dv_dt
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- dv_dtDrones have regulated no-fly areas in the US (other nations too), the regulations basically require some measures like this.
- I would much rather see human artist interpretations after they were briefed by the archeological experts on the evidence.
- I think there are a lot of different possibilities. As hinted to in the article, another is that the most evidence is left by pigments close to the raw surface isn't very well representative of the actual statue. If you're familiar with a lot of art processes - a base rough layer of paint is what is used to seal the raw surface and provide stable surface and rough background color sections for much more detailed painted features in following layers.
- It seems a shame that there is a gap between the limits of what is possible to deduce from direct evidence, and what is likely possible given human ability. And further that the public viewing the reconstructions doesn't take away the subtleties of the difference. To me it's unlikely that some of these works weren't vastly better works of art created by what were likely master artists and craftsfolk of the day.
One way to close that gap would be to offer interpretations to be painted by modern artists to show what was possible and a viewing public could view a range of the conservative evidence based looks, and maybe a celebration of what human artistic ability can offer.
- The government is fiscally irresponsible fundamentally because the rich have successfully lobbied to prevent taxes from being collectible in sufficient quantity to balance the budget. Once you're at the point where the gap cannot politically be closed - "responsible" budgeting is just an exercise in posturing and lobbying exercises.
- That's a generalization with some truth, but in this case it was blatantly obvious that iRobot was not putting much effort into improvement - or was not effective at improvement. They basically ignored the moat and relied on their headstart to the point that even brand new entrants to the market could equal or overtake them in an initial product offering.
And the business model aspects they relied on for their protective moat - e.g. mass commercial electronic production - was generalized and massively optimized in China (not just for vacuum robots but mass commercial electronics).
- 15 years ago we were supposed to have self driving cars in three years
- Maybe, but it might just push many would-be car owners to just use a service and forego buying a car altogether. What's the point of paying the capital expense, and a subscription expense for a car vs just calling up a Waymo. The traditional car makers should really be wary as they've historically been terrible at service offerings.
- It's also very possible to practice great oral hygiene and have bad gum disease. Gum disease seems to be carried by a potentially strong genetic risk factor.
- I just wish for once that the palms were being greased to do something net positive. There is a lot of money to be made actually solving climate, energy, and housing problems. It would easily be a net economic benefit with many profits being made along the way, with benefits for affordable housing.
I blame an international right that is more intent on looking backwards than forwards, and a left that sees only the real problems, but tends to proscribe surface level direct fixes while eschews grabbing the more indirect budget and financial levers that the right happily throws around.
- I stopped playing CoD mainly because I was tired of juggling disk space to try to play it even casually. It's surprising to me that game publishers have ignored this as some checklist requirement to stay below.
- You hint at something that is interesting to think about - that question might be: is there a different charge controller, heating element controller pairing that is possible with much less complexity and cost than using an inverter to ac and back to driving a resistive element.
would it be worth a system cost of dedicating some panels to just that kind of control
- Try these three words: Victorians eating mummies
- Because of their simplicity solar-cell based systems have become lower-cost and easier to install and maintain for water heating as panel + electric water heater, vs a piped direct solar thermal heating system. Higher "efficiency" for the direct thermal system, but overall system costs are lower for panel + heat.
I still love seeing the interplay with different combinations of physical systems and clever things humans figure out. Including with solar panels + other system items.
- Perhaps it's a dark pattern to keep you using the youtube app on your phone and casting it
- On the contrary, perhaps the cause was down to a single failed wire, but multiple other safety layers were bypassed in this overall failure. A regulatory scheme that would have enforced and caught a single one of those layers would have prevented this event. It's why the term swiss cheese model of safety is discussed. Only when the events line up holes though multiple layers of swiss cheese should an actual catastrophe occur.
- As proposed this is a strawman standard.
- Yup, nobody wants to admit that regulations and inspections are a reasonable solution
- I imagine every vessel has its own corporation that owns it which would declare insolvency if this kind of thing happens
- Imagine trying to advance that the proposition of taxing billionaires is negatable on basic math. That's a critical thinking error, probably compounded by a lack of education in humanities and civilization not a basic math problem.