We’re screwed anyways, might as well have good movies to remember us by.

Thank you, Captain Pendantic.

A really fast fire leading to a rapid unscheduled disassembly.

#MacGyvered

And hook up the power to the house as best we can.

Yes, but only currently.

Electricity became a ‘thing’ before globalization did. Everyone developed their own system and, at this point, is too entrenched to change. That’s similar to the reason that some places use 110 V AC @ 60 Hz while others use 220 V AC @ 50 Hz for mains power. I do wonder what circuit breaker amperage limits are common…

Also seriously who uses the phone anymore

This is stupid. There is no indication of a read, or write, nor any relationship to the data its servicing (such as in a multi-threaded, multi-cpu system eg...Windows/OSX/Linux). The mear fact the read/write arm moved, has no relationship or correlation to the data itself. This is not only a stupid article, but…

I believe it comes pre-loaded with Zello, which functions as a walkie-talkie. I did use Zello for a project a couple years back... (should fire it up and scream into my phone, see who responds)

Add a laser ruler, multimeter, and o-scope/spectrum analyzer app and I’ll sell a bunch of crap to buy one!

Assuming the sensor suite of Project Tango is compatible with the waterproofing, I’d expect to see that on the next version of this.

::Sets cinder block on phone::

I hate you right now for being so bloody right.

Even tech manuals usually have a fall-rise-fall. You know, the first part when not a single word of it makes sense and then it starts to click and you think you’re getting the gist of it then finally you realize what little you thought you understood was wrong and you’re completely lost.

I’d go back and read that entire section, and perhaps check out the linked post in that section.

That’s a huge generalization and oversimplification in the first place, but there’s a great book that addresses your point. It’s a really eye-opening read: Scarcity: why having too little means so much. It discusses decision-making (and other behaviors) when you have limited resources (both time and money). Side note:…

I recall a lot of doom and gloom posts about the Sochi Winter Games a couple years back, which ended up being - at least to the public eye - fairly successful. Granted, I think they were mostly dealing with construction delays and not system-wide corruption, disease, super bacteria and pollution on a catastrophic…

The state of Rio de Janiero also declared a “State of Calamity” due to financial crisis.

The future-computers have detected anti-social tendencies and a bad attitude. This child is unsuited for learning and will live out his life in the salt mines on the moon, as soon as he is strong enough.