nomadpete

Within minutes of posting that A.I. pic, he posted one of a gilded Tower on the moon. Next morning the god picture was pulled from his social media. He must be on some really great drugs!

I don't think trump gives a flying fark about the damage he does to Japan, Australia, Malaysia, etc. Nor about the wellbeing of American citizens.

And I was pointing out that China is protecting it's own interests too. And to be expected. Donold seems to be pushing China to see how far he can damage their economy (energy wise) before they push back. The Chinese comment is an example of diplomatically warning trump. A deliberate contrast to trump's rants. It is unlikely that trump has a grand plan to secure control over the global oil supply chain. But it is possibe he got up one morning wondering how to get the most attention in the world. That's working. Everyone is talking about him.

Of course, there might also be a HR between the battery negative and the engine.

In the time you spent scratching your head, the flat battery also absorbed quite a bit of charge from your good one. Modern jumper cables are too thin to fully crank by themself, they are 'boost' cables that rely on the flat battery contributing. Always start up and run your donor car for a couple of minutes to put something into the flat battery before trying to start that car.

That's inflation for ya!

But it brings such a lovely mouldy patina to my boots. And I haven't needed to water anything since xmas. Oh, sorry. Gripes thread, eh? Damn! My tanks are STILL overflowing!

Meanwhile, back in Ukraine.... "Ukrainian forces have successfully taken control of a Russian position using only drones and ground-based robotic systems." Wars are getting ironically impersonal. Or is that non personnel? https://united24media.com/latest-news/for-the-first-time-ukrainian-unmanned-systems-capture-russian-position-without-infantry-or-losses-17874

If this silly picture is fake, it even fooled Thr Guardian. No wonder little donold is giving advice to the pope.

I wonder if there are any motorcycle electricians in the world? Most motorcycle mechanics don't like anything involving electrickery. However, the charging system on a bike is relatively simple. Totally unlike automotive alternators, though. If you have a multimeter, measure the battery voltage. Firstly after it's been standing, then after start and run at fast idle. Expect it to rise steadily to 14v. With or without lights.

Perhaps donold's spineless yess men didn't tell him that China now has a pretty big stick too.

Do you think that poking a tiger ever works out well?

Is the wind changing? BBC news:- Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has conceded defeat after 16 years in power, with the opposition securing a landslide election win Mr pootin won't be pleased.

But ..... The circus needs a better script writer. "I'm going to solve the blockade and reopen the strait by imposing a blockade and closing the strait." And then what? "My blockade is bigger than yours!" The strait didn't need to Re open until.... Donny blocked it.

Well, the development of flying machines is an example of that. Initially, there was no corporate interest - no money to be made from new fangled stuff. Big money is conservative. So development was by colaboration between privateers around the world, blokes sharing knowledge (ip). Just some hobbyists trying to solve some problem that investors couldn't see as a moneymaker. Along came the infamous Wright Bros (the first tech bros). They collected the free knowledge, combined it to make a working proof of concept, patented it, promoted it and owned it (briefly). Capitalism rules! Even in communist countries.

The proposal is to place all these crowbars (& other nasty explodable things) in low orbit. This is in order to have a quick deployment. I thought that low orbit stuff is always a decaying orbit. How do they plan to prevent this?

Yes, and no. Our behaviour really stems from the fact that humans are the result of evolution, not intelligent design. We collectively refuse to accept that we are animals governed by survival instinct which is fine tuned to respond to short term threats to our existence. We struggle to respond to any long term threat. Our brain just can't do it. This fact is the biggest single threat to humanity.

Only in Amerika..... Look! Jesus loves science! You can now ask Jesus anything via A.I. "For some evangelical Christians, faith is about having a personal relationship with Jesus. At $1.99 per minute, the tech company Just Like Me is taking that concept to a new level." I expect AI jesus can interpret Aramaic..... https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/buddhabot-1-99-chats-ai-110406192.html

Informative, Octave. Nice to see some regulatory action. But in our changing world, the big players are less and less inclined to obey their own rules. These days all it takes is a stroke of a felt pen, to declare an emergency that throws rule books out the window. The threat of orbiting weaponry has been hanging over our heads since Ronny Raygun's time.

So Mel has them too? Oh, that unfortunate family is suffering!

I really cannot see any of these alleged 'left wing loonies'. Who are these people and how are they different from the 'right wing loonies' and 'centrist loonies'? Name calling only hinders any argument. Sure, I am cynical about all our politicians, I think the system impedes progress. Too many things get bogged down instead of efficiently moving forward. In my opinion the real reason for that level of talk is that for any gov't decision, a pathway doesn't get communicated to the public in a transparent and balanced way. We should have the pros and cons plus the tradeoffs (full cost/benefit, not just in $ ) Otherwise we cannot truly see if some policy is 'loony'.

Aaah, I didn't know they are an inherited trait.

Elon will have lots of targets waiting for him to practice his aim. Knowing his development methods, I'd prefer him to practice aiming away from me.

At the end of the day, it is all about money. Idealism comes next. It is a great way to make money. The general public comes last. But they are essential to support the idealism. That's how capitalism works.

True, but.... Our politicians seem to do well at making dumb remarks, and making decisions that seem silly to us. Maybe if they worked on transparent communication they would garner more respect and trust. Let's hear the real logic behind their actions.