04-13-2016 08:20 AM
#20926
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04-13-2016 09:46 AM
#20927
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They actually work quite well. Last I checked, google's cars have been in only a handful of minor collisions over the course of hundreds of thousands of miles driven, and all of them were the fault of a third party driver. | |
04-13-2016 11:27 AM
#20928
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04-14-2016 12:48 AM
#20929
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I didn't realize that Google's cars were so far along, that's sweet. | |
04-14-2016 03:47 PM
#20930
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I really don't think so. Tesla already has auto-pilot, so does the mercedes S-class. Volvo said they will take full responsibility for any crash caused by their auto-pilot system. Tesla not so much. Right now it works like auto-pilot in airplanes. It drives as long as it feels confident it knows what's going on, and if it's confused it will beep at you to take control back. That's the way it will be for a while. So we already have self-driving on highways, and self-parking has been a thing for a decade, so I don't see much of a problem. | |
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04-14-2016 04:13 PM
#20931
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I thought Google's cars were still being developed for less than idea conditions? All their tests have come out excellent when it's clear dry sunny days, not so much when it's raining or whatever. | |
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04-14-2016 04:31 PM
#20932
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joe rogan claims to have a friend who has a self-driver. it works on well-established roads only. |
04-14-2016 06:21 PM
#20933
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Only... | |
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04-14-2016 07:07 PM
#20934
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A great question to ask is, "what if you discovered that one of your central beliefs was wrong?" | |
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04-14-2016 07:25 PM
#20935
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Depends on the belief. | |
04-14-2016 07:36 PM
#20936
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04-14-2016 08:45 PM
#20937
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You mean like confirmation of the Higgs field or the direct observation of gravity waves? | |
04-14-2016 08:49 PM
#20938
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Last edited by Savy; 04-14-2016 at 08:53 PM. | |
04-14-2016 09:19 PM
#20939
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It isn't a thing you agree with. It's as simple as answering to | |
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04-14-2016 09:22 PM
#20940
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04-14-2016 09:27 PM
#20941
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Nope. It's not a question with a certain answer. You're allowed to answer it however you like, so you're allowed to whichever flights of imagination you wish. | |
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04-14-2016 09:39 PM
#20942
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Today my (intelligent) friend raised the topic of flat earth seriously. | |
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04-14-2016 09:47 PM
#20943
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Many years ago, a man was told that on a specific day, at a specific time, in a specific city, if you looked down a well, you could see your shadow's reflection against the water deep below, for the Sun was directly overhead. On that same day, at that same time, in a different city, a stick would cast a shadow. A man measured the distance between the two cities, understood the difference of their position relative to the sun and judged almost correctly the circumference of the Earth. | |
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04-14-2016 10:26 PM
#20944
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04-14-2016 10:32 PM
#20945
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04-14-2016 10:38 PM
#20946
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@spoon | |
04-14-2016 10:39 PM
#20947
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04-14-2016 11:38 PM
#20948
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The Foucault pendulum was ~2,000 years later than Eratosthenes, though. | |
04-15-2016 08:38 AM
#20949
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04-15-2016 10:27 AM
#20950
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04-15-2016 10:28 AM
#20951
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04-15-2016 10:33 AM
#20952
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The explosive velocity of TNT is less than the escape velocity of the Earth. | |
04-15-2016 12:01 PM
#20953
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So it would be utterly stupid to attempt to build a rocket intended to go to the moon with TNT? | |
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04-15-2016 12:56 PM
#20954
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Some bits will have escape velocity, and those bits will reduce the overall gravity of the TNT planet left, which will, in turn, reduce the escape velocity, which will allow for more bits to escape. | |
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04-15-2016 01:02 PM
#20955
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Depends on how you're exploding it. If all at once, no way does it keep all its mass. If surface to the core, I'd bet it would. If core to the surface, I'm guessing it wouldn't. | |
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04-15-2016 01:15 PM
#20956
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Nope. | |
Last edited by MadMojoMonkey; 04-15-2016 at 01:17 PM. | |
04-15-2016 01:19 PM
#20957
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04-15-2016 02:03 PM
#20958
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04-15-2016 02:19 PM
#20959
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04-15-2016 02:48 PM
#20960
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More poetic than dioxide, monoxide and trioxide? | |
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04-15-2016 03:02 PM
#20961
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04-15-2016 07:39 PM
