fubarx @ fubarx @lemmy.world

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As near as I can tell, there's assymetric beveling in the profile of each link, so the chain can be lifted up more easily and with less travel off one sprocket to another. Without the side plates, the chain itself is also thinner, so less distance to go side to side during shifting. Also means more sprockets can fit in the same width cassette. Not sure any of this qualifies as a 'reinvention.'

More diagrams in the source patent. They won't let me direct link to the PDF.

Patent search page here: https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/static/pages/ppubsbasic.html

Enter ID: 20250172193

In the book world, publishers LOVE sequels and series. Movie people are likely getting just as pressured.

Summer goals: excessive smoking and overeating, to qualify for the Fall COVID shot.

It's been a while, but for the price, it had an under-powered processor and anything other than just walking around had to be custom programmed. It got used for a few trade shows, where people watched it walk around, sit down, etc. Robotic grappling arm? There were more stable, wheeled platforms where you could actually place items and autonomously have it delivered.

Main use-cases were as an overpriced security guard, or a webcam with legs, but the operations costs were pretty high. It couldn't really get around hilly, dirt or muddy terrain, so you had to stick to paved routes. There were attachment peripherals, but for every single use-case, there were better, cheaper, more flexible equivalent solutions.

The most impressive thing was the coordinated movement of the legs, pretty solid build, and the sound of the servos. But that meant you couldn't use it for stealth scenarios. Oh yeah, it looked pretty menacing and scared children.

We figured if it was ever put out into real service, it would get jacked by a few yokels with a pickup truck, or smashed up by highschoolers on a dare. Eventually the novelty wore off, and it got retired to a demo area for visiting customers.

In a past job, I got a chance to deal with one of those Boston Dynamics robot dogs in action. Was not impressed.

Given NYC, would not be surprised if they're tagged, sensors are torched, or they're covered in bodily fluids. Or they end up at the bottom of the Hudson river shortly after deployment.

Come to think of it... most likely scenario: scrapped and sold for parts.

Read a book on this a few years ago. It's an amazing story: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billion_Dollar_Whale

Fascinating what they got away with and how it's still ongoing. The central figure, Jho Low, has still hasn't been nabbed: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jho_Low

Thanks. Missed the 'source' link in the submission.

What's the 0.02 on Solar from? Tripping over panels while wiping them down?

M3 Max and M4 Max go up to 128GB combined memory. Only Macs that go higher are the Ultras that go to 192GB.

That limits how many users can run a local server on Apple Silicon. Even if they max out an Ultra, that would be 2 tokens/second. Wonder how much electricity that would burn?

They can fly. Just open a window and let them out.

Works great as long as you don't accelerate or brake too hard.

A couple years ago, I would have agreed. Most of our email is junk. But nowadays, you can have an LLM digest and summarize it for you. That could also be a service the legacy system offers. Grandkids can just ask for a free-form search term without having to wade through everything.

A long time ago, I had the idea for a startup to keep digital material, including accounts, passwords, old documents, etc. in a digital vault that would be released to the next-of-kin when someone dies. It would also convert documents to newer formats so your old unpublished WordPerfect novel could be opened and read by the grandkids (should they choose).

Problem is, nobody would (or should) trust a startup with that material. This is stuff that should be around for many decades and most startups go out of business.

Cloudflare does use AI to generate tarpit content, but it's too expensive to run for every request. IIRC, they periodically change and cache the output to throw off the tarpit detectors.

One thing most DON'T do is change up the format for the page, so the placement and number of links randomize.

Gold Rush 2 -- The Volcanic Boogaloo.

A friend told me about these guys: https://www.pentooling.com/partssheaffer.html

Maybe they can help locate the part?

This would go for > $1M in many US cities.