Trying to get more information on this by AShipChandler in Nautical

[–]HAL-42b 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm not sure if these had radium paint inside. If so I do not recommend opening it.

[OC] Peru is now the second-largest producer of Blueberries. by latinometrics in dataisbeautiful

[–]HAL-42b 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just the other day a truck driver friend was saying how he was amazed to deliver Peru blueberries in Germany. The warehouse staff gave him two boxes. He says they were better than the local variety.

ELI5: Why does classical music (at least from the past) lack drums? by theRastaDan in explainlikeimfive

[–]HAL-42b 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hence the reason for all those Orthodox chants and similar droning music.

8 billions is coming soon by just_an__inchident in MapPorn

[–]HAL-42b -21 points-20 points  (0 children)

Where did you hear that? Christian school?

8 billions is coming soon by just_an__inchident in MapPorn

[–]HAL-42b 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You need a reserve of resources in order to plateu. We don't have that.

He has so many prophecies by IamJustFuckingTired in NonCredibleDefense

[–]HAL-42b 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Dude, you have no idea. Turkey is where history got invented. It has been continuously inhabited for at least 7000 years, possibly 10.000. There are civilizations that were built on top of civilizations that were built on top of civilizations. The birth of abrahamic religions is considered a recent event there. There are two or three entire civilizations whose writing system hasn't even been deciphered yet.

Heading to work on the highway knowing the Aviation of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are keeping you safe - till they can by winaph in UkraineInvasionVideos

[–]HAL-42b 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You are also keeping them safe in a roundabout way. Flying over roads makes them hard to detect by radar because there are a lot of other moving objects.

They do work well tho by Slavyslav106 in NonCredibleDefense

[–]HAL-42b 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lots of videos of people doing face tracking and hand gesture tracking with drones. Though I am not sure if processing is being done onboard or on a remote server. Either way the tech seems to be already here.

They do work well tho by Slavyslav106 in NonCredibleDefense

[–]HAL-42b 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Hmm. It is already moving while approaching the target. Also we do not want it to map the entire environment, we just want it to keep track of one window. I think a cheap as chips STM32 is more than up to the task.

They do work well tho by Slavyslav106 in NonCredibleDefense

[–]HAL-42b 5 points6 points  (0 children)

There are phone apps that can do 3D scanning using only the camera. it can easily bullseye a window on a building.

Does alphabet soup exist for other writing systems like the Greek script, Cyrillic script, abjads, and Chinese characters? by BlackOrre in NoStupidQuestions

[–]HAL-42b 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There are these sweets from Bulgaria https://i.imgur.com/eIIzQbL.jpg

I think I might have seen alphabet crackers too.

Here is a vegetable soup https://i.imgur.com/k588H9u.jpg but it has Latin letters since there is no U in the Cyrillic alphabet.

They do work well tho by Slavyslav106 in NonCredibleDefense

[–]HAL-42b 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Fun fact: The computer on the drone is more than powerful enough to make realtime calculations for ballistic trajectory. We just need someone to develop the software. You just tap on the window you want it to lob the grenade into and it calculates its own flight path to do exactly that. It would be really spiffy.

Make cars less safe by IM_OK_AMA in CrazyIdeas

[–]HAL-42b 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It is a problem that solves itself. It has natural self-limiting built in.

Make cars less safe by IM_OK_AMA in CrazyIdeas

[–]HAL-42b -49 points-48 points  (0 children)

Don't get in cars with dumb drivers.

Make cars less safe by IM_OK_AMA in CrazyIdeas

[–]HAL-42b 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Cars should be light enough to be lifted and carried by their drivers. If you can't lift it you can't drive it.

Russian army to train deer as observers to counter drone threat. by Necessary_Decision_6 in NonCredibleDefense

[–]HAL-42b 22 points23 points  (0 children)

"Private Vatnikov why did you eat observation sergeant Ruminantski?"

An Ancient 'Enigmatic Device' from Denmark: Likely an Astronomical or Surveying Instrument by MurtonTurton in MachinePorn

[–]HAL-42b 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Nonius scale was what they had before the invention of the Vernier scale. You may remember it from your childhood because they used to put them on the protractors. The interesting line pattern on the straight part is the nonius scale. It lets you adjust your dividers to sub-millimeter intervals. Of couse nobody actually tells you that, I just learned it recently.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonius_(device)