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  1. Comment on Chinese humanoid robots smash human records in 100m sprint and high jump at Beijing robot games in ~tech

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    Chinese humanoid robots broke records set by humans, including beating Usain Bolt’s 100-meter sprint world record, on the opening day of the Olympics-like World Humanoid Robot Games in Beijing on Saturday.

    The five-day games, now in its second year, are a spectacle demonstrating China’s rapid progress in advanced robotics as the technology race with the U.S. heats up, with 51 events and more than 1,000 competitions taking place including running, table tennis and soccer.

    At a 100-meter sprint, a humanoid robot achieved a result of 9.39 seconds, beating the human record of 9.58 seconds set by Jamaican athlete Bolt in 2009.

    In a standing high jump, a humanoid robot was able to reach 2.88 meters, well above the 0.95 meters best result by a humanoid in last year’s first edition of the games. It surpassed the human high jump record of 2.45 meters set by Cuba’s Javier Sotomayor in 1993.

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  6. Comment on Gualliguaica - The drowning town in ~enviro

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    There's a side mission in Cyberpunk 2077 where you do exactly this

    There's a side mission in Cyberpunk 2077 where you do exactly this

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  10. Comment on Josh Kushner, Bob Iger to buy Los Angeles Lakers for $12.5B in ~sports.basketball

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    The Los Angeles Lakers are being sold to Josh Kushner and Bob Iger for $12.5 billion, a record-breaking price, multiple sources told ESPN.

    The businessmen were involved in the expansion process in Las Vegas, but in a stunning turn, they pivoted to make an aggressive offer to buy the Lakers from Mark Walter, who purchased a controlling interest in the team from the Buss family last year for a then-record franchise valuation of approximately $10 billion.

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  12. Comment on China's super-rich 'in shock' and hunting for cash as Beijing issues surprise tax on offshore trusts in ~society

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    I don't think that's a super strong comparison, the main goal of Apollo wasn't to do all those negative things. Obviously it is a tragedy that they did happen, but I really doubt that the real...

    I don't think that's a super strong comparison, the main goal of Apollo wasn't to do all those negative things. Obviously it is a tragedy that they did happen, but I really doubt that the real goal of the Apollo program was to steal indigenous lands.

    The issue in the China case is that there is a long history of selective enforcement of laws as a tool against political rivals, such as Xi's signature anti-corruption campaign. I'm not arguing that taxing the rich or cracking down on corruption are bad, but I would argue that their selective enforcement as a political tool is a goal on par with their stated intentions.

    To make a perhaps flawed analogy, if Congress and Trump in the US levied a major tax against the wealthy, but only had the IRS enforce that tax against wealthy Democratic donors, I doubt the response I'd see here would be 'well its not perfect but at least he's taxing the rich'

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  13. Comment on What are your favourite anime and/or manga? in ~anime

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    Honestly, outside of discussing with my friends in person not really, no. I’m not opposed to discussing it on Tildes though, just never really did after that early post I linked

    Honestly, outside of discussing with my friends in person not really, no. I’m not opposed to discussing it on Tildes though, just never really did after that early post I linked

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  14. Comment on What are your favourite anime and/or manga? in ~anime

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    According to my Anilist rankings, these are my top 10 (multi-season shows are judged on their highest-ranked seasons): Cowboy Bebop (10) Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (10) Fullmetal Alchemist:...

    According to my Anilist rankings, these are my top 10 (multi-season shows are judged on their highest-ranked seasons):

    • Cowboy Bebop (10)
    • Frieren: Beyond Journey's End (10)
    • Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (10)
    • Serial Experiments Lain (10)
    • Ghost in the Shell (1995) (10)
    • Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (9.5)
    • Samurai Champloo (9.5)
    • Bungo Stray Dogs (9.2)
    • Jujutsu Kaisen (9.2)
    • Vinland Sage (9.2)
    Honorable Mentions to all the shows/movies that received a 9
    • Akira
    • BOCCHI THE ROCK!
    • Delicious in Dungeon
    • Kaguya-sama: Love is War
    • One-Punch Man (you can probably guess which season)
    • Spirited Away
    • The Apothecary Diaries
    • The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.

    As an aside, I don't usually participate as much in the weekly anime thread, but shoutout @moocow1452 for putting me on all those years ago. I've watched quite a bit of anime since, though haven't discussed it much on Tildes

    7 votes

  15. Comment on US Marine Corps boot camp is stupid and spiritually depraved in ~society

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    A reflection on the author's experiences in boot camp and the culture of the USMC. Lost Things Found is a relatively new channel, with three excellent videos published so far. The marine corps...

    A reflection on the author's experiences in boot camp and the culture of the USMC.

    Lost Things Found is a relatively new channel, with three excellent videos published so far. The marine corps video is far and away the most popular of the three, and how I found the channel. The author is perceptive and articulate about the frankly bizarre rituals, design, and culture of bootcamp, with many former marines in the comments (for what Youtube comments are worth) commending his insights into the system.

    However, I also want to draw attention to the channel's other two videos, Does God Love You Sexually? and On the Strangeness of Angels. Despite the distinctly different topics, the author brings the same level of insight present in the marine corps video to his interpretations of theology and human psychology. I highly encourage watching those two videos as well, even if you may disagree with his interpretations.

    6 votes

  19. Comment on France becomes the first EU country to ban social media for children in ~tech

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    French lawmakers voted Tuesday to ban social media use for children under the age of 15, making it the first country in the European Union to introduce such an age limit.

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