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This is a link post Automated Pendulum Control
In theory it's easy, but making this actually work is still VERY IMPRESSIVE:

Swinging up a pendulum. On a pendulum. On a pendulum. And holding it.
(, Sun 11 Dec 2016, 7:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post That's a bit clever.

(, Sun 11 Dec 2016, 10:10, , Reply)
This is a normal post In Alasdair Reynold's Diamond Dogs
there's a lethal trap based on a triple pendulum, on the basis that its movement is almost impossible to predict in real-time even for an advanced AI with big computational resources
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This is a normal post Never underestimate the difference an extra dimension makes.
I don't know if Reynolds was anywhere near right, but bear in mind that this one only moves in one plane.
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This is a normal post That's just witchcraft
I've played with one of those control rails back in Uni. It was hard enough to get a single pendulum to stand upright. Doing so with three has to involve some form of sorcery.
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This is a normal post Magnets
Proper shitty ones.
(, Sun 11 Dec 2016, 21:08, , Reply)
This is a normal post Or build a rotating room to test it in...

(, Mon 12 Dec 2016, 14:06, , Reply)
This is a link post So shiny
Totally not handmade by craftsman. Can't believe I actually watched it all, must be one of those "strangely satisfying" vids
(, Sun 11 Dec 2016, 0:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post That is indeed shiny and strangely satisfying

(, Sun 11 Dec 2016, 1:59, , Reply)
This is a normal post I watched the whole thing, and it's not the first time I've seen it.

(, Sun 11 Dec 2016, 2:06, , Reply)
This is a normal post it was my first time

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This is a normal post Lovely, but bears no resemblance to the preview!
Worth it just for the perfect swarfage at 11:05, but I have no idea what's going on at 11:45 - is it a gauge?
What always gets me is the speed of material removal in production environments - I could never bring myself to do that kind of speed on a manual lathe.
(, Sun 11 Dec 2016, 8:37, , Reply)
This is a normal post day job
This sort of thing is my day job and I still find it interesting to watch. First thought on the tool at 11'45 was a gun drill for oil ways but on closer inspection I think its in cycle probing.
(, Sun 11 Dec 2016, 12:10, , Reply)
This is a normal post Thats nice an all but not as good as the cheap Chinese printer i'm assembling this afternoon. :)
3D printer that's is.
(, Sun 11 Dec 2016, 13:05, , Reply)
This is a normal post Wood
Another beautiful one, via your link ...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWKZWWQHhLs
(, Sun 11 Dec 2016, 0:30, , Reply)
This is a normal post Cheers
That was fun.
Looks quite amazing when finished
(, Sun 11 Dec 2016, 1:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post Hmmm
No tailstock so the wood is only held by interference fit on the headstock.
I like the spinning while painting.
(, Sun 11 Dec 2016, 0:59, , Reply)
This is a normal post It looks more like ink than paint to me.
I wonder what wood that is; there isn't any bleeding that I can see.
(, Sun 11 Dec 2016, 2:57, , Reply)
This is a normal post Probably maple of some sort
but the growth rings are so fine, I can't be sure. Turns wonderfully.
(, Sun 11 Dec 2016, 3:28, , Reply)
This is a normal post Also the head
The use of friction to expand the neck hole and fit the head. Pretty awesome that.
(, Sun 11 Dec 2016, 6:57, , Reply)
This is a normal post Fine control of the brush. This is delightful and hard to watch at the same time.

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This is a link post An AI composed a Christmas carol
It's a catchy little number. I can hear the music coming from the hall.
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This is a normal post
THats like something a very young child would invent.. So if the machines are at that level then.......
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This is a link post we have all the time in a wonderful world
louis armstrong give peace a chance 1969
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This is a normal post I can dig it

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This is a normal post The Bonzos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRFo_-QsmR8
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This is a link post Ant & Dec arse tattooist strikes again
Gorgeous.
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This is a normal post I feel like they've missed a trick
by not having the eyes placed where, when he bends over and exposes his lower back/crack, they peep out as if though an unholy letterbox
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This is a link post A A Gill has died.

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This is a normal post Fuck you 2016

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This is a normal post Is he being cremated
... or sautéed?
(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 19:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post I think he's being turned into a foam.

