Comment on: This Nuclear-Powered Superyacht Is Longer Than the Titanic and Costs $700 Million | Architectural Digest
Plot twist!
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21 Jun 2021 11:43
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Comment on: This Nuclear-Powered Superyacht Is Longer Than the Titanic and Costs $700 Million | Architectural Digest
Yes, absolutely ridiculous.
>"TerraPower, the nuclear innovation company founded by Bill Gates, devised the technology for the onboard molten-salt reactor, which will provide zero-emissions energy."
These are the kinds of elitist pricks who enjoy wafting in the smell of their own farts convinced of their own self-superiority.
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21 Jun 2021 08:50
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This Nuclear-Powered Superyacht Is Longer Than the Titanic and Costs $700 Million | Architectural Digest
7 5 comments 21 Jun 2021 06:58 u/tommijones (self.technology) in g/technologyLargest Boeing 737 MAX model takes off on maiden flight
5 0 comments 19 Jun 2021 23:09 u/tommijones (self.technology) in g/technologyComment on: Researchers create robot that smiles back | Tech Xplore
Reminded me of Johnny Cab.
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31 May 2021 14:16
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Researchers create robot that smiles back | Tech Xplore
2 1 comment 31 May 2021 06:27 u/tommijones (self.technology) in g/technologyComment on: Nine in 10 adults think buying latest smartphone is ‘waste of money’, report shows
All points that are technically innovative, but remain largely irrelevant to the majority of users.
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11 Oct 2020 04:34
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Comment on: Amazon Reviews: Thousands are fake, here's how to spot them
Amazon is no better than Walmart in being the false face of "Cheap chinese merchandise express".
Better option: Avoid these miserable parasite corporations and shop for locally manufactured goods where/when possible.
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07 Sep 2020 19:15
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Versatile new material family could build realistic prosthetics, futuristic army platforms | Texas A&M University
4 0 comments 15 Aug 2020 18:42 u/tommijones (self.technology) in g/technologyA light bright and tiny: Scientists build a better nanoscale LED | Science Advances
7 0 comments 15 Aug 2020 17:17 u/tommijones (self.technology) in g/technologyResearchers develop an optical fiber made of gel derived from marine algae
10 1 comment 09 Aug 2020 13:30 u/tommijones (self.technology) in g/technologyComment on: Learning from nature: a new flapping drone can take off, hover and swoop like a bird
It's really quite neat.
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29 Jul 2020 03:04
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Learning from nature: a new flapping drone can take off, hover and swoop like a bird
12 3 comments 28 Jul 2020 23:17 u/tommijones (self.technology) in g/technologyComment on: MIT task force predicts fully autonomous vehicles won't arrive for 'at least' 10 years
I agree with that idea, a progressive roll-out of the available technology based on road-type and location is probably the safest way to approach the matter, and highways are the road type that offer the safest environment for such a technology initially. I think the possibility to eliminate highway traffic would already proof very beneficial.
>India needs to figure out driving before it tries to figure out how a computer can do it haha.
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25 Jul 2020 16:20
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Quantum loop: US unveils blueprint for 'virtually unhackable' internet
2 0 comments 24 Jul 2020 19:58 u/tommijones (self.technology) in g/technologyComment on: MIT task force predicts fully autonomous vehicles won't arrive for 'at least' 10 years
I'm conflicted. On one hand, the majority of drivers use their vehicle as nothing more than an appliance and so such a technology would considerably help diminish traffic and the various accidents that happen on roadways (assuming the technology has reached a sufficient reliability).
On the other hand, having the opportunity to pilot a vehicle for pleasure and sport will become as niche of a hobby as are those in North America who drive manual in contrast to automatic.
What about the tremendous job losses for those in the transport trade?
This isn't considering the elephant in the room of the further elimination of personal freedom and privacy. When autonomous vehicles become the norm, they will most certainly have the opportunity to be fully traceable, remotely controlled, and deactivated.
Is the supposed convenience worth all the downsides? There are many factors to consider. The idea is nice on paper, but the reality of it could be something else.
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24 Jul 2020 16:15
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Researchers scale up the quantum chip by method of hybrid photonic circuitry | Nature.com
1 0 comments 22 Jul 2020 20:05 u/tommijones (self.technology) in g/technologyNext generation of wearable devices will stay charged longer and track movements better
2 0 comments 22 Jul 2020 14:48 u/tommijones (self.technology) in g/technologyScientists achieve major breakthrough in preserving integrity of sound waves in metamaterials | Science Advances
2 0 comments 22 Jul 2020 14:42 u/tommijones (self.technology) in g/technologyUnderused part of the electromagnetic spectrum gets optics boost from metamaterial | OSA
2 0 comments 22 Jul 2020 14:23 u/tommijones (self.technology) in g/technologyNew Invention offers new option for monitoring heart health | Wiley Online
1 0 comments 22 Jul 2020 12:46 u/tommijones (self.technology) in g/technologyActive-matrix organic light-emitting diode display on human skin | ScienceAdvances
3 0 comments 22 Jul 2020 00:52 u/tommijones (self.technology) in g/technologyElectronics tuned in twisted bilayer graphene | Nature.com
5 0 comments 21 Jul 2020 21:11 u/tommijones (self.technology) in g/technologyPowerful human-like hands create safer human-robotics interactions | ScienceDaily
5 0 comments 21 Jul 2020 21:08 u/tommijones (self.technology) in g/technologyBeetle-mounted camera streams insect adventures | BBC News
1 0 comments 18 Jul 2020 21:48 u/tommijones (..) in g/technologyGiving robots human-like perception of their physical environments | ScienceDaily
1 0 comments 16 Jul 2020 16:55 u/tommijones (..) in g/technologyNew organic material unlocks faster and more flexible electronic devices | ScienceDaily
1 0 comments 15 Jul 2020 23:53 u/tommijones (..) in g/technologyWatch artificial intelligence learn to simulate sloppy mixtures of water, sand, and ‘goop’ | AAAS
1 0 comments 15 Jul 2020 17:12 u/tommijones (..) in g/technologyA new path for electron optics in solid-state systems | ScienceDaily
5 0 comments 14 Jul 2020 19:47 u/tommijones (..) in g/technologyArtificial 'neurotransistor' created: Imitating the functioning of neurons using semiconductor materials | ScienceDaily
2 0 comments 14 Jul 2020 18:07 u/tommijones (..) in g/technologyComment on: Colonizing Mars vs. building *O'Neil cylinders* - What are your thoughts?
That's fair, I've listened to quite a few of his videos but I can't say I've followed all of them or necessarily agree with all the points.
>I think he is driving an important discourse.
Agreed!
>Now I will get some snacks and something to drink :)
Enjoy. (:
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04 Jul 2020 21:02
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Comment on: Colonizing Mars vs. building *O'Neil cylinders* - What are your thoughts?
Are you a fan of Isaac Arthur as well?
I think an O'Neil cylinder might come first, or at least the type of preliminary space station that applies the same basic principles. We obviously have quite a few bottlenecks to account for before we can start establishing permanent colonies even as close as on the moon, but it should be interesting to see whether reduced spaceflight costs and better technologies will permit us to start planning more sophisticated space station designs.
Mars also has (what is currently) toxic soil. I think once we've established moon colonies, spaceflight becomes cheaper/more reliable, and there is a motivation factor to push us outwards (overpopulation, resource demand, etc.), we might start evaluating the idea of a gradual mars terraformation and/or colonies. In any such scenario, I think the O'Neil cylinder and the principals behind it will be the first logical step of the two.
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04 Jul 2020 20:45
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