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I first thought, oh cool project; an autonomous drone boat must be pretty hard to build and manage. Probably a final for school or a robotics group. ...Nope. T

by wand3r 9y ago

I first thought, oh cool project; an autonomous drone boat must be pretty hard to build and manage. Probably a final for school or a robotics group. ...Nope. The kid is actually trying to pilot it himself. 48" boat. Honestly, wonder which challenge is harder. I know which one I'd prefer.

Cerium 9y ago
Same thought here! I thought "4 foot robotic boat, I guess you need to be long enough for stability". I really enjoyed the read in any case.
mejari 9y ago
He's 33, hardly a "kid"
- hanoz 9y ago
  Isn't that all the more impressive in a 42 inch boat?
- cylinder 9y ago
  My pet peeve. In graduate school we had professors, lecturers, working professionals etc constantly calling us students "kids" even though we were all 25+ yrs old. I believe this is a pretty American thing to always be infantilizing people.
  - smcl 9y ago
    I never understood it, 25+ year old "kids" going to "school"
    - gaius 9y ago
      In all American TV shows set in high school, the actors/actresses are all in their mid-20s. Ralph Macchio was in his 30s when he played the Karate Kid. It's altered people's expectations of how people look at certain ages.
      - stupidhn 9y ago
        Macchio was 23 in the first film, and 28 in Karate Kid 3. This information is at your fingertips.
      - smcl 9y ago
        Nah I was meaning the word choice, to me it's weird to call people that age "kids" and t say there at "school" not university/college
  - manmal 9y ago
    Yes, like calling grown women "girl", or calling partners "babe"/"bae". In German this would sound very, very off.
    - bananasbandanas 9y ago
      Not really. Calling your girlfriend 'Baby' or refering to a girls-night-out as 'Mädelsabend' are perfectly common for example. I agree though that I never heard a professor refer to his students in this way and would definitively find it strange if that happened.
      - manmal 9y ago
        "Baby" does not count because it's not German, and it can be traced back directly to imported pop culture (Movies). You are right about "Mädels", it's not exactly the same as "girl" though (rather girly) - you would never say "Mädchenabend", that's cringy.
fracai 9y ago
Scout[1] is an autonomous craft currently building their second attempt to cross the Atlantic. Their 2013 try made it a quarter of the way before (presumably) loosing the rudder and then lost tracking a few months later. There's a yearly competition[2] as well. [1]: http://gotransat.com http://gotransat.com [2]: http://Microtransat.org http://Microtransat.org

by wand3r 9y ago

Cerium 9y ago

Same thought here! I thought "4 foot robotic boat, I guess you need to be long enough for stability". I really enjoyed the read in any case.

mejari 9y ago

He's 33, hardly a "kid"

hanoz 9y ago
Isn't that all the more impressive in a 42 inch boat?
cylinder 9y ago
My pet peeve. In graduate school we had professors, lecturers, working professionals etc constantly calling us students "kids" even though we were all 25+ yrs old. I believe this is a pretty American thing to always be infantilizing people.
- smcl 9y ago
  I never understood it, 25+ year old "kids" going to "school"
  - gaius 9y ago
    In all American TV shows set in high school, the actors/actresses are all in their mid-20s. Ralph Macchio was in his 30s when he played the Karate Kid. It's altered people's expectations of how people look at certain ages.
    - stupidhn 9y ago
      Macchio was 23 in the first film, and 28 in Karate Kid 3. This information is at your fingertips.
    - smcl 9y ago
      Nah I was meaning the word choice, to me it's weird to call people that age "kids" and t say there at "school" not university/college
- manmal 9y ago
  Yes, like calling grown women "girl", or calling partners "babe"/"bae". In German this would sound very, very off.
  - bananasbandanas 9y ago
    Not really. Calling your girlfriend 'Baby' or refering to a girls-night-out as 'Mädelsabend' are perfectly common for example. I agree though that I never heard a professor refer to his students in this way and would definitively find it strange if that happened.
    - manmal 9y ago
      "Baby" does not count because it's not German, and it can be traced back directly to imported pop culture (Movies). You are right about "Mädels", it's not exactly the same as "girl" though (rather girly) - you would never say "Mädchenabend", that's cringy.

fracai 9y ago

Scout[1] is an autonomous craft currently building their second attempt to cross the Atlantic. Their 2013 try made it a quarter of the way before (presumably) loosing the rudder and then lost tracking a few months later. There's a yearly competition[2] as well. [1]: http://gotransat.com http://gotransat.com [2]: http://Microtransat.org http://Microtransat.org