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FrozenVent: May 1, 2009; The Boeing 737-200QC is the undisputed workhorse of the skies.

prisoner of waffles posted:

if the error message from that forum post is treated as real, this is a completely believable failure mode for a system that uses GPS for position and an magnetic compass (with no correction but for self-determined bias) for direction

1. system gets a GPS fix and a compass direction, starts moving in the direction of its target
2. system gets a new GPS fix and uses that to update its estimate of its own position (moving kind of in the wrong direction?) and its compass bias (clearly off because we're going in the wrong direction as measured by GPS)
repeat step 2 a bunch of times until
3. system's estimated compass bias goes too high, system assumes that it is busted and decides to stop flying

fishmech is technically correct that GPS is not the cause of the problem (the best kind of correct)

my lovely way to fix it: use the GPS fix as input to (probably truncated) IGRF to figure out what your local compass deflection is

e: even mentioning IGRF is probably stupid overkill, a filter that computes bias + an extremely low resolution deflection map will probably suit those needs

this won�t work at that kind of latitude because the vertical component of the earth�s magnetic field is too strong.

your compass is literally trying to point up

gps doesn�t really work for heading if you have. a single receiver, it gives you the direction of your motion over the grid which can be erroneous because of eg wind

oh and the datum and charting is poo poo over there too but let�s not get into that

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# ? May 25, 2024 14:24

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

Sagebrush posted:

Well, see, a white supremacist believes that white people are better than other races, while a white nationalist simply believes that white people should get their own country separate from other races, for reasons unrelated to racial supremacy such as

fishmech level :goonsay:

about how they're not technically hateful and at no point have they ever said anything denigrating an identifiable group, therefore you cannot read anything into their motives and furthermore :decorum:

# ? Sep 20, 2018 17:11

ADINSX: Sep 9, 2003; Wanna run with my crew huh? Rule cyberspace and crunch numbers like I do?

graph posted:

a cool tartar sauce on a fresh hot piece of fried fish is really good

yeah you right

# ? Sep 20, 2018 17:12

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

haveblue posted:

yeah and it's a large enough number that they've put up with years of continuous bad PR over it

look, okay, we've technically enabled a genocide, but just look at these user growth metrics!

# ? Sep 20, 2018 17:12

syscall girl: Nov 7, 2009; by FactsAreUseless; Fun Shoe

infernal machines posted:

but then who would use facebook?

they people who were responding to the racists?

# ? Sep 20, 2018 17:13

Shame Boy: Mar 2, 2010

crosspostin' this here because i found it while in the musk thread and posted it there but boy does it ever belong in this thread instead:

This $16,000 robot uses artificial intelligence to sort and fold laundry

https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/10/16865506/laundroid-laundry-folding-machine-foldimate-ces-2018

quote:

I was standing off to the side of the showroom at CES while engineers worked in hushed voices, fussing over a $16,000 artificial intelligence-powered laundry-folding machine. The machine wasn�t giving back the T-shirt I put in, and for one brief, terrifying second, I really thought I broke it.

I had brought my own Verge T-shirt to try out a prototype of Laundroid, and I had to coax Seven Dreamers CEO Shin Sakane into letting me drop my shirt in, instead of the demo shirts they had prepared. As he expected, it didn�t work. After about 15 minutes, the Laundroid opened up to reveal nothing but an empty drawer. An engineer had to reach into the machine to pull out the shirt.

It turned out that the machine had trouble recognizing my T-shirt, which was a dark gray, instead of the brightly colored demo shirts that were on hand. We gave it another try, this time dumping the basket of demo shirts into the insert drawer. 10 minutes later, I turned the dial to open up the slider door, which revealed one neatly folded pink T-shirt.

lmao

# ? Sep 20, 2018 17:13

Cat Face Joe: Feb 20, 2005; goth vegan crossfit mom who vapes

ate all the Oreos posted:

crosspostin' this here because i found it while in the musk thread and posted it there but boy does it ever belong in this thread instead:

This $16,000 robot uses artificial intelligence to sort and fold laundry

https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/10/16865506/laundroid-laundry-folding-machine-foldimate-ces-2018

lmao

comedy issues aside, another big sv development that's just "things your mom used to do for you"

# ? Sep 20, 2018 17:15

Babies Getting Rabies: Apr 21, 2007; Sugartime Jones

infernal machines posted:

some fuckwit is delaying our provincial electrification plans here based on some similar bullshit.

we know how to build catenary systems. we can build them today. if we started building them when the electrification was proposed, we'd be loving done by now. we do not need to invent a new train and build an entire fueling system from scratch ten years from now to make this thing work

absolutely agreed in general. but we have quite a few train lines that do not have enough traffic to justify electrification, never mind the stupid amount of court battles this would create (overhead lines are ugly oh no).
if we can find a better alternative to diesel trains on these specific routes, that's cool.

most bigger routes over here are already electrified or will be, because it's cheaper in the long run.

