thehourglasses
thehourglasses t1_ix9i5af wrote
Reply to How much time until it happens? by CookiesDeathCookies
Another week, another lazy prediction question.
thehourglasses t1_iwjo0vh wrote
Reply to comment by Math__ERROR in Waymo’s driverless taxis keep making incremental progress, while others flounder by AdmiralKurita
They are one of the contributors, yes.
thehourglasses t1_iwh16ug wrote
Reply to comment by bremidon in Waymo’s driverless taxis keep making incremental progress, while others flounder by AdmiralKurita
We either reorganize to become sustainable or the planet will reorganize us itself (probably straight to extinction). Don’t be a child about this claiming that individual preference supersedes a livable future.
thehourglasses t1_iweo97d wrote
Reply to comment by Math__ERROR in Waymo’s driverless taxis keep making incremental progress, while others flounder by AdmiralKurita
Yes. Suburbs are also a problem and we should reorganize people into cities wherever possible
thehourglasses t1_iwckz0c wrote
Reply to Waymo’s driverless taxis keep making incremental progress, while others flounder by AdmiralKurita
Can they incrementally progress into mass transit because our current system of individual transport is absolute cancer.
thehourglasses t1_iv6hjy8 wrote
Reply to Researchers designed a transparent window coating that could lower the temperature inside buildings, without expending a single watt of energy. This cooler may lead to an annual energy saving of up to 86.3 MJ/m² or 24 kWh/m² in hot climates by mossadnik
Curious what it is made of and how toxic it is. We need to be more cautious about these kinds of “breakthrough” materials because their manufacture at scale could cause worse problems like PFAS contamination, etc.
thehourglasses t1_irq5r6j wrote
Reply to The first crop of space mining companies didn’t work out, but a new generation is trying again by Soupjoe5
And yet something as mundane and uninspired as Amazon Go costs a few hundred million to develop, and is easily funded.
Our species has a serious prioritization issue.
thehourglasses t1_iqrvudh wrote
With a phosphorus shortage, soil degradation, drought, and extreme heat events. Riiiiiiiight.
thehourglasses t1_iql7e0k wrote
Reply to comment by Dark-Arts in The Age of Magic Has Just Begun by Ohigetjokes
That’s goofy. We all know emaciated corpses are low in heavy metals. Oh, you’re another one of those reality denying transhumanist fuckheads. It all makes sense now.
thehourglasses t1_iqkziah wrote
Reply to The Age of Magic Has Just Begun by Ohigetjokes
Where will the material come from?
thehourglasses t1_ix9i9g7 wrote
Reply to comment by [deleted] in How much time until it happens? by CookiesDeathCookies
Surely this is satire..