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The "no news is good news" phenomenon is a plague. So long as the action does not result in a sentinel event (e.g. a crash, getting pulled over, an injury, etc) the experience is piled into the positive outcomes category in the brain. Over time one becomes overconfident. This can be applied to many things like driving, driving and texting, texting and walking, etc. The way to break free from this cycle is through objective feedback. Watch this for about 5 minutes starting at 18:15 and apply it to everything you do: https://youtu.be/gN40ddfEkoQ?t... for full nerd points watch the entire thing.

Drones are a menace. Imagine a sport pilot coming in low for a landing at a local airstrip, going about 110mph, and hitting a drone head-on. It would probably smash through the windscreen and kill the pilot, and crash the plane and thus kill everyone else. Get those drones out of the air!!!!!!!!!!

Except that the NTSB & FAA requires aircraft windscreens to be tested for resistance to bird-strikes using dead chickens and/or equivalent substitutes weighing from 2.2 to 8 pounds, far heavier than the vast majority of consumer/entertainment style drones like DJI Phantoms.

https://youtu.be/lp7uLTNiGrQ

The ban in D.C. is based on fear on the part of the government revolving around two main concerns, first of which is politicians and officials being video recorded breaking the laws (like partaking in Saudi sex parties using human-trafficked underage sex-slaves) and secondly (and probably to a much lesser degree) also possible use as a weapons platform for assassinations.

Those in government want to use UAVs/UASs/drones to watch and take out whomever they want but are violently opposed to civilians having even a small portion of the same capability. Heck, it's a safe bet that quite a few politicians and government officials would prefer to be assassinated as opposed to having their worst misdeeds exposed and be forced to face the consequences.

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maybe a little irony, but not much. Anybody who needs data while remaining situationally aware is going to benefit from AR technology -- SAR, EMT, firefighters can all benefit from AR, and they are hardly minimum wage jobs. A google glass competitor called Recon Instruments may have found a pretty nice niche market for their retasked snow sports HUD. Its called the Recon Jet, and I have a first generation pair. It came out around the same time as GG, but cost less than half ($700 vs. $1500 for GG) and definitely look a lot hipper than GG, more like a fancy pair of Oakleys. They are great for engine and gear telemetry at track days on my Ducati, and they are fucking awesome for nav and topo when I'm skiing and snowboarding. My friend is a smoke jumper, and her western US team is actively evaluating them in the field. If Recon Instruments comes through on even half of what this promo vid promised two years ago, AR is going to be more than nerd candy, and definitely won't be confined to drudgery as you suggest.

Have you considered the utility of a compression-based AI prize for not only advancing machine learning, but also redressing information sabotage? Since Google DeepMind cofounder, Shane Legg, demonstrated the utility of a mathematically rigorous measure of problem-solving intelligence, which is based on Hutter's provably "optimal agent", Universal Algorithmic Intelligence, it seems time for an update of The Hutter Prize for Lossless Compression of Human Knowledge in two way tos: 1) a much larger knowledge base and 2) correspondingly much larger prize endowment. As such a prize pays only in proportion to rigorously measurable progress, and that progress is made public in the form of the refinement of knowledge, it would be a low risk public good appropriate for public sector as well as NGO endowment.

I remember watching Boston Dynamic's BigDog demonstration, and being thoroughly impressed by the robot's ability to maintain balance and regain footing when kicked or slipping on ice. That said, the video also demonstrated exactly the Marine's concern, but I thought that they'd be able to reduce hardware requirements and increase battery efficiency to the point of overcoming the gas engine requirement. I guess that battery efficiency (and requisite durability) just hasn't gotten to that point yet, or gasoline was just specified as a requirement.

It's a shame this didn't work out. I could see the benefit of having a pack mule that won't spook, hee-haw randomly, or refuse commands.

