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bioipbiop··on Supercapacitors from Standard Bricks
As an Australia who grew up in a neighbourhood while under construction, they’re all just brick facades.
bioipbiop··on Show HN: Photo Realistic QR-Codes
Look at just any thing you’ve purchased and you’ll find a QR code on it somewhere (or the box it came in). They have massive uptake in warehousing and manufacturing.

They are also very popular in China, the dang things are on just about every surface.

bioipbiop··on The Languages Which Almost Became CSS
That’d work great for many sites, but you’d lose a lot of the dynamism that makes the web so great.

I think a compromise solution would be to extend the ADA to cover websites, so companies have to produce sites that can be understood by screen readers and other assistive devices. That would more or less give you the outcome you want, but without the need for a prescriptive solution.

bioipbiop··on Show HN: Unscreen – Automatically remove video backgrounds with ML
There is a reason background removal sucks on chat apps. I fiddle around with the state of the art approaches, it takes a very expensive machine to get to an acceptable frame rate. It wouldn’t scale.
bioipbiop··on Airbus' self-flying plane just completed taxi, take-off, and landing tests
In this instance, the simplicity of the system was its down fall.

I think the use of human pilots complicates a system. You are relying on a component to the system that is susceptible to tiredness, distraction, threats, rage, revenge, self destruction, and sudden death. Complete automation would replace one extremely complex and unpredictable component, with a less complex and more predictable component.

bioipbiop··on Tampa teen accused of being ‘mastermind’ behind Twitter hack
I disagree, no system created by humans is going it be without flaws. I think it should be possible to sue a company if a victim can show that the company was negligent in its actions. Damages should be apportioned between the scammers and the company on the basis of their contributions to the act.
bioipbiop··on Airbus' self-flying plane just completed taxi, take-off, and landing tests
My point was that it functioned in a manner vastly more similar to a conventional autopilot than what Airbus is proposing to do in this project.

MCAS was a simple algorithm that altered flight controls in a predetermined way upon a limited set of inputs. Airbus is proposing a vastly more ambitious solution that includes additional inputs from computer vision and a global view of the state of the aircraft.

bioipbiop··on Airbus' self-flying plane just completed taxi, take-off, and landing tests
The 737 max was brought down by a classic autopilot style feature.

I imagine full automation will come to air cargo first and gradually find its way in passenger liners as the public becomes less hysterical.

bioipbiop··on Bitcoin is more like ham radio than the early internet
Why would bitcoin be spared this systemic impact?
bioipbiop··on Bitcoin is more like ham radio than the early internet
Do you think those satellites stay in their proper orbit without any intervention? Do you suppose they will not need to be replace? Starlinks, for instance, will have a life span of 5 years. Further, do you suppose people will expend precious energy powering mining rigs rather than cooking food and lighting their mud huts?
bioipbiop··on Bitcoin is more like ham radio than the early internet
What’s the advantage of bitcoin against holding a diversified bundle of global equities or foreign currency in the event of a localised financial collapse?
bioipbiop··on Barclays Bank Using Internet Archive as CDN for JavaScript Files?
All the insecurity of js, but with the opaqueness of assembly.
bioipbiop··on Mozilla VPN
Might reduce chances of prosecution if they’d have to reveal the compromised a particular VPN to convict.
bioipbiop··on The Brave web browser is hijacking links, and inserting affiliate codes
So that’s why Paul Krugman’s latest article was making the point that Jerome Powell’s handling of monetary policy pales in comparison to the handling found in a Mazda CX-5!
bioipbiop··on I bought netflix.soy
Was driving to my local park when Android Auto directed me down a dark alley whereupon I was beaten by some hired goons.
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