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^Yes, The end of coral reefs as we know them https://www.vox.com/climate/24137250/coral-reefs-bleaching-climate-change “What we are seeing now is essentially what scientists have been predicting was going to happen for more than 25 years,” Manzello, who leads the agency’s coral bleaching project, to...

12 Marine National Parks closed to combat coral bleaching Thailand’s Department of National Parks, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation (DNP) has announced the closure of 12 marine national parks on the Andaman Sea and the in the Gulf of Thailand after it was found that 50-70% of the coral has been expe...

I'm pretty good at spotting them.....

To show how these cameras can be hidden, here is one in Luxembourg in an election poster:

I've always worn the seat belt loosely buckled for over twenty years after hearing of an acident when an autopilot was accidentally disconnected and a passenger was killed when the aircraft violently pitched down. I forget the airline but I think it was an MD11 aircraft.

Dannie Boy wrote: ↑Wed May 22, 2024 2:03 am I’m sure it’s going to take a lot of testing to convince the majority - regrettably it will probably take a serious crash/fatality to convince them it was wise to be cautious!!

The average SE Asian taxi driver doesn't convince me that humans have a monopoly on safe driving.

I've read articles about the technology behind self driving cars and apparently one of the main problems is the unpredictability of human road users. If the roads were just full of self driving cars it would be much easier because they would all act logically.

^Yes, self driving at that level is impressive.
I know that some companies are interested in the idea of car subscription services with cars like that. Basically instead of owning a car, you would order one when you need it and it turns up at your door.

PeteC wrote: ↑Tue May 21, 2024 4:17 pm Be cautious of the New York Post, they're about one step up (or less) from the National Enquirer. Key words: confirm, confirm, confirm.

Yes, I don't normally use the New York Post but I found the story elsewhere and the Post had better pictures.

^Exactly!
I think those two old boys would have been happier with this '69 Plymouth Roadrunner that I came across in Luxembourg yesterday:

^In my opinion, self driving cars only make sense when the technology has got to the point where they're capable of doing it without human intervention. When they're basically a driverless taxi that could be used by a non-driver, a disabled person or is capable of making journeys by itself to pick s...

Here's another entry for the Darwin awards: Teen rapper accidentally kills himself on social media video A teenage rapper accidentally killed himself while filming a video on social media after he pointed a gun at his head and pulled the trigger. The rapper, 17, was found dead in Suffolk, Virginia, ...

^Some of those monitors in that lake are huge. I was once cycling on the small road behind it when we had to stop to allow one to cross the path. I remember saying to my friend that it was the first time I'd had to stop cycling for a dinosaur!

The temple at Ban Khun Samut Chin, about 10km out of Bangkok, illustrates the problem:

^The "Pretend it's not happening" approach to climate change mitigation is starting to look inadequate.

I've been reading stories like this ever since I first started coming to Thailand over 40 years ago. Hasn't happened yet. Obviously it's a gradual process and what is happening is that industries on the periphery of the city are experiencing increasing amounts of time every year when flooding cause...