[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 40 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The recent Not Just Bike video about self driving cars is really good about this subject, very dystopic

[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 39 points 3 months ago

France's military industry is having wet dreams thinking about it.

If the US pulls out of NATO France becomes the biggest arms exporter of NATO and I would expect other countries will become less enthusiastic at the idea of buying US weapons systems.

[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 37 points 5 months ago

What about something like that ?

https://static.agraf.archi/media/projets/7/08.lg.jpg

8 houses in a row, built using a wood structure and straw bale wall for insulation (thermal AND phonic insulation) and clay plaster. So the construction material is storing CO2 rather than emitting tons of CO2 like concrete does.

It collects rainwater for the garden and has enough solar panels for the community and to contribute to the electrical consumption of the village around it.

It leaves a lot of space for land to develop a food forest, permaculture projects and leave space for biodiversity.

[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 42 points 6 months ago

Because one is stimulating the economy and the other one is just more money in the pocket of the billionaires.

[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 38 points 7 months ago

I think it's more "Most consumers hate the idea of a bad, unhelpful customer service".

I'm fine with AI if it was actually helping to solve my issue, but it is generally not the case.

[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 45 points 8 months ago

Of course you should not trust everything you see on the internet.

Be cautious and when you see something suspicious do a google search to find more reliable sources.

Oh ... Wait !

[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 37 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Are you talking about

A scalable self replicating and self sustaining carbon capture technology that uses a mix of highly specialized biological processes to turn CO2 into engineering grade composite construction material, fuel and fertilizer.

?

[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 50 points 11 months ago

It's a real story!

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/charles-proteus-steinmetz-the-wizard-of-schenectady-51912022/

At the beginning of the 20th century Henry Ford's electrical engineers had issues they could not solve with a gigantic generator. Henry Ford called Steimmetz, a genius mathematician working for GE to help them.

When he arrive at the factory he spent 2 days and night listening to the generator and scribbling on his notebook.

After that he asked for a ladder, climbed on it, put a chalk mark on a specific spot and explain to the engineers that they needed to remove the plate and replace sixteen windings behind the plate. After that the generator worked perfectly and Ford received a $10 000 bill.

Ford asked for an itemized bill and Steinmetz sent this

  • Making chalk mark on generator $1.
  • Knowing where to make mark $9,999.

Ford paid the bill.

[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 43 points 1 year ago

In a normal business that is not a mega corporation you would just do it. You can just activate it for a limited period if you really feel suspicious, after two or three tries you will quickly spot the people trying to abuse the system.

Even if people could abuse the system for free aubsceiptions, I don't agree with the fact that preventing people from getting free subscription is a higher priority than helping a mother getting her 2 years old back.

[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 37 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Ask a ~~physician~~ physicist to build a bridge, it collapse but he knows exactly how and why it collapsed.

Ask an engineer to do it, it holds but he has no idea how it's holding together.

[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 34 points 1 year ago

It happened to a friend (with a pilot license I precise).

He was flying a small two seat aircraft and got contacted through the radio and for asked if he was ok to do a exercice with military aircraft.

He agreed so soon after two fighter jet arrived on his left and right. To be able to fly at the same speed as him they were almost standing vertically. They directed him for a bit without any radio contact, then thanked him through the radio and left.

They were doing a exercise to direct someone with no radio contact.

[-] BastingChemina@slrpnk.net 46 points 1 year ago

It's generally a good idea to take some probiotic after antibiotic treatment.

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