That's the guy who famously presented Windows USB support back in 1998: https://youtu.be/73wMnU7xbwE

"We don't want to be behind the times by taking cash while cash is dying out," says Bjorn Ulvaeus, a former Abba member

Does anyone really want to take economic advice from a guy who wears big poofy sleeves and spandex overalls? I mean, if he wants to give advice on how to bang hot Swedish babes, OK, I'm listening. But I really don't need to know what he thinks about monetary policy.

https://youtu.be/J3ECxyIS9oI

https://youtu.be/qrfY7RNaBjw

"We don't want to be behind the times by taking cash while cash is dying out," says Bjorn Ulvaeus, a former Abba member

Does anyone really want to take economic advice from a guy who wears big poofy sleeves and spandex overalls? I mean, if he wants to give advice on how to bang hot Swedish babes, OK, I'm listening. But I really don't need to know what he thinks about monetary policy.

https://youtu.be/J3ECxyIS9oI

https://youtu.be/qrfY7RNaBjw

ror is soo last decade. Cool kids use Erlang on rails aka aka Techno Outlaw Psycobitch!

Yo yo hipster web developers. The new rockstar language is Erlang reborn aka Outlaw Techno Psycobitch which you can write hipster low 16 color flat modern impress your cat applications and websites!!

Perl and Ruby on rails is sooo last decade man for crusty developers

For older people who do know this song and young'uns who need to become acquainted with it, and, indeed, the whole of his canon: https://youtu.be/gXlfXirQF3A Happy Whatever.

This is what the state of militarization of our police departments has caused. https://youtu.be/pMas0tWc0sg
This alone is sufficient cause for any sane court of law to deny extradition. Additionally, it provides more than sufficient justification for US citizens to assert their second amendment rights. We are in international embarrassment.

Just watched the youtube clip you linked and I must say I wish news here was that impartial and honest.

I'm down with this as long as there's a chatbot with a Scottish accent that curses a lot. Something like this guy who curses out a pizza delivery boy:

https://youtu.be/rc8V9fgzutE

This is what the state of militarization of our police departments has caused. https://youtu.be/pMas0tWc0sg
This alone is sufficient cause for any sane court of law to deny extradition. Additionally, it provides more than sufficient justification for US citizens to assert their second amendment rights. We are in international embarrassment.

Nothing wrong with Florida that a few feet of global warming won't fix.

That's my point! I guess the Scrooge mods are out tonight.

Oh well, Merry Christmas everyone. Hold tight to the ones you love.

https://youtu.be/TBJLhOB8O0A

That is the best Slashdot headline of 2015, bar none.

Thank you and Merry Christmas/Happy New Year to everyone, even the Anonymous Cowards. Let me leave you with this traditional seasonal music:

https://youtu.be/0A8KT365wlA

This group predicted 7 of the top 8 earthquakes during a 2 week test. https://youtu.be/lPjhaweEWXA/

China! https://youtu.be/RDrfE9I8_hs

I thought this was about "engineers". My bad.

Oh, developers https://youtu.be/Vhh_GeBPOhs

I think this is much more relevant actually: https://youtu.be/O5bTbVbe4e4?t...

An Irish narcotics trafficking site

This story would be much better if it was a Scottish narcotics trafficking site, as this undercover video of a Scottish drug gang demonstrates.

https://youtu.be/29-LRuuqFT0

https://youtu.be/O5bTbVbe4e4?t...

A short while ago a drone backed out a few city blocks in California after touching power lines. Unlike fixed wing remote controlled aircraft, drones can take off anywhere including street corners.

So what you're saying is that you have absolutely no idea what you're talking about.

https://youtu.be/S3Ho3qE9Tys

https://youtu.be/_wYtG7aQTHA?t...

https://youtu.be/zMQjcukphpA?t...

Actually, this question was asked at the uncarrier event, and the answer was, unequivocally, "Yes! Any legal content that can meet our technical requirements is welcome on the service"
https://youtu.be/xac9tGkUtTA?t...

https://youtu.be/S34hOJE-DpU

Hilux, 4x2 WorkMate Double-Cab Pickup 2.4L Turbo–diesel Towing capacity: 2,000 to 3,500 lbs (1587Kg), payload 2700 LBS 1240kg;
ZSU 23-2 Weight 0.95 tonnes (2,094 LBS) the gun puts them at 76% capacity. Add in the stress from actually firing the gun fatigue failure will happen real quick especially if they were to try and carry some ammunition as well, the weight of a few 23×152mmB 50 round belts for a gun with a cyclic rate of 400 RPM adds up real quick. There is a real reason why the Russians put those guns on a trailer, It's a hell of a lot easier to engineer a single purpose trailer to withstand the stresses, than it it to engineer a single purpose truck.
  Ford F-250, Towing capacity: 12,200 to 12,500 lbs (5669 Kg), Payload: 3,058 to 4,059 lbs (1841 Kg), the Ford could pull this off, but it's iffy; the Ford can pull trailers that the Toyota couldn't keep it's front wheels on the ground trying to pull, try doing this in a Hilux.

