Also think it's cool that John Ternus has only a bachelor's degree with a very down to earth presence. I completely dig his LI page being really bare bones.

I suspect Apple is about to experience another Renaissance era...

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Surprised the doj didn’t issue any gag orders.

Neighborhoods are having problems with theft, and from what I've been told, those charging cables aren't exactly cheap to constantly replace.

I walked away with a lot more insight (no pun intended) on what is being considered as leading now of days. I admittedly started to become numb when it started to feel like a race to the bottom on who has the biggest pockets and largest datasets.

Automation ==/== AI. Automation consists of a series of systems that are designed (i.e., programmed using control algorithms, logic rules, machine/deep-learning) to operate under a series of pre-set boundaries. The boundaries are typically defined under "normal" operating conditions, and safe-guards are put into place once the automated systems deviate from those "normal" operating conditions (I see a lot of practitioners esp. in the ML world fail to account for abnormal conditions...may be this is what happened w/ the Uber driver?).

The only comment I will say about AI is that I'm glad I am seeing RL and the like come more into play. I also contend this feels like a supervisory problem.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/17/lawrence-livermore-lab-makes...

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Hurricane, however, is more cautious about seeing fusion as an answer to a need for clean energy.

“While our team is very excited about this result, because it is a hard won science/engineering achievement, I don’t see it as being useful for a clean energy source. The learning from our result may, however, be relevant,” Hurricane tells CNBC.

“I am very concerned, in general, about fusion being hyped as a solution for climate change,” he says. “My personal opinion is that fusion energy is still a future technology, so it would be foolish for people bet the planet on fusion addressing the immediate climate concerns.”

Also noteworthy, research at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory National Ignition Facility is part of the Stockpile Stewardship Program, a government effort born in 1995 to study aging nuclear weapons without nuclear testing.

“One of the original visions for the NIF was for it to be a substitute for underground nuclear testing, keeping weapons scientists tethered to the reality of experiment so that the Nation can depend upon their skills, knowledge, and most importantly judgement,” said Hurricane. “This new result helps support that vision.”

An airplane is much more complicated from a systems perspective (but yet can be more easily automated from an operational POV). To make an airplane fly, there are dozens of control surfaces, very complex mechanical systems, and not to mention a greater degree of danger (i.e., explosions) and loss of life should these systems fail. Yet, when everything "works" within their engineered/designed parameters, we can construct control algorithms around these operational envelopes.

Also, at 10k feet in the air, there are rules that govern flight paths (overseen by controllers); radar and beacons that help keep planes on track; and most importantly much less traffic/congestion (as opposed to a bus or car).

This provides the pilots (and also sailors) the ability to automate their flight at steady-state. This is where it gets interesting. If a plane loses a control surface or a critical system fails, these controls systems will be pushed outside of their operational envelopes, and this is where a human takes over.

It's not a question of "if" but "when" things will fail....

The execs who are pushing this effort appear to know little to nothing about flying, safety, human centered design, and automation.

I might be as brash to state they may not give a damn as long as they get their bonuses and punch out leaving the other exec holding the bag. The compensation structure and laws regarding claw back clauses must be revamped.

Anyway, as a person w a controls background and system automation, this is a total cluster fvck w out a major investment in sensors and UX redesign.

If this passes, I am going to seriously consider those private plane sharing programs.

I think this may be my last HP printer as well. Company has a f the consumer mentality.

Both LLMs and massive CV architectures are NOT the holistic solution. Rather, they are the sensors and edge devices that have now improved both the fidelity and reliability to a point where even more interesting things can happen.

I present a relevant use case regarding robotic arm manipulation. Before the latest SOTA CV algorithms were developed, the legacy technology couldn't provide the fidelity and feedback needed. Now, the embedded fusion of control systems, CV models, etc. we are seeing robotic arms that can manipulate and sort items previously deemed to be extremely difficult.

Research appears to follow the same pattern...observations and hypothesis that were once deemed too difficult or impossible at that time to validate are now common (e.g., Einstein's work with relativity).

My head is already spinning on how many companies and non-technical managers/executives are going to be sorely disappointed in the next year or two that Stable Diffusion, Chat GPT, etc. will deliver very little other than massive headaches for the legal, engineering, recruiting teams that will have to deal with this.

Thank you for sharing...

As others have stated, I don't think Apple's product will really erode Garmin's market share for several years. The lack of detailed topo maps and applications will severely hamper them.

With Apple latest shift, I see their ecosystem as a very strong contender for business travel (international news reporter?) that requires strong security (lockdown mode), ability to communicate in many form factors through adverse conditions (voice, data and now satellite), and has a slew of safety features (crash detection).

Garmin has decades of experience regarding outdoor travel and safety that Apple would always be playing catchup...IMO.

Iridium has been around for soo long...I am getting constant outages from the status page. Kind of disconcerting at times.

Ah, I found the following article that somewhat explains the different technologies w/

"The main difference between Iridium and Globalstar is the relaying mechanism. Iridium requires relaying between satellites. Globalstar requires relaying between satellites and earth stations."

https://www.mobilsat.com/the-best-satellite-phone-globalstar...