'Flying gun' reminds me of TIKAD, a drone-mounted assault rifle developed at Duke University. Israel is buying/has bought them for 'anti-terrorist operations':
https://www.armyrecognition.com/weapons_defence_industry_mil...
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Ironically given the book-burning context, our youthful protagonists in the latter are equipped with magic library cards.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoclassical_architecture
Another example - the common language of ancient Rome, Latin, is still the official spoken language of the Catholic Church. Until the 1960s, priestly instruction and most Catholic masses were conducted in Latin:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecclesiastical_Latin#Current_u...
I've heard some commentators say that Taiwan preserves much of this "lost" Chinese culture and history, but outside of temples and dragon dancing, I don't really know what this means. Could anyone shine a light?
It just seems ridiculous to have officers scanning CCTV for the FBI's Most Wanted when algorithms could effectively and responsibly assist them.
Perhaps a post-Singularity AI will have wild capabilities beyond our comprehension, but that is outside the scope of this experiment.
Here's a thought experiment I use to imagine the impact of AI:
Imagine you've got a million people at your disposal. At zero cost and with no downtime, these people can remotely operate robots, understand text, interact using natural language, or classify objects in images, all with human-level intelligence and accuracy. Now what?
Obviously there are areas where AI can outperform humans, like mechanical accuracy and mathematical computation. But in general, I find this experiment works pretty well.
Regardless, they ultimately delivered on the promise of independence, and at the apex of American military and political power.
"United States control of the Philippines was never intended to be permanent. From the beginning, the colonial mission was seen as one of paternalistic "tutelage"—of preparing the nation for eventual independence—and aside from a few "retentionists", the question was generally not if, but when, independence would occur."
The U.S. fought a brutal war against Filipino independence from 1899-1902, but progress continued towards self-rule via the Jones Act of 1916, the The Tydings–McDuffie Act of 1935, and finally the 1946 Treat of Manila which relinquished all U.S. claims to sovereignty in the Philippines.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Manila_(1946)#Initia... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Philippines_(18... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Philippines_(18...
Most posters are already quite familiar with it, so comments which point to it with no further context or substance tend to get downvoted.
"The lack of noise while in flight is another thing Kitty Hawk is highlighting about its new aircraft. In a video posted on its site, Kitty Hawk notes that a helicopter hovering at 1,500 feet emits about 80 dBA, while Heaviside only puts out 38 dBA."
https://www.theverge.com/2019/10/3/20897336/kitty-hawk-elect...
I’d also suggest there’s a difference between acceptance of bad government action, even if you don’t or can’t actively oppose it, and active defense of such action.
Do you believe this move is a double standard? If America and the E.U. mirrored Chinese rules and practices for corporate governance, foreign investment, and political involvement in private enterprise, how would that look?
Security clearance background checks will cover this sort of thing. For sensitive government contract work, clearances are generally required for the relevant contractor employees.
For non-government customers who still have these concerns, I’m not sure there’s a good answer. I guess you could define your own clearance process and run similar background checks - many of the government’s own background checks are done by private investigators already.
In what way was the parent comment racist?
“The relationship between trees and air pollution is a complicated one. Particulate matter suspended in polluted air tends to settle onto leaves, and certain gases including nitrous dioxide (NO₂) are absorbed by leaves’ stomata, filtering the air and reducing pollution levels slightly.
But trees and other vegetation also restrict airflow in their immediate vicinity, preventing pollution from being diluted by currents of cleaner air. In particular, tall trees with thick canopies planted alongside busy roads can act like a roof, trapping pockets of polluted air at ground level. To reliably improve air quality, city planners need to give careful consideration to how trees are placed.”
https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/do-trees-reduce-ai...
Has anyone recently set up a custom home router, switch, and/or WiFi AP? Any tutorials or examples you could recommend?