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Mr. Nice!
Oct 13, 2005

bone shaking.
soul baking.
Trump’s hand picked acting secdef did not put out that policy for optics. The DCNG letter was issued because Trump’s people knew there would be an attempt on the capitol and they did not want interference.

None of Trump’s inner circle get the benefit of the doubt. This guy was only the acting secdef because the prior wasn’t doing everything our big wet boy wanted. See also, Bill Barr.

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Waroduce
Aug 5, 2008

FrozenVent posted:

Tesla doesn’t use LIDAR, their tech is entirely visual based. I know what you’re about to say, but it’s the Bitcoin effect - I must be explaining it wrong!

Also having the world’s greatest engineers is useless if you fire them off the production line for disagreeing with you.

Ah my mistake I knew whatever they were pursing was not what the established manufacturers were pursing bc the tesla solution has issues with object permanence and lots of fun false positives. Some of the YouTube videos are terrifying!

Handsome Ralph
Sep 3, 2004

Oh boy, posting!
That's where I'm a Viking!


facialimpediment posted:

The boys in the Michigan Air National Guard had a critical question for potential wartime - can you land a Warthog on a civilian road?

https://youtu.be/RI3cy84b81w

https://twitter.com/MichiganDOT/status/1423276766626525184?s=19

https://twitter.com/mspnorthernmi/status/1423274076706062338?s=19

They used to do this all the time in Germany during reforger exercises and poo poo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qx7Meo7w-pY

GD_American posted:

I will say that if any of you ever find yourself in our going through Huntsville, Alabama, BY ALL MEANS take at least two hours to stop and see the Marshall Flight Center. Walking under a suspended, dissected Saturn V is breathtaking. And if you have any kind of mechanical bent, the exhibits showing some of the engineering, numbers and just pure goddamned brute motherfucking force on that thing are amazing. It was burning tons of fuel per second; they had to design a whole new kind of pump that could run at 18,000 rpm to get enough fuel out, and be able to handle freezing, corrosive rocket fuel. Even the swash plates in the booster tunnels had a neat story behind them.

It's truly a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

A friend of mine works down there and keeps asking me to come visit...Like I knew Huntsville had a bunch of cool NASA poo poo but did not realize till today it had a full on Saturn V that you could walk under. gently caress it, gonna go nag my wife to go on a road trip.

A Bad Poster
Sep 25, 2006
Seriously, shut the fuck up.

:dukedog:

AFStealth posted:

Worse how? Shut up dude. Space X is doing a lot of cool poo poo.

Cool? Sure. Good? Probably no.

CRUSTY MINGE
Mar 30, 2011

Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur
Ehh, spacex launching poo poo is cool, but most of what they've done is ruin the night sky with Elons' internet satellites.

I will watch this rocket blow up on the pad, though. My cousin isn't far from it, so he's going to try to watch it blow up in person.

not caring here
Feb 22, 2012

blazemastah 2 dry 4 u

Waroduce posted:

Ah my mistake I knew whatever they were pursing was not what the established manufacturers were pursing bc the tesla solution has issues with object permanence and lots of fun false positives. Some of the YouTube videos are terrifying!

They used to be combination visual / radar. Musk has famously talked mad poo poo about lidar, which IS what you want so now can't back down because reasons, but it turns out radar is not good for self driving purposes so now it's down to visual only.

Radar is good for parking sensors and following other cars and stuff, visual is not really great for anything, and lidar is what you want for real fidelity.

Mr. Nice!
Oct 13, 2005

bone shaking.
soul baking.
Musk pulled lidar because he didn’t want to pay patent royalties.

Tiny Timbs
Sep 6, 2008

Love to self drive myself into the back of a car or otherwise have my $15k tech upgrade stop working because my tech lord didn’t realize that weather exists outside of LA

boop the snoot
Jun 3, 2016

Stravag
Jun 7, 2009

FrozenVent posted:

Tesla doesn’t use LIDAR, their tech is entirely visual based. I know what you’re about to say, but it’s the Bitcoin effect - I must be explaining it wrong!

Also having the world’s greatest engineers is useless if you fire them off the production line for disagreeing with you.

Funfact about tesla- the 8cm accuracy that musk is so proud of? Yeah the industry standard is 2cm.

boop the snoot
Jun 3, 2016

Stravag posted:

Funfact about tesla- the 8cm accuracy that musk is so proud of? Yeah the industry standard is 2cm.

How do you expect an idiot savant megalomaniac to understand that 2cm is better than 8cm?

TCD
Nov 13, 2002

Every step, a fucking adventure.
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2021/08/feds-could-face-prosecution-discipline-for-lying-on-new-vaccine-certification-form/

Oh this is going to be fun.

In not so fun had to take my kid to the pediatrician and over heard a mom walking in demanding what can/can't her daughter do after her positive COVID test.

piL
Sep 20, 2007
(__|\\\\)
Taco Defender
If 2cm is so great, then why is 8cm four times as big!?

Godholio
Aug 28, 2002

Does a bear split in the woods near Zheleznogorsk?

Mr. Nice! posted:

Musk pulled lidar because he didn’t want to pay patent royalties.

