The Collimated News Column

[CurtisOliver]

America playing this game with F22’s enabled.

 

[Ears and Eggs]

High power lasers = the ultimate bane of any and all balloons, blimps and Zeppelins.

 

[CurtisOliver]

I would welcome laser tests on those things.

 

[julianthedragon]

High power lasers = the ultimate bane of any and all balloons, blimps and Zeppelins.

gotta watch out for the ol' Zeppelin reflections

 

[Ears and Eggs]

Yikes, looks like the US Air Force just shot down another "object" in the sky near Alaska.

U.S. shoots down 'high-altitude object' over Alaskan airspace, White House says

The object was flying at 40,000 feet and "posed a reasonable threat to the safety of civilian flight," National Security Council official John Kirby said. Biden ordered the military to shoot it down.

www.nbcnews.com

 

[Ears and Eggs]

Wtf is going on. Maybe instead of a Third World War, we will have a First Interstellar War.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1624164474541203463

 

[paul1598419]

Wtf is going on. Maybe instead of a Third World War, we will have a First Interstellar War.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1624164474541203463

That was originally reported by WH to be a balloon, but was walked back later during the press conference. I posted about it at the time of the press conference, but didn't change my post when they called it an object. My guess is it could still be a balloon with the cylinder attached.

 

[Unown (WILD)]

Mike Pence's house in Indiana was searched by the FBI yesterday when at least one more classified document was found there. This was done with the approval of Pence negating the need for a search warrant.

Again you didn't provide a news article. Either you have a bad memory or are purposefully doing this. One infraction.
Its not hard to post a link. Here's one.

FBI removes one document marked classified from former Vice President Mike Pence's home

A document with classified markings was removed from former Vice President Mike Pence's Indiana home Friday during a search by the FBI, according to Pence spokesman Devin O'Malley.

www.cnn.com

Heck even a link to google is good enough

Mike Pence's house - Google Search

 

[paul1598419]

www.cbsnews.com/news/pences-home-being-searched-fbi/

Pence has also been subpoenaed by special counsel Jack Smith to testify before a grand jury looking into the criminal acts by Donald Trump. Smith stated he is through waiting for testimony under oath and has used the subpoena to force Pence to testify.

 

[julianthedragon]

A Super Bowl ad tomorrow will be aired with the sole purpose to decry Tesla's full self-driving tech:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/02/11/tesla-super-bowl-ad/

Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta smear campaign is getting turned into a Super Bowl ad

A Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta smear campaign is reaching a whole new level as it is going to have a...

electrek.co

What are everyone's thoughts on this and full self-driving in general? Could this blow up into a big issue soon?

 

[paul1598419]

A Super Bowl ad tomorrow will be aired with the sole purpose to decry Tesla's full self-driving tech:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2023/02/11/tesla-super-bowl-ad/

Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta smear campaign is getting turned into a Super Bowl ad

A Tesla Full Self-Driving Beta smear campaign is reaching a whole new level as it is going to have a...

electrek.co

What are everyone's thoughts on this and full self-driving in general? Could this blow up into a big issue soon?

With 400,000 of these currently on the road I would want more oversight. There have been many accidents reported by autonomous vehicles in the U.S. over past years. Elon Musk seems to care little about this as he pushes to gain more market shares.

 

[Ears and Eggs]

Like every new technology there are gonna be some kinks that need to be worked out, but self driving is definitely the way of the future. Of course there will be some mishaps, but hell there are lots of crashes as of now with human drivers. Real comparison would be number of crashes per mile driven for self driving vs number of crashes per mile with human driver. Always a balance of avoiding overregulation that stifles innovation, but enough regulation to avoid excess risky behavior.


It just needs a light bar on the top and chrome plated off-road bars on the front to plow wimpy mopeds out of the way.

Another Tesla Cybertruck Spotted, And It Looks Different, Smaller?

Cybertruck sightings are growing, and it seems each example has notable differences. This latest unit looks smaller and has a large wiper and revamped front end.

insideevs.com

 

[Unown (WILD)]

I was nervous about sharing the road with automated programs driving fast heavy vehicles but now that I think about it with the way people are on the road already it might be an improvement in safety.

 

[paul1598419]

The rules of the road in every state includes people being aware of the vehicle's ability to navigate the road. Many accidents happen when drivers ignore the road and are not ready to take over for the vehicle's autonomous program. One such accident occurred when the people inside the vehicle went to sleep. This happened a couple of years ago.

 

[Ears and Eggs]

Wtf is going on, how many of these things are there.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1624527579116871681

https://twitter.com/x/status/1624569819595939846

https://twitter.com/x/status/1624568845963784192

 

[conceptcar3]

Wtf is going on, how many of these things are there.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1624527579116871681

https://twitter.com/x/status/1624569819595939846

https://twitter.com/x/status/1624568845963784192

Something is very sus about all this….