dealer yesterday finalizing the purchase of another car, a KIA. While there I inquired about full electric options and he told me there was a 2 year waiting list! Waiting for all those new battery factories to go up no doubt! A compact EV hatchback that I can charge from home on 120V would be fine for what I would use it for.
There appears to be demand for EVs here, for KIA EV's at least, but I suspect it is like that for EVs in general, since economical ones would fit the needs of many people. A compact EV can be topped up to 50 miles of range in 12 hrs from a 120 outlet and days go by without me using my car. The furthest I would drive in a day would probably be a hundred miles and it would be kept plugged in during cold weather and prewarmed, if required. Winter temps around here are in the 0C range most of the time and it's seldom really cold next to the sea. Most of my trips are around town or occasionally to Sydney about 25km away, so electric would suit me fine.
There appears to be demand for EVs here, for KIA EV's at least, but I suspect it is like that for EVs in general, since economical ones would fit the needs of many people. A compact EV can be topped up to 50 miles of range in 12 hrs from a 120 outlet and days go by without me using my car. The furthest I would drive in a day would probably be a hundred miles and it would be kept plugged in during cold weather and prewarmed, if required. Winter temps around here are in the 0C range most of the time and it's seldom really cold next to the sea. Most of my trips are around town or occasionally to Sydney about 25km away, so electric would suit me fine.
CunningCanuk
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Don’t buy a Kia unless you want it stolen
Fogdog
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I had an old beater car that one of the doors would not lock, so I bought this thing called "The Club" that would make it so you couldn't operate the steering wheel.
One evening when I came back to my car, the door was open. I looked inside and somebody had stolen The Club.
One evening when I came back to my car, the door was open. I looked inside and somebody had stolen The Club.