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"Gentlemen, we can refresh it. We have the technology. We have the capability to make the world's first bionic thread. The 'random topic' will be that thread. Weirder than it was before. Weirder...more random...more interesting."

 

 

Last time on The 6 Million Dollar Bionic Thread":

 

 

 

 

For some reason I read that as her once and future husband
 
Is it sad that a certain scene from End of Days just came to mind? I need help

don't feel bad. the term "once and future" made us immediate think o' t.h. white book.
 

 
near fifty and am clear still stuck in nerd mode.
 
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You think you're a nerd, but seeing that book immediately makes me think of Magneto reading it in his plastic prison in X-men 2.

 
 

 

You think you're a nerd, but seeing that book immediately makes me think of Magneto reading it in his plastic prison in X-men 2.

we're simpatico?
 

 
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doesn't belong in the other thread, but is kinda interesting

 

 

.17 is more than we ever used for bunnies, but is definite gonna get the job done and is the caliber most o' the serious varmint hunters used where we were raised.  we were more o' a plinker, with occasional extermination duties, so the .22 lr were fine. 

 

8 in 4 minutes o' video.  

 

https://www.seriousshooters.co.nz/varmint-rifles-explained-xidc72831.html

 

"Usually bolt action rifles are used, and sometimes single shot rifles like the Ruger No.1. Good quality construction is vital, as is a good target type trigger, good action bedding and a high quality barrel and crowning job."

 

however, is mentioned later that 222 ruger (a variation o' the semi-auto ruger mini 14 ranch rifle we link frequent in the firearm threads) is popular.  

 

 

20 minutes morning.  20 minutes night.  not hard to see hitting 200 in a week.

 

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I'm intrigued: https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Baristas-beware-A-robot-that-makes-gourmet-cups-13708775.php

I'm intrigued: https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Baristas-beware-A-robot-that-makes-gourmet-cups-13708775.php

 

Sounds like an extremely sophisticated expresso machine to me.

I'm intrigued: https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/Baristas-beware-A-robot-that-makes-gourmet-cups-13708775.php

today it's coffee.

 

tomorrow

 

 

am personal neither intrigued nor afeared.  if you had asked us freshman year in college what 2020 would look like, we woulda' guessed that there would be far more automation than there current is.  not sci-fi thinky ai robots, but we woulda' assumed virtual all manufacturing and a large % o' repetitive task kinda stuff would already been handled by robots.  so, 'bout time?

 

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The Space Academy - Flat earthers spend $20,000 trying to prove the Earth is flat, and accidentally prove it's round

Yeah, I don't get the resistance to automation. It should be viewed as a way to allow people to focus on the interaction aspects of customer service over rote tasks.

U.S. military says it conducts successful missile defense test.

List of the 25 Healthiest Counties in the US. Most of Colorado made the list: https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/slideshows/healthiest-communities-in-america?onepage

 

Alright Shady you need to stop working out. You're blowing the curve for the rest of us. 

Creative advertising

 

Man stole $122m from Facebook and Google by sending them random bills, which the companies dutifully paid

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06BtvUsjeQc

Kangaroo Rat Delivers a Ninja-Like Spinning Kick to Drop Rattlesnake

 

Clearly a high level monk class critter with improved evasion.

US Military planning to used fish as spies. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/us-military-fish-underwater-spies-marine-life-darpa-a8847706.html

 

It's actually not the stupidest idea the US has ever had. Of course that does not mean it isn't stupid. (It's a sliding scale after all)

 

It made me think of the 90's and our man Mr. Pond

 

 

Edited April 1, 20196 yr by Malcador

doesn't belong in the other thread, but is kinda interesting

 

 

.17 is more than we ever used for bunnies, but is definite gonna get the job done and is the caliber most o' the serious varmint hunters used where we were raised.  we were more o' a plinker, with occasional extermination duties, so the .22 lr were fine. 

 

8 in 4 minutes o' video.  

 

https://www.seriousshooters.co.nz/varmint-rifles-explained-xidc72831.html

 

"Usually bolt action rifles are used, and sometimes single shot rifles like the Ruger No.1. Good quality construction is vital, as is a good target type trigger, good action bedding and a high quality barrel and crowning job."

 

however, is mentioned later that 222 ruger (a variation o' the semi-auto ruger mini 14 ranch rifle we link frequent in the firearm threads) is popular.  

 

20 minutes morning.  20 minutes night.  not hard to see hitting 200 in a week.

 

HA! Good Fun!

 

Iron Man MK50 Robot.

https://www.bbc.com/news/amp/science-environment-47873592

 

First ever image of a black hole. Also, it's a monster.

Edited April 10, 20196 yr by algroth

http://www.bodyvisualizer.com/

Something I've been playing around with, made some real monsters.

 

Few times I've seen people blast away with this in movies I've always suspected it was BS. 

 

Interesting channel, by the way.