The best solution I know of is to get three-link segments of chain and put one on each screw as it goes into the ground. That not only marks the spot, it also gives you a flexible attachment point which is useful in all sorts of situations. (Two links would be pinned in a stationary fashion.)

Biggest problem is it’s a pain in the ass to chop up all that chain, and nobody sells them in pre-cut lengths.

Closest I've been to losing vision in one eye was creating these 3x chain links for Burning Man.

Naive thought: I could use a large bolt cutter to cut chain links. Started trying to cut a link, felt it was sketchy, went and put on some safety glasses.

Restart cutting (had these bolt cutters with like 1m long arms), apply full force, jaws slip a bit on the chain, jaws bite hard. Chunks of steel fly into my chin and face, metal chunks embedded in chin, cracked safety glasses. Dodged a bullet.

Ended using a small welded up jig so I could stretch the chain and then use angle grinder to cut the chain links. Still sketchy, but no flying metal chunks.

Wish I had a plasma cutter.

The Org should make a deal with a manufacturer to produce some huge bulk quantity of these and just sell them pre-cut to camps.

I had a Home Depot employee cut them for me before purchase, they have a big thing that does it with no effort at all.

I'm a big fan of bolt hangers personally. They also mark the spot, provide a nice anchor point, and don't require chopping!

Looks like something that would pop a tire if you drive over one

Can't blame unions, considering how easily Europe gets it done. Most likely issue is that in the US, every landowner and minor municipality is empowered to delay and obstruct these projects and thus milk them.

Yea I would definitely like to know what the response is to eminent domain in other countries where its working better. I've never been in that situation and I can totally understand the resistance to losing your property, but I can't see American's being particularly unique in that feeling. Maybe the laws are just more permissive in the US for contesting the government.

In California specifically there are also environmental regulations like CEQA that provide another avenue for blocking such things, independent of eminent domain issues. Even if someone is building on their own land, lots of environmental review is required, and individuals or groups can sue on the basis that such review was inadequate. This ties things up for a long time. There are legitimate reasons to want environmental review, but the way it works in CA now, CEQA is largely just a tool people use to delay projects they don't want.

Most countries has that but it still doesn't take many decades to build a simple piece of railway.

Details matter. Most countries have environmental laws, but their teeth differ.

Polish environmental law is quite notorious for being deliberately easy on developers (at least outside national parks), which translates into a lot of construction activity.

OTOH Californian CEQA is such a NIMBY/BANANA weapon of mass anti-construction that I have heard of it, despite being located a third of a world away.

Both sound like intent.

unions in the US aren't necessarily even comparable to in EU.

Passing clouds?

Could you transcribe the emoji? HN strips them out.

Cosmic set [:sparkles: :dizzy: :star2: :infinity: :performing_arts:] Functional set [:wave: :thumbsup: :slightly_smiling_face:] Nature set [:handshake: :pray: :ocean: :seedling: :new_moon:]

I find it so hard to figure out how close Curiosity is to the peak/ridge of Mt Sharp and whether/when it seems likely to cross over to the other side.

Here is a map: https://science.nasa.gov/mission/msl-curiosity/location-map/

It's nowhere near the peak and is very unlikely to reach it.

I’m aware of the map but I’m unclear on where the peak/ridge is.

The main peak is under the letter "C" in the "Gale Crater" text on that map.

Oh wow, no wonder I never found it; I was always zoomed way too far in.

In what ways is Anthropic different from a hypothetical frontier lab that you would characterize as legitimately safe and ethical?

I'm just a little frustrated they keep going on about how safe and ethical they are for keeping the more advanced capabilities from us. I wish they would wait to make an announcement until they have something to show, rather than this constant almost gloating.

Its existence is possible.

To me it feels more like learning to cook versus learning how to repair ovens and run a farm. Software engineering isn’t about writing code any more than it’s about writing machine code or designing CPUs. It’s about bringing great software into existence.

Or farming before and after agricultural machines. The principles are the same but the ”tactical” stuff are different.

"This is just a common publicity stunt."

"No, it is an exceptional publicity stunt."

Clickbait antidote: by inventing the pitch speed radar gun after seeing campus police use one in 1974