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This is the Giacometti Robotic Arm designed and built by researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology's Suzumori Endo Lab. The surprisingly precise arm stretches 65-feet, has a small camera attached at the end, and can be controlled using the ultra-lightweight artificial muscles connecting each segment. It weighs 2.5-pounds.
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Jesus Christ. If we had only thought of or created this earlier, incidents like the Nutty Putty cave death could be avoided... or any situation where a person needs to be removed or saved from an irretrievable position.

It's still only just now being invented so it's still not available. Don't go getting stuck upside down in caves anytime soon.

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I'm looking for HD recommendations on a RAID0 upgrade.

So years ago, right before the flooding in Taiwan, or wherever, before HD prices shoot through the roof, I drove all over town to pick up the last 2TB WD Green HDs at their old price of $59 each.

Ever since my PC has about 90% up time, I've been running 3x 2TB Greens in a RAID0 configuration with zero issues for about 6 years.

I am kinda getting low on space, and a bit worried about the drives being quite old, so I want to upgrade my storage.

Looking at Blackblaze data I found that HGST drives are the most reliable, but they are quire expensive.

I am looking to up my storage to 8TB or more.
What is the best option? 2x 4TB drives, or 4x 2TB drives?
2TB drives seem more reliable than their 4TB counterparts, but the failure rate with more drives in RAID0 doubles.
Hard drive prices never quite went down fast enough after the flooding, to overcome inflation. A 2TB drive right now is around $100. The same WD Green EARX is $105.

What do? wait for prices to drop? Buy a used Green to match mine? I have room for one more HD in the case.
I guess I can spend over $500 and get 12 months financing on Newegg.com, so if my goal is 8TB or more, what are the best drives to get?

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>owns 7th most visited website
>net worth of only 1 millions dollars

>makes his site free
>constantly begs for donations

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If requesting purchasing advice, please provide your country and what carrier you will be using it with, along with wanted features, budget and size.

Good resources:
>reviews, specs, comparisons
http://www.gsmarena.com
http://www.phonearena.com
http://www.kimovil.com

>Frequency checker
http://willmyphonework.net
http://frequencycheck.com

>Chinkphone news
http://www.gizchina.com
http://www.gizmochina.com

>Recommended Chinkphones $80-$300 as of fucking March 2016
https://wiki.installgentoo.com/index.php/Chink_shit_general/Phones

>Post a mini-review of your phone
>Discuss upcoming and current models
>Ask for help related to phones
>Tell us how much shekels you spent on good/bad phone
>Shill your Xiaomi
>PRAISE THE CHINKPHONES unless you live in America you shits

>News:
Samsung Galaxy A 2017 series will be announced on January 5
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-Galaxy-A-2017-announcement-date_id89453

Sony Xperia XZ (2017) shows up in blurry picture
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sony-Xperia-XZ-2017-shows-up-in-blurry-picture_id89448

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4X image leaks, confirms rumored specs
http://www.gsmarena.com/xiaomi_redmi_note_4x_image_leaks_confirms_rumored_specs-news-22401.php

Nokia to announce up to 5 new devices in 2017
http://www.gsmarena.com/nokia_to_announce_up_to_5_new_devices_in_2017-news-22385.php

[Deal Alert] The Nextbit Robin is $145 on Amazon ($105 off)
https://www.amazon.com/Nextbit-Robin-Factory-Unlocked-Smartphone/dp/B01D9LVCAI

LG G5 $349 AT&T, Sprint, Verizon @ BestBuy (no contract)
http://www.bestbuy.com/site/promo/save-on-postpaid-20161227

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Tech ylyl

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Hi /g/, I was wondering if my shitty R9 270x 4gb will be able to run shit on a 4k monitor. So far google is not turning up anything and Im basically computer illiterate. Is VRAM the only major factor in determining if a graphics card can run 4k? Sorry if it's a dumb question.

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What should I install on my x220? Want to try something new.

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What file formats is the world still missing?
We have a million image and video formats. Several document formats, ect, but what's a format that would still be useful, but either doesn't exist, or all implementations are either proprietary or suck ass?

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Charging port defect. ... will it work?

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I have a statement to make, /g/.

I deplore the unbridled temerity of the VLC programmer … he haughtily eschews opportunities to present the correct answer (as Venkat Eswarlu so graciously did here) … and he does that here and in other venues.

Today (in December 2016) I spent valuable time ascertaining the source of and getting rid of this undocumented non-pre-approved nonsense. I checked whether VLC had improperly accessed my net connection to do an unauthorized update. I learned that it had not done that, and then learned that the programmer had lied by omission.

He put in a functionality whereby my machine was directed to do something he wanted it to do that I did not want it to do . Nowhere in his documentation does he disclose that his program set will do that. Nowhere in the install process does he show any concern whatsoever about user preferences regarding the matter.

I will never again trust that programmer to not be nonchalantly self-indulgent and casually dismissive regarding the sovereignty of users over their machines.

A programmer who puts unauthorized non-pre-announced surprises in his code arrogantly violates the trust of the user and so casts programmers into disrepute.

I am grateful to the programmer for his excellent program; however, I am incensed at his high-handed contemptuous imperiousness in presenting an unannounced date-triggered behavioral change surreptitiously.

I am a programmer and I would NEVER deliberately insert a surprise behavior in a program. If its really so irrepressibly cute, give the installer an option to allow or disallow cutesy on-the-fly customizations sneaked in by the programmer. Programs are always inexorable commanders to the machine and so should always be absolutely abject servants to the user who owns the machine.

I still think VLC is the best program set of its kind but I detest the damnable disdain exhibited by the programmer for the authority over their machines of the persons using his programs.

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What went wrong?

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And the biggest meme award goes to...

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How do you feel when C# objectively sucks the least.