# ? Sep 20, 2018 17:17

Jonny 290: May 5, 2005; [ASK] me about OS/2 Warp

Cat Face Joe posted:

comedy issues aside, another big sv development that's just "things your mom used to do for you that you currently pay a poor person to do, but would really like to cut them out of the gravy train, how hard is it to cook dinner or fold a shirt, completely solvable problem"

# ? Sep 20, 2018 17:17

Sagebrush: Feb 26, 2012

infernal machines posted:

fishmech level about how they're not technically hateful and at no point have they ever said anything denigrating an identifiable group, therefore you cannot read anything into their motives and furthermore

What's the word for the argumentative technique where you say a bunch of offensive things couched in superficially neutral language, and then you wait for your opponent to bring up the thing you're really talking about, then act all shocked like "whoa whoa whoa, where did that come from? It sounds like you are, in fact, the racist!"

E.g. one person keeps talking about "urban populations" and then the moment the other party says "black" it's over

# ? Sep 20, 2018 17:18

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

infernal machines posted:

facebook:these are the kinds of nazis we like

never forget

# ? Sep 20, 2018 17:19

Shame Boy: Mar 2, 2010

Sagebrush posted:

What's the word for the argumentative technique where you say a bunch of offensive things couched in superficially neutral language, and then you wait for your opponent to bring up the thing you're really talking about, then act all shocked like "whoa whoa whoa, where did that come from? It sounds like you are, in fact, the racist!"

E.g. one person keeps talking about "urban populations" and then the moment the other party says "black" it's over

i think that's just dogwhistling

# ? Sep 20, 2018 17:23

Shame Boy: Mar 2, 2010

Sagebrush posted:

Well, see, a white supremacist believes that white people are better than other races, while a white nationalist simply believes that white people should get their own country separate from other races, for reasons unrelated to racial supremacy such as

if we banned white nationalism we'd have to ban all nationalism because slippery slope!!!

# ? Sep 20, 2018 17:25

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

ate all the Oreos posted:

i think that's just dogwhistling

it's begging the question via dogwhistling

in that instance it'd be the racist starting from the assumption that black people are bad, and then stating their point while trying to mask the overt racism using more or less neutral language

the correct thing to do is to challenge their framing rather than attacking their argument itself. tho the fun thing to do is to claim confusion or ignorance when you do this so they're forced to explicitly state their racism

# ? Sep 20, 2018 17:27

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

it's begging the question via dogwhistling

in that instance it'd be the racist starting from the assumption that black people are bad, and then stating their point while trying to mask the overt racism using more or less neutral language

the correct thing to do is to challenge their framing rather than attacking their argument itself. tho the fun thing to do is to claim confusion or ignorance when you do this so they're forced to explicitly state their racism

then immediately retreating behind "i didn't say that" when challenged, i.e. jordan peterson's rhetorical style

# ? Sep 20, 2018 17:30

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

what do you mean "urban populations" when i lived downtown it seemed like it was all affluent professionals how is that bad

# ? Sep 20, 2018 17:30

Shame Boy: Mar 2, 2010

oh boy i scrolled past this useful graphic the first time:

also this little nugget

quote:

The $16,000 price tag is pretty intimidating, but the company hopes to bring the cost down to under $2,000, if it ever goes into mass production. Sakane cited Tesla, hoping to mimic its model of releasing a high-priced product followed by significant price cuts after its release.

yep, mimic tesla, perfect business plan

# ? Sep 20, 2018 17:31

haveblue: Aug 15, 2005; Toilet Rascal

can't wait for my clothes-fold-o-tron 9000 to fold my cat and then spontaneously catch fire

# ? Sep 20, 2018 17:33

infernal machines: Oct 11, 2012; we monitor many frequencies. we listen always. came a voice, out of the babel of tongues, speaking to us. it played us a mighty dub.

bad news: your cat is very dead

good news: you have a new scarf

# ? Sep 20, 2018 17:35

OJ MIST 2 THE DICK: Sep 11, 2008; Anytime I need to see your face I just close my eyes
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Where your crystal minds and magenta feelings
Take up shelter in the base of my spine
Sweet like a chica cherry cola
-Cheap Trick; Nap Ghost

"Sakane said that he thought he had come up with 'the Juicero of the clothing world'."

# ? Sep 20, 2018 17:36

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

breaking news: mark zuckerberg has officially given up his bid to run for US president

building on his previous statements about moving away from judaism, the young ceo expressed admiration for the leadership of iran and reiterated his holocaust denial beliefs, closing the public announcement by stating that although he respected meeting the pope, "there is no god but allah and muhammad is his prophet"

upcoming changes to the worldwide social media platform are expected to reflect these positions, though implementation remains opaque

# ? Sep 20, 2018 17:41

Cocoa Crispies: Jul 20, 2001; Vehicular Manslaughter!; Pillbug

infernal machines posted:

because the correct solution is to just electrify the rail properly instead of building an entire hydrogen fuel cycle system from scratch

trains are almost a best case scenario for "an entire hydrogen fuel cycle system from scratch"

they're specific places at specific times

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susan b buffering: Nov 14, 2016

infernal machines posted:

facebook:these are the kinds of nazis we like

my problem with this image is, the white text on a light blue background

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heated game moment: Oct 30, 2003; Lipstick Apathy

Cocoa Crispies posted:

hehua

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uIrAN4JneY

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Suspicious Dish: Sep 24, 2011; 2020 is the year of linux on the desktop, bro; Fun Shoe

skull mask mcgee posted:

my problem with this image is, the white text on a light blue background

yeah im more of a black supremacist

# ? Sep 20, 2018 18:04

refleks: Nov 21, 2006

that lovely facebook policy is no doubt due to them working backwards from "We need to allow people to express enthusiasm for $MINORITY_RACE$" and then also allow it for white people for some loving reason...

