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SteveDuncan

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Overthinking Geeksturbator in the bluegrass.

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GottaLaff, to tesla
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A owner says his car’s ‘self-driving’ technology failed to detect a moving train ahead of a crash caught on camera

A video viewed millions of times on social media shows a Tesla almost crashing into a train. Documents from Tesla show the car was in Full Self-Driving mode at the time.
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/tesla-owner-says-cars-self-driving-mode-fsd-train-crash-video-rcna153345

SteveDuncan,
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@GottaLaff You have to admit it was very clever of Tesla to figure out how to get the self-drive crash test dummies to not only volunteer, but also pay for the test vehicles.

Sheril, to books
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I’m nearing the end of a book & it’s one of those instances where I’m simply not ready to say goodbye to the complex set of characters I’ve come to know.

Oh well. I suppose that’s a sign of great storytelling. 📚

SteveDuncan,
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@Sheril Do you mind sharing the title & author? Always looking for a good book to read.

arstechnica, to random
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Robot dogs armed with AI-targeting rifles undergo US Marines Special Ops evaluation

Quadrupeds being reviewed have automatic targeting systems but require human oversight to fire.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/robot-dogs-armed-with-ai-targeting-rifles-undergo-us-marines-special-ops-evaluation/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

SteveDuncan,
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@arstechnica Terminator was a documentary.

arstechnica, to random
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Boston Dynamics’ Atlas tries out inventory work, gets better at lifting

Atlas learns to pick up a 30-lb car strut and carefully manipulate it.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/02/boston-dynamics-atlas-tries-out-inventory-work-gets-better-at-lifting/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

SteveDuncan,
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@arstechnica Terminator was a documentary.

GottaLaff, to Arizona
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“The Republican Party has pulled the plug on their upcoming "Freedom Fest" event after , who was set to headline the gathering, ditched it to attend to legal matters in court.”
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-freedom-fest-court/

SteveDuncan,
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@GottaLaff so…there’s no freedom without trump? That the message here?

kissane, (edited ) to random
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We already try to eliminate single-use plastics but this was what finally tipped me from “Ugh I don’t have time to worry about completely avoiding plastic” to “Jfc fine everything’s going in glass or metal.”

https://www.bonappetit.com/story/can-you-put-plastic-in-the-microwave

ETA: Muting thread, good luck out there.

SteveDuncan,
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@kissane Millions to billions of…what? pieces? atoms? In this context what exactly is a ‘microplastic’ or ‘nanoplastic’?

alexkidman, to apple
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Good news! There's a new Apple Pencil -- and it's cheaper!

Bad news: I can't work out who is actually going to buy it...


https://alexreviewstech.com/who-is-the-apple-pencil-usb-c-for/

SteveDuncan,
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@alexkidman it’s going to match the new iPad Thick and Heavy.

weirdwriter, to wordpress

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    SteveDuncan,
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    @weirdwriter @classicpress I just publish from Ulysses. The block editor is scary.

    wikipedia, to random
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    On this day in 1814, a 15-foot wave of beer crashed through the streets of London causing property damage, several deaths, and mass drunkenness.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Beer_Flood

    SteveDuncan,
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    @wikipedia Kind of a shame this didn't make it to the

    Aaron, to wordpress
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    Trying to get ActivityPub to work properly for my website, but it’s simply not showing up here on the ‘don. No clue why as everything looks good on WP’s end. Purging caches, waiting a bit, even making a test post all = nothing. Can’t even pull up the profile. Dunno.

    If anyone is ever able to see the @timemachiner profile, lemme know.

    SteveDuncan,
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    @Aaron I have two blogs connected, a few days ago one worked, one didn't. Today it's the same, but they swapped. No idea why. I suspect WordPress.com is perhaps dealing with some bugs.

    mastodonmigration, (edited ) to random
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    So scientists, what the heck? 🤷

    Ulrike Hahn @UlrikeHahn has a great post up (https://fediscience.org/@UlrikeHahn/111238708073870930) asking scientists why they think moving to Bluesky is a good idea.

    Why would you trade one billionaire's for profit corporate silo for another one, when there's a great open social media platform?

    This is a no brainer!

    more...

    SteveDuncan,
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    @Cassandra @mastodonmigration It seems like the mastodon account created by the wordpress connection to the Fediverse is really not a replacement for a regular account. I don't think there is any way to post from it without using or for it to follow people.

    liztai, to TechnicalWriting
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    Hmm this could be a potentially useful guide for brid.gy. Whatever it is, maybe I need to flex my skills by writing a dumb-as-a-rock guide for wordpress.com users, because that's what they need. I find tonnes of guides for static websites and WP.org, but not many for wp.com. The users for the latter are really not coders, so a guide would be very important.

    https://boffosocko.com/2018/07/02/threaded-conversations-between-wordpress-and-twitter/

    SteveDuncan,
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    @liztai while there aren’t a lot of guides for WP.com, part of the reason is that by the time you’ve paid for an account capable of having plugins/extensions you can probably pay someone to do the work.

    gamingonlinux, to unity
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    This is fucked up. No other words for it. A REINSTALL is charged to game devs.

    SteveDuncan, (edited )
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    @gamingonlinux so if you want to screw with a competitor, just buy their game and continuously install/delete/reinstall it?

    arstechnica, to random
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    Scientists figured out how to write in water

    German physicists used an ion-exchange microbead as a very tiny "pen."

    https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/09/scientists-figured-out-how-to-write-in-water/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

    SteveDuncan,
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    @arstechnica Makes me think about the aliens in Arrival, and how they wrote.

    lzg, to random
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    SteveDuncan,
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    @lzg don’t be a chairblocker

    TheConversationUS, to random
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    What it takes to empower employees is rarely what companies do when they say they want to empower employees https://theconversation.com/why-managers-attempts-to-empower-their-employees-often-fail-and-even-lead-to-unethical-behavior-210757

    SteveDuncan,
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    @TheConversationUS Has any survey, ever, showed that a majority of workers are motivated?

    SteveDuncan, to pens
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    Ok pen people, how important is it that the brand of pen and brand of refill (or ink) match?

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