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It's been a spell since we've hurled some good ol' robotaxi sneers, seeing as most of the companies testing driverless ride-sharing services seemed to be dialing back operations or throwing in the towel altogether. But it looks like that ain't the case, 'cause one of Waymo's robotaxis got mired in a Chick-fil-A drive-through. This shindig happened at the fast-food chain's swanky Santa Monica, California locale around 9:30 PM, when the soulless Jaguar botched a multi-point turn in the drive-through lane and ended up hogging the entrance, blocking other chicken-starved vehicles attempting to get their late-night grub. The drive-through-only eatery had to shutter temporarily while Waymo figured out how to wriggle the errant vehicle loose from its chicken-coop.
To be honest, drive-through lanes are fickle, even for seasoned chauffeurs. Lanes are usually skinny, sometimes twisting tighter than a drunkard's arm, and the mental gymnastics required when transitioning from driver to customer can lead to, well, road rage. Drive-throughs were probably crafted to put people's tempers to the test, especially at places where people's irritability levels are already peaking. This is probably doubly true when vehicles are jammed behind a robotaxi, completely annihilating any decency that might usually be extended to a hapless driver who messed up. If drivers are willing to honk at and curse out the generic grandma from Pasadena, they're quite likely to give a robotaxi the heave-ho when it needs some wiggle room to maneuver itself out of a tight spot. Perhaps a reprogramming effort that accounts for real-world driving experiences should be in order.
Moving on to celestial happenings, the private Fram2 mission rocketed a civilian crew to the polar regions in the world's inaugural crewed polar flight. The quartet set off from Florida in a SpaceX Crew Dragon, ditching their usual eastward course towards Africa and opting instead for a northward journey, entering a retrograde orbit at a massive 90° inclination, obliterating the previous record of 65° inclination set by Valentina Tereshkova aboard Vostok 6 in 1963. The Fram2 crew managed a couple of other feats, including the first medical X-rays taken in space, and the first amateur radio communications beamed from the Dragon.
After a spell of silence, Bill "The Engineer Guy" Hammack is back, this time waxing poetic about plastic soda bottles. If you're wondering if this subject is too hum-drum to tickle your fancy, hang on tight, because Bill knows his stuff. The sheer engineering prowess that goes into designing a bottle that can withstand its pressurized contents while remaining robust enough for both automated machinery at the bottling plant and clumsy consumers is a testament to genius. Bill outlines the entire blow-molding process in stunning detail, using what appears to be an actual Coca-Cola creation mold. Frankly, we'd thought such intellectual property would be heavily guarded, but who are we to question Earl Hammack's influence, eh? The video also offers a walk down memory lane, as Bill pulls out both the two-piece 2-liter juggernauts that once ruled the shelves and the clunky,ockety glass vessels that came before those. Fascinating, too, is the comparison between hot-fill bottles and soda bottles, distinctions we never bothered to decipher before.
Last but not least, ever been at a loss to identify which logical fallacy is gumming up your thought process? Look no further than the "Star Trek Logical Reasoning" YouTube series by CHDanhauser, which excellently illustrates nearly 70 logical fallacies using clips from the Star Trek cartoon series. Each brief video depicts Commander Spock interjecting into random conversations among his less logical shipmates, pointing a finger and squashing their flawed logic. Luckily, the 23rd century seems to have no equivalent of human(oid) resources, since Spock's logic bombs are about as polite as a kick to the gut, but hey, principled logic comes at a cost, right?
- In a shift from autonomous vehicles, a civilian crew embarked on the Fram2 mission, setting a new record for the highest orbit inclination in a crewed spaceflight, with this achievement being accompanied by the first medical X-rays taken in space and the first amateur radio communications from a SpaceX Crew Dragon.
- Bill Hammack, renowned as "The Engineer Guy," delved into the fascinating world of plastic soda bottles, educating viewers on the intricate blow-molding process that ensures bottle durability and pressure resistance, from the early clunky glass vessels to the modern, automated two-piece 2-liter juggernauts.
- If you're struggling to identify logical fallacies in your thought process, turn to the "Star Trek Logical Reasoning" YouTube series by CHDanhauser for an enlightening journey, as Commander Spock from the Star Trek cartoon series delivers logic bombs that dissect and address nearly 70 fallacies, providing valuable insights into faulty reasoning patterns.