Yo yo hipsters!

  Node.js and Ruby on rails are sooo old right up there with gradients, colors, and other dated non flat modern things from ancient 2010. Time to be hip and write impress your cat with the new hotest opensouce language ever!

It's called a "breakaway civilization" and it's not a new idea. It's been a fantasy of the elite for a long time. The only problem is they want you to pay for them doing it.

Transhumanism, it's a cookbook!

https://youtu.be/9f7wOxw4fQI

watch the best short parodies of it.

The best, IMO - Robot Chicken's Emperor Palpatine going off about the Death Star.

If you want a great view of what the prequels could have been and burn a few joules off saying, "Damn it," a few more times about what they actually are, here's one man's great takes on Ep. 1 and Ep. 2. It's too bad he wasn't actually a Fox exec...

Yeh, next time you see a sports car crash, watch how much of it sacrifices itself to saving the survival cell. In fact, screw it, lets make this the next time you see a sports car crash...

https://youtu.be/eP1_POQPJVw?t...

Notice how the car pretty much self destructs, but leaves the survival cell 100% in tact. Result, a driver that walks out of a 300km/h crash.

You will

https://youtu.be/5QCxyns1lrg

There should be a law that the voices on all GPS systems in cars have a working-class Scottish accents.

"YA MIST THAT LAS' RIGHT TURN YA FOOKIN' COONT MIND YER FOOKIN' DRIVIN OR YER OAN A BURST MOOTH!"

https://youtu.be/vPKhhne8mCs

https://youtu.be/cOdzhQS_MMw

No one - including the 150+ IQ genius - is good at something before time and effort have been invested into excelling at that something. You may scoff at the 10000-hours idea, but I challenge you to show one example of someone being fantastic at what he/she's doing right from the start, without countless hours of practice and study being invested in their craft.

What about this guy? Sure, an exception to the rule, but still, an exception.

Before you judge all of us, just remember, we actually freakin' did it; we busted down the doors of FIFA and brought people out in cuffs ( https://youtu.be/qr6ar3xJL_Q?t... ). So, call it a wash?

https://youtu.be/j2zlPNGuPbw

Obligatory Simpsons reference. https://youtu.be/gtBpmljNaZE

Is it that hard to give a foreigner an accent that isn't English?

A good recent example is Chris Hemsworth's Thor. Could they really not find a Scandinavian actor to play a friggin' Norse god of thunder or at least coach Hemsworth in a Scandinavian accent? Hearing that British accent really grates on me for some reason. Personally, I'd have had Thor voiced by the Swedish Chef.

https://youtu.be/sY_Yf4zz-yo

https://youtu.be/a1Y73sPHKxw

Disk lock huh?

https://youtu.be/usnksHYlUbY [youtu.be]

That video doesn't even show a Kryptonite Disc Lock. Nice try at deception though.

How about just melting one open?

https://youtu.be/b1h1qWbjggk [youtu.be]

Again, that video does not show a Kryptonite Disc Lock. Lie #2 uncovered.

As for the NY locks. Why crop the lock when the chain is smaller and more vulnerable?

https://youtu.be/6AdugFzCi24?t... [youtu.be]

Did they cut the lock? Move many goalposts?

As for other other high end U-Locks, I've seen even really expensive Abus U-locks cropped. They take a LOT longer and a lot of force. But I've SEEN them cropped.

Then you'll have no problem showing me a bolt cutter getting through a Kryptonite New York lock, right?

And, when all else fails, there's the angle grinder.

An angle grinder isn't a bolt cutter. Goalpost moving #2.

