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> I don't think a 3 second warning is valuable at all 3 seconds is plenty of time for a sensor to trigger an actuator to close valve, say a natural gas valve t
by marcuskaz 6y ago
> I don't think a 3 second warning is valuable at all
3 seconds is plenty of time for a sensor to trigger an actuator to close valve, say a natural gas valve that could leak and cause fires.
- Lammy 6y agoAlso enough time to shut down a nuclear reactor! https://public-blog.nrc-gateway.gov/2012/12/28/what-is-a-reactor-trip-and-how-does-it-protect-the-plant/ https://public-blog.nrc-gateway.gov/2012/12/28/what-is-a-rea... > A reactor trip causes all the control rods to insert into the reactor core, and shut down the plant in a very short time (about three seconds).
- Balgair 6y agoIt would be kinda fun to have a camera-ML-algo combo just looking at a bunch of cats in a room, hooked up to a nuclear fail-safe switch, waiting for them all to just freak out abruptly. Kinda like a reverse Schrodinger's Cat experiment: the cats live if the random event triggers.
- swyx 6y agoTIL. i rescind my assertion.