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Mr. Stingly posted:This is what I'm talking about. If you live in some prairie town caked in cow poo poo then all this is a total joke. You hop in your Corolla you paid a couple nickels for at the Piggly Wiggly or HEB, and blow down the 2-lane freeway to whatever IT job you work for whatever farm equipment company and share a laugh about hipsters, clad in your Seinfeld era mom jeans. Unaware like an untouched Amazonian tribe that a few thousand miles away the future is a real thing. There are Teslas all over the road, and if its not a Tesla its a Volt or a Prius or a Leaf or a hybrid. They are a necessity in a densely populated metropolis that must carefully manage and regulate its pollution. You're already an old man, confused by changes you disagree with or don't understand. I saved $15,000 you cry! hipsters wear seinfeld jeans now, look at this old man also lol if you think everyone drives teslas and volts in nyc
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Concerned Citizen posted:almost as if multiple things can be good and important at the same time yeah but his money can only be spent on one and he's picked a bunch of dumb boondoggles well byue
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I was stuck behind a guy driving a Nissan Leaf for 15 miles on a country road. loving dangerous game that guy was playing right there
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I'd rather squat in Detroit for a year addicted to drugs than spend even 1 second in that puke filled poo poo hole known as "new" york
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Another Google talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HpBHWUPa8Q Google upper management is so hilariously awkward
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etalian posted:Another Google talk: hahaha the first question  also how cold was it in there that colbert needed to wear a sweater and a north face jacket over it edit: "Go to Google Play for no deal" lol. Luckily Colbert is so talented he managed to salvage Larry Schmidt's awkward as gently caress interviewing skills thathonkey fucked around with this message at 00:14 on Feb 18, 2015 |
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thathonkey posted:hahaha the first question Already posted but the Conan talk is top notch too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7TwqpWiY5s
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thathonkey posted:hahaha the first question I love how he completely fucks up the lord of the rings metaphor and just starts going off about the eagles hahaha
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THE FUTURE IS HERE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B2haPpLdiqw
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Lol  That front piece is kinda important and needs to be strongly connected.
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Return Of JimmyJars posted:Because I'm not afraid of new technology or because I don't demand new things be made for poors? I think the goons complaining really hard don't understand that making stupid poo poo for rich people ends up making it easier to make good poo poo for normal people after a certain point. EDI: Oh wait I mean LOOOOOOOOOOOOOL batteries *fart*.
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SaltLick posted:Lol lol http://crankpunk.com/2015/02/16/the-worlds-first-3-d-printed-bike-goes-snap/
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Feb 18, 2015 01:38
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I wish we used partial-vacuum flywheels instead of li-ion batteries. reasoning: they're cool as hell, they're awesome, and they explode catastrophically if something fucks up
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Carol Pizzamom posted:I wish we used partial-vacuum flywheels instead of li-ion batteries. reasoning: they're cool as hell, they're awesome, and they explode catastrophically if something fucks up Wasn't there some company trying to make a hybrid with a big gently caress-off flywheel instead of a battery? Probably didn't work out because a wreck could literally turn the flywheel into a cannonball.
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SaltLick posted:Lol I'm not even the kind of engineer who makes bikes and even the token materials strength course I took would be enough for me to realize that a fuckton of shear force is going to be at that point when someone is sitting on it lol
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Ambrose Burnside posted:THE FUTURE IS HERE Lol it can't take even close to the full weight of a really super skinny person while at a dead stop under a gradual static load I could make a stronger bike out of a pile of wire coathangers using a pair of pliers, no welding
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Papercut posted:When I worked for Blue Origin 10+ years ago, they were working on a craft that used a microwave propulsion engine to get past the launch stage. That was complete pie-in-the-sky, but at least it was super ambitious and would have changed space exploration. The current focus on using the same old rockets and fuels and just adding the ability to re-use the components is a completely poo poo way to push science; it's main purpose is exactly what it seems which is to make LEO tourism viable for millionaires instead of just billionaires. Infrastructure should be designed to be as complex and cutting edge as possible, like the solar roadways. Furthermore I agree that science missions, GPS and the internet are stupid poo poo for rich people and enabling the development of these things through cheaper launch is pretty useless.
