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[–] [email protected] 55 points 9 months ago (20 children)

Copyright issues aside, can we talk about how this implies accurate recall of an image from a never before achievable data compression ratio? If these models can actually recall the images they have been fed this could be a quantum leap in compression technology.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Most depections of telekinesis do not exert an opposing force on the user, in other words the force is exerted in an arbitrary vector from an arbitrary point in space. That means you could compress a hole in the ground under you but not levitate at all because the force doesn't act on your body. If it did act on your body lifting 5000 lb would crush your bones to dust.

As other people have pointed out a better option is the "magic carpet ride" or more desirable "flying motocycle" angle, where you Exert force on an object and it moves you as it normally would when pushed or pulled by any other force. I personally like the "infinite parasailing/paragliding" angle as it is possible to do without immediately being noticeable as strange by the public, and it requires less mental effort since you are still using lift for upforce.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

That's Telekinesis Kyle!

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

Vehicle design prioritizing pedestrian survivability is beneficial regardless of urban design, though admittedly an optimal design will depend on median speed of the vehicle.in pedestrian areas.

Return to retro 1940s rounded truck hoods is honestly an inevitable design shift at some point, as fashion always cycles, but the aerodynamics and fuel efficiency standards are against it.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Would cattle scoop style front ends save lives? The point would need to be crumply plastic for auto collisions, but i wonder if designing for deflection would legitimately benefit pedestrian collision survivability.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Bring in the military to feed my kids some vegetables.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

That is the definition of an authoritarian position.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

In some sense Waterworld qualifies.

Also Cloud Atlas in some of the settings, though a bit more primitivist

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

You don't need a cooler, just a vial of liquid nitrogen or dry ice. If the gun was air powered rather than fired with gunpowder the heat issue would be substantially reduced. Also the dirt didn't need to be fully solid at time of impact to effectively poison the target, as all that was needed was liquid contact with the skin.

Also everyone here seems to be pretending that flachette rounds aren't a thing and weren't proposed to replace bullets as the primary rounds for the standard issue rifle for the us military as recently as the Advanced Combat Rifle program to replace the M16. AAI's flachette rifle went all the way to final testing and consideration, and was easily accurate at 100m and beyond. This weapon shot single darts aka flachettes and would have no problem with achieving accuracy at 30m with a shorter barrel.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (11 children)

IDK, if this community has any hope of being anywhere near as comprehensive in coverage as the News Subreddits were its going to take some superusers.

 

A system called Coscientist scours the Internet for instructions, then designs and executes experiments to synthesize molecules.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

You must not have looked at DC much recently, they have pivoted into a lot of grimdark storyline with Hamlet like death counts and gruesome styling. I'm not a fan, I have DC Universe Infinate mainly to access the Vertigo back catalog much of which does the ideas they are trying better without coming off as pandering to the edgelords.

Hopefully the success of Primer will lighten things up around there.

 

When we think of sources of pollution or industries responsible, military conflict isn't first to come to mind, but regions where such conflicts are ongoing hist some of the most accute and uncontrolled pollution events in the world. Study if these impacts are set to be the focus of the new "Conflict and Environment Academic Network (CEAN)".

 

Not my video, but a cool review of a balkan pelican conservation project:

I went to Bulgaria to join conservation project of Dalmatian pelicans. It's international effort to reduce threats and improve their habitat in Romania, Ukraine, Bulgaria & Greece. Project website : https://life-pelicans.com/ Some footage of pelicans : Damyan Petkov Thumbnail picture : Maxim Yakovlev Support me on Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/BeBraveToAct Donate via paypal : https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=LVQ3AJVTA4WCW

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Constantine. Keanu Reeves has said he would like to do it, and there is a ton of story material to draw from between the Constantine series and all of the Hellblazers, not to mention cameos in other series.

 

A former Los Angeles area Taco Bell employee is suing the company and a franchise owner after she claims a Christmas party at the fast-food restaurant descended into a drunken mess that included open sex.

 

Does anyone have a good source for digitized comics in bulk? I'm tired of paying the corpos for subscriptions and in a dreamworld I'd find the whole backlogs by publisher in decent resolution and format.

 

A platform to stream torrents rather than download them would be nice.

Also iis it possible to use PopcornTime with more than just the PopcornTime.xyz list?

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