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Get ready boys and girls, the next stage of human evolution is on the way. BBC News - Amazon trials humanoid robots to 'free up' staff https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-67163680

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/jetblue-plane-tipped-jfk/index.html

I laughed at this.

Yeah, looks impressive and all, but anyone aware of the Star Citizen saga probably has to wonder by now how many extra years (again!) have just been added in development time for this stuff until we finally get a complete game.....

https://fb.watch/nSXTHYh_In/

Happy Global Cat Day!

Last weekend I was playing in SIU Aviation's 737-200 that we're restoring to at least taxi around KMDH in. Dry motoring was in May and more volunteer engine work next week. (Do I know anything about engines? Of course! I can reliably tell one end from the other!) Unfortunately, this 1968 beauty (donated to the program by United) will never fly again, but you couldn't tell by looking. If the other picture doesn't look like a 737, it's because that's from the beautifully restored American Flagship Detroit DC-3. Snuck in the evening before and spent a lot of time with the crew, then had a super ride the next afternoon. Just wow. Sitting in the last row but one it was quite a…

Died age 25 breast cancer. Spectacular start to an opera career cut short. Here she is in her coming out 11 years ago, age 14. Theme from Sergio Leone's Once Upon a Time in the West. (That movie happens to be #5 on my list of best movies every made. My #1 is Hitchcock's Vertigo): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_Janečková

https://onemileatatime.com/news/lufthansa-boeing-717-detroit-airport/ Noel

Quick question I don’t know if I have asked on here, I have asked on several other forums but to keep from bothering the same forum about it again I figured I would ask here. I have read a varsity of stories that Gulfstream hasn’t allowed any of their aircraft in any at home flight simulators. Does anyone have a source for this information? Because it seems they let up considering there is a number of Gulfstream’s out there, a few of which are even payware and have been up for what I would guess is a couple of years now. I’m just really confused, have they let up? Cause I’m also in a discord server where they are developing one for MSFS, and they said that the company has…

I'm not sure if this subject has been raised before but the video is referring to a study published just last month. “this is still just a proof of concept” “the ability to create these large DNA networks that are able to be very efficient, very small in size and require almost no energy, if scaled to a large enough size, in theory, can definitely outcompete classical computers.”

Just a bit of weird Americana.....

" Hackers stole a million people’s DNA (information). What they’ll do with it is baffling " I suppose if you have Tyrolean DNA, then they will target you with emails selling lederhosen? https://metro.co.uk/2023/10/15/hackers-stole-a-million-peoples-dna-but-what-will-they-do-with-it-19659803/

4 months old. I can't think of anything to say...

I have to say, I don't agree with some of his claims regarding the nature of current AI. Are they really, currently, more inteligent than we know? I do agree with him that AI will be responsible for some quite wonderful things. And yes, the dangers are real too.

They're coming thick and fast. I like this one. Joby are doing nicely too. Manned testing going well and aircraft already delivered to the Army. Archer are well into building a sizable factory.

Disguised as ordinary passenger jets with common markings, these visitors from the Matrix are nevertheless caught on camera frequently over KSFO San Francisco and at KEWR Liberty New Jersey. Surely this is more important than news of war or inflation! From the redoubtable Daily Mail website: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12633701/Plane-San-Francisco-hanging-mid-air-illusion.html#comments --------------------------------- Impossible ! !

Early 1940's before television.

Upstaging the war coverage: Bigfoot spotted from the Durango and Silverton! https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12619455/Bigfoot-spotted-walking-shrubs-rural-Colorado-mountain-astonished-train-passengers-record-latest-sighting-mythical-beast.html

Nice.....

Hi All, I just wanted to let you know that following a period of enforced neglect, my MSFS Gateway website has been updated. It offers categorised links to hundreds of FSX, P3D and MSFS related websites. Let me know if any of your favourites are missing. I hope you find the MSFS Gateway useful. Tony www.msfsgateway.com

Impressive taxi speeds!