Fuzzy Mammal posted:

Here's a nice primer on the history and evolutionary of us military procurement if anyone wants to read more:

http://www.iceaaonline.com/ready/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/PS09-Paper-Lofgren-History-of-Thought-in-Defense-Acquisitions.pdf

Burt Sexual posted:

Imagine continuously driving in fear of passing a cop for fear of a ridiculously expensive ticket, to own the man for freedoms.

Trabant posted:

DIY wood splitters are frequently posted here and... honestly, this one's not as immediately dangerous to life or health as most:

https://i.imgur.com/armbUri.mp4

Sydin posted:

So just saw this on my walk back from lunch. Couldn't get any too detailed pics because the guy was pulling out just as I was walking past, but:





Granted I'm not an expert on how to properly tie down a load to a flatbed, but I feel like there should be more securing this than a single bungee cable over the top?

Jenny Agutter posted:

The"doors" were the exact same color and texture as the surrounding sidewalk because they actually are sidewalk. Absolutely should have been cordoned off

LifeSunDeath posted:

TorpedoFish posted:

Hey now, it's supposed to open in 2020, and I think that's only the sixth opening date.

They've had to start replacing light fixtures and display screens because they're wearing out from having been on non-stop since 2010 or so.


I could talk about BER all day long .

Sanctum posted:

So airplanes use a disgusting amount of fuel and don't have much in the way of filters. They count on the filtering being done ground-side. Because of the amount of fuel they go through it's extra important that jet fuel is clear of contamination. One aspect of filtering jet fuel is removing water contamination. The old style of filters do this by absorbing the water and filters are replaced every year. The new filters are water separators and are good for 3-5 years, but because they separate water from fuel it's important that they are drained daily to prevent buildup of water contamination.

I'm currently on vacation. Last time I went on vacation I came back and found water contamination in most of the units with the new filters because my co-workers weren't doing their jobs. There's a new fueling company that never did any kind of compliance for the whole summer. Maybe they were dumping contaminated fuel into the pits at night, or maybe they never drained their filters and pumped dirty fuel because they didn't know better? Anyways they are doing the right things now, because I see them doing it now whereas before they had no legitimate way of collecting or disposing of contaminated fuel. There's a 3rd company that's even worse and I'm actually confused about how the FAA hasn't shut them down. I think there's not enough g-men that know the rules to actually enforce them so right now it's kinda an at-will thing. Be good or don't. What does happen is eventually an airline auditor comes along that knows their stuff and then they report violations to the FAA.

Sagebrush posted:

Ow Oof this take is so loving hot

If the system is anticipated to kill innocent people in its testing, then you find a better loving way to test it or you cancel the research. We don't conduct experiments like that any more. We don't involve unwilling participants in scientific research at all, let alone research that poses a risk to their life. That's literal Nazi poo poo.


No. They should not. End of debate.

There is no reason that anyone should die in the development of self-driving cars. Yes, the process may take longer and cost more if we have to use motorized crash test dummies on a closed course instead of letting half-baked CS 102 projects loose on public streets, but that is the only ethical way to approach the problem. Uber's project only made it onto the streets because of greed and stupidity and it's a goddamn travesty that no one is in jail for this woman's murder.

E: like I just want you to really grasp that the trolley problem is not applicable to this situation or to the real world in general. We have decided as a society that it is never acceptable to violate a human being's right to safety and life because doing so might save more people down the line. You can't even make someone donate their blood or bone marrow to save someone else's life at little risk to their own. Saying "well, some people will be killed by our experiments, but maybe in a couple of decades we will have improved outcomes somewhat so it balances out" is just incredibly callous and, again, literally the kind of justifications used by Nazi doctors.

Turtlicious posted:

Why not make the car stop no matter what is in front of it???

Memento posted:

The fact that it's insanely relevant to the discussion and you just dismiss it with a flip remark speaks volumes about yours.

Baronjutter posted:

I love DNE but I'm having trouble with his podcasts because his perfectly fine co-hosts just go off on tangents for 75% of the run time. I'm actually interested in the topics, not tangents and barely related anecdotes by his friends. The same folks with the same general format but a little more focused with DNE telling his 2 friends a story and them only talking to react to what they are learning and ask questions about the topic would be great.

Moto42 posted:

There's such a huge problem with cops in the states being de-facto immune to traffic laws.

I nearly got killed riding a scooter to work when a cop blew a red light; no lights, no siren; just straight through.
He passed behind me less than a foot from my back tire and didn't even slow down.