(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 19:49, , Reply)
This is a normal post Or maybe a jus

(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 19:57, , Reply)
This is a normal post He'd asked that his ashes be drizzled at sea.

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This is a normal post His piece on Dubai is a masterpiece for that shithole full of cunts
www.vanityfair.com/news/2011/04/dubai-201104
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This is a normal post I think you might have posted this before because
I've read it before, and I have a low opinion of VF, so I never go there. I enjoyed reading it the first time, and I enjoyed reading it more for the second time.
He might have been provocative, pretentious and hugely inclined to purple prose, but as hacks go, his copy was very, very good. One of the best.
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This is a normal post ^ This

(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 22:10, , Reply)
This is a normal post Good.

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This is a normal post The baboon thing?

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This is a normal post Disgruntled chef?

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This is a normal post Arsehole Anus Gash Intercourse Labia Lavatory
... as Richard Herring used to call him when he was alive.
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This is a normal post RIP

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(, Sun 11 Dec 2016, 20:14, , Reply)
This is a link post A bit of derivative ballad nonsense. I made this!
But check out the video filter.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_zRYVJotOE
(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 17:31, , Reply)
This is a normal post A Face made for the Radio!

(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 18:03, , Reply)
This is a normal post Harsh.
But fair.
(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 23:40, , Reply)
This is a normal post The filter really makes the dankness and greeness of a English home come out
I imagine this was filmed somewhere on the south coast of Spain and the curtains are pulled to keep the heat out.
(, Sun 11 Dec 2016, 9:23, , Reply)
This is a link post The Roof Is On Fire - Rock Master Scott & the Dynamic Three
Burn, motherfuckers, burn.
EDIT: I messed up. Embedded video is a shit version. Click here to listen, if you desire.
(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 17:00, , Reply)
This is a normal post You are also on fire

(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 17:04, , Reply)
This is a normal post I know,
you see, the song... because... ah, never mind.
(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 17:09, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yes I got it.
Happy candles
(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 17:16, , Reply)
This is a normal post Thanks
Sorry if I came across a bit gruff.
(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 17:34, , Reply)
This is a normal post Its your candle day
you can do what you like

don't burn any nuns
(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 19:33, , Reply)
This is a normal post Far to late in the day for that kind of advice.
I won't burn any more nuns.
(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 21:44, , Reply)
This is a normal post Phew!

(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 22:04, , Reply)
This is a normal post Oops, here I go again...

(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 22:25, , Reply)
This is a normal post the song "request line" should be on the other side of this
weird version that link
not quite satisfied with this version actually, something's wrong, like the echo at the beginning.

added candles and click for taste
(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 17:27, , Reply)
This is a normal post Agreed
Fixed, thanks. Did this post quick and dirty on my phone when I saw my inferno, that weird version was top of the Google results.
Edit: not fixed, won't let me edit video url. You'd think I'd have a fucking clue after this long.
(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 17:40, , Reply)
This is a normal post Holy candles!
That is a BIG waste of time. Congrats though, eh?
(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 20:03, , Reply)
This is a normal post You spelled
commiserations wrong. I have a niggling feeling that I just have as well.
(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 22:27, , Reply)
This is a normal post am disappoint, thought it was this
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WI0GxwyD0I
(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 21:15, , Reply)
This is a normal post Am disappoint
You and I do not agree on what should be considered music. As is the current tradition on /links, we shall now have a protracted and pointless mudslinging match that will fail to convince either entrenched party as to their mistakes in belief.

I'll go first: call that music, you cunt?
(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 22:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post Happy candles!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qjFs9CPGhts

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Rg9SStXNfQ
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This is a normal post You sir,
are not a cunt.
(, Sun 11 Dec 2016, 10:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post Off the bucket list it goes...!

(, Sun 11 Dec 2016, 18:13, , Reply)
This is a normal post Didn't say I didn't like it.
It's just I was expecting the other.
This is real music though.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwc0iriZahI
(, Mon 12 Dec 2016, 11:11, , Reply)
This is a link post New Rubik's cube robot record
I would probably need 30 000x more time.
(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 14:21, , Reply)
This is a normal post I for one salute our new Rubik's Cube solving masters.

