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by aanet 9mo ago
Oh wow! What a story. As a young impressionable teen, I devoured all books and Richard Bach was one of my fav authors. Seagull, of course, but also One and the Adventures of the Reluctant Messiah (can’t recall the title). I loved his writ
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Anduril announces AI Grand Prix – autonomous drone racing competition (2026)(dcl-project.com)
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A2RL – Autonomous Drone Racing Championship [video](youtube.com)
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by aanet 9mo ago
Competitive aerial autonomy in real time: high-speed autonomy, multi-drone racing, and Human vs AI challenges
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by aanet 9mo ago
> But while they certainly talk the talk I’m not totally convinced that European governments will actually walk the walk and follow through on this. Yes, that is my own opinion too... that the EU states start with good intentions, but en
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by aanet 9mo ago
I had known about the OpenDesk, but the Sovereign Tech Fund is new to me. Glad to hear that it exists... Does anyone know if the German govt has mandated the use of OPenDesk (and its like) across its internal use? I faintly recall there bei
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by aanet 9mo ago
Truly mind bending stuff!! It had me screaming, esp while seeing some easily recognizable faces (Mona Lisa with that grump!) More mind-blowing that even our primate cousins experience this effect.
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by aanet 9mo ago
<3 For me, hiking in the mountains is my meditation.
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by aanet 9mo ago
Whatever the sordid details, she clearly is a bigger person than him.
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This is a masterpiece. My bp started rising. I got lost and gave up. Take a bow :-)
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by aanet 9mo ago
Refreshing and impressive indeed. I wish other governments did this, esp those that are larger / have a reasonably large tech scene (e.g. Northern Europe, Nordic, AUS, Japan, Canada, Germany, India, etc). It's time governments re
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by aanet 9mo ago
This looks good. Quite professional. However, personally, I would prefer a LOCAL solution where that I don't have to upload my passport/personal pic to an unknown site.
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Bay Area's giant 550-mile trail could earn same status as Pacific Crest Trail(sfchronicle.com)
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by aanet 9mo ago
OK, this is a project I can stand behind: download YOUR OWN data locally, query it in n different ways quickly, delete / sync up with Gmail, all from your TUI. Would love to see something similar for Google Photos, and Apple Photos.
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by aanet 9mo ago
Yup - (so says Walter Isaacson's book)
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Steve Jobs' son says he can help end cancer deaths – and he's raised $$$$(sfchronicle.com)
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by aanet 9mo ago
I faintly recall reading that Reed Jobs interned at Stanford working on some sort of cancer research...didnt' realize he went on to VC and incubate [1] https://www.parkerici.org/person/reed-p-jobs/
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by aanet 9mo ago
It would be interesting to see if Lemonade requires a Driver Monitoring System (DMS) to see if the driver/operator is actually paying attention (or, like sleeping / watching Netflix / whatever) while at the driver's seat
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by aanet 9mo ago
> Yep, if I plow into stationary vehicles on the highway while going the "limit" that's not a very solid defense is it? Well, people are doing a lot of what-about-ism in this situation. Some of that is warranted, but I&#x2
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by aanet 9mo ago
Man, the hair on the back of my neck stood up as I read thru this post. Yikes > The first neat thing about Moltbook is the way you install it: you show the skill to your agent by sending them a message with a link to this URL: ... > L
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by aanet 9mo ago
> But is 17mph a safe speed at an active school dropoff area? Now you're asking interesting questions... Technically, in CA, the speed limit in school zones are 25 mph (which local authorities can change to 15 mph, as needed). In th
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by aanet 9mo ago
> In your opinion as an AV safety expert, has Waymo already demonstrated a far higher standard of driving than human drivers in collision avoidance scenarios? That's a difficult question to answer, and the devil really is in the det
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by aanet 9mo ago
There is already widespread discussion on LinkedIn about this thread... but usefully, here [1] is the NHTSA's Office of Defects Investigation report. Nothing much new there, tbh. As I did suspect, legal scholars are already calling for
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by aanet 9mo ago
What a beautiful website / blog. Loved the explanation, and the site as well. Well done!! <3
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by aanet 9mo ago
> In your experience, where do we find a credible source of info? Do we need to wait for the government's investigation to finish? Most likely, yes, the NHTSA investigation will be credible source of info for this case. HOWEVER, Way
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by aanet 9mo ago
> In a technical sense, maybe, but it's all going to be about optics. Indeed, it is, and that is exactly why Waymo will have to accept some responsibility. I can bet that internally Waymo's PR and Legal teams are working overti
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by aanet 9mo ago
This is the classic Suddenly Revealed Pedestrian test case, which afaik, most NCAP (like EuroNCAP, Japan NCAP) have as part of their standard testing protocols. Having performed this exact test on 3 dozen vehicles (L2/L3/L4) for
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Waabi raises $1B and expands into robotaxis with Uber(techcrunch.com)
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by aanet 9mo ago
Ah I see. It is still cool though. I'd LOVE to try it out, or see a demo in person. My wishlist includes asking the platform to "generate a pedal that sounds like the lead guitar in Comfortably Numb" and it generates that. I&
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by aanet 9mo ago
> We are skeptical of those that talk ^^ We are skeptical of AIs (and people) that claim they have consciousness ;-)

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