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[Quick_Nick]

Scott Kelly is supposed to broadcast live from the ISS in a few minutes.
Meanwhile, NASA TV is stuttering just as much (for me) as during the SpaceX flight.
http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/nasatv/

Edit: concluded

 

[ex-orbinaut]

I, Robot, anyone? RIP, poor guy.

 

[Urwumpe]

I, Robot, anyone? RIP, poor guy.

Sounds sadly like a typical robotics accident. Bad communication resulting in person in the work space of the robot during activation. You should always make sure the cage is free of any humans before turning on power.

The kind of stuff you have been warned at job training to never even think about and for which the production robots usually have mechanisms to prevent. But this robot was getting installed by a subcontractor and was not yet accepted by Volkswagen into production.

Its possible that the other worker outside the cage will get charged with involuntary manslaughter.

 

[jedidia]

I, Robot, anyone? RIP, poor guy

More like common machine accident (not that they are common, but when they happen, they commonly go down like this).

I don't want to count how many fingers or even scalps have been ripped off people by CNC machines.

 

[ex-orbinaut]

Yeah, I know. It was just the use of the word "robot" that made it morbidly - uhm - entertaining. I cannot lay blame on my angle grinder for trying to do me damage, for example, if I misuse it in a moment of brain-fade and it flies away after a snag or catch during a cut. It is my bad.

Now, we would have to worry the first day some AI deliberately tells a lie, but that's another story, and I don't think likely.

 

[Urwumpe]

Yeah, I know. It was just the use of the word "robot" that made it morbidly - uhm - entertaining. I cannot lay blame on my angle grinder for trying to do me damage, for example, if I misuse it in a moment of brain-fade and it flies away after a snag or catch during a cut. It is my bad.

Well, the machine is called an articulated robot...

And come on, computers are lying to you every day, without you caring much.

 

[ex-orbinaut]

And come on, computers are lying to you every day, without you caring much.

:lol: I think it is people lying through computers that you mean? The computer itself lying is technically a bug, but you'll know more about that. That gets scary when we have automated programmed systems that program code autonomously for other systems, which might program for other systems yet - which is what the API trend is beginning to look like at times - propagating a bug and morphing it into who knows what.

 

[Urwumpe]

:lol: I think it is people lying through computers that you mean? The computer itself lying is technically a bug, but you'll know more about that. That gets scary when we have automated programmed systems that program code autonomously for other systems, which might program for other systems yet - which is what the API trend is beginning to look like at times - propagating a bug and morphing it into who knows what.

No, its actually that the computer is pretending accuracy and knowledge, that it simply doesn't have. Its a very stupid machine. Still people put much more faith into the output of a computer than into the arguments of a human.

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Pictures of Burans

 

[Quick_Nick]

I've had three cats and my stepmom's dog pass away in the last couple of years. Today, we'll be taking one more cat to be put to sleep. I'm at least happy that we can be assured this one will leave us peacefully, and he's been so happy and normal despite his ailment.
We'll have one last cat remaining after today, and she's getting pretty old, but I'm certainly not done having pets. They've all been so wonderful to have around and I fully expect to have more when I get my own place to live that allows them.

 

[Andy44]

I think it was Louis CK who said that a dog is basically a time bomb of sorrow and despair, because you know the awful day is coming.

I like pets but I spend too much time away from home to have any these days.

 

[jedidia]

I think it was Louis CK who said that a dog is basically a time bomb of sorrow and despair

Isn't everybody?

 

[ex-orbinaut]

Just out of nowhere, I don't suppose Mingw can be used to compile Orbiter Modules? (I am not hopeful, actually). That Visual Studio has just gone out of hand for hobby programming with all that Cloud tripe and other stuff, and you get interrogated via e-mail if you try and register 2010. Plus, I am more used to GCC these days, anyway.

 

[Artlav]

Last time i tried, big no.
It needs to link MS lib files, and the name mangling is wrong, and so on.

Maybe you could wing it manually, but it won't be worth it.

 

[jedidia]

That Visual Studio has just gone out of hand for hobby programming with all that Cloud tripe and other stuff

I never had to bother with any of that if I didn't need it for the project in VS 2013... You did download the desktop edition, yes?

 

[SolarLiner]

Visual Studio has just gone out of hand for hobby programming with all that Cloud tripe and other stuff

I use VS 2015 Community and except a Live ID (which is a Microsoft account, no more), there's nothing to be done. And I have NuGet repos, GitHub directly inside Visual Studio, etc.

And it's free.
Seriously I personally don't see how I could go back to VS 2013 or even VS: Express 2010.

 

[ex-orbinaut]

Last time i tried, big no.
It needs to link MS lib files, and the name mangling is wrong, and so on.

Maybe you could wing it manually, but it won't be worth it.

Yeah, I thought as much.

I never had to bother with any of that if I didn't need it for the project in VS 2013... You did download the desktop edition, yes?

Yes. I started to recount my experience right here in this post, but it really was looking like the saga that it made a whole morning into for me; I won't relive it and spare you all the grief, save to say it all ended at an MS chat help desk, that did not help much, when I reverted to 2010 Express. I was eventually given some 1800 number to ring. OK, I am not that committed. It is a bit of software for some fun, for me. See?

I am glad your experience was better, all told.

I use VS 2015 Community and except a Live ID (which is a Microsoft account, no more), there's nothing to be done. And I have NuGet repos, GitHub directly inside Visual Studio, etc.

And it's free.
Seriously I personally don't see how I could go back to VS 2013 or even VS: Express 2010.

Can you compile Orbiter modules on VS 2015 Community?

Much appreciated and thanks all for the answers, just the same.

 

[Urwumpe]

Since we had been talking about it, a review about a novel that is build around the trivialities of our discussion:

http://blogs.reuters.com/great-deba...ore-than-science-fiction/?utm_source=Facebook

 

[Artlav]

Happy Independence Day to our Americans!
Make sure the brain is in gear before handling fireworks.

 

[ex-orbinaut]

Since we had been talking about it, a review about a novel that is build around the trivialities of our discussion:

http://blogs.reuters.com/great-deba...ore-than-science-fiction/?utm_source=Facebook

Great book suggestion. Just got it (at least the iPad is good for that; :lol. Will read it after finishing "Viper Pilot". I can see why you like the look of it, as it is in full support of the philosophy of your particular bug bear.

Happy Independence Day to our Americans! Make sure the brain is in gear before handling fireworks.

By sheer coincidence, just reading about this, with an appropriate image for the comment! :lol:

 

[Andy44]

Happy Independence Day to our Americans!
Make sure the brain is in gear before handling fireworks.

I would use a tesla coil if I had one. One of these days I'll get around to building one. I think tesla coils should be a part of Independence Day celebration. Just because tesla coil.

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