(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 14:43, , Reply)
This is a normal post Hear,
hear!
(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 15:10, , Reply)
This is a normal post The overwhelming pointlessness of that
set against the man hours, brainpower and money that must have gone into it, is doing my fucking head in.
(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 15:49, , Reply)
This is a normal post This^^^

(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 16:37, , Reply)
This is a normal post Really? Scraps of this are bound to have some use.

(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 17:27, , Reply)
This is a normal post It's really not more than other forms of advertising.
Think of some of the concept cars produced to advertise the car company.
(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 17:23, , Reply)
This is a normal post I disagree
Just imagine implementing such technology in a Realdoll or similar contraption. The oceans of time saved by this speedy and highly efficient technology will be an incredible boon to society.
(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 17:44, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yeah
I wouldn't want to put my cock anywhere near that. Just like your Mum
(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 20:30, , Reply)
This is a normal post No hard feelings
She's allergic to poultry.
(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 20:59, , Reply)
This is a normal post But she is partial to a cockatoo.

(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 23:27, , Reply)
This is a normal post Virtual Rubber Chicken

(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 20:08, , Reply)
This is a normal post Rubix cubes fullstop are pointless
imo, this is just icing on the pointless cake, a cake that you can't even eat, made out of poo and scabs. And the icing is anthrax, not sugar.
(, Mon 12 Dec 2016, 8:47, , Reply)
This is a normal post For some reason just 7.5 times faster than the fastest human doesn't seem that impressive.
I feel that a computer and robot should be many times faster than a human at what is essentially just following a algorithm and moving quickly.
(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 17:09, , Reply)
This is a link post Scareya, of york
Unflattering photo
(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 9:51, , Reply)
This is a normal post Doesnt count as treason does it?

(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 11:55, , Reply)
This is a normal post That Theresa May gets worse by the day

(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 18:56, , Reply)
This is a normal post pretty low standard of princess this country produces
Literally all we ask of them is that they look good waving in a carriage and they cant even manage that
(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 12:55, , Reply)
This is a normal post the one on the left always looks photoshopped
massive eyes
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This is a normal post Fuck, murder, marry

(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 13:48, , Reply)
This is a normal post ^^Agreed.

(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 14:44, , Reply)
This is a normal post Marry?
poof!
(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 15:30, , Reply)
This is a link post This is news
because generally we live forever around here. They couldn't even get the poor woman inside A&E until they found the caretaker to open the doors.
(, Fri 9 Dec 2016, 22:57, , Reply)
This is a normal post On the Shabbat?
Oy vey!
(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 1:04, , Reply)
This is a normal post Shabbat. Just Shabbat.
the 'the' just makes it sound weird. I mean, not as weird as saying 'I am a seraphim!', but still weird
(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 19:58, , Reply)
This is a normal post Goy gets busted.

(, Sun 11 Dec 2016, 14:30, , Reply)
This is a normal post How can they tell?

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This is a link post Merring Christingmas

(, Fri 9 Dec 2016, 22:49, , Reply)
This is a normal post Xmas-me-do!

(, Fri 9 Dec 2016, 22:49, , Reply)
This is a normal post A Scarfolk Christmas to you all

(, Fri 9 Dec 2016, 23:12, , Reply)
This is a normal post became disturbed by 4.03

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This is a normal post Hail Xenoxxx!

(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 4:22, , Reply)
This is a link post Happy Candles Day
100 candles
(, Fri 9 Dec 2016, 22:38, , Reply)
This is a normal post Nicely
A classic. I'm Spazzacus! B3ta remains seated.
(, Fri 9 Dec 2016, 22:47, , Reply)
This is a normal post *stands up*
I'M SPARAGUS!
(, Fri 9 Dec 2016, 22:52, , Reply)
This is a normal post hahah
thank you, made me laugh
(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 14:13, , Reply)
This is a normal post all those mafia goons with new jersey accents.
I'm spwardacus... Bada BING!
(, Fri 9 Dec 2016, 23:58, , Reply)
This is a normal post Bada BOOM

(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 0:37, , Reply)
This is a normal post and as if by magic slavery and hatefulness were swept away.
Kirk Douglas and Dalton Trumbo both had dozens of slaves btw.
(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 0:11, , Reply)
This is a normal post I'm Brian!
..and so is my wife.
(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 15:33, , Reply)
This is a link post sigh
Ronnie gets beaten
(, Fri 9 Dec 2016, 18:12, , Reply)
This is a normal post *something* *something* *innuendo*

(, Fri 9 Dec 2016, 18:56, , Reply)
This is a normal post Lacist!

