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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CrackedWindscreen, to random
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It’s almost as though every Musk enterprise doesn’t ACTUALLY give a single shit about the environment.

Just look at all the investigations into the environmental impact of the Tesla sites.

Breaks laws till prosecuted to stop. That’s the culture. That’s the ethos.

adamjcook,

@CrackedWindscreen We have such incompetent, push-over regulators over here it is absolutely shocking that the US has not seen far larger environmental and safety disasters to date.

The FAA, the regulatory party that is the most responsible for the latest wrongdoing, has seen its internal competence and robustness watered down so much that I often question the airworthiness of the 737 MAX to this day.

adamjcook,

@CrackedWindscreen Yup.

It was clear now that the FAA was just goal-seeking.

The FAA wanted this vehicle to launch for a variety of reasons - so they artificially crafted all environmental reviews to make that happen along with effectively zero enforcement that the US is so famous for.

And predictable environmental disaster was the result.

CrackedWindscreen, to random
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Ah I see Fridman has jumped on the “Super intelligent AI” bandwagon.

The man demonstrates, on every single show, how little he knows. But he wears a suit and tie so MUST be clever, right?

Utter grifter.

adamjcook,

@CrackedWindscreen Just now?

I thought Fridman was on that like years ago...

Pretty sure he was, in fact.

adamjcook,

@CrackedWindscreen Oh yes.

I do not follow Fridman's nonsense.

It is pure fantasy thinly packaged as legitimate science and scientific inquiry.

adamjcook,

@CrackedWindscreen , along with and a few others in that orbit, have done extraordinary harm to public science education and discourse.

And Twitter and YouTube were their instruments to do so.

I almost wish that these platforms never existed at times.

Musk and Fridman like to make all these nods to "civilization collapse", but what kind of modern civilization can survive where the public's notion and belief in actual, competent science is irreparably damaged?

adamjcook,

@CrackedWindscreen True. And I feel the same on this side, of course. 😉

I don’t know… there is some really great content out there, produced diligently everyday by those that are not a household name.

It just gets buried under the vast, but popular incompetent nonsense.

Perhaps someone will find a remedy for that someday.

One can only hope.

emilymbender, to random
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"The trusted internet-search giant is providing low-quality information in a race to keep up with the competition," --- this phrasing makes it starkly clear that it's a race to nowhere good.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-04-19/google-bard-ai-chatbot-raises-ethical-concerns-from-employees

From @daveyalba

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adamjcook,

@emilymbender This is exactly the same thing with its automated driving products…

Falsely portrays the vehicles as capable of “self-driving”, but slaps a “Beta” label on it in an attempt to shirk from any real responsibility.

And automotive safety regulators could care less… so far at least.

Funny how all these various companies are converging on the same basic wrongdoings.

brianvastag, to space
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The launchpad was severely underengineered...flying chunks of concrete likely damaged the rocket itself and lots of ground equipment, sent debris onto the beach and into the nearby bird sanctuary.

I'd bet a lot of photographers also lost their gear set up for remote shots of the launch.

So irresponsible. This outcome was predictable but EM didn't want to spend the time or money to build a flame diverter & sound suppression system (water dump used at Kennedy).

https://futurism.com/wildlife-starship-explosion

adamjcook,

@gimulnautti @brianvastag True.

I would not be surprised if sees zero sanctions from this stunt.

I also think that the pretext that SpaceX would be an environmentally-responsible neighbor to a sensitive habitat was dropped a long time ago by the FAA and FWS.

There was a considerable brush fire about a year ago that destroyed much of the area due to SpaceX’s sloppy activities.

The agencies under the USDOT are effectively non-existent regulators - been that way for a long time.

pallenberg, to space
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It seems like launched the largest rocket ever without any of the usual precautions regarding blast effects and possible debris in case of any failure.

A city covered in dust, concrete debris as big as bowling balls and cars that got hit. What a mess!

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/21/us/spacex-rocket-dust-texas.html

adamjcook,

@CubeThoughts @pallenberg There was absolutely zero justifiable reason not to have a flame trench and a water deluge system in place for a rocket of this size.

A flat slab of concrete under any rocket remotely close to this size will not work.

adamjcook,

@pallenberg ESG Hound on Twitter, who I believe is quoted in this article and was hand-waved away by -friendly press, warned of this prior to this launch for what it is worth.

I support what SpaceX is doing in general, but not with this kind of outsized negligence - a common feature in Musk's various enterprises.

SpaceX should be heavily sanctioned for this stunt.

https://blog.esghound.com/p/spacexs-texas-rocket-is-going-to

adamjcook,

@CubeThoughts @pallenberg @CodexArcanum As I noted elsewhere in this thread, ESG Hound on Twitter predicted this disaster prior to launch - and was rebuffed by SpaceX-friendly press (like Eric Berger).

If SLS required a flame trench, then this vehicle obviously requires one as well.

SpaceX was indeed freewheeling it here and the FAA and FWS was complicit in this wrongdoing with a sloppy, goal-seeking environmental assessment.

https://blog.esghound.com/p/spacexs-texas-rocket-is-going-to

chicagotransitassociation, to random

Downtown has so much parking! Hard to believe we are doing better than most. Those other places must be awful. https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-chicago-c1f36dd2-6169-429f-b27e-6a8bdada152e.html?chunk=1&utm_campaign=axios_app#story1

adamjcook,

@chicagotransitassociation Ha.

