notoftenthat

joined 2 years ago
[–] notoftenthat 4 points 1 week ago

Ariane 5 met its demise by a known software deficit.

Overflow a 16-bit signed integer on the INS, and upside-down you go.

[–] notoftenthat 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)
[–] notoftenthat 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

S is operationally analogous to using a Chromebook.

There are people who will never need more than that.

We are not these people...

[–] notoftenthat 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Perhaps, Monty Python has some insights?

[–] notoftenthat 4 points 3 weeks ago

Try this with only rodents for transmission.

I'm headed to Madagascar before it's too late.

[–] notoftenthat 10 points 3 weeks ago

It's a jackdaw

[–] notoftenthat 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I fear that it's only a matter of time before sh.itjust.works is...

[–] notoftenthat 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Some peehole just don't know when to stop.

[–] notoftenthat 27 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I see it as an homage to the original.

[–] notoftenthat 2 points 1 month ago

We should just be happy that we got a few ball&socket joints.

Wheels might take hundreds of millions of years of re-evolution.

[–] notoftenthat 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I get a little uncanny valley twinge comparing the T2 intro to the demo videos of the current state of ambulatory humanoid machines.

It's only a little twinge, thankfully. Bipedal humanoid mech is kinda silly, IMHO.

Carcinisation is the way for terrestrial war-bots.

 
view more: next ›