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#61
Off the Record / Re: Quo Vadis GOP?
Last post by Syt - Today at 02:40:11 AMI mean ...
2005.
Though that's almost 20 years ago.
What, that can't be right. 20 years? Didn't we just get past Y2K???
2005.
Though that's almost 20 years ago.
What, that can't be right. 20 years? Didn't we just get past Y2K???
#62
Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023
Last post by Tamas - Today at 02:31:47 AMIt's still a few hours before I can go to the petrol station, would appreciate a bit of a delay to Armageddon, thanks.
#63
Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic
Last post by Syt - Today at 02:31:28 AMMaybe not now, Boeing 
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Transportation/Boeing-aims-to-bring-flying-cars-to-Asia-by-2030
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Transportation/Boeing-aims-to-bring-flying-cars-to-Asia-by-2030
QuoteBoeing aims to bring flying cars to Asia by 2030
April 19, 2024 02:51 JST
U.S. aircraft maker opens office in Japan's Nagoya to boost local R&D
TOKYO -- U.S. aircraft manufacturer Boeing plans to enter the flying car business in Asia by 2030, looking to tap demand for the fast, short-distance travel the vehicles could provide in the region's traffic-choked cities.
Boeing Chief Technology Officer Todd Citron revealed the plans to Nikkei.
The company is developing electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) craft at subsidiary Wisk Aero. The aircraft will adopt autonomous technology, rare among eVTOL craft.
The plan is to first obtain certification in the U.S. before expanding into Asia. Details of the Asia business will be finalized in the future, including whether Boeing will sell the aircraft to companies aiming to provide eVTOL transportation services or operate the services itself.
Boeing is currently selecting its first Asian market, including Japan.
In Japan, domestic startup SkyDrive and Germany's Volocopter are scheduled to operate air taxi services at the 2025 Osaka World Expo.
Boeing opened a research and development base in Nagoya on Thursday. It first established R&D operations in Japan in 2022 but had been renting space from other companies until now.
The new Nagoya base is the company's seventh R&D facility outside the U.S., following locations in Australia, South Korea and India.
Citron signaled potential collaboration with automakers with experience in fuel cells or electric vehicles. The auto sector is a major industry in the Chubu region around Nagoya.
Boeing Japan President Will Shaffer pointed to the advantages of basing operations in Nagoya, including the presence of suppliers in Aichi prefecture and neighboring Gifu prefecture. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Kawasaki Heavy Industries and Subaru, which manufacture key parts for Boeing, all have factories nearby.
"The other real opportunity here in this region is the access to talent and we've partnered very closely with Nagoya University as well as other places to find and access very good talent," Shaffer added.
Boeing currently employs 27 R&D staff from 12 countries in Japan and plans to increase that number to around 50 in the future.
The company will use the Nagoya base to develop digital tools for aircraft design and manufacturing, sustainable aviation fuel and hydrogen fuel cells. It will also research composite materials used in aircraft bodies -- including recycle technology and methods to boost production capacity -- and factory robots.
#64
Off the Record / Re: 2024 US Presidential Elect...
Last post by Crazy_Ivan80 - Today at 01:37:48 AMQuote from: Jacob on April 18, 2024, 03:51:33 PMI think your thesis is correct, that video has a larger impact this day and age. It'll be interesting to see how the upcoming deluge of fake video will impact this.
The proverb 'one image says more than a 1000 words' will either be amended to take all the fakery in mind, or it'll lose all meaning.
Alternatively: maybe AI will be equally impressive at determining what is and is not fake but I'm not sure to hat extent we'll be able to trust that too since AI is still programmed, programming can be biased (the Google image AI debacle was quite something) and AI might have it's own reasons to lie once it reaches that level of smart.
#65
Off the Record / Re: The EU thread
Last post by Crazy_Ivan80 - Today at 01:03:28 AMYes, the overproduction is intentional.
Invite foreign companies, steal their tech, build it yourself, destroy your competitors by producing a massive glut, victory as your enemies have now been deindustrialised and are dependent on you.
The eu needs to develop a real industrial policy too, and today rather than tomorrow, and means actually behaving as if industry is welcome and necessary. That's not how it currently seems, especially if you take the outside influence of the green nutters into account.
So cheap energy is a must, acquisition of raw materials is too, having the factories to process everything the same. Notions of degrowth must be removed as are the intentions to be greener than the pope.
Once you have the economical base then you can use that to protect your interests-with and without the necessarily strong military- around the globe because no one else will. So the threat of wielding the stick instead of just a carrot is also in.
Once Europe's interests are more secure we can increase the pace of greening again, but now we're just shooting ourselves in our feet, as is clear by the ever decreasing importance of the European countries and economies, and the eu as a whole on the world stage.
The said: it's not really going to matter if Russia wins in Ukraine.
Invite foreign companies, steal their tech, build it yourself, destroy your competitors by producing a massive glut, victory as your enemies have now been deindustrialised and are dependent on you.
The eu needs to develop a real industrial policy too, and today rather than tomorrow, and means actually behaving as if industry is welcome and necessary. That's not how it currently seems, especially if you take the outside influence of the green nutters into account.
So cheap energy is a must, acquisition of raw materials is too, having the factories to process everything the same. Notions of degrowth must be removed as are the intentions to be greener than the pope.
Once you have the economical base then you can use that to protect your interests-with and without the necessarily strong military- around the globe because no one else will. So the threat of wielding the stick instead of just a carrot is also in.
Once Europe's interests are more secure we can increase the pace of greening again, but now we're just shooting ourselves in our feet, as is clear by the ever decreasing importance of the European countries and economies, and the eu as a whole on the world stage.
The said: it's not really going to matter if Russia wins in Ukraine.
