bobthehobbyguy

I like to listen to Sci fi stories and other fictional stories. One thing that most of the AI used to vocalize the text has a hard time distinguishing pronunciation by context. For example the word read which can be pronounced as red or Reed. Which makes me skeptical of trusting AI to do something as important as medical diagnosis or any other critical diagnosis.

Although there is potential for the terminator scenario I think the more devastating issue will be the loss of jobs in so many fields. Second is the over dependence on technology. Recently United airlines had to ground all domestic flights becuase the computer for weight balancing and fuel consumption went down. In the past before the dependence on technology this task would have been done manually. Another hazard is the he skills for doing basic tasks without technology will atrophy. Third studies with MRIs have shown that using technology uses different pathways in the brain than doing tasks without it. Fourth besides the potential for AI to be maliously used there is also the potential for hackers to corrupt AI and create mayhem.

Here is a link for building an AMT 1950 convertible. Some great tips for making sure everything thing fits before painting.

Went to the store today and saw that the powerball was 700 million. I bought one ticket. Now I get to think about all the things I could do with that money. I would help family and friends. In addition I would set up a workshop that would allow to make lots of modeling projects, and electronic projects.

Nice work. You will learn something from each build and you will get better at it. As you have done when something doesn't go right figure out what happen so you can avoid that issue in the future.

Ads pay for clicks and views. 1000 views pay a small amount while clicks generate more revenue. That's why there are clickbait ads to entice people to click on the ad itself.

I have no issue with the paying for no ads as long as the free access allows access to everything available now in some form. The pay feature should be added value. Adding selling is added value. Trades and wanted items should be accessible but have posting limits with additional access to more listing's is reasonable. I think making existing features premium access is artificially creating value. Personally I don't believe that there are that many people that bothered by the ads and this is an attempt to fix something that isn't a big issue. And the more complexity that is created means more resources required to administer it. Curious to see how this gets resolved.

Well if you can't please everyone just block adblockers. It's not that difficult to just ignore the ads. I see only 40 members and 160 guests right now. All of the guests see the ads. How many of those members care about the ads?

That true. However why punish those of us who are honest and those on a limited income.. I see acts of kindness where people help out for nothing in return or even the cost of postage. It really helpful to be able to source a part you need. If all market place transactions are premium the chances to get a part is severely reduced. I think great care has to be taken when implementing the paid tier. Not everybody is going to pay and the wrong choices for premium usage are going to negatively impact the board. A poll on changes desired will lessen that impact.

I think the non selling options should free or limited to say 5 transactions. If s9me one wants to do more than that then make that a premium option. Selling should definitely be limited to premium users.

Limiting the amount of space and having to post more content is a bad idea useful content will be lost. Lots of threads became meaningless with the photobucket debacle. Besides editing the post content is limited to a short period of time.

Personally I don't see that making more categories makes much sense becuase you simply can't please everyone. I think the categories we have are just fine. As far as having a pay for the site fee I would suggest having a survey for any changes to assume not alienating forum members. I'm sure there is a segment that may not to pay for a variety of reasons. If the free option is too severely crippled there will be a loss of membership. I am also curious on who is going to administer collecting the fees. Second is a new member going to be able to sign up immediately. If so that is going to take more resources to administer.

Doing pretty good. Several of my issues have improved. Although the warm weather has been causing edema issues which has been going on the last few years. But fortunately I've been blessed that things are managable. Sorry for the delayed response. Thanks for the well wishes.

Carl I hope you will feel better. Take care of your self.

I woke up this morning. Anniversary OF my heart attack in 2014. About 8:30 am I started having troubles breathing and thought it was asthma attack. Called my sister and she called 911. The ER doctor said that they didn't think I was going to make it. Last year i got a pacemaker and it has recently logged 2 events I probably wouldn't have survived without it. Definitely pleased to still be around. My sister teases me I got the extended warranty.