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[–] yes_this_time@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Why couldn't it actually be safer since you could have distributed power centers, across multiple motors?

You could also have hybrid approaches - there is space between not being able to glide and smashing your landing.

I'm just getting at it being a different system so some old assumptions can be reexamined.

Bigger challenge than landing is energy density.

Regardless it's a very interesting space.

[–] yes_this_time@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

You can rethink the engineering with electric motors.

The planes you are describing are designed assuming they will be lighter on landing because of fuel. So why design them for take off weight?

Electric motors are condusive of blown wing design for example, and would have a unique landing profile. (The plane can land at much slower velocity)

Edit: yeah they've moved the engine shroud which allows for lower speeds. Given the same runway you would be able to trim vertical speed.

[–] yes_this_time@lemmy.world 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The uptake (successfully getting value put of llms) is probably the bigger opportunity than the models themselves at this point - as model performance gains plateau and converge, the possible margin per token may get close to nothing.

Canada punches above its weight on a research pov, but misses on capitalization. That said I think US market is going to take a massive hit from over investment. Related sometimes Canada's caution is a good thing! (See financial crisis).

On the other hand... The opportunity for the frontier labs is less on research / capital in my opinion, but whether network effect becomes a material advantage.

[–] yes_this_time@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm reading that as two different metrics.

It's more cost effective - saving a trillion dollars a year

It's more medically effective - saving 100k lives a year.

You don't divide one by the other, debt isn't related.

[–] yes_this_time@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah there is misinformation going around, that somehow Canada can manage wild forest that are burning due to climate change, always more to be done on the climate front.

[–] yes_this_time@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

There is some truth in what you are saying, which makes for the best misinformation.

Canada's fires are largely in unmanaged areas in wild forests not tree farms, suppression was never happening, the increase in fires is due to hotter weather (the north experiences higher increases than global average).

Forest management is more of a contributor in the US (but climate there too).

BTW prescribed burns do happen but they are heavily regulated, not a tonne of them. There were a bunch of deaths a while ago, which increased regs, rightly or wrongly.

[–] yes_this_time@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Yeah North America is lagging. Global share is uncreasing at a good clip. Technology is improving. Hybrids are a fine transitional option.

[–] yes_this_time@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Their market is increasing fairly rapidly, but it's uneven across countries.

[–] yes_this_time@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Blast radius you say say? Claude is that you?

[–] yes_this_time@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

But that's being caused by anti democratic forces.

Democratic countries need to keep progressing.

Concentrated power isn't democratic, there needs to be an always on equalizer.

[–] yes_this_time@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

That seems like it will do fairly well. Subaru has the right demographic for EVs. With rebate, and thinking of TCO, decent price point

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