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“More than just Auto-Tune on steroids”: researchers claim to have come up with a new AI-powered method of pitch correction that “surpasses previous tools”
Diff-Pitcher was created by engineers at the prestigious Johns Hopkins University
Individual aspirations are unnecessary. The Computer has pre-determined your life path for maximum efficiency.
Deviating from or subverting this path is an act of rebellion.
#SpacePolitics
“It got funded as a #rocket to #nowhere, and we at #NASA had to figure out something to do with it,” #Garver says. Legacy contractors like #Boeing continued to receive large bonus payments 💰 for working on the #SLS, despite delays and mushrooming #costs.
Critics of the #SLS argue that the rocket is #unsustainable by #design, relying on an old and potentially quite #expensive way to get to #space. Much of SLS is a holdover from the #spaceshuttle. But while the shuttle #orbiter, #engines, and external #tanks were designed to be #reusable, SLS and its engines were not.
“They’ve designed a rocket that is basically #unsustainable, because it’s completely #throwaway. The only bit that comes back is #Orion”
Ms. Stirone is a space writer. Dr. Chiao is a former NASA #astronaut. Ms. Garver is a former deputy administrator of NASA. Dr. Grinspoon is an #astrobiologist
Europe's economic powerhouse tests a shorter working week
"Instead of working 40 hours a week across 5 days, Hermann now spends a total of 38 hours at work over 4 working days. Otherwise put, each of KlimaShop's 30 employees works an hour-&-a-half more for each day they are in the office, while having an extra day to themselves each week. Hermann's colleague Michael sees the shift switch as "big progress". "You work much more intensely, everything you do is more precise"👍 https://www.bangkokpost.com/world/2675958/europes-economic-powerhouse-tests-a-shorter-working-week
All the #hysterics over #ballot#dropBoxes are absurd and unwarranted. Abundant empirical evidence proves they are a #safe and #efficient way for #Americans to #vote. If some no-gooder jams a fistful of #fraudulent#ballots into the box, it doesn't mean they will be counted and applied to the official tally. The ballots are still inspected and verified prior to #tabulation. The ballot box is just another way for #voters to transmit their ballot to the #election clerk.
I'm going to have a bit of a #tech#rant (less charitable people might say #whine) here. If you just want jokes and cute bunny pictures, feel free to skip this one.
Object of my #ire this week? #Furnaces. I'm not even going to rant about their main control boards; most of that's been said better than I could say it, by others with more knowledge than I.
Things didn't change much for a long time. They went from being driven by a #belt and #pulley to direct drive, because that's a little more #efficient, and there's no belt to have to inspect and replace (or worse, snap in the middle of winter).
But as houses became better-sealed and #insulated, a couple of things became issues.
(1) Because the furnace wasn't running as much - not as much cold #air#leaking in, and #heat leaking out through the walls - the air stratifies.
To replace a gas station than can refuel 100 cars/hour with #superchargers that are capable of fast-charging (30mins) a 75 kWh pack, you need 50 #chargers at 150 kW each. And that's not accounting for the fact that charging is not 100% #efficient.
That's 7.5MW. If you're in that smallish town and call the power company and ask for a 7.5MW feed, they'll laugh and hang up.
Built in 2023, looks like DIY (photos.zillowstatic.com)
Lot of space, good price, nothing more. Says it was built in 2023, might not be finished. Would be better if it was just an empty lot....