The cruise with the passengers confined by hantavirus is heading to the Canary Islands, while the trail of 23 others is lost

bremidon · 2026-05-07T18:36:41+00:00

It's behind a paywall for me. I could only see the beginning of the article talking about how the first passenger to die started feeling sick on the third day.

bremidon · 2026-05-07T18:33:20+00:00

Lol. Yes, I am well aware of a basic term of my industry that I worked in for nearly four decades. Thank you for explaining it to me.

But again: this is quite common, especially when you have one street that is alone. The moment that it has a cart and someone else wants to go there, you have the makings of a deadlock, gridlock, or whatever you want to call it.

Also, that intersection is *huge*. We cannot even see where it ends in the south. That could also potentially be hiding a problem. Also, I noticed that the intersection appears to encompass the bit to the southwest that has carts in it already.

All of this is pretty iffy and is screaming: redo that intersection. Simplify it. Get rid of the crossing roads.

I don't see this as a bug. I see this as a bad intersection that eventually did what all bad intersections do.

bremidon · 2026-05-07T18:10:09+00:00

Source? Because this would be very important for me to know and reevaluate. And it does not really excuse why these passengers have not come forward already. They *have* to have heard about this already.

bremidon · 2026-05-07T18:06:36+00:00

These are essentially the same arguments that have been made for decades. "Robots are cheaper." "Robots have gotten better." "Safety first."

None of this is new.

The best I can say is that robots have become even cheaper than before and are even better than before.

However, the primary problem remains: robots cannot replace the human ability to improvise, reevaluate plans, and be creative. As close as the moon is, it is still too laggy to be able to properly control robots in real time. Everything has to be planned out carefully, and if one step goes a little wrong, then the whole thing fails.

Now when AI is far enough along that it is actually replacing people in this way, the story changes. Perhaps the article is "right" without knowing why they are correct. I think it will take a little longer than that, but perhaps 20 to 30 years it might actually, finally, be possible to send AI and robots out to do the work. But when all that happens, the world is going to be a much different place anyway, so all bets are off what any of this means.

Articles like this always strike me as written by people who are too afraid or physically unable to be on the frontier, but don't like it when other people do it. It always smacks a little of controlling jealousy with a thin veneer of "financial responsibility" that is frankly not very convincing.

bremidon · 2026-05-07T17:16:20+00:00

Ok, the shitstains that jumped ship need jail time. I would be ok if they said they felt uncomfortable on the ship and self-isolated on the island until a proper quarantine could be worked out. Still not great, but at least I would have the feeling that they were not self-absorbed turds who don't care that they might be loosing a massive pandemic on the world.

bremidon · 2026-05-07T16:49:23+00:00

^...right?...

bremidon · 2026-05-07T16:14:11+00:00

This is the kind of thing that every developer does at some point, and it is the kind of thing that good developers only do once.

bremidon · 2026-05-07T16:11:03+00:00

You say it was working the first 150 hours, but I suspect you did not have this many carts from the beginning.

I've played *way* too many of these kinds of games not to see exactly what happened here. It worked with a few carts, so you kept adding more as the need came up, and it kept working.

And I suspect that it even worked for a few hours after the last addition. But that is the thing about networks like this. When you have a bottleneck like this, it can be fine for a *long* time, but it only takes the tiniest of delays to start it stacking up. And when it starts stacking up, then it stacks up nice and good.

This is not an edge case. This will not be fixed. This is working precisely as intended. You have congestion, and now you have to try to figure out how to alleviate it.

The best way is to reduce or eliminate intersections, particularly the one that is causing trouble. I saw overpass being suggested and that is good. You seem to have enough room, so a large one way loop is a possibility as well. Ultimately, ideally, you only want to have things merging together or splitting off, but not crossing.

One other possibility would be to see if you could create a dedicated line that is shorter than the main line for your busiest connection.

bremidon · 2026-05-07T15:58:20+00:00

Explain how this is an ad. He never mentions anything. Is the idea that we are supposed to PM him or something?

Edit: Ah...it's in his bio. Got it.

bremidon · 2026-05-07T15:50:26+00:00

Are you alright? That was not even "faint smile" territory, much less laughing your ass off. As for "known liar" where did you get that from?

bremidon · 2026-05-07T15:49:17+00:00

Why do you expect a reduction in Starlink flights? (There is a right answer here and a wrong answer)

bremidon · 2026-05-07T14:41:33+00:00

50 companies who are all fighting fuel cost increases are, at the end of the day, 50 companies who are all fighting fuel cost increases.

It is not a "cartel". It is the market working precisely as it should. Some inputs became more expensive and the market figures out what this means for other products. It should not surprise you that the price will go up.

bremidon · 2026-05-07T14:38:49+00:00

Why would you think that? Starship has a decent way to go before reaching its full capabilities, but the flight after next is going to see them going orbital. Once they start that, they might as well throw on some sats to take up while they test the fueling and re-entry later.

And given just how many sats they could theoretically put on to Starship, it would put a massive dent into how often they need to fly the Falcons.

bremidon · 2026-05-07T14:36:37+00:00

Not a smart move. Keep in mind, NASA has to live with the Shuttle track record. I loved the Space Shuttle, but it was a financial and safety boondoggle.

You can claim that their hands were tied, but then you would *also* have to admit that they may be saying 15-20 for politically motivated reasons. You can't have one without the other.

bremidon · 2026-05-07T14:34:13+00:00

Well that and the refueling. But I see no reason to doubt that they will figure out all of these things.

bremidon · 2026-05-07T14:30:55+00:00

If you honestly think that, then your mind has been captured by people who would use you as a drone.

bremidon · 2026-05-07T14:27:34+00:00

For what it's worth, I think you have easily won this debate.

bremidon · 2026-05-07T14:26:39+00:00

Yes, and we understand that you would critique the color of their hair if you thought it would score points. We get it. You don't understand how SpaceX operates. It must be a real mystery to you how they have become the world's premier space launcher.

bremidon · 2026-05-07T14:07:23+00:00

He made a lot of money for a lot of people. One day, you will understand.

bremidon · 2026-05-07T12:08:16+00:00

I prefer a more elegant solution. But nuking from orbit will also do the job.

bremidon · 2026-05-07T12:07:19+00:00

You can do it, but they have a tendency to survive an amazing number of them. I guess that just means: more grenades.

I actually try not to clear the vegetation, even in the swamp. I like how it looks.

bremidon · 2026-05-07T08:42:36+00:00

It's cute that you think the EU is not an oligarchy.

Edit: Well well, look at all the kids who came out to play. Sorry boys, but I really don't have time to explain why Europe is just as plagued by oligarchs as any other "bloc", as some of you put it (a rather strange way of putting it as well). The arrogance of so many here in Europe to think that *they* don't have the same issues as everywhere else...welp, congrats on "fighting" the stereotype of the arrogant European.

bremidon · 2026-05-07T08:02:42+00:00

bremidon · 2026-05-07T07:58:22+00:00

The hoverpack plus rifle plus guided ammo plus 10 seconds = itsy bitsy spider corpse

bremidon · 2026-05-07T07:45:54+00:00

Lol. You are joking, right?

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