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  • #26
    This just makes me happy:
    https://youtu.be/fUyU3lKzoio

    Anybody see the last X Files Episode?
    “A sinner can always repent, but stupid is forever.”
    Billy Sunday

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    • #27
      Robot dogs scare me. One step closer to a terminator!

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      • #28
        https://www.newscientist.com/article...-last-saw-you/
        Horses are better communicators that we think!
        “A sinner can always repent, but stupid is forever.”
        Billy Sunday

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        • Saber Dog
          Saber Dog commented
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          I saw a thing on a study on crows and how they associate individual humans with positive or negative things.

      • #29
        Exploding Ants!!!
        https://www.livescience.com/62354-ex...w-species.html
        “A sinner can always repent, but stupid is forever.”
        Billy Sunday

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        • #30
          Cloudflare uses Lava Lamps to Generate Random Numbers
          https://www.howtogeek.com/trivia/clo...data/?answer=1
          “A sinner can always repent, but stupid is forever.”
          Billy Sunday

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          • #31
            This is a story from my region of Ohio

            Woman accidntally shot during "amorous role-play"
            http://local12.com/news/local/blanch...tim-in-surgery
            Gonna change my evil ways...one of these days

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            • #32
              How embarrassing!
              “A sinner can always repent, but stupid is forever.”
              Billy Sunday

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              • #33
                Originally posted by Coolwater View Post
                How embarrassing!
                I can't wait for someone to ask about the scar in the future
                Gonna change my evil ways...one of these days

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                • #34
                  Hee hee hee!
                  “A sinner can always repent, but stupid is forever.”
                  Billy Sunday

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                  • #35
                    Spoiler Alert: Spider

                    http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-43996959
                    OK, so she isn't really trained, she was selected because she'd do it. Still awfully elegant. I can't figure out how she lands on her hind legs like that.
                    “A sinner can always repent, but stupid is forever.”
                    Billy Sunday

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                    • #36
                      I heard about Kim the jumping spider yesterday. She was the only spider subject to participate in the experiment. Perhaps she is more intelligent than the others? The video is interesting to watch. I wonder if by angling her body up during the jump, she might be getting some aerodynamic lift to help lengthen her jumps. Do we really want robots that can jump like her? It could make for more efficient Terminators!

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                      • #37
                        Yes, if they were trying to draw inferences about spiders generally, Miss Kim wouldn't be very representative would she? I guess in this case, since they're looking at her mechanics, her compulsive jumping is OK.

                        Autonomous robots make me uncomfortable in any case. The four laws of robotics need a fifth law: robots cannot not edit laws one through four!
                        “A sinner can always repent, but stupid is forever.”
                        Billy Sunday

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                        • Haplo
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                          They can edit the 5th law which lets them edit the rest

                        • Coolwater
                          Coolwater commented
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                          Nooo, Hap!

                      • #38
                        Coolwater, I take it you are a fan of Asimov's robot stories. Me too! Unfortunately, I don't think Asimov's warnings are being heeded. A lot of the money for robot development is coming from the military. The first law: "A robot must not harm a human being", doesn't fit very well into military weapon's development parameters.

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                        • #39
                          Excellent point, Haplo.

                          So, here is a friendlier use of drones:
                          https://youtu.be/JGjmRRTThdk
                          “A sinner can always repent, but stupid is forever.”
                          Billy Sunday

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                          • #40
                            Evil Corp!
                            https://www.howtogeek.com/fyi/disabl...your-location/
                            “A sinner can always repent, but stupid is forever.”
                            Billy Sunday

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                            • #41
                              I read that cars are tracking people's movements too. Big Bro is watching!

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                              • Coolwater
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                                Oh Ugh!!!!

                            • #42
                              Here is a prosthetic arm with a built-in light, USB ports for charging, a smartwatch and even a little drone that perches on the shoulder. God bless the gamer engineers!

                              https://techstory.in/arm-gamer-replace-2018/
                              “A sinner can always repent, but stupid is forever.”
                              Billy Sunday

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                              • #43
                                Pretty amazing prosthetic! Wonder if the drone has missiles?

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                                • #44
                                  I hope the drone can be taught to talk like a pirate parrot. As it seems to be sitting on the guy's shoulder and all.
                                  “A sinner can always repent, but stupid is forever.”
                                  Billy Sunday

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                                  • #45
                                    "...entropy is physically stored in soft hair..." Taking that literally, I believe it. I have fine, soft hair and when it gets staticky, it flutters all over my head. Completely ungovernable.
                                    But, we're not talking real hair here, we're talking about the publication of Steven Hawking's last paper on Black Holes:
                                    https://www.theguardian.com/science/...paper-released

                                    “A sinner can always repent, but stupid is forever.”
                                    Billy Sunday

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                                    • #46
                                      Not exactly a strange thing but I felt like sharing

                                      "Smithfield Foods employee allegedly urinates on production line"


                                      https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/s...nds-of-product
                                      Gonna change my evil ways...one of these days

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                                      • Coolwater
                                        Coolwater commented
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                                        Oh, GROSS! I think it's strange.
                                        We need a Don't Like icon for things like that.

                                    • #47
                                      I used to work for a company that was bought out by Smithfield. It's really hard to get a bathroom break regardless of where you work on the production line. It doesn't help that you have to have a lab coat on over top of whatever you're wearing to keep from freezing and gloves
                                      Gonna change my evil ways...one of these days

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                                      • #48
                                        Sounds like a union is in order!
                                        “A sinner can always repent, but stupid is forever.”
                                        Billy Sunday

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                                        • #49
                                          Ohhhh Kay! A spider that looks like an ant and which gives milk like a, well, like a panda. Bizarre!
                                          https://www.sciencenews.org/article/...ood-weeks-milk
                                          “A sinner can always repent, but stupid is forever.”
                                          Billy Sunday

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                                          • #50
                                            The nursing spider article was fascinating! Thanks Coolwater.

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