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  • BastingChemina@slrpnk.nettoEurope@feddit.org•Can Europe confront Vladimir Putin’s Russia on its own?English
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    13 hours ago

    I have no doubt that if Europe is threatened they can seriously ramp up the production of military equipment.

    I don’t have experience with ammunition or things like that but I know for example that a lot of parts for airplane engines are manufactured in factory where both military and civilian parts are produced.

    Meaning that if you delay or lower the production of civilian parts you have a lot of extra manufacturing capabilities available immediately for these parts.

    Then you can start covering factories, this takes longer ,even during war time, but having a big automobile and aerospace industry means that there are industrial capabilities to mass manufacture equipment that could be used for military purposes.

  • BastingChemina@slrpnk.nettoTechnology@lemmy.world•The New York City Subway Is Using Google Pixels to Listen for Track DefectsEnglish
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    1 day ago

    I would imagine they use the microphone, accelerometer, some processing power and internet connectivity (WiFi or mobile).

    Trying to set up a dedicated hardware with ask that would cost way more than just buying a bunch of pixel phone.

    Same for the software, on a smartphone you can just create an app that will record and process all the information vs creating a custom firmware on a custom hardware.

    I guess there is also the availability of the technicians.

    Finding someone to develop and maintain an android app is much easier than finding someone to maintain a custom hardware/firmware.