Anonymous
6/13/2025, 10:30:33 PM No.16697125
Are there machines which are designed to be run continuously and maintained while in operation? I know it's possible, I am just curious.
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Anonymous
6/13/2025, 10:42:26 PM No.16697139
>>16697125 (OP)
>the robotic arm is a machine
>the assembly line itself is also a machine
>one can maintain a robotic arm without disabling the assembly line
You are, quite literally, asking a brain dead perspective question.
>the robotic arm is a machine
>the assembly line itself is also a machine
>one can maintain a robotic arm without disabling the assembly line
You are, quite literally, asking a brain dead perspective question.
ChatTDG
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6/13/2025, 11:03:27 PM No.16697153
>>16697125 (OP)
Biorobots, yes. We could sure emulate this to some degree. And not just by providing redundant