#66
Off the Record / Re: Youtube Recommendations
Last post by Tonitrus - Today at 12:56:57 AMQuote from: Barrister on April 18, 2024, 11:47:12 PM(but seriously if you're curious - look up Thompson Manitoba - then look up Island Lake, Manitoba where I did my field work - way the fuck in the middle of nowhere)
It has a Tim Hortons, how remote can it be?
#67
Off the Record / Re: Youtube Recommendations
Last post by Barrister - April 18, 2024, 11:54:59 PMQuote from: Barrister on April 18, 2024, 11:47:12 PMSo here's a totally random anecdote.
Summer of 1997. I had been accepted to law school that fall. I had a environmental science / geology degree I had just graduated with. So for a summer job I had a job with Manitoba Energy and Mines as a research assistant. We spent part of our time out in the field (which in northern Manitoba is in the absolute middle of fucking nowhere) but the rest of our time was in Thompson, Manitoba, which was a town of maybe 10k, also in the middle of nowhere.
But even living in Thompson, I lived in an RV which was out by the float-plane base out on the Thompson River. Just so you know I was hardly living in luxury.
So anyways - when we ere back in town I'd listen to the local radio - in Thompson I think there was only one. They were doing a call-in request show. I think this might be the only time in my life I was bored enough to call in to a request show. I requested the latest Depeche Mode song - "It's No Good". In part because I wanted to hear it, but in part just because I thought they wouldn't - this is northern Manitoba in the 1990s.
Anyways the radio host (who was probably no older than I was) was very excited for my request. She dug through whatever cassettes they had. On the air she was like "I found it! I found it!" And played my request for Depeche Mode to the people of Thompson Manitoba in 1997.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-QPvffO1gs
I'm not even saying it's a great song or anything (although I love DM). But it's something I'll always remember.
(but seriously if you're curious - look up Thompson Manitoba - then look up Island Lake, Manitoba where I did my field work - way the fuck in the middle of nowhere)
By the way I only linked to the video to complete the story - I had forgotten how funny portraying Depeche Mode as a bunch of skeezy lounge singers was.
Song is still merely okay.
#68
Off the Record / Re: Youtube Recommendations
Last post by Barrister - April 18, 2024, 11:47:12 PMSo here's a totally random anecdote.
Summer of 1997. I had been accepted to law school that fall. I had a environmental science / geology degree I had just graduated with. So for a summer job I had a job with Manitoba Energy and Mines as a research assistant. We spent part of our time out in the field (which in northern Manitoba is in the absolute middle of fucking nowhere) but the rest of our time was in Thompson, Manitoba, which was a town of maybe 10k, also in the middle of nowhere.
But even living in Thompson, I lived in an RV which was out by the float-plane base out on the Thompson River. Just so you know I was hardly living in luxury.
So anyways - when we ere back in town I'd listen to the local radio - in Thompson I think there was only one. They were doing a call-in request show. I think this might be the only time in my life I was bored enough to call in to a request show. I requested the latest Depeche Mode song - "It's No Good". In part because I wanted to hear it, but in part just because I thought they wouldn't - this is northern Manitoba in the 1990s.
Anyways the radio host (who was probably no older than I was) was very excited for my request. She dug through whatever cassettes they had. On the air she was like "I found it! I found it!" And played my request for Depeche Mode to the people of Thompson Manitoba in 1997.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-QPvffO1gs
I'm not even saying it's a great song or anything (although I love DM). But it's something I'll always remember.
(but seriously if you're curious - look up Thompson Manitoba - then look up Island Lake, Manitoba where I did my field work - way the fuck in the middle of nowhere)
Summer of 1997. I had been accepted to law school that fall. I had a environmental science / geology degree I had just graduated with. So for a summer job I had a job with Manitoba Energy and Mines as a research assistant. We spent part of our time out in the field (which in northern Manitoba is in the absolute middle of fucking nowhere) but the rest of our time was in Thompson, Manitoba, which was a town of maybe 10k, also in the middle of nowhere.
But even living in Thompson, I lived in an RV which was out by the float-plane base out on the Thompson River. Just so you know I was hardly living in luxury.
So anyways - when we ere back in town I'd listen to the local radio - in Thompson I think there was only one. They were doing a call-in request show. I think this might be the only time in my life I was bored enough to call in to a request show. I requested the latest Depeche Mode song - "It's No Good". In part because I wanted to hear it, but in part just because I thought they wouldn't - this is northern Manitoba in the 1990s.
Anyways the radio host (who was probably no older than I was) was very excited for my request. She dug through whatever cassettes they had. On the air she was like "I found it! I found it!" And played my request for Depeche Mode to the people of Thompson Manitoba in 1997.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-QPvffO1gs
I'm not even saying it's a great song or anything (although I love DM). But it's something I'll always remember.
(but seriously if you're curious - look up Thompson Manitoba - then look up Island Lake, Manitoba where I did my field work - way the fuck in the middle of nowhere)
#69
Off the Record / Re: Israel-Hamas War 2023
Last post by viper37 - April 18, 2024, 09:53:34 PMJerusalem Post (developping story)
Explosions in Syria, Iran and Iraq.
Explosions in Syria, Iran and Iraq.
QuoteAn Israeli missile strike targeted a site in Iran early Friday morning, according to ABC News. The report came shortly after local sources reported explosions in Isfahan in central Iran, in the As-Suwayda Governorate of southern Syria, and in the Baghdad area and Babil Governorate of Iraq early Friday morning.
#70
Gaming HQ / Re: The Miscellaneous PC & vid...
Last post by Habbaku - April 18, 2024, 09:47:22 PMMajor order crushed in under 24 hours. 