Odd Stuff (Part 2)

holy cow!

Obvious Plant is so great.

They have an IG page:
https://instagram.com/obviousplant

and store:

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Now I can die happy knowing that this exists

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The 1988 diesel Hilux seems to be nigh on indestructible at least.

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so much better than those darn fiddler crabs!

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firestarter GIF

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[…]

CEO Elon Musk on Thursday announced the project at the automaker’s AI day, saying that Tesla already does most of the things a robot needs – sensing, AI, and actuators – and claimed without a hint of irony that the company’s cars are already “semi-sentient” robots thanks to their self-driving capabilities.

That’ll be the capabilities being probed and challenged in America right now after several auto-autos were involved in nasty crashes.

With all that expertise in hand, Musk suggested Tesla might as well therefore build a robot.

Details were scant.

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Buck Rogers Robot GIF

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Semi-sentient, like most of the GQP?

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pew! pew! pew!

angry episode 4 GIF

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Japan’s aerospace agency hooks up with Boeing to make planes quieter when they land

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Those look like something Bezos would make, tbh.

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Funny, they don’t mention that airplanes are dropping their landing gear ten miles out from landing. They make a lot of noise too.

Sure, try and fix the flap noise and while they are at it put the damn engines on top of the wings to deflect engine noise from the ground.

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What’s not funny to me is that they’re focused on noise when maintenance problems, aging pilots, and safety seem to be more pressing problems right now. Hey, Boeing - are the 737 Max issues all cleared up now? :thinking:

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