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Why is there news articles and a press release for the first pass of a student engineering project. Of course its gonna gently caress up, who care.
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A Yolo Wizard posted:Why is there news articles and a press release for the first pass of a student engineering project. Of course its gonna gently caress up, who care. i care because it provided maximum humiliation
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Elukka posted:Yeah man what's with this pragmatic engineering poo poo? Using technology appropriate for the purpose without even any microwaves or lasers? Don't fight it. In these multi-page 'mock' threads goons progressively sharpen the extremities of opinion until they sound crazy as poo poo, the thread is gassed and it all starts again. See: bitcoins (having bitcoins makes you worse than hitler), Xbox one, etc. etc.
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No, not my bitcoins!! Not them!!!
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A Yolo Wizard posted:Why is there news articles and a press release for the first pass of a student engineering project. Of course its gonna gently caress up, who care. 3d printing a bicycle is such a dumb and inappropriate application of the technology carried 100% by "in 50 years well just print houses and our breakfasts" idiot tech hype, it is super worth mercilessly clowning on
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Concerned Citizen posted:pie-in-the-sky research is important but so is basic science, which can be made much cheaper to do if space-x's reusable parts technology saves as much money as elon musk claims it will. It won't, hth
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Elukka posted:Yeah man what's with this pragmatic engineering poo poo? Using technology appropriate for the purpose without even any microwaves or lasers? If you don't believe in Space X's approach or funding methods, you're opposed to GPS, the internet, and science. Got it.
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Ambrose Burnside posted:3d printing a bicycle is such a dumb and inappropriate application of the technology carried 100% by "in 50 years well just print houses and our breakfasts" idiot tech hype, it is super worth mercilessly clowning on given the demographics of SV, wouldn't it make more sense to focus on 3D printed blow up dolls instead?
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opus111 posted:Don't fight it. In these multi-page 'mock' threads goons progressively sharpen the extremities of opinion until they sound crazy as poo poo, the thread is gassed and it all starts again. See: bitcoins (having bitcoins makes you worse than hitler), Xbox one, etc. etc. Technology is pretty cool. Most of SV does not appear to be.
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Papercut posted:If you don't believe in Space X's approach or funding methods, you're opposed to GPS, the internet, and science. Got it. that post is extra lol considering GPS, the internet, and any "science missions" worth a drat thus far were developed by the public sector.
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Elukka posted:Yeah man what's with this pragmatic engineering poo poo? Using technology appropriate for the purpose without even any microwaves or lasers? 
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http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/17/tech/mars-one-final-100/ Mars One: 'We're all going to die, but it's important what you do before you die'
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Nonsense posted:http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/17/tech/mars-one-final-100/ It seems awfully confident of them to assume they'll even live to make it to Mars.
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raditts posted:It seems awfully confident of them to assume they'll even live to make it to Mars. Moreover who sends a middle manager and 8th grade chemistry teacher? To be fair, I'm all for putting a viable colony on Mars but I'm not seeing this happening anytime soon. 200,000 people and THESE are their frontrunners?
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naem posted:What happens when they've been there 6 months and realize it's a mistake and are trapped they die* *they won't get there, they won't get off the ground, this would need to be a multi trillion dollar international effort to even have a cat in hells chance of working
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Lil Peeler posted:Moreover who sends a middle manager and 8th grade chemistry teacher? anyone with qualifications knows it's a load of crap
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Elukka posted:Yeah man what's with this pragmatic engineering poo poo? Using technology appropriate for the purpose without even any microwaves or lasers? agreed, the world wide network of fibre and copper connecting billions of devices is practically stone age technology, as was putting up a system of orbitally stable satellites to provide GPS. these were all v mundane and unexciting ideas which used technology comparable to using flint to light a fire.
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