# ? Sep 20, 2018 18:04

iospace: Jan 19, 2038

Cocoa Crispies posted:

trains are almost a best case scenario for "an entire hydrogen fuel cycle system from scratch"

they're specific places at specific times

I'm not sure if they deconverted them back to diesels, but I know either UP or BNSF had hydrogen rail vehicles for their yard ops. You know, low distance, low speed operations. There's a lot of hybrids running around yards as well.

(funny enough, yard locomotives in the steam age also had special designs. The tender was smaller, with a sloped back for more visibility to the rear from the cab. They achieved this by mostly sacrificing water space, but given the locomotive was not going to be far from the yard where water was plentiful, it was a non-issue)

# ? Sep 20, 2018 18:06

post hole digger: Mar 21, 2011

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

breaking news: mark zuckerberg has officially given up his bid to run for US president

building on his previous statements about moving away from judaism, the young ceo expressed admiration for the leadership of iran and reiterated his holocaust denial beliefs, closing the public announcement by stating that although he respected meeting the pope, "there is no god but allah and muhammad is his prophet"

upcoming changes to the worldwide social media platform are expected to reflect these positions, though implementation remains opaque

time to sign back up for facebook

# ? Sep 20, 2018 18:07

Improbable Lobster: Jan 6, 2012; "From each according to his ability" said Ares. It sounded like a quotation.; Buglord

refleks posted:

that lovely facebook policy is no doubt due to them working backwards from "We need to show ads to nazis"

# ? Sep 20, 2018 18:10

qirex: Feb 15, 2001

refleks posted:

that lovely facebook policy is no doubt due to them working backwards from "We need to allow people to express enthusiasm for $MINORITY_RACE$" and then also allow it for white people for some loving reason...

I suspect it's from them thinking that 6 product managers in a room can come up with a single moderation policy for the entire goddamn world

# ? Sep 20, 2018 18:12

iospace: Jan 19, 2038

refleks posted:

that lovely facebook policy is no doubt due to them working backwards from "We need to allow people to express enthusiasm for $MINORITY_RACE$" and then also allow it for white people for some loving reason...

It's part that, part "well, we can either pay moderators to scan this stuff, or we can use a script to do it!"

The script was written by nazis.

# ? Sep 20, 2018 18:13

PIZZA.BAT: Nov 12, 2016

it�s cool that twitter & facebook have spent the past decade going on �well if you didn�t like that racist posting racist garbage have you considered not looking at it / unfriending them?� and now everyone ya walked off the racists and the problem is �ohh why aren�t people talking to each other?�

# ? Sep 20, 2018 18:23

Arcteryx Anarchist: Sep 15, 2007; Fun Shoe

facebook policies allow nazis pragmatically because they just want all the engagement they can get and optimistically because its the kind of company staffed by radical centrists that feel like they're accomplishing a great ideological feat worthy of praise by accommodating nazis

# ? Sep 20, 2018 18:27

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

we must secure the existence of our advertising and a future for white engagement

# ? Sep 20, 2018 18:37

iospace: Jan 19, 2038

lancemantis posted:

facebook policies allow nazis pragmatically because they just want all the engagement they can get and optimistically because its the kind of company staffed by radical centrists that feel like they're accomplishing a great ideological feat worthy of praise by accommodating nazis

but have you considered :decorum:

# ? Sep 20, 2018 18:39

H.P. Hovercraft: Jan 12, 2004; one thing a computer can do that most humans can't is be sealed up in a cardboard box and sit in a warehouse; Slippery Tilde

https://twitter.com/bananalise/status/1042832610848899072

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heated game moment: Oct 30, 2003; Lipstick Apathy

https://twitter.com/bergmayer/status/1042833646313512960

# ? Sep 20, 2018 18:55

Ellie Crabcakes: Feb 1, 2008; Stop emailing my boyfriend Gay Crungus

H.P. Hovercraft posted:

we must secure the existence of our advertising and a future for white engagement

# ? Sep 20, 2018 18:55

Shame Boy: Mar 2, 2010

incels interlinked posted:

https://twitter.com/bergmayer/status/1042833646313512960

i hope you still have to set it manually and it doesn't even like, get the time from NTP servers despite being a loving wifi clock

or it does get time but it does it through a proprietary api that you have to pay a subscription fee to use, and also the time is delivered as JSON

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President Beep: Apr 30, 2009; i have to have a car because otherwise i cant drive around the country solving mysteries while being doggedly pursued by federal marshals for a crime i did not commit (9/11)

incels interlinked posted:

https://twitter.com/bergmayer/status/1042833646313512960

t is stored on walls.

# ? Sep 20, 2018 19:00

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