(, Fri 9 Dec 2016, 19:03, , Reply)
This is a normal post
She's no Masako Katsura. Her chin on the cue stick was interesting. Is this now the way people get into the game? I've always sat too far away to see.
(, Fri 9 Dec 2016, 19:17, , Reply)
This is a normal post It's a bit long.
How come they swap from pool to snooker halfway through? I must have missed something critical when skipping forwards.
(, Fri 9 Dec 2016, 19:41, , Reply)
This is a normal post Exhibition match
Ronnie lost the pool 6/7

Haven't checked snooker yet. She is very good
(, Fri 9 Dec 2016, 20:14, , Reply)
This is a normal post Ronnie wins snooker
But he's dialing it in. He really didn't want to be there.

I would. She's stunning.
(, Fri 9 Dec 2016, 20:34, , Reply)
This is a normal post I mean
I would want to be there

Not 'I would' which is misogynistic
(, Fri 9 Dec 2016, 21:25, , Reply)
This is a normal post I just would.

(, Fri 9 Dec 2016, 21:31, , Reply)
This is a normal post No need to revise the "stunning" comment

(, Fri 9 Dec 2016, 22:57, , Reply)
This is a normal post Potting the brown

(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 0:41, , Reply)
This is a normal post Does he still drive a Citroen?

(, Fri 9 Dec 2016, 20:38, , Reply)
This is a normal post did he kick the puck into the hole in one shot?

(, Fri 9 Dec 2016, 21:25, , Reply)
This is a normal post Nah. He was out for a duck.
A Peking duck.
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This is a normal post His dads a murderer Fuck him

(, Fri 9 Dec 2016, 23:39, , Reply)
This is a normal post The son shall not suffer for the iniquity of the father,
nor the father suffer for the iniquity of the son.

But he is a smug cunt....so meh
(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 0:04, , Reply)
This is a normal post I'm pretty sure that murder counts as being a bit more than a simple iniquity

(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 0:17, , Reply)
This is a normal post Correct. Cunt.

(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 1:38, , Reply)
This is a normal post Cols gonna squel over this
Oh wait....
(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 7:45, , Reply)
This is a normal post He won't be commenting till monday... Looking at that preview,
His keyboard, by now, has got more seaman running over it than the Victory going out to the fuck up a Frenchman's day.
And getting a new one up there North on a Saturday is pointless.
Unless you want a serial one, that is, from the local nicked goods Cashgenerator outlet.
(, Sun 11 Dec 2016, 9:36, , Reply)
This is a link post A lovely video by Gandalf and the crew from Star Trek

(, Fri 9 Dec 2016, 17:37, , Reply)
This is a normal post I really liked that
Cheers
(, Fri 9 Dec 2016, 23:39, , Reply)
This is a normal post had to skip the part where it gets all rogue one
who doesn't like Sturm Truppen?
(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 0:04, , Reply)
This is a normal post Yeah pretty much the same sentiment here.
In fact it didn't need it at all. It cheapened the sentiment.
(, Sat 10 Dec 2016, 1:38, , Reply)
This is a link post Those damn dirty apes
New Planet of the Apes trailer.
(, Fri 9 Dec 2016, 14:26, , Reply)
This is a normal post Great
Loved the reboot series so far
(, Fri 9 Dec 2016, 17:01, , Reply)
This is a normal post Finally sat down and watched ROTPOTA the other week
I wasn't expecting much, but it found it genuinely impressive. Think I need to catch up with DOTPOTA before watching this though.
(, Fri 9 Dec 2016, 17:29, , Reply)
This is a normal post It going to take a lot more than a few cgi monkeys to break me
you fucks
(, Fri 9 Dec 2016, 19:19, , Reply)
This is a normal post You maniacs!

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