things that might make you go WOW!!!!! thread

V8Druid

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RAI Institute on Instagram: "It was great to see our name amongst the other “AI Native” companies during @Nvidia’s #GTC keynote. NVIDIA Isaac™ Lab helps us train reinforcement learning policies that enable the UMV to drive, jump, flip, and hop like a

1M likes, 19K comments - robotics_and_ai_institute on March 19, 2026: "It was great to see our name amongst the other “AI Native” companies during @Nvidia’s #GTC keynote. NVIDIA Isaac™ Lab helps us train reinforcement learning policies that enable the UMV to drive, jump, flip, and hop like a pro!".
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dunno WTF you'd use it for but it is a remarkable piece of robotic engineering

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V8Druid

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V8Druid said:
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RAI Institute on Instagram: "It was great to see our name amongst the other “AI Native” companies during @Nvidia’s #GTC keynote. NVIDIA Isaac™ Lab helps us train reinforcement learning policies that enable the UMV to drive, jump, flip, and hop like a

1M likes, 19K comments - robotics_and_ai_institute on March 19, 2026: "It was great to see our name amongst the other “AI Native” companies during @Nvidia’s #GTC keynote. NVIDIA Isaac™ Lab helps us train reinforcement learning policies that enable the UMV to drive, jump, flip, and hop like a pro!".
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dunno WTF you'd use it for but it is a remarkable piece of robotic engineering

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V8Druid

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SteelStructures & StorageTanks on Instagram: "Not everyone gets to see something like this. A Chinese shipyard is assembling the engine of a giant vessel. Don’t ask how big the engine is. The complete engine weighs nearly 2,000 tons. This crankshaft

336K likes, 2,481 comments - shandongboss001 on June 16, 2026: "Not everyone gets to see something like this. A Chinese shipyard is assembling the engine of a giant vessel. Don’t ask how big the engine is. The complete engine weighs nearly 2,000 tons. This crankshaft alone weighs almost 500...
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Lancs Lad

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Horrific accident but what on earth must the cost of sorting that be??


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#bedford | Network Rail

#Bedford We're four days on from the incident. Seven carriages have been safely lifted, two remaining. Once all are removed, we'll move to a full track renewal - to reopen the line as quickly and safely as possible. Mark Budden, East Midlands route director, provides an update.
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bobthebuilder

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Lancs Lad said:
Horrific accident but what on earth must the cost of sorting that be??


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#bedford | Network Rail

#Bedford We're four days on from the incident. Seven carriages have been safely lifted, two remaining. Once all are removed, we'll move to a full track renewal - to reopen the line as quickly and safely as possible. Mark Budden, East Midlands route director, provides an update.
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Lancs Lad

Lancs Lad

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Not a good day round here. Local to our yard.
Imagine the cops turning up at your work to tell you this had happened to your missus.
Hit me hard I'll tell you as had some involvement with the aftermath.
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Train hits car at Hoghton level crossing, one dead, child in hospital

An eight-year-old girl is in hospital with critical injuries following the incident in Hoghton.
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V8Druid

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topkit

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As an ex railwayman off the footplate there was always a saying that Dead men tell no tales" when i first saw this i asked myself why did the first train stop (they are saying a fault) but i am sure the first train was under a signal gantry. However in the good old days if a train had an accident or a breakdown the driver went forward to protect the train and the guard went back to protect the rear of the train by putting detonators down at specific distances so a following train would set them off and stop. Was this a train with a guard on it or not, There has been a long argument for having guards still on trains even though the companies are fighting for single person operation. In the past there have been collisions like this when the AWS has been disabled for some reason or the signal that was passed may not have been showing a full bright light. One of my old drivers was killed in a head on collision a few years ago (God rest his soul) it was very foggy and the train coming in the opposite direction missed a signal due to the bulb not operating at full capacity! There have also been occasions when the sunlight can effect the visibility of signals too. I will be very interestead to read the HSE report you may be sure that the rail company will be wriggling about for a suitable answer at the moment. People take our trains and their staff for granted but believe me a driver is worth every penny he is paid to do his job, I have known several driver that have had nervous breakdowns over the years and been taken off the job, You also have the risk of Joe bloggs jumping out in front of you coz they want to end it all ( I have first hand experience of this and can tell you it is not nice)! Idiots jumping level crossings etc ect its a hard job.
 
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