as in, a loooooooooong piece of steel cable with the sail at the end of it
of course it’s ~basically a sailing ship~ but you can’t stick masts on a container ship, that is a disaster waiting to happen for so many reasons
you’d only really get one point to anchor the mast, and that is right where it meets the deck, the containers get it the way of any ropes you might wish to use further up
you’d have to build entirely new container ships or some sort of … mast container frame to account for the fact that the ships are built to exactly fit the containers, and sticking a mast in the middle of it will mess with that entire system by not being the size of a container
loading and unloading around the masts is going to be hell for the crane drivers and there will be damage to everything given the speed they usually work with, so every harbor will hate you if their cranes even have the height to work around the masts
and if you still decide to stick masts on a container ship, they won’t be easily and quickly removeable, so you have to recertify and reclassify the entire ship, and it’s going to take ages and ages to do properly, and they’ll have to figure out how to do it so it’s either expensive as fuck or they may refuse entirely. a steel cable on a winch is by definition removeable (that is, uh, uprollable?) so you don’t have to deal with any of this nonsense. hell, if you calculate the pre-determined breaking point properly, it’ll even fail safely
this isn’t ~ooooooooooh we invented sails! we’re the smartest~
this is “hey, we finally figured out how to do this tried and tested thing in a way that works with the circumstances we’re working under”. it’s a good thing, even if it is presented badly
Thank-you for that info ^ because this is very heartening then. Transport really is so awful rn in what it’s doing to our atmosphere. Looked this up and this is actually a really neat prospect for the planet if it gets implemented.
oh that is very cool actually!! i fully retract my reactionary bullshit meme in favor of the new information, thank you :D
They also don’t replace the oil burning engines. But by adding a giant kite, you can reduce your fuel consumption by a significant percent. Around 20% according to the company developing these.
my most unpopular stranger things related but not stranger things exclusive opinion is that i am very bored with how almost every story that has paranormal or scifi elements eventually evolves into a story about stopping the end of the world. and i do know that apocalypse media has its enjoyers however i am not one of them and i very rarely choose to consume it so you see why it would exhaust me that so often all my horror shows and podcasts turn into an apocalypse thing
albatrosses will wipe the floor with any species of bird you choose to compare them to. they’re the Most, or at least Extremely, by almost every metric
wingspan. lifespan. intricacy of mating dances. devotion to monogamy. investment in offspring. ability to circumnavigate the globe. literary symbolism that is flexible but not to the point of meaninglessness. eyeliner quality. I could go on
You know when you’re checking out a new fandom and you stumble across a writer/artist you loved in a previous fandom and it feels like running into a childhood friend at a bar
Running into the arms of trusted ao3 handles in a new tag like an airport greeting
Hello! I come with some good news! In the EU, a law has been passed restricting generative AIs (particularly ones that pose a high risk). I hope other areas in the world follow suit, but this is huge! It’ll take a while to be applied as well, though this is still a major win for everyone.
AI will be banned from being used for the following purposes:
‘Biometric categorisation systems’ using sensitive information scraped from images on the internet and CCTV footage.’ This means people can’t use AI/scraping to create a catalogue for;
facial recognition databases.
'Emotion recognition’ in schools and workplaces
Social scoring systems
Predictive Policing
Being designed to manipulate human behaviour
People will gain the right to file complaints regarding AI systems.
AI developers must minimize risk to people, maintain usage logs, ensure transparency, and implement human oversight.
AI models will have to comply with EU copyright law
This means AI devs will HAVE to provide a comprehensive and detailed summary of the data used to train their AI’s.
Any AI generated video, image, or audio (including deepfakes) MUST be labelled as such.
This is not in force for at LEAST two years. However it *is* going to become law (with an overwhelming majority of the European Parliament voting in favour, 523 in favour, 46 against, 49 absent.)
This is the first what is likely to be a slew of laws and regulations regarding the usage of AI.
Once again, the EU–flawed as it may be–seems like the only adults in the room when it comes to information age safety regulations.
what if i *remembers that making suicide jokes is not conducive with my goal of improving the wellbeing of myself and everyone around me* transform into an oyster
ready to start screaming externally whenever. she/her. melancholic. bisexual. 20's. occasionally i write stuff, which tends to end up on my ao3 account screaminginternally. fucking exhausted by bitter endings these days. either give your characters happiness or get cancelled so we can write it ourselves. we seem to do it better anyway.
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