industries tend to be more centralized in China. It’s not that that’s indicative of every city, more that Shenzhen already has easy access to the kind of manufacturing and products that a robotics company would find ideal.

Dozens of squat delivery robots have now begun riding subway trains across the network during off-peak hours, exiting at each station where a 7-Eleven is located to make deliveries, according to a report by local news outlet SZNews.

“In the past, delivery workers had to park above ground, unload goods, and manually push them into subway stations,” Li Yanyan, a manager at one of the 7-Eleven stores involved in the project, told SZNews. “Now, with robots, it’s much easier and more convenient.”

I think this is only for 7/11s that are part of the underground subway architecture? I don’t think the robots would be cost effective compared to a truck if this was for restocking any old corner store.

Sure, modern tech allows for a lot of things that wouldn’t otherwise be possible. But we’ve also hit a plateau when it comes to major developments in physics. Building a truly long term habitat (like, can last many multiple generations) is just flat out gonna take several lifetimes before any actual results come to bare. Maaaybe you can shave logistical stress off the margins with a space elevator, but we don’t actually know how to build on of those.

Short of some jarring, borderline miraculous breakthrough, we’re not gonna see it in our lifetime. Hell, safe bet is our grandchildren won’t either.

everyone’s all for enthralling randos on the internet, but as soon as they ask A/S/L suddenly its gone to far

Sure, in like four or five centuries maybe.

All that science fiction with colonies across the solar system by 20XX (or even the 2100s), its more fiction than science. Any sort of colony on Mars or the Moon or the skies of Venus or whatever is gonna have to recreate a biosphere from scratch. That alone would take decades upon decades of work – and that’s only really possible after we stabilize the biosphere we already live in.

First building an equilibrium with nature would give us the kind of expertise needed to actually make space colonies anything other than a pipe dream.

You got a source that it was him? Legal process still isn’t over, no verdict to point to yet.

[draws a Dastar]

Take that, Muslims!

Currently, our collective behavior is parasitic and destructive to the environment, yes. But it’s important to draw a distinction here - a virus or bacterial infection or a parasite are locked into their respective strategies. They cannot help being what they are.

We don’t get that excuse. Humans are the ultimate generalists; we specialized into learning and communicating new behaviors between ourselves. Unlike the flu or a ringworm, we have the capacity to change how we interact with the environment.

The French city of Lyon has taken a major step toward digital sovereignty by officially starting a move away from Microsoft software. . The city is gradually set to replace Microsoft Office with open source alternatives like ONLYOFFICE and switch from Windows to Linux-based operating systems to reduce dependency on proprietary offerings.

never heard of ONLYOFFICE, any good?

The Trump administration should absolutely face consequences for what they’ve done. But they wont. Both wings of the american political establishment are very keen on the idea that people in power shouldn’t face legal consequences for their actions. I’d be shocked if Democrats even consider so much as clearing out ICE.

I’m saying it would be stupid to include voters in those (purely hypothetical) consequences. If we start blaming voters for what those in power do, none of us are innocent. Obama has just as much on his head as Bush – it would be absurd to transfer that down onto the overall electorate.

Yes yes, so cathartic to imagine. But that’s all it is.

Momentary catharsis. You can’t build anything out of it, cus if you did, it’s ultimately just, “round up all the bad people who disagree with me, let them die, and then everything will be better!” and oops, that’s just what Trump is doing

A person’s actions make them what they are. If this neighbor is calling ICE on people, sure yeah they’re a fascist.

But if all this lady did was vote for Trump, that’s not really enough. That’s barley one action, from over half a year ago. Less than that, if its not even in a swing state. If people are showing regret after seeing whats been happening, fuck I don’t know maybe you grow a bigger coalition with honey than with vinegar.

you and the (probably fake) twitter post demonstrate the most important part of US politics:

It’s about making sure the right people suffer. Chuds vote for Trump not because they like him particularly, but because it upsets the liberal in their life. When there are consequences, it’s not the role of liberals to meet that suffering with a mutually positive vision for the future, but instead to point and go ner ner you deserve it! And the next time Democrats are in control, it’s the liberals duty to ignore all the longstanding problems and suffering that has continued through every administration, and instead point to the stock market and say But the economy is actually good dummy!

And the most important thing is that we never expect our government to do anything but dole out suffering to this or that group of people.

It’s when you start including structures within cells that the complexity moves beyond anything we’re currently capable of computing.

Self Driving is only safer than people in absolutely pristine road conditions with no inclement weather and no construction. As soon as anything disrupts “normal” road conditions, self driving becomes significantly more dangerous than a human driving.

speaking of an unrelated chip on one’s shoulder…

Terrorism is internationally recognized as when a group or organization unaffiliated with a recognized government uses violence to achieve a political goal. “Terrorist state” is a contradiction in terms.

Netanyahu is leading a genocide and starting wars, all to avoid the regular democratic and legal process of Israel. Why are you carrying water for him?

Damn Christians, they ruined Christianity!

Cheerful Baptist, really. I think its on accounta all the soda.

the sports gambling is getting out of hand, yeah