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I only have one question....

Why. :think:
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Why not? ;)
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inewham wrote: Mon Dec 21, 2020 3:05 pm
Wreckless Rat wrote: Mon Dec 21, 2020 2:30 pm I only have one question....

Why. :think:
There's good money to be made on YouTube ?
Didn't cost me anything and I doubt there's many Google ads to get a click-through based on 'wooden xylophone in a Japanese forest'.
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Oh... its an advert if you watch it until the very end...
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HGV precision parking, solo event

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VIVALDI The first prog rocker,

An interesting film presented by Grumpy old man Rick wakeman and one I mixed earlier. A nice watch with a good tune or two!

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I think I just got fitter by watching this. Need a brew now.

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Just like the video of Yorick playing in the sandpit!
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Robotics have certainly come a long way.

Not CGI!

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You only have to do a youtube search for the Boston Dynamics stuff, they're doing some really impressive robotics, scarily good. :thumbup:
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Do you like snakes?

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Taipan wrote: Fri Jan 01, 2021 8:00 pm :o

Awesome. I had to Google to make sure it wasn't a hoax. But you can see the reflections on the glass, and also moving shadows.
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Yorick wrote: Sat Jan 02, 2021 4:48 pm
Taipan wrote: Fri Jan 01, 2021 8:00 pm :o

Awesome. I had to Google to make sure it wasn't a hoax. But you can see the reflections on the glass, and also moving shadows.
Look at the rest of their videos - they are surprising!
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Beautiful restoration video, a 1969 Ural M63. I had no idea there was so much chemistry involved and it must have taken a while to set up all these great shots. Very satisfying to watch.

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Latest one from Fagan & Mossy- I've really missed the Highlands this year

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Not really about YouTube, but its a common misconception that these sorts of robots and self driving cars etc. are programmed in the traditional sense. They're not.

You don't teach a robot how to walk, you give it the command "don't fall over" and say that it can control its legs in directions X, Y and Z then set it loose to figure it out for itself.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machine_l ... prov=sfla1

If you went back through the software and tried to unpick what it's doing it wouldn't bear much resemblance to how a human would programme something.

Whether that's reassuring or even more terrifying I'm not sure :D
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Mr. Dazzle wrote: Sun Jan 03, 2021 12:33 pm Not really about YouTube, but its a common misconception that these sorts of robots and self driving cars etc. are programmed in the traditional sense. They're not.

You don't teach a robot how to walk, you give it the command "don't fall over" and say that it can control its legs in directions X, Y and Z then set it loose to figure it out for itself.
There's a parallel with the development of automated vehicles. A common challenge is the 'trolley bus problem' of who to save. Which neatly ignores two points:
1. Human drivers would still have to make that decision
2. The AV's designers will do their utmost to avoid the situation in the first place
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