%4.

Parking lots have consumed nearly a third of Downtown ... but we are rapidly improving.

https://www.axios.com/local/detroit/2023/04/12/study-third-downtown-detroit-parking-cars

skrishna, to space
@skrishna@wandering.shop avatar

Context for the Starship explosion, if anyone wants it:

It’s not actually a failure. It would be better if it hadn’t exploded, of course, but most of us expected it to explode. Rocketry is just a controlled explosion.

adamjcook,

@Mark_W_White @skrishna This is my question here.

Who at made the call here that this enormous rocket could be responsibly launched without a flame trench and water deluge system?

That seems highly negligent.

Incompetent really.

There is a sensitive natural habitat adjacent to this site along with various other population centers.

adamjcook,

@mjf_pro @Mark_W_White @skrishna I mean...

The design of the flame trench and water deluge system has to be designed to accommodate this particular rocket, yes.

It would be a considerable trench and system, but required nonetheless.

To your second point... it seems to me that myopic "cost cutting" led to this negligent decision to launch without these systems in place.

Just poor decisions that have no justification near as I can tell.

And SpaceX should be punished for it.

adamjcook,

@Mark_W_White @skrishna This organization is competent enough to build potentially viable full-flow staged-combustion-cycle rocket engines... but does not recognize the need for a flame trench?

It boggle the mind.

The FAA really dropped the ball on the environmental review of this site - and SpaceX should be punished for it and a new environmental review process should be launched, if possible.

adamjcook,

@mjf_pro @Mark_W_White @skrishna There are existing engineering ethics considerations here, at minimum - something that is often violated in Musk's companies (Tesla, in particular).

And SpaceX staff owns that.

To your second point, I think that pretext that SpaceX was going to be an environmentally responsible neighbor to a sensitive habitat was abandoned long ago by the FAA.

There was a considerable brush fire (a year ago?) that burned away much of the area due to SpaceX's sloppy activities.

Rebeccahall0003, to random

@adamjcook Hi Adam

adamjcook,

@Rebeccahall0003 Hello!

chrisoffner3d, to random

Getting vibes from the demo. Interesting tech but so overhyped ($241 million raised so far) that it'll be hard to meet the expectations they've raised.

https://twitter.com/raywongy/status/1649306669921234948

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/founded-apple-vets-startup-humane-121051495.html

video/mp4

adamjcook,

@chrisoffner3d Yeah...

So this device is pinned onto the user's clothing? Hmm.

I guess... my thinking with these product form factors has always been that it is tough hill to climb to compete with a smartphone. A smartphone just strikes the perfect balance of availability, ease-of-use and size.

I would potentially only see a huge step change if Magic Leap's initial product goals were remotely realized (AR glasses that are almost indistinguishable from corrective eye glasses).

w7voa, to internet
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removes labels describing international media organizations as government-funded or state-affiliated, including those under authoritarian control in , and .

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adamjcook,

@lampsofgold @w7voa Yup.

I am getting that all over the place today when I try to look at a Twitter link.

adamjcook,

@north_easton @w7voa I am guessing that the argument has shifted now in Musk's mind... that NPR, for example, has the same state editorial interference as the People's Daily in China.

It is an absurd notion, but just another reason why legitimate news organizations need to dump Twitter ASAP.

Plus, Musk has significant business interests in China and that the CCP desired this outcome and relayed it to Musk cannot be ruled out.

adamjcook,

@WoS @north_easton @w7voa I agree.

It is just a losing battle over there... and many of these news organizations are deluded to think that Musk will not come after them next unless they give into Musk's editorial demands - even implicit, covert demands.

adamjcook,

@gimulnautti @north_easton @w7voa RT and the People’s Daily are organs of their respective states. They would not exist without the purposes of the state.

If not the label that they previously had, then some sort of differentiation should be applied to them.

I agree that private ownership does not mean editorial independence and there is room for debate on particular examples, but the above are clear-cut examples.

adamjcook,

@GreenFire @lampsofgold @w7voa Yup. Noticed that too.

I cannot even clock in trending topics without a sign-in/sign-up modal popping up.

That was true earlier this morning at least…

Whatever.

I personally only drop to Twitter anymore to look for safety-related issues associated with Musk’s companies (Tesla, in particular).

And then I bring the actual conversation over to here.

I do not have a Twitter account anymore.

adamjcook, to random

Lists do not work if the intended recipient is based in another country, right?

Say, the Amazon List was "created" in amazon.co.uk, but I have a US Amazon account...

Not sure if that is true or not, but I thought that Amazon Lists used to just allow you to purchase an item for the recipient - no other questions asked.

However, in my case, it is asking for my delivery address - which does not seem to make any sense.

I do not want it delivered to me. I want it delivered to the charity.

TheHardyBoyCats, to animals
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Clean sheets!! 🙀🎉😸🐾

adamjcook,

@TheHardyBoyCats That is one happy cat! 🎉

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