Beyond The Obvious

Exploring AI, engineering, science & business.
Curious about how technology changes our world.
Ideas worth sharing. Questions worth asking.

[Beyond The Obvious @BeyondObviousM]

A robot can work 24/7. That doesn't mean it's profitable.

I've seen automation projects where the biggest challenge wasn't the technology. It was utilization, maintenance, changeovers, and unexpected downtime.

A robot replacing five workers sounds impressive. But what's the actual ROI?

Automation should improve economics, not just eliminate labor.

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@zeenatzeshan @waseemkhnwasi Same question

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@tryai30 AI bubble

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Management: “AI will eliminate all this work.”

The engineer: “Great. Who's going to maintain the AI?”

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@Iran_War24 A cable map can show five routes. It can’t tell you whether the four that survive can carry the traffic of all five. That’s the question facing the Gulf. The rest of the world would stay online.

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@Kypuro_Demo same issue, 33K vs. +100.

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@SafaReall good

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Up only ~100 on my 90-day Verified Home Timeline counter on Nov 13, despite 33,115 impressions and 407 engagements that day.

I’m at 23.1K with 70 days to reach 500K. What would you change first about what I post or how I use replies?

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@SMusunda0435 @sy_investor Congrats

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@weird_chase hi

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@GraceOfGodH WEALTH

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America grounded its planes over an air traffic control failure.

Meanwhile, SpaceX launched Starship. Its booster exploded over the Gulf.

One system couldn't safely manage takeoffs. The other accepted an explosive test failure.

Two very different approaches to risk.

What does that say about how we manage safety?

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Jensen Huang built Nvidia into an AI powerhouse. Now the company faces a future without him as CEO.

If one person is considered irreplaceable, is that a sign of great leadership—or a warning about the company?

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@Blackwhitejk50 Effort

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I put Mexico City too far north on the original map. If you’re starting in San Diego, you can cross directly into Tijuana airport (TIJ) via the CBX pedestrian bridge.

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✈️ US flights grounded? Your Plan B might be to DRIVE out of the country first. 🚗

🇨🇦 CANADA
• Vancouver (YVR)
• Toronto (YYZ)
• Montréal (YUL)
🇲🇽 MEXICO
• Tijuana (TIJ)
• Mexico City (MEX)

Then catch an international flight to Europe or Asia.
But here's the twist: Would you rather drive across the border and pay for a last-minute flight—or wait 48 hours for US airports to reopen?

What's your move?

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@TheCanadian19 You’re right 😅 I put Mexico City way too far north on that map. If you’re in San Diego, Tijuana (TIJ) is the airport you can walk into via Cross Border Xpress. Mexico City (MEX) is much farther south. Thanks for catching that.

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Someone at NVIDIA whispered “call HR” and they heard it from orbit.

[Stephen King @StephenKing]

The aliens have landed. That’s the REAL reason for the ground stop. They don’t want to start a worldwide panic. They are blind but can hear like a motherfucker.

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First contact with alien life, and they’d like to speak to HR.

[Curiosity Pro @Curiosityproo]

🚨🇺🇸 Holy Crap - New York ‼️

Plane passenger records entire fleet of UAP’s - perhaps they really are going for the ‘fake alien invasion’

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@claudeai can your mythos 5.2 solve these issues?

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Outlook went down Thursday. The FAA halted departures nationwide Friday.

Time to put Claude Mythos 5.2 to the test. Give it the evidence engineers had before each outage. Can it flag what’s about to fail in time for someone to act?

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@minami4638 Need

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Solve outlook issue and show your capability.

[Nakul @wtf_nakul7]

Finally, Claude Fable 5.2 passed the AGI test

(We can all go home now☠️)