#20962
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Well I'll be fucked... | |
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04-15-2016 08:48 PM
#20963
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04-15-2016 09:43 PM
#20964
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Do you like tapes or CDs? | |
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04-15-2016 09:44 PM
#20965
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04-15-2016 09:48 PM
#20966
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04-15-2016 09:50 PM
#20967
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04-15-2016 10:07 PM
#20968
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04-16-2016 06:27 AM
#20969
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04-16-2016 09:59 AM
#20970
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Normally I find black face distasteful, but you really pulled it off, spoon! | |
04-16-2016 01:05 PM
#20971
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04-16-2016 04:02 PM
#20972
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This week in dumb history: | |
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04-17-2016 10:12 AM
#20973
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TIL: Opossums are rat-looking marsupials which live in N. America. | |
Last edited by MadMojoMonkey; 04-17-2016 at 11:51 AM. | |
04-17-2016 11:09 AM
#20974
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Why the fuck am I being asked to log into www.woaw.org when I refresh this page? | |
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04-17-2016 11:16 AM
#20975
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It's mojo's post. | |
Last edited by OngBonga; 04-17-2016 at 11:19 AM. | |
04-17-2016 11:37 AM
#20976
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Fixed, whatever you did mojo, thanks. That was annoying! | |
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04-17-2016 11:38 AM
#20977
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Works fine for me, fuck those who can't see it imo. |
04-17-2016 11:41 AM
#20978
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04-17-2016 11:44 AM
#20979
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Wait, it's not fixed. | |
Last edited by OngBonga; 04-17-2016 at 11:46 AM. | |
04-17-2016 11:51 AM
#20980
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I put a different pic up. Is it better? | |
Last edited by MadMojoMonkey; 04-17-2016 at 11:55 AM. | |
04-17-2016 12:43 PM
#20981
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I just refreshed and no problem now, thanks. Although the pic has now gone huge. Not that that's a problem. | |
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04-17-2016 01:41 PM
#20982
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Noobs gone wild up in this thread | |
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04-17-2016 01:50 PM
#20983
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04-17-2016 02:53 PM
#20984
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04-17-2016 02:57 PM
#20985
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04-17-2016 06:45 PM
#20986
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*that I know of | |
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04-17-2016 07:05 PM
#20987
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Fun topic but anti-virus software is essentially a scam at this point since they can't catch any of the cool new stuff and will never be able to. | |
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04-18-2016 12:54 AM
#20988
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04-18-2016 03:15 AM
#20989
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04-18-2016 04:30 AM
#20990
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Can I get a free programme to make me tea and spliffs? | |
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04-18-2016 06:13 AM
#20991
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It helps computer illiterate people who fall for scams. If you don't download and install viruses, you probably don't need antivirus software. If you know how to set up and use system restore, you probably don't need antivirus software. But if you have a hard time explaining the difference between the internet and an operating system, you probably want some antivirus software. | |
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04-18-2016 06:26 AM
#20992
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I'm very much computer illiterate but I don't tend to fall for scams. The only time I've had anything on my computer I didn't want, it was because I did something dumb... downloaded a game from an unknown source, which changed my homepage and gave me a tool bar with facebook login widgets and whatnot. All the uninstall instructions were in Chinese, so I had to do a system restore. I did this easily by asking google. | |
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04-18-2016 02:12 PM
#20993
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Is anyone here successful? | |
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04-18-2016 03:22 PM
#20994
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Yes. Me. It is my ambition to do as little as possible with my life. | |
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04-18-2016 04:54 PM
#20995
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I'm feeling pretty successful this year. | |
04-18-2016 06:08 PM
#20996
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In retrospect, that was probably a bad question to ask. | |
04-18-2016 08:54 PM
#20997
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Yeah I think the question you were looking for is... | |
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04-18-2016 09:35 PM
#20998
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Hrm. | |
04-18-2016 10:50 PM
#20999
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04-18-2016 11:01 PM
#21000
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God I don't even know where to start. My physical health is the worst it's probably ever been in terms of being in shape, and that's largely due to neglecting it because of everything else that's been on my plate. May has been the month I've planned to be when I try switching to a keto diet (thanks wuf) and start on a regular exercise schedule instead of just eating whatever and exercising sporadically, if at all. | |