https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTomb

I’m not sure what you mean about the premise of “wool” in the story though?

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I just didn’t buy the impact of the cleaners. Like it’s supposed to be a mystery why they choose to go through with it, but we find out they go through with it because a VR helmet convinces them that what they saw through the cameras was a lie when really the VR helmet is a lie. So like…what’s the point? If you can make VR helmets, why not build a robot to clean the cameras? If you still need a scary death sentence, just kick people out of the silo and watch them die due to exposure as they clamor to get back inside. The result is the same: outside scary, don’t do anything that gets you forced to go outside.

Making a lie to cover up another lie seems like a very roundabout way to solve a lens cleaning issue.

As for the rest of the wool references, puns do not metaphors make.

The only Kindle book I’ve ever returned.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMBylNJQEbg&list=RDVMBylNJQEbg&start_radio=1

The Silo series. First one was okay though the protagonist could be a bit of an idiot at times (I’m freezing, I should light these small tires on fire. That’ll keep me warm for 2 minutes while I choke on the smoke), but as a hard scifi, the series never answered enough critical questions (how do they get clean air?, is there really an oil deposit under Atlanta?). Also, the entire premise of how “wool” enters the story is so contrived, I failed to catch why it was necessary both in-universe and from a storytelling standpoint.

The second book was a prequel and the back stories of one of the characters was so fucking boring and predictable I just started skipping his chapters.

I read Wikipedia for the third book.

Scalie crowd.

come to mind with more recently over-hyped technologies

Major brands were not pushing those technologies on consumers. It was b2b at best.

City busses usually go 30km/h, up to 50 on longer stretches.

The ones in Seattle will take the freeway depending on the route. So that’s 100kph.

Oooh, I kind of love that. Like there’s a classic robot uprising, but the whole robot rights and robot sentience thing is just a smoke screen to weaken the opposition’s resolve. It’s all just a billionaire behind the curtain.

Considering city buses don’t typically have any restraints and in fact will have half of the passengers standing up if it’s full, how is this any worse?

I wouldn’t say it’s that bad. At least not where I live.

Mostly I see completely half-assed attempts at walkable infrastructure such as:

• Sidewalks that just end
• Bike lanes that say “lane ends, merge with traffic” on a 45mph (72km/h) road right before an underpass with no shoulder.
• Crosswalks only ever mile or so, so you either have to walk a mile out of your way, or get yelled at for “jaywalking.”
• Bike lockup outside a furniture store that’s surrounded by 10 acres of parking lot where the nearest residence is like 10 miles away.
• 3ft wide lanes with person figures painted on them on the side of the road because a white line is enough to protect pedestrians.
• 3ft wide bike lanes on the inside curve of an uphill 45mph road with sharp turns and a steep concrete embankment on the side.

You get 8 seconds to cross eight lanes of traffic.

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strange then that the seams only run one way. Most printers have fairly cubic build volumes.

Though they could have done it to just reduce the amount of overhang and supports that would be needed. The inner surfaces could have been against the hot plate.

If it helps, it looks like they probably printed the core section at a higher infill to handle the pressure and the left and right sides at a lower infill. You can see seams.

Does that still work? Last I tried it, YT broke it.

You got a subscriber! Looking forward to more.

Surprised they didn’t take the opportunity to push DisplayPort a little more.

What game do you play that needs 10 dice?

For me it was a random fruit stand in Rome.