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there, behind that sofa!

See also: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/familiar-machines-and-magic-robo... https://archive.is/QJkNC

Meanwhile, China has found a simple and practical alternative. https://www.twz.com/sea/chinese-cargo-ship-packed-full-of-mo...

Patrick O'Brian (author of the Aubrey/Maturin series) was a huge Austen fan and intentionally modeled his writing style after hers. Post Captain (book 2) is the most explicit homag…

That's funny, just about a year ago, I had to replace a dead fridge and ended up with a reliable $3000-ish model. It's been great. GE PWE23KYNFS https://www.geappliances.com/applia…

Nothing about NXP? They are a pretty big player in this space, and mostly do a great job contributing upstream to the kernel, but I guess they don't have a hobby-level entry point …

Steve Roberts beat you to it, back in the 80s. https://bikepacking.com/plog/steve-roberts-computing-across-... More details, from the man himself: https://microship.com/winnebiko-i…

https://archive.is/tUoCU

iRobot got crushed by Chinese competitors. Rethink failed early, they had a poor quality product and Universal made a much better cobot. And this new venture is pointless, there ar…

They're just trying to compete with Ethernet.

I was into these trackball devices for a while, then my thumb started to hurt! Since I switched to a vertical mouse all my hand pain is gone. Highly recommend the MX Vertical.

https://archive.is/nELW3

That's exactly what this article is about, though. Assistive systems that are incredibly capable without needing to have a fake personality.

This is how ship's AI is depicted in The Expanse (TV series) and I think it's really compelling. Quiet and unobtrusive, but Alex can ask the Rocinante to plot a new course or displ…

I think we're more or less on schedule? https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Bell_Riots https://memory-alpha.fandom.com/wiki/Second_Civil_War

I think this idea that we need more people is completely bonkers. Look at the housing market in any developed country; overcrowding at tourist destinations around the world; enviro…

I don't think this proposal addresses the most important problems in mechanical CAD. Have a look at Dune3D: https://dune3d.org/ https://docs.dune3d.org/en/latest/why-another-3d-cad…

RGMII isn't really designed to go board-to-board, fairly high data rates, and ideally all of the signals should be delay matched. That gets a bit trickier when there are two boards…