The saddest news is that they are down to like 4 mechanical engineers. There were at least 30 when I was working there.
I was told all the engineering actually gets done by the contractors in China. The engineers just send a wish list and the China team hacks it together.
iRobot not going to make it. 4 engineers can’t innovate just like that.
I used to work at iRobot. Chinese manufacturers cloned Roomba so well that parts from their robot like wheels assemblies could be dropped in and the Roomba would work.
The issue is that iRobot decided not to litigate patent infringement in China because it’s an uphill battle.
I agree that iRobot was very slow to innovate. They were on the brink of releasing a lawn mower robot but covid hit and the C suites made the decision to kill that product and fire that team to reduce risk…
They could build them so that they stay in perpetual dawn or dusk. One edge with the solar panels in the su, the other edge with the cooling fins in the night’s cool breeze.
Guys I’m sorry. It looks like he read this in his own way and is going for ballroom and triumphal arch.
Didn’t realize he would tear down half the White House in the process and turn the whole thing into a grift somehow
This. How did Christ, chalice and tabernacle become an insult ?!
There are 8 items reported stolen so far, a ninth has been recovered:
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010101145
https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl010104292
Not really when I think of it. Maybe I have narcissist tendencies??
Oh thanks I was looking for that info! Wow trump could have had two pyramids by now, look at that!
He will be buried under a bunch of GPUs and hard drives, where his wealth resides
Could we use his narcissism in a productive way?
What if we get it in his head that he hasn’t built any pyramid yet. At his age, Khufu had probably completed and was buried in his pyramid; the one that is still visible today, five millennia later. Where is Trump’s? What legacy will he leave us? He needs to start building asap
Once he gets convinced and starts appropriating funds for that, we only talk about that. Non stop. That way he doesn’t make any progress on his fascist agenda. Just a narcissist tar pit.
What could go wrong? Worst case scenario we have an American pyramid that is not a casino or a hunting and fishing store.
Yes, a computer heating system would be just as efficient as an electric wall heater at near 100% effective whereas heat pumps effectively ranges from 300% to 500%: for 1w used to operate the pump you will pump 3 to 5w of heat into your home.
Magique merci!
Ordered the webcam. Will update when I upgrade it.
So I went back to the blog post. They are shipping the Framework 13" webcam in this updated 16" version. The part was already available for me to upgrade!
We’re now using the 2nd Gen Webcam that we first introduced last year on Framework Laptop 13.
https://frame.work/blog/introducing-the-new-framework-laptop-16-with-nvidia
The module comes pre-installed on Framework Laptop 13 (Intel Core Ultra Series 1) and the new Ryzen 7040 Series configurations with the 2.8k display. It’s also compatible with all of our existing Framework Laptop 13 and Framework Laptop 16 models […]
https://frame.work/blog/framework-laptop-13-deep-dive---a-laptop-webcam-with-smartphone-technology
OK I’m a bit confused. I have a Framework 16” that I bought earlier this year, without the GPU extension bay. I don’t care that much about the expansion bay as without it, the laptop is already huge. I have an eGPU to play on when I need it.
What upgrade options does this announcement offer to me?
I’m dissatisfied with:
They are announcing a new webcam, will it be backwards compatible ?
Otherwise I’m really happy with it, I absolutely love the modular I/O, being able to swap which side the audio jack is is amazing. happy to support this endeavor of repairability
It’s intersectional: the wealthy early birds. They would make the decision while us night owls sleep
Exactly. This is why people say race is a construct.
If we all became the same race then some self labeled ingroup would construct (i.e. create) new criteria to label others as an outgroup eventually creating new races.
I literally switched from Spotify yesterday…
Everyone says bandcamp is a good alternative but the main added value from streaming services, for me, is discovery. I don’t think I can afford the time to go on bandcamp and download every song I like one by one. I would also be lost when in need to discover new music.
He’ll make a few versions:
Will never make it to 3 though.
Scammers won’t need to social engineer grandma into giving out her SSN, they can just ask her AI many times and eventually, it will spit out absolutely everything.
Interesting Defcon presentation about how AI is a security nightmare:
DEF CON 33 - Exploiting Shadow Data from AI Models and Embeddings - Patrick Walsh
https://youtu.be/O7BI4jfEFwA