roboticide

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[–] roboticide 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I thought the pacing was good. I want more slow burns like Andor and Mandalorian, and I think Filoni knows what he's doing with his beloved characters.

People lauded Andor for its lightsaber-free action, and I get it, but I felt like this handled it really well too. Ashoka got to flex on some trivial droids, dark Jedi show how absolutely terrifying force users are to everyday soldiers, and we got a battle of apprentices that actually felt like two apprentices going through the forms they learned and really hoping their (probably) first combat against another actual Force user ends in their favor.

I loved seeing more of the New Republic, with their ships and uniforms. I loved seeing the ancient temple. They claimed it was Dathomiri but I got series Zeffo vibes from Jedi: Fallen Order. I loved seeing a live action Hera, Sabine and Huyang, and their respective actors did a fantastic job. Overall, a strong first episode; I just hope they finish as strong as they started.

[–] roboticide 12 points 1 year ago

They certainly can and do use a tracking system.

I get notifications from Delta every time my bag moves once it's checked in - loaded, unloaded, what pickup.

There's nothing really wrong with barcodes. NFC/RFID would be a logical upgrade though, and just has to integrate into the existing system.

[–] roboticide 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This isn't. Toyota is claiming they'll have a solid state battery production ready in a few years, which is a substantial improvement over even what this article is claiming.

Toyota's is being developed largely in house it seems, and while they do have prototypes, they're not really expecting them to be in consumer vehicles until 2027.

This article is talking about the same old liquid technology with just an improved chemistry.

[–] roboticide 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's not really an honest comparison though, and also kind of simply doesn't matter.

Most vehicles will have some expensive component fail well before the engine, and after ~10 years almost any major replacement will cost $5k or more. My suspension gave out at year 8 and it would have cost me $5k to repair my Ford valued at $5k. Who's going to want to spend that - on an engine or otherwise - on a 15+ year old car unless it's a particularly well regarded model by enthusiasts? The average consumer doesn't care.

The average consumer wants a new car after a decade simply for new features (like sensors or safety), change of lifestyle (like going from a sedan to a van for kids or an SUV to a sports car), or even simply styling and aesthetic. If the battery lasts 5+ years than the average consumer wants the car in the first place, it won't matter.

Not to mention that in the coming years, the price of replacing battery packs will likely drop, while the price of replacing engines may likely increase, as OEMs ramp down engine production and ramp up battery production.

[–] roboticide 27 points 1 year ago

Of the nine that have seen trial so far, seven have been found guilty by a jury of their peers.

Actual lawyers and the justice system have not found what the FBI did to be entrapment, despite that attempted defense being used.

That's not to say the FBI doesn't do any wrong - they have and probably will continue to do so - but these guys weren't innocent victims caught up on overblown charges just playing pretend. They were plotting to do actual harm and the planning was serious enough that it was their own recruits who defected and informed. It wasn't some FBI honeypot they all stumbled into.

[–] roboticide 5 points 1 year ago

Facebook tried with Threads but overcoming ecosystem inertia is hard.

[–] roboticide 16 points 1 year ago

And as if they didn't already subpoena that information before actually filing charges either. They were already investigating for months before Musk bought Twitter.

This is one of the dumber conspiracy theories I think I've ever seen. Why are we attributing some clever political maneuver to Musk when it's clear he just made an unprecedentedly stupid business decision?

[–] roboticide 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't know we can really blame MSM. It certainly is contributing to a degree, but for one, online misinformation is arguably a greater problem than, and for another, people were terrible and unreasonable before mass media was ever a thing. It's not like slave holders thought slavery was great because the 17th century mainstream media told them it was fine that black people weren't people.

There's been systemic cultural problems forever.

[–] roboticide 3 points 1 year ago

Same. I wasn't alive at the time, but just looking at history it doesn't seem like the advancements from the 40s to the ~80s were as significant as the 80s onward. The atom bomb was a huge technological achievement, but apart from instilling a whole new fear into the population, it doesn't compare to the impact the semiconductor and specifically personal computers have had on our lives.

I get why people over 60 struggle. There was absolutely nothing like it for most of their lives. I grew up with dial up and AOL, and while those are gone, I understand the same core technological concepts that evolved from them, and I don't expect anything nearly so revolutionary happening to us. I mean, it'd be cool, and if it happens I hope I could adapt.

[–] roboticide 11 points 1 year ago

Her wiki page is probably better credentials, but honestly anyone who's been in this hobby more than a few years should know of her reputation. She helped design the CR-30 if nothing else.

I'm hoping it's just people knew to the hobby and not her being silenced taking a toll on her presence.

[–] roboticide 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Honestly it doesn't feel too far to me, and I generally detest doxxing as a tactic.

We trust and depend on journalists to expose and spread the truth and tell the stories people should see, but it's never supposed to be at the expense or exploitation of vulnerable people. It's one thing to expose the personal details of say, a hypocritical politician, but putting an individual's life at risk just to spice up a story seems to violate most journalistic ethics I'm familiar with.

[–] roboticide 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Agreed. I'm guessing it's written in law something like $100,000 per download or something, and it got downloaded a lot.

It financially ruins him for life and sends a strong message though, which is presumably the point.

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