It looks like "250 letters" would be better described as something like "250 characters." Since it goes on to show patterns for numbers, punctuation, short-hand for some words, common prefixes and suffixes, etc. I wouldn't consider these to be "letters" in the English alphabet.
This is the basically just the floor puzzle from Silph Co. in Pokemon Red and Blue, but without consequences for picking the wrong path. The floor puzzle was a very small part of the game, something that would add about 15 seconds to the gameplay. I don't think it'd work for a full game meant to engage the player for more than a few minutes total.
Same. Not having to worry about keeping the car between the lines allows me to keep my focus on the other cars around me more. Offloading the cognitive load of fine tuning allows more dedication to the bigger picture.
This makes no sense to me. Driving involves all senses, not just vision - if you're not feeling what the car is doing because you're not engaged with the steering wheel what good is it to see what's around you? I also don't understand how one has trouble staying between the lines with minimal cognitive input after more than a few months of driving.
Oh! And also, moving within the lane is sometimes important for getting a better look at what's up ahead or behind you or expressing car "body language" that allows others to know you're probably going to change lanes soon.
I drive a VW with lane-keep assist and adaptive cruise control and automatic emergency braking. It won't change lanes for me, but aside from the requirements that I have my hands on the wheel, could otherwise drive itself on the highway.
I commute mainly on the highway about 45-1hr each way every day and it makes a big difference for driver fatigue. I was honestly a bit surprised. Even though, I'm steering, it requires less effort. I don't have my foot on the gas and I'm not having to adjust my speed constantly.
Critically, though, I do have to pay attention to my surroundings. It's not taking so much out of my driving that I can't stay engaged to what's happening around me.
I don't have personal experience but friends with personal experience have sort of shifted my thinking on the topic. They'll note they do need to stay engaged but that it is genuinely useful on long drives in particular. The control handover is definitely an issue but so is manual driving in general. Their consensus is that the current state of the art is by no means perfect but it is improved and it's not like there aren't problems with existing manual driving even with some assistive systems.
So, looks like you narrowed down your favorite to either the Porto Flip or the Rabo de Galo. If you had to pick one, which would you say is your favorite?
I learned Fusion360 by using it. I had no real experience with 3D modeling beyond a little bit of TinkerCAD work for really basic 3D prints, and SketchUp for very basic architectural plans.
As I modeled things in Fusion, if I wanted to do something but didn't know how I'd search YouTube for a tutorial to do that specific task. Now I'm making fairly complex, decent looking, models. Here are my public ones that aren't solving a very specific problem that I have https://www.printables.com/@WhoaFactorial_912016/models, many of these are a a half day or so of modeling to get the basic shape right, then another couple of hours of tweaking for perfect fit.
Get good calipers, they'll make modeling so much better because you'll have good measurements to go off of.
Busy week after our AC died, but I'm taking some notes.
I'm up to three running GPS clocks, one with OXCO, one with TXCO, and one with Rubidium holdover... going to finally be able to say what time it might be more intelligently :)
Also, I hope to meet CuriousMarc this weekend! He's done some fascinating things with Cesium clocks.
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