So much for my "foggiest clue".

You're delusional. Your OWN responses destroyed your credibility even more than I did.

Disk lock huh?

https://youtu.be/usnksHYlUbY [youtu.be]

That video doesn't even show a Kryptonite Disc Lock. Nice try at deception though.

How about just melting one open?

https://youtu.be/b1h1qWbjggk [youtu.be]

Again, that video does not show a Kryptonite Disc Lock. Lie #2 uncovered.

As for the NY locks. Why crop the lock when the chain is smaller and more vulnerable?

https://youtu.be/6AdugFzCi24?t... [youtu.be]

Did they cut the lock? Move many goalposts?

As for other other high end U-Locks, I've seen even really expensive Abus U-locks cropped. They take a LOT longer and a lot of force. But I've SEEN them cropped.

Then you'll have no problem showing me a bolt cutter getting through a Kryptonite New York lock, right?

And, when all else fails, there's the angle grinder.

An angle grinder isn't a bolt cutter. Goalpost moving #2.

So much for my "foggiest clue".

You're delusional. Your OWN responses destroyed your credibility even more than I did.

Disk lock huh?

https://youtu.be/usnksHYlUbY [youtu.be]

That video doesn't even show a Kryptonite Disc Lock. Nice try at deception though.

How about just melting one open?

https://youtu.be/b1h1qWbjggk [youtu.be]

Again, that video does not show a Kryptonite Disc Lock. Lie #2 uncovered.

As for the NY locks. Why crop the lock when the chain is smaller and more vulnerable?

https://youtu.be/6AdugFzCi24?t... [youtu.be]

Did they cut the lock? Move many goalposts?

As for other other high end U-Locks, I've seen even really expensive Abus U-locks cropped. They take a LOT longer and a lot of force. But I've SEEN them cropped.

Then you'll have no problem showing me a bolt cutter getting through a Kryptonite New York lock, right?

And, when all else fails, there's the angle grinder.

An angle grinder isn't a bolt cutter. Goalpost moving #2.

So much for my "foggiest clue".

You're delusional. Your OWN responses destroyed your credibility even more than I did.

Disk lock huh?

https://youtu.be/usnksHYlUbY

How about just melting one open?

https://youtu.be/b1h1qWbjggk

As for the NY locks. Why crop the lock when the chain is smaller and more vulnerable?

https://youtu.be/6AdugFzCi24?t...

As for other other high end U-Locks, I've seen even really expensive Abus U-locks cropped. They take a LOT longer and a lot of force. But I've SEEN them cropped.

And, when all else fails, there's the angle grinder.

So much for my "foggiest clue".

And I see why you posted AC. Not enough spine to post as yourself when you're being a little prick eh?

Disk lock huh?

https://youtu.be/usnksHYlUbY

How about just melting one open?

https://youtu.be/b1h1qWbjggk

As for the NY locks. Why crop the lock when the chain is smaller and more vulnerable?

https://youtu.be/6AdugFzCi24?t...

As for other other high end U-Locks, I've seen even really expensive Abus U-locks cropped. They take a LOT longer and a lot of force. But I've SEEN them cropped.

And, when all else fails, there's the angle grinder.

So much for my "foggiest clue".

And I see why you posted AC. Not enough spine to post as yourself when you're being a little prick eh?

Disk lock huh?

https://youtu.be/usnksHYlUbY

How about just melting one open?

https://youtu.be/b1h1qWbjggk

As for the NY locks. Why crop the lock when the chain is smaller and more vulnerable?

https://youtu.be/6AdugFzCi24?t...

As for other other high end U-Locks, I've seen even really expensive Abus U-locks cropped. They take a LOT longer and a lot of force. But I've SEEN them cropped.

And, when all else fails, there's the angle grinder.

So much for my "foggiest clue".

And I see why you posted AC. Not enough spine to post as yourself when you're being a little prick eh?

Yep. Specialized tools.

1: Needle nose pliers
2: Hammer
3: Bolt

https://youtu.be/4tc8LJiBuOc

I've been interacting with the poster of https://youtu.be/Gux4Ldy8cN8 who doesn't get it either.