adamjcook

@adamjcook@mastodon.social

Engineer focused on #Robotics, #ControlSystems, #SystemsSafety, #Manufacturing and #Simulation. #ManufacturingOpen Contributor. #Purdue Engineering alum. Living in #Detroit. He/Him.
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adamjcook, (edited ) to random

The music and art is out and about on streets! ❤️

adamjcook, (edited ) to random

Look. Real talk.

I like Governor ’s leadership in in general and I completely understand where this is coming from… but we need to get super aggressive in significantly reducing our dependency on .

Like, right now.

It is not coming back anywhere close to where it was at its peak.

Zero chance.

are not a growth industry, nor should they be.

adamjcook, to detroit

The Hudson's Site Tower is coming along nicely...

Soon-to-be second tallest building in (and the second tallest in ).

adamjcook, to internet

Ah.

The Triumvirate of Morons.

adamjcook, (edited ) to random

Thank you @coachtony for solidifying my recent decision to publish on @medium.

I refuse to be platformed with deliberately unchecked hate under a cheap facade of "free speech".

My publication is coming soon, The Nameplate: https://thenameplate.blog

Articles to be published there. Updates and summaries to be posted here.

Stay tuned!

adamjcook, to apple

So, I just moved from a 2017 Intel Pro to the new 2023 M2 Pro .

Now I feel like I am riding on the back of a falcon!

adamjcook, to random

⚠️ Heads up, (and and )!

We could be looking a rougher time in terms of today, tonight and possibly tomorrow from the in .

Stay safe out there.

https://www.accuweather.com/en/health-wellness/live-news/live-nyc-experiencing-worst-air-quality-in-decades-as-canadian-wildfire-smoke-flows-into-northeast/1538063

adamjcook, to random

No surprises here.

As I have stated multiple time on this site, over multiple months now - the is an absolutely horrible regulator that, frankly, has done tremendous, lasted damage to US .

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-06-08/top-us-auto-safety-investigator-resigns-after-audit-finds-flaws

adamjcook, to reddit

Really thinking of just dropping , for what it is worth.

Dropped my profile off my Mastodon bio.

Reddit management is giving me serious vibes lately and I have been getting follow spammed 4-5 times daily for the last two weeks.

Met a lot of great technical and experts on there though - mostly through pushing back against 's and wrongdoings.

I suppose that work continues here now...

adamjcook, to random

We are a month away from Fest/Parade! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

No one does it like my hometown of Chicago.

I will be there.

We also do not take any shit in Chicago.

Neo- and ... you are on notice.

https://chicagopride.gopride.com/info.cfm

adamjcook, to fediverse

Which app (preferably for macOS) supports thread composing (I can write an entire thread "off-line" and then publish it all at once)?

I have tried @ivory and @MonaApp so far... neither seem to support it.

Killer feature from that I really need.

With support for image and video attachments.

adamjcook, to programming

So... the language looks really cool!

The team behind it is obviously extraordinarily talented.

And while I completely understand the reasons for keeping it closed initially, it is a little disappointing that there is no timeframe or licensing guidance on an eventual open-source state (as hinted to in their FAQs).

Going to have to keep it on the back burner until then.

https://www.modular.com/mojo

adamjcook, to detroit

Happy !

Here we are with another edition of Adam Around - and, like last time, with 3 currently unoccupied buildings.

But as opposed to last time, these buildings likely have a soon-to-be bright future.

First up, is the Detroit Life Building on Park Avenue: https://historicdetroit.org/buildings/detroit-life-building

This building is planned to be renovated into residential units under the so-called "District Detroit" project which has received significant city and state financial backing.

adamjcook, to random

Oh memories.

Taking a break from 's Hate Train on the Hellsite to recall this series of Tweets from a few years ago.

While under-appreciated then and now, the Tweet thread by Musk posted below contains an extremely damning admission and it displays the considerable blind spot associated with remotely updating systems without oversight.