And now his cars think the moon is a yellow light.

Edit: Oh they're not even prepping the thing for launch, this is just to test all the equipment and stability on the ground.

TCD
Nov 13, 2002

Every step, a fucking adventure.

Godholio posted:

And now his cars think the moon is a yellow light.

Edit: Oh they're not even prepping the thing for launch, this is just to test all the equipment and stability on the ground.

I think some of this was timed to also distract from the Branson/Bezos flights and Starliner's launch.

SlowBloke
Aug 14, 2017

Mr. Nice! posted:

Musk pulled lidar because he didn’t want to pay patent royalties.

That and the firm providing the lidar tech(mobileye) not wanting to go live with the full unassisted driving thing with their name on the eventual lawsuits.

maffew buildings
Apr 29, 2009

too dumb to be probated; not too dumb to be autobanned
https://mobile.twitter.com/deadline/status/1424135832852697099?s=21

CRUSTY MINGE
Mar 30, 2011

Peggy Hill
Foot Connoisseur
Fuuuuuuuck. That sucks.

Tiny Timbs
Sep 6, 2008


Yeah I figured this when I saw that the notices were using the word "attest." Can't wait to watch some idiot get burned.

MRC48B
Apr 2, 2012


He must have forgotten to wear a hat.

maffew buildings
Apr 29, 2009

too dumb to be probated; not too dumb to be autobanned
Going to honor his memory by having sex with American flag

Diarrhea Elemental
Apr 2, 2012

Am I correct in my assumption, you fish-faced enemy of the people?

Please, don't do that. Don't give me hope.

Wrong Theory
Aug 27, 2005

Satellite from days of old, lead me to your access code
I suppose Kitty Trevor Moore is gone now too :( drat he was young.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faOUDoRmK_E

facialimpediment
Feb 11, 2005

as the world turns
There are so many variations on this theme it's getting amazing.

https://twitter.com/JuliaDavisNews/status/1424154812510261250

BIG HEADLINE
Jun 13, 2006

"Stand back, Ottawan ruffian, or face my lumens!"
Yeah, too bad the only variation the anti-vaxxers are taking from it is a :tinfoil: one because they probably believe the gubbermint is assassinating them.

"It's the only explanation that makes sense!" :ohdear:

Bored As Fuck
Jan 1, 2006
Fun Shoe

Aww no :(

Godholio
Aug 28, 2002

Does a bear split in the woods near Zheleznogorsk?
That is the worst news in the thread.

Eej
Jun 17, 2007

HEAVYARMS
https://twitter.com/SmileItsNathan/status/1424142998955118593?s=19

Is this a technical

Naramyth
Jan 22, 2009

Australia cares about cunts. Including this one.

bear spray isn’t mounted to the chassis

US Berder Patrol
Jul 11, 2006

oorah

it'd be great if we could come up with a slightly more streamlined name for these "far-right extremists clashing with anti-fascists"

Platystemon
Feb 13, 2012
Probation
Can't post for 4 hours!

That’s a work truck.

It’s loaded with tools.

Brute Squad
Dec 20, 2006

Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human race

i'm sad he never got to see his dream made real
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=exnaY0l4XsM

Radical 90s Wizard
Aug 5, 2008

~SS-18 burning bright,
Bathe me in your cleansing light~
Fuckin lollin at those facial expressions, those are the looks of some dudes that just got their asses kicked and literally can't comprehend what has happened :allears:


https://twitter.com/Moredumbtweets/status/1424152898410323974?s=20

This is the face of a dude who's just found out he's a loving coward and not the BRAVE PATRIOT WARRIOR he always believed, it loving rules.

Radical 90s Wizard fucked around with this message at 05:59 on Aug 8, 2021

Lemniscate Blue
Apr 21, 2006

Here we go again.

US Berder Patrol posted:

it'd be great if we could come up with a slightly more streamlined name for these "far-right extremists clashing with anti-fascists"

I nominate "Ralphies"

https://twitter.com/MaxMaxACAB/status/1424151764824051712

US Berder Patrol
Jul 11, 2006

oorah

this can't work for me, I'm an alum of the University of Colorado lol

our mascot is a bison named Ralphie

Itchy_Grundle
Feb 22, 2003

I especially like Uncle Jesse knocked on his rear end wearing the mall walkers.

TCD
Nov 13, 2002

Every step, a fucking adventure.

Itchy_Grundle posted:

I especially like Uncle Jesse knocked on his rear end wearing the mall walkers.

Gramps in the back looks familiar too

https://twitter.com/8RUNCH/status/1424164498131152901/photo/2

Crab Dad
Dec 28, 2002

behold i have tempered and refined thee, but not as silver; as CRAB


Are collapsible batons legal in Oregon?

boop the snoot
Jun 3, 2016

I keep wanting to crop someone for that uncomfortable close up but everyone in the back of that truck looks dumb as gently caress so it doesn’t need any cropping.

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CainFortea
Oct 15, 2004


Crab Dad posted:

Are collapsible batons legal in Oregon?

Yes. I think technically they're illegal to conceal carry in a pocket or under your car seat.

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