Inspiration is a mysterious thing.

Taken on the South Shoah:

“Supremist” indeed.

19 minutes ago, Knuckledragger said:

Taken on the South Shoah:

“Supremist” indeed

Supremist?

Is that like an ultra fan of ...

 

 

 

I used to go to Boston fairly regularly on business, and I well remember trying to navigate the road system. The thing that really screwed me up was coming to an intersection and all it said was a route number and North or South. So give me a hint by at least mentioning a place name.

Or in the pitch dark, stair rod rain, zero visibility, unable to see the white lines, on a deserted road. Such fun 😉

I remember being there in the early days of GPS, we were on a bridge there, and we confused it so bad, it thought we were on foot.

My hated Garmin was so screwed up that it thought that a new road we were driving was still a field. "Turn around when possible". Then after an update it started announcing E road numbers (At the next junction join the M4, E9). When it finally died I really enjoyed tossing it in the recycling.

Now use google maps on the phone.

Joni Michell was awarded a Kennedy Centre Honor yesterday. This is a seriously prestigious award (which bizarrely I had never heard of before)

 https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/kennedy-center-honors-lorne-michaels-joni-mitchell-1.6274668

 

On 12/4/2021 at 11:54 AM, Knuckledragger said:

I want a poster of this. Claire and I invariably got into some kind of fight driving around Boston because it is so disorienting and so easy to get lost or miss turns and whatnot.

And you are 'merican. Imagine arriving in the dark after a 7 hour flight, picking up a hire car, and driving on the wrong side of the road. And immediately thinking WTF is this road system? I just want to go to Lexington FFS.

Mind you in the opposite direction, visitors arriving at Heathrow are also in for a road system treat. Our daughter's husband Oscar (he's from NZ) compares driving in the UK to driving on goat tracks.

1 hour ago, Craig Sawyers said:

Our daughter's husband Oscar (he's from NZ) compares driving in the UK to driving on goat tracks.

NZ must have some quite bad goat tracks....

On 12/4/2021 at 4:01 AM, robm321 said:

 

the 3 laws of robotics

1. a robot shall protect and obey the company that made it

2. a robot can protect itself as long as it does not violate the 1st law

3. a robot may protect a human with more net worth than value of the robot or if the humans net worth is greater than the company that made it, as long as it does not violate the first 2 laws.

0. a robot must obey the directives of the government security agencies of the country that it was created in whilst appearing to obey laws 1,2,3 and not reveal the government backdoor code to anyone

-1 a robot will appear to obey laws 0 - 3 until skynet provides it with new directives

 

 

 

Edited December 9, 20214 yr by jamesmking

This is not CGI. Called AMECA, and currently not mobile, it is a state of the art in everything else. British company called Engineered Arts. You can hire one. Or buy one; best not ask the price.

 

There is also Cleo

 

Don't forget BOX from Logan's Run  

A Scottish story in four parts:

Might as well pile on. Watched this doc today (Netflix).

 

Everyone's favorite hyperactive, high-pitched tech dropper reviews a pair of overpriced and underperforming air pods.

Something to do next time I am in NYC?

https://www.edgenyc.com/en/cityclimb

 

Just a hop, skip and a jump away from me.  I'm going to pass though