Lugh

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[–] Lugh -1 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

It seems logical they would test it on extracted gall bladders first. Finding a gall bladder during surgery seems far from an insurmountable task for AI.

 

The new law will allow consumers to install solar in their homes without the need to connect to the grid; however, more needs to be done.

"Regulations and standards governing electrical devices haven’t kept pace with the development of the technology, and they lack essential approvals required for adoption, including compliance with the National Electrical Code and a product safety standard from Underwriters Laboratories. Nothing about the bill Ward wrote changes that."

The fossil fuel industry has the current US administration in its pocket. Once they see they have leverage with national requirements like this, expect them to exploit the situation with delays and blocking tactics.

But it will only work for so long. They can't hide what is happening in the rest of the world, and more and more Americans will be wondering why they can't have the cheap energy everyone else is enjoying.

Balcony solar took off in Germany. Why not the US?

 

China operates the world's only commercial maglev train. It connects Shanghai Airport and the city center, and reaches top speeds of 430 km/h. China is also testing a near-vacuum-tube train which claims it may achieve speeds of up to 1,000 km/h in the future.

Interestingly this project aims to demonstrate 800 km/h later in 2025. That speed is almost as fast as the cruising speed of commercial airliners.

Will it need special rail tracks? This is the Japanese test maglev train passing people at 500 km/hr.

400 mph in 7 seconds: China’s maglev breaks speed barriers with new record

[–] Lugh -1 points 2 days ago (3 children)

"our" democratically elected leaders

You know the internet isn't just made up of Americans, right? (E.g. I'm Irish & the other 2 mods of this site are Indian & English.)

Why not try and see developments from a global perspective?

[–] Lugh 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

People overestimate how much an aging population will be a burden in decades to come, because they underestimate the impact of robots.

[–] Lugh 1 points 3 weeks ago

At least they're being honest about it.

[–] Lugh 2 points 3 weeks ago

A Swiss company is trying this, though using concrete instead of water. Wear and tear and moving parts are disadvantages though.

https://www.swiss.tech/news/giant-gravity-batteries-storage-renewable-energies

[–] Lugh 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I'd guess it's the quality of the ingredients that matter, not if its robot or human put together.

[–] Lugh 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Here's it in action. The dough base is pre-made.

https://youtu.be/7eunAdUqGZA

It looks believable to me that this might be far faster than a human.

[–] Lugh 1 points 1 month ago

The Meta Quest 3 is the one I've found most appealing. Using it as a virtual desktop or entertainment screen looks genuinely useful, though shame it still looks so ungainly.

[–] Lugh 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Will these be the AR glasses that take off? This tech has been 'about to take off' for some years now.

[–] Lugh 1 points 1 month ago

In fairness to them, if you are a government or economic body, trying to plan for these events, then you do need to get granular and look at things from specifics like demographics, age groups, gender and so on.

[–] Lugh 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

To add to the confusion when you click on the link to the report, it talks about generative AI, so it is not talking about AI as a whole. One of the biggest categories of jobs that will disappear is driving jobs and delivery jobs, thanks to self-driving tech. I'm guessing that these jobs are overwhelmingly male dominated.

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