JonKramer, CIS-HET @JonKramer@social.cleverlibre.org

@freemo @niclas I'm off to Google for a bit...

@llewelly @futurebird , I'm going to guess that quantum graininess is going to prohibit a photon of that energy level. It is well outside anything we could currently even measure, let alone generate. I may be wrong, and graininess only applies to the lower end of photon energy though.

@freemo @niclas , agreed. The best numbers I have seen say it is roughly 1%. And 100% outside of our control, while the rest of the drivers are mostly in our control.

@niclas @freemo , I have actually read some nutters make the claim that climate change is caused by the sun. Most of those folks own or want to own F350 trucks...

@dangillmor , the FBI investigates child abuse. I hope they are looking into this, but since the director is a GQPer, I doubt it.

@freemo @weezmgk , watching this stuff makes me excited. And there is so much out there in the world to watch. Not just this, but new tech, ants, art.... everything. Even the new heat wave is exciting....

There was a Star Trek episode where Spock hears the last dying thoughts of 1000 vulcans... and they all thought "Fascinating". Ya, this is just sunspots, and might cause static in a Hulu download, but it is all fascinating. I hope that is my last thought.

@weezmgk @freemo , I was wondering the same, but just the 1989 cycle.

Breaking story: Fox news reporters have reassigned themselves as 'foreign agents' to avoid having to participate in the actors strike.

@gwynnion 85F here, and I am complaining.

@advisorybriefs "Hold my beer"

~Next year

@SNerd Being sued doesn't mean much. I trust the math.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/02/03/25-really-weird-lawsuits-you-wouldnt-believe-were-ever-filed/41083385/

@john yes, or launching from an aircraft. Which cuts down on the size of the rocket itself... Not sure if you would want that answer.

@john , but, very soon, this should be effective:

https://www.spinlaunch.com/

@john https://www.google.com/search?q=ss-520-5+size&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS924US924&oq=SS-520-5&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0i512l2j0i30j0i8i30j0i30j0i390i650.5930j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

@SNerd I don't know how to explain the math to you. But the argument you are making is similar to the anti vaxers argument, because they can find someone who died after a vaccine, that means vaccines are misleading, and shouldn't be used.

Auto pilot saves lives. This is just reality. The name, if it means more people use it, saves more lives. Is it 100% effective? No, nothing is. But it is objectively better than no system like it in use. This isn't slightly debatable. It just IS.

If autopilot was mandated on all cars, lives would be saved. 10s of thousands of lives, in the USA alone. Even at what is currently only level two diver assist.

@JStatePost If enough of us have a sincerely held religious belief that MAGAts should be refused service, then that. Otherwise, a general strike is the way.

@SNerd Then the answer is zero. there are roughly 9 people still alive for every one dead. Because they used autopilot. And that number may actually be more, due to the fact that autopilot can make accidents that are unavoidable less deadly.

@SNerd , you literally started this thread with the claim that the system kills people. It literally saves lives when in use. That 'assisting' is better than a human driver.

@freemo I think the major flare is Thursday??

@SNerd , I really think the focus should be on the fact that you are 1/10th as likely to get in an accident with the system. That it makes you measurably safer to use the system. And that the name is irrelevant compared to that 1/10th figure.