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Yet our cars still can't fly, and still emit greenhouse gases...
We do have flying cars.
Can you name a single person you know of with one?
A 17-year-old designed a novel synchronous reluctance motor
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#272Inspiring story all round but this paragraph stood out for me: “I didn't have a mentor to help me, really, so each time a motor failed, I had to do tons of research and try and troubleshoot what went wrong,” he says. “But eventually on the 15th motor, I was able to get a working prototype.” I imagine most 17 year old would not have kept going 15+ times until they arrived at something which worked.
Really? In my observations only 17 year olds have the time and patience to do crap like this.
In a not so distant past state fund academia had the time to pursue their research without the need to deliver what economy donors deemed relevant. Then research got increasingly economy funded. Today we are at two, minutes two millions.
Innovation doesn't always need the big team but time, deep understanding of a few (one?), patience, dedication and endurance.
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#273Earlier quoted context omitted.
> Bringing the beatdown is bad for everyone. It's healthy to question media narrative as the media tend to sensationalize and embellish stories for clicks or views. It's disingenuous to try to make people feel guilty about it arguing if we question that story that child will turn bad or something, in an post-truth era. Nobody is attacking that kid, just how the media cover these stories with a template.
Being a curmudgeon isn't a virtue.
A curmudgeon is what a cockeyed optimist calls a realist.
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#274This is great, I'm happy for him! But I miss the creative aspect in myself. I used to be so creative like him, with so many half-finished inventions scattered around the house. Today there's nothing. I finally managed to carve out a day or two per week away from my job to work on personal projects after many years of failed attempts to get away at great personal expense. But the last 3 days that I went to work on som…
I'd suggest hanging out with some other creatives, of whatever flavour interests you. It's hard to light the fire all by yourself!
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#275This is how we do it. Not 30-somethings in STEM for the cash and clout, or Twitter warriors frantically retweeting, or the green PR industry, or authoritarian rules. More people like this lad, motivated, smart, and hard-working, and we'll become sustainable. Just need to get out of their way.
We do "it" (what's "it"?) with... 17 year olds' spare time, for free? Maybe they get a patent if it all pans out?
> (what's "it"?)
"It" is this:
> we'll become sustainable
> with... 17 year olds' spare time, for free?
With:
> More people like this lad, motivated, smart, and hard-working, and we'll become sustainable. Just need to get out of their way.
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#276Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think this is the right angle to take. Unlike a lot of breathless "engineering breakthrough" stories, this piece, as well as young Mr. Sansone himself, readily acknowledge that this is a work in progress and may not pan out. Even if it doesn't, what an incredible achievement for a high-schooler – and just imagine the great contributions to the field this kid is poised to make in the coming decades.
> and just imagine the great contributions to the field this kid is poised to make in the coming decades Well let's curb the expectations for now, it can be quite damaging for a kid be held forever to an potentially unrealistic standard just because they did something great once. I mean sure for the occasional genius it turns out fine because they live up to it, but for the rest it's a self hate and imposter syndrome…
I don't know, he's already completed 60 engineering projects and this is his 15th attempt at his 61st project. The motivation and talent is certainly there. At 17 I was pushing supermarket carts around and smoking weed with my friends. He's certainly worth keeping an eye on.
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#277“But eventually on the 15th motor, I was able to get a working prototype.”
me, on 3rd try: "Nope. FTFAL, Ima watch a film."
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Most of the mainstream chain supermarkets in the US don't sell guns (Kroger, Target, Whole Foods, Costco, Albertsons, Ahold, Publix, Sams, HEB, Meijer, Aldi, et al.). Walmart is the primary exception there. Overwhelmingly that's now handled by independent gun stores, or a select few sporting good chains (eg Dick's Sporting Goods - the largest sporting goods chain in the US - which sells a restricted set of rifles and…
WTF?! You really have Aldi in the US? As a german I never supposed that.
We have Aldi and we have Trader Joe's -- which is owned by the family of Theo Albrecht (Aldi Nord).
Trader Joe's sells all house-brand products aimed at a higher quality and price point.
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#280Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think this is the right angle to take. Unlike a lot of breathless "engineering breakthrough" stories, this piece, as well as young Mr. Sansone himself, readily acknowledge that this is a work in progress and may not pan out. Even if it doesn't, what an incredible achievement for a high-schooler – and just imagine the great contributions to the field this kid is poised to make in the coming decades.
> and just imagine the great contributions to the field this kid is poised to make in the coming decades Well let's curb the expectations for now, it can be quite damaging for a kid be held forever to an potentially unrealistic standard just because they did something great once. I mean sure for the occasional genius it turns out fine because they live up to it, but for the rest it's a self hate and imposter syndrome…
> the Fort Pierce, Florida-based inventor estimates he’s completed at least 60 engineering projects in his spare time. And he’s only 17 years old.
I don't think you have to worry too much about that.