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“According to ‘The Information’, technical problems related to Optimus' hands have become Musk's focus since leaving the White House. Matching the dexterity and performance of human hands is exceedingly difficult, sources told the publication.”

Why do the robot hands need to MATCH human dexterity?
Tesla's Optimus Robots Have Reportedly Run Into Severe Trouble
Tesla is already having trouble meeting even the modest 2025 goals it set for producing its Optimus humanoid robots.
futurism.com
July 26, 2025 at 11:59 PM
De nada, Signal. Buy yourself a little something nice.
February 27, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Note to self re: value for money.

By the time the first pre-production examples started trickling off the assembly line in 2013, the F-35 had racked up ~$50 billion in development costs.

A decade later, Facebook spent ~$45 billion developing the Metaverse.
February 9, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Avgeek? Aerosexual? Keen on things that go nyyyeeeeeoooowwww overhead in some other capacity?

Add homeboy here to your regular viewing.
Pilot Debrief
Subscribe if you like to talk about flying. My name is "Hoover". I served 20 years in the Air Force where I flew the F-15E "Strike Eagle". I also participated in an exchange program with the USMC wh...
youtube.com
January 18, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Each of these are going to make some people mad. Instead, the US Navy should’ve continued with the theme started with CVN-81, the USS Dorris Miller - naming carriers after regular dudes who served with honour and courage, because who could begrudge that.

Hopefully, they still name a future carrier,
U.S. Navy’s Names Next Two Aircraft Carriers After Bill Clinton and George W. Bush

The Navy chose to name the fifth and sixth Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers as USS William J. Clinton (CVN-82) and USS George W. Bush (CVN-83).

Story: theaviationist.com/2025/01/15/u...
U.S. Navy’s Names Next Two Aircraft Carriers After Bill Clinton and George W. Bush
The White House announced that the Navy chose to name the fifth and sixth Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carriers as USS William J. Clinton (CVN-82) and
theaviationist.com
January 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM