rickgrimes
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One day in the life of the Prudential Building in Chicago, IL from 1976
Posted by rickgrimes on 3/26/24 at 1:10 am
[quote]I have got to say that this was a fun job. Just going into the Chicago Sears classic skyscraper in the early 1980s and knocking on tenets doors and asking them if we could film what they were doing at that moment, was surprisingly interesting. Most people's jobs were interesting and people se...
Making a Macintosh Studio
Posted by rickgrimes on 3/24/24 at 11:53 pm
[quote]creating a Macintosh-inspired Mac Studio iPad dock[/quote]
[link=(https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=8YSFFIk6c4pBdSWM&v=BuEziDm9gQw&feature=youtu.be)]LINK[/link]
So cool! Is but this from him. Maybe I'll consider 3D printing instead of wood working in my retirement....
1896 - France - Pistol duel between two men (Colorized)
Posted by rickgrimes on 3/24/24 at 4:32 pm
[quote]This old clip has two men facing one another with pistols pointed. We see a group of spectators watching and then they fire with one man falling to the grass. [/quote]
[link=(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=liJ3x6Hovnc)]LINK[/link]...
Formula 1 chief appalled to find team using Excel to manage 20,000 car parts
Posted by rickgrimes on 3/21/24 at 3:50 am
[quote]There's a new boss at a storied 47-year-old Formula 1 team, and he's eager to shake things up. He's been saying that the team is far behind its competition in technology and coordination. And Excel is a big part of it.
Starting in early 2023, Williams team principal James Vowles and chief ...
How an automobile differential works (1937)
Posted by rickgrimes on 3/18/24 at 10:43 pm
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How the automobile differential allows a vehicle to turn a corner while keeping the wheels from skidding.
Differential steering is the means of steering a land vehicle by applying more or less drive torque to one side of the vehicle than the other. Differential steering is the primary me...
Florida man sues GM and Lexis/Nexis over sale of his Cadillac driving data
Posted by rickgrimes on 3/16/24 at 7:11 pm
[img]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GI0Kx6waUAAmKL2?format=jpg&name=large[/img]
[quote]Romeo Chicco struggled to get car insurance in December and was rejected by 7 different insurers.
It turns out GM sold the driving history from his 2021 Cadillac to Lexis Nexus which then provided that data to ...
Dangerous blizzard conditions footage from the Sierra Nevada mountains
Posted by rickgrimes on 3/9/24 at 12:42 pm
[link=(https://youtube.com/shorts/-xeIJ4DpIHo?si=yGlf50rt70Uw3DRz)]LINK[/link]
What's your reaction when open your front door and you greeted with a big wall of snow?...
NVIDIA CEO: Next gen should lean more toward biology, education, manufacturing, or farming
Posted by rickgrimes on 2/28/24 at 8:56 pm
[quote]Generative AI might be well on its way to rendering more jobs obsolete. While speaking at the World Government Summit in Dubai, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang indicated that we might potentially be looking at the death of coding as a career (via Tom's Hardware).
The CEO attributed these sentiment...
Woman doesn't understand what a controlled slow down on a freeway is
Posted by rickgrimes on 2/25/24 at 1:12 pm
[link=(https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=8rxiXVGXKr64c9gJ&v=LDHRYiaQoUY&feature=youtu.be)]LINK[/link]
I don't understand. How does someone like this get a driver's license?
I'd like to see the body cam recording from the officer after he pulled her over....
The SEC has charged Houston resident with insider trading by spying on wife's Zoom calls
Posted by rickgrimes on 2/24/24 at 1:25 pm
[quote]The SEC has charged Houston resident with insider trading for using non-public info he obtained from his wife, a manager with BP, without her knowledge, about the company’s planned merger with TravelCenters of America.
He made $1.7 million by trading on wife’s WFH calls.[/quote]
[link=(...
Entitled Couple Acts Tough with Cop, Turns Citation Into Arrest
Posted by rickgrimes on 2/23/24 at 11:30 am
[quote]On January 27, 2023 in Florida, an officer observed a man driving a golf cart on a public roadway. The golf cart was multiple cars in front of the officer, and before he could get close, the golf cart turned into a gated community. The officer followed and eventually caught up when the man pu...
A bipedal robot is mastering agile football skills using Deep Reinforcement Learning
Posted by rickgrimes on 2/18/24 at 11:58 pm
[link=(https://x.com/gunsnrosesgirl3/status/1759224686632681729?s=46)]LINK[/link]
FAFO? Why is she treating that robot like that? James Cameron showed us in the 80s how this is going to end. ...
re: Any baw here rolling in a Ford Maverick?
Posted by rickgrimes on 2/12/24 at 5:35 am
[quote]Ferrari and Ford have been at odds in the past over the Fxxx model number.[/quote]
He should go with the F40 badge and [i]really[/i] piss off the Italians. ...
re: Mahomes is the GOAT
Posted by rickgrimes on 2/11/24 at 9:49 pm
[img]https://media1.tenor.com/m/yS9dt_XzAAIAAAAC/brady-mahomes.gif[/img]...
First time I've seen anybody happy to get 22 in Vegas
Posted by rickgrimes on 2/11/24 at 9:40 pm
:lol:...
re: Possible Move to Midland, TX
Posted by rickgrimes on 2/11/24 at 12:38 pm
[link=(https://open.spotify.com/episode/2HL13XL1O0H1NuGS6STVvZ?si=aK7YqCy2RBCoZYAqv4DjEA)]Boomtown Podcast[/link]
This podcast is a must listen for anyone that's planning to move to the Permian Basin / Odessa / Midland area. ...
Taiwanese immigrant to America built company now worth more than the entire Chinese stock
Posted by rickgrimes on 2/11/24 at 12:12 pm
....market.
[img]https://cdn.dribbble.com/userupload/4297888/file/original-e73618428a72133a58c0dbec1c913e5f.gif[/img]
[link=(https://www.marketwatch.com/story/nvidias-now-worth-as-much-as-the-entire-chinese-stock-market-8ca1208d)]LINK[/link]
:usa:...
Can I keep the classic mode for ever?
Posted by rickgrimes on 2/4/24 at 10:44 pm
Why fix something that's not broken. We are talking 10+ years of muscle memory. The site is fine the way it is. Can TD be like Craigslist and never change? That can be a cool thing in it's own way. Thank you. ...
Peter Santenello: Deep South - First Impressions
Posted by rickgrimes on 2/4/24 at 12:08 am
[quote]Deep in the heart of the Mississippi Delta region is an America that lives by its own rules. A place that feels like traveling to another country with its own unique stories and culture. Join me in Mississippi at the start of this 6-part series about the Deep South region of America.[/quote]
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Apple Vision Pro: This is the future of humanity
Posted by rickgrimes on 2/3/24 at 3:38 pm
[link=(https://x.com/petergyang/status/1753669157663723560?s=46)]LINK[/link]
:shakehead:...
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