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"I've made a lot of special modifications myself"

Posted by chavenet

https://www.metafilter.com/211288/Ive-made-a-lot-of-special-modifications-myself

Brad Barber builds alternative versions of the Millennium Falcon out of unrelated Lego sets: The Gingerbread Falcon ... the Millennium Flamingo ... Millennium Tails ... Shy Falcon ... Millennium Genesis ... Too Fast Too Falcon ... Millennium Puppy ... Millennium Bunny ... Millennium Starfighter ... Cinderella's Royal Falcon ... Millennium Simba

He has also used the Millennium Falcon kit to build four other Star Wars battlecraft, no wait seven, no wait 19.

https://www.metafilter.com/211288/Ive-made-a-lot-of-special-modifications-myself

Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal

Posted by Mitheral

https://www.metafilter.com/211287/Curse-your-sudden-but-inevitable-betrayal

Waymo's Self-Driving Cars Are Suddenly Behaving Like New York Cabbies [WSJ gift link] - Autonomous vehicles are adopting humanlike qualities, making illegal U-turns and flooring it the second the light goes green.

Busting the oft seen claim that self driving cars and Waymo specifically are good for other road users because they obey the law. Shocked not shocked that someplaces, including California, have no mechanism in place to charge autonomous vehicles with traffic violations neutering the already minimal enforcement effectiveness.

https://www.metafilter.com/211287/Curse-your-sudden-but-inevitable-betrayal

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What is remembered, lives. What is remembered in the military is used to teach future soldiers, sailors, airmen and Guards. What will be remembered of the officers involved in Hegseth's illegal orders?