A friend of mine did this when we were teens. Steam hit him in the face. Luckily he was wearing some Oakley razors, so he just had a light burn around his face, but his eyes were ok.  His dad and brothers were mechanics, but apparently he didn’t get that lesson. 

It’ll be very interesting if this technology could be used for generating composites from recordings of robbery suspects, rapists, etc where there is an audio clip of the voice. And what would the legality of that be?

I was pretty surprised when I used PhotoScan to scan some old 35mm prints, and Google Photos auto location tagged some of them as Washington DC, because it recognized the monuments.  I thought that was pretty cool.  

Every time we go hiking I bring a bag with me just for trash. And just about everytime we get back it’s full.

I’m really hoping they use this for voicebanking as well. That would allow people who are losing their ability to speak to create and store their speaker encoder model and use for the future, speaking in their native language without translate. It would be MUCH easier than translate.

I don’t disagree with your points, but wanted to point out that these do appear to have an ethernet backhaul.

Yes, VTSAX has a minimum, but VTI is the ETF equivalent with no minimums, and once you have $3000 invested, you can convert to VTSAX with a single click in Vanguard. Note, that transaction is considered a sale, so you’ll have capital gains (hopefully) on the gains.  But those are better than waiting on the side lines.

Related, use all those same words with your infants/toddler too. I remember the early pediatric checkup where the Dr said our kid should be saying a word or two. We laughed, because our kid had a 50 word vocabulary by then. By the next meeting we kept a list. The Dr expected 30 words, we were over 300.

A good time to bring up “Legacy Binders” again. I’ve written one for my spouse, and for our kids in case we both die. A couple of key points that aren’t always clear, is that would want to put yourself in the mind of the survivor, and be INCREDIBLY specific. I created a call log, with phone numbers and account numbers…

This features prominently in Cory Doctorow’s Walkaway

I’ve had this thought before, as a “sci-fi” plot line/thought experiment, but I’ve got a spouse and a family, so the concept is devastating. Imagine knowing that your kids, whom you love deeply, will NEVER EXIST. (the chance of the same sperm/egg combination is zero). Or as a middle aged person, imagine going back to…

According to an old union member, the best time is on the company’s dime, not your own time.

Check out this plan. https://www.richmondsavers.com/take-your-family-to-disney-world-for-free-step-by-step-instructions/

For me it was Exorcist when I was 4. It was rough.

Replay sounds like this:

As if a big strong man wouldn’t be afraid of being murdered by drug cartels...

In America, yes they do. As a vegetarian you should skip.  

Counterpoint from the stellar “What Makes This Song Great” series. 

I’m a big fan of board games, but in my opinion this one is terrible. The rules are unclear, incomplete, or just missing. The game play alternates between boring and confusing. Save your money.

I’m a big fan of board games, but in my opinion this one is terrible. The rules are unclear, incomplete, or just…

So the next lawsuit will be to prevent the pregnant person from getting an abortion until an amnio can be drawn to prove paternity. Which can be done at 8 weeks, but they’ll probably find a way to argue it up to post 20 weeks for “accuracy”.