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AlphaGo beating the top human player was in 2016. To my memory, that was one of the first public breakthroughs of the new era of machine learning. Around 2010 when I was at univers…

I compare solid-state battery manufacturing, to extreme ultraviolet lithography. I remember reading about attempts to commercialise EUV lithography in the early 2000s (in a paper m…

Freight trains are mostly diesel, to be fair.

We figured out a system for that in 1881 - electrified railways! Of course it requires massive capital investment, a modal shift for the last mile, and it's somewhat inflexible.

I really enjoyed "Learn Rust With Entirely Too Many Linked Lists" which engaged me like no tutorial or textbook has for a while. Anyone remember "The Poignant Guide To Ruby"? That …

Wow, I'm surprised that Keith Bontrager is quoted saying that quick release axles and disc brakes are not a design flaw. This is absolutely known as a design flaw! Downhill mountai…

At any commercial yacht marina, the wharf will almost look like a Tesla parking lot, with rows of chargers. There's a plug for every berth. If you do an image search for "marina" y…

They could have used increasing rotational degrees - Xbox 360, 540, 720, 900 and so on. Just like action sports, very extreme.

I can say they do give Australia Post riders lots of training. I have a relative who did rider and driver training for learners. As well as the general public, they also ran Austra…

Ironically, WiFi was actually developed by an Australian public research institute. The patent earned over 400 million which went to the government.

To add to the other replies, there's two etymologies that I know of. The first and most common explanation, is that when a film crew working with an extreme sports athlete would su…

I really don't think we have a "virtually limitless supply of sites" here in Australia - in fact I would suggest the opposite. It's a really flat continent. I'm more familiar with …

* Godel Escher Bach An ambitious work that's hard to describe, Douglas Hofstadter weaves history, maths, geometry, music, fictional Socratic dialogue and a hell of a lot of recursi…