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Waymo saved my life... [comment]
Suddenly a car ignored its stop sign and drove into the road.
In less than a second, the Waymo moved into the left lane and kept going. I didn't even realize what was happening until after it was over.
After the "interview", I had multiple pages of notes connecting the photos to events that happened 50 years ago... So I cloned MediaWiki, spun up a local instance, and began my editorial work. I used the 2011 Royal Wedding as reference and drafted a page starting with the classic infobox and the lead paragraph.
...but it’s also worth thinking of reverse molly guards: buttons that will press themselves if you don’t do anything after a while.
Rank the best Apple products from the last 50 years
1. Original iPhone
2. M1 Chip
3. Original Macintosh
In search of Banksy, Reuters found the artist took on a new identity
On October 28, 2022, the day Duley and Del Naja entered Ukraine, a “David Jones” also crossed the border at the same location, according to a source familiar with immigration procedures. The source also told us the date of birth listed on Jones’ passport. It was the same as Robin Gunningham’s birthday.
Watch what happens when you send a message to Claude Code. [a reverse-engineered window into Claude Code]
The first flyby images of the Moon captured by NASA’s Artemis II astronauts during their historic test flight reveal regions of the Moon's far side, as well as an in-space solar eclipse.
Middle-earth — Interactive Map
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101 Ads — Highway 101 Billboard Map
To visitors from around the world — I hear you. This is Silicon Valley billboard insanity and I'm happy to take you along.
Model-Based Testing for Dungeons & Dragons
Ogre vs. Animated Armor. Animated Armor is a construct monster — low Strength, high AC. The 2024 rules changed grappling from an opposed Athletics check to a saving throw against a flat DC: 8 + STR modifier + proficiency. Under the old rules, the Ogre’s Athletics made it hard to grab. Under the new rules, what matters is the target’s save bonus. An Ogre with its modest Dexterity is easy to grapple. Animated Armor, despite being weaker overall, has better saves. The community noticed this inversion.
1d-chess is a new variant where you can play the beautiful game without all those unneccessary and complicated extra dimensions. Play as white against the AI. You might initally find it more difficult than expected, but assming optimal play, is there a forced win for white?
A Technical Blog Post by a Big Name Expert
Here's a long detailed, objective explanation of everything related to this issue. It's probably more useful than the actual link and it may serve as one of the best efforts to consolidate information on this subject on the entire Internet. If it contains original research only a couple of readers will be qualified to tell. Half the people who upvote this won't understand more than the first two paragraphs.
Edit: I anticipated the potential questions and added more information. Add some graphs and this could be a master's thesis.
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SR-71 Blackbird Speed Check Story
There was no hesitation, and the replay came as if was an everyday request. "Aspen 20, I show you at one thousand eight hundred and forty-two knots, across the ground."
I think it was the forty-two knots that I liked the best, so accurate and proud was Center to deliver that information without hesitation, and you just knew he was smiling.
Check live TSA security wait times by checkpoint at the busiest U.S. airports.
A note is placed precisely where the train happens to be along its route. Rush hour fills the band with held tones; at 3 a.m. the silences grow longer. Whatever is playing now has not played before and will not play again.
Kyoto Penguins Relationship Chart
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