Is unplanned downtime in agriculture that common? I’m mostly curious about the logistics of keeping the equipment running. I know the joke is that if a sensor goes down the whole system stops working but if the system has redundant sensors and fault tolerance like aircraft, would that be able to mitigate the…

And the huge liability of screwing up. If it can be automated without the risk of killing someone, an accident might be more palatable since these job sites are already hugely restricted.

You’re not supposed to tell the cops you have drugs but will never find them.

After having played Kerbal Space Program and getting a good understanding of what it takes to deploy large heavy things in space, conventional weapons seem much more practical for everything short of a bunker penetrator.

This is like the combat equivalent of posting a video of yourself riding a wheelie then getting a ticket in the mail for reckless driving.

That's what I was wondering. That kind of thing happens with surprising regularity in the auto industry.

No, that’s 50 shades of Automatic Transmission Equipped Corvette.

While I’ve never heard of fan blade icing, fuel system icing is a very real problem that several aircraft have experienced. Water in the fuel tank can clog pumps and filters pretty easily starving the engine of fuel only to have it all melt when a lower altitude is achieved. They used to include anti-icing inhibitor…

Is it about boring missionary sex with your socks on?

Everyone should read Voltaire. One of the few things I read in high school that I didn't completely abhor.

The common sense advice is to use common sense.

Would that be the missile in the Volvo? Because that’s pretty epic.

The key to hitting word or page minimums is to go on long, unnecessary tangents and somehow tie them back into the the conversation. Like how Mark Twain appears in episodes of Star Trek: The Next Generation and in his travels meets up with both Jean-Luc Picard and Data who would also agree that colorful language is…

The manufacturer of said nuclear core is obvious.

Why do people always go to “first world problems” when rebutting a complaint about cars?

Alfa Romeo 4C. I finally saw one in person last week and it’s hard to describe why my want is so strong. The dealer practically tried to talk me out of it too. He was mostly along the lines of “if you don’t know what you’re getting into, this car isn’t for you.” There are faster cars for the same price point but…

I believe the rule in this case would be “don’t work with the marines.” Seeing as how the navy version isn’t the one that required all of the design compromise. It’s worth noting that engineering can design a proper product if allowed to and kept focused on the goal. That’s what his rules are about.

YES!!!! YES!!!! 100 times yes.

I remember Doug’s video on that. I believe the moral of the story was to get a dog instead.

depending on how sketchy they look and how much time I have