iannis
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Run that shit straight into your circuit breaker!
It's like the plot of an 80's movie. And it could happen TO YOU.
Science!! Fucking magnets, how do they work?
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Run that shit straight into your circuit breaker!
It's like the plot of an 80's movie. And it could happen TO YOU.
iannis
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From my limited understanding there's a bit of context involved. The crystals form in high energy fields. It takes magnetism.
So while it's true their rest state is energetic it is because of the environmental factors which allow them to exist. There's no zero point weirdness going on, it's a function of matter (probably geometry -- it always seems to be geometry) that exists in highly energetic magnetic fields. And, apparently, ONLY in those fields.
If you took one of these things out of the field it would unwind. It's like how plasma doesn't exist without pressure. It's a spinning top inside a tornado. They may be useful somehow, I have no idea. And they're weird enough -- but they're not so weird as the FOTM science reporting want them to be. But yeah, they're weird, and observing them might teach us something about HOW FUCKING MAGNETS WORK.
khorum
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Lendarios is fucking illiterate. There aren't many people walking at Amazon warehouses AT ALL these days. That was the point: the few humans left are the ones at the last segment of the fulfillment stack... and Amazon has been running DARPA-style competitions to replace THOSE jobs with these:
That competition is very interesting by itself. The robots are given only a simple JSON file to compare RFID UIDs with product SKU's and they have to use telemetry and computer vision to accomplish the tasks. The team whose robot fulfills the most orders with the least errors is the winner. Apparently all the finalists performed faster than average humans.
That competition is very interesting by itself. The robots are given only a simple JSON file to compare RFID UIDs with product SKU's and they have to use telemetry and computer vision to accomplish the tasks. The team whose robot fulfills the most orders with the least errors is the winner. Apparently all the finalists performed faster than average humans.
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Tuco
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Did they perform faster than trained humans?
Trained humans can get pretty ridiculous compared to untrained ones.
Tuco
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Also, I've never worked in a shipping company but everyone I know who has says it's one of the more manual labor intensive jobs because of the intense time requirements, distance walked and weight of the packages.
And that's doubly true if you're working in any kind of freezer environment where you frequently switch from working hard in 100 degree conditions to 0 degree conditions.
And that's doubly true if you're working in any kind of freezer environment where you frequently switch from working hard in 100 degree conditions to 0 degree conditions.
khorum
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No idea, sounds like they just baked average human worker time into the competition criteria tho. I've worked in logistics and risk intelligence in the last decade and the shit Amazon does is like a generation ahead of everyone else.
And remember, Zappos.com and others used Kiva Robots even BEFORE Amazon bought them.
Lendarios
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Amazon Chattanooga distribution center employs over 2000 full-time employees
Amazon plant tops 2,000 full-timers in Chattanooga
they still use a lot of manual labor. I don't even know what are you arguing for. I am for robotization of the workforce.
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Abefroman
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Amazon still has quite a bit of walking pickers. That robot in the challenge is extremely slow compared to a experienced picker and also creates more damage. Also requires a fuck ton more space.
I dunno even what the fuck we are arguing anymore. I agree with automation but it isn't at the extreme that people are acting with because they watch a few fucking videos and read some articles. Those pickers who work in Amazon warehouses don't have oppressive jobs. You are expected to do your job and do it correctly. I was hired to take a look at the time standard and there is nothing unfair about it.
I've worked in this industry since i was 16 and IMO their is no better place to have a job then at Amazon for this type of work. The pace of change is rapid and for me personally seeing your work place constantly change with new technology who's purpose is to make your job easier is fantastic. Working in a food warehouse fucking sucks in comparison.
I dunno even what the fuck we are arguing anymore. I agree with automation but it isn't at the extreme that people are acting with because they watch a few fucking videos and read some articles. Those pickers who work in Amazon warehouses don't have oppressive jobs. You are expected to do your job and do it correctly. I was hired to take a look at the time standard and there is nothing unfair about it.
I've worked in this industry since i was 16 and IMO their is no better place to have a job then at Amazon for this type of work. The pace of change is rapid and for me personally seeing your work place constantly change with new technology who's purpose is to make your job easier is fantastic. Working in a food warehouse fucking sucks in comparison.
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have you guys heard of "time crystals"?
https://gizmodo.com/scientists-finally-observed-time-crystals-but-what-the-1793061377
https://gizmodo.com/scientists-finally-observed-time-crystals-but-what-the-1793061377
khorum
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Hell if I know, I posted a BD robotics video and you mouthed off about butthurt Amazon workers when in fact Amazon has been eliminating those positions over the last few years. I already said they still have pickers that they're just now requesting proposals and running competitions for.
Lendarios
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How is this post a butthurt
"Amazon can replace most of their warehouse employees with this guy, just fetching stuff for your cart.
Right now they use humans and they count their steps to make sure they don't slack. It is a bit inhumane.
I can see a very automated warehouse fulfillment center coming in the near future."
"Amazon can replace most of their warehouse employees with this guy, just fetching stuff for your cart.
Right now they use humans and they count their steps to make sure they don't slack. It is a bit inhumane.
I can see a very automated warehouse fulfillment center coming in the near future."
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Dandain
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A little bit of science, a little bit of astronomy.
'Going deep' to measure Earth's rotational effects
'Going deep' to measure Earth's rotational effects
Burnem Wizfyre
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GINGER studying the rotation of the earth is a plot to fling the non-GINGER into the cold vacuum of space.
Tuco
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I don't understand the bit about the resolution being 10-14 radians per second. The earth spins at 6.28 radians per day.
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This graph explains itself if you're willing to look at it for a few minutes. Really neat observation. This mostly relates to biology and botany for me but I could see it being useful in a lot of ways. Anyway, just wanted to share.
Edit* Meh, the png is crappy, here's a link to the direct image with a better background. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Lifezones_Pengo,_IRI.svg/988px-Lifezones_Pengo,_IRI.svg.png
Edit* Meh, the png is crappy, here's a link to the direct image with a better background. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2b/Lifezones_Pengo,_IRI.svg/988px-Lifezones_Pengo,_IRI.svg.png