Musk has no clue what he admitted to here, but systems safety experts do.

adamjcook, to random

So, I am finishing up a thread (a story, really) about my personal experience with the Manufacturing USA initiative and, in particular, the MxD institute in .

That should be interesting as my thread will be highly-critical of it.

Designed to challenge 's Made in China 2025 program, I believe it has utterly failed to do so.

But adjacent to that (or as a preview of sorts), I am reminded of another series of events that I think are under-recognized...

https://www.mxdusa.org

adamjcook, to random

This is really great to see!

Being relatively new to , I had no idea this was even going on.

I will definitely join one (or several) and help where I can.

https://www.axios.com/local/detroit/2023/05/15/detroit-block-clubs-on-the-rise-michigan

adamjcook, to random

Alright.

Here we have another clip showing some highly-questionable automated vehicle behavior (the automated vehicle proceeds through a marked crosswalk where a pedestrian has already entered).

Let's put our caps on and take a look here...

A FSD Beta-active Tesla vehicle is traveling along a two-lane, urban roadway at roughly 24 miles per hour. At about 3 seconds into the video, the automated vehicle encounters a marked pedestrian crosswalk with a sign in the middle of it that indicates that it is California State Law that vehicles yield to pedestrians in an active crosswalk. The FSD Beta-active vehicle does not apparently do so (or react much) while a pedestrian is nearly half-way through the crosswalk.

adamjcook, to random

Fred Lambert of Electrek, one of ’s main corporate scribes, is so close to getting it here.

How people write something this while failing to recognize the immense dangers of it is beyond me.

https://electrek.co/2023/05/30/tesla-driver-claims-crashed-tree-self-driving-mode/

adamjcook, to fediverse

Another thing that I hope can be brought to in time is a thread authoring tool like had - that is, an ability to compose a thread in its entirety before it is published.

From an engagement standpoint, I think that helps immensely as people are generally not going to wait around for the finale.

adamjcook, to random

Big day for starting tomorrow as the is back to running through downtown (instead of on Belle Isle). 🏎️

Gonna be hopping.

My kid nephew is coming over from Canton and we will go check it out.

I will try and take some snaps. 📸

But also, I will be checking out and supporting local small businesses that will be featured in Cadillac Square all weekend.

If you are coming down, consider dropping by and showing your support.

https://www.wxyz.com/sports/2023-detroit-grand-prix-everything-you-need-to-know

adamjcook, to animals

Darth Tiggy says !

adamjcook, to random

And rightfully so.

Those passengers were undoubtedly tortured.

I should also say that was never really held to account for this massive wrongdoing and (former CEOs) James McNerney and Dennis Muilenburg are off counting their millions somewhere.

That. Ain't. Right.

Naturally, Boeing tapped Dave Calhoun, who was on Boeing's board while this wrongdoing occurred and tried to downplay the wrongdoings later, as their current CEO.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2023/05/31/boeing-max-crashes-families-ethiopia/

adamjcook, to random

We destroyed ourselves.

adamjcook, (edited ) to random

The is a deeply troubled agency and I think the "reforms", whatever they may be after the 737 MAX scandal, will come up hopelessly short.

Sadly, the FAA is probably the most robust agency under the US Department of Transportation.

Agencies like the (the agency responsible for highway and vehicle safety) might as well not even exist.

Secretary Buttigieg has been profoundly disappointing on this front.

https://apnews.com/article/boeing-max-crashes-faa-ea8fac0ad2758b08c58d2d64756fbf37

adamjcook, to ai

A screenshot from another article that was published sometime after the first which states: But in a statement to Insider, the US air force spokesperson Ann Stefanek denied any such simulation had taken place. “The Department of the Air Force has not conducted any such AI-drone simulations and remains committed to ethical and responsible use of AI technology,” Stefanek said. “It appears the colonel’s comments were taken out of context and were meant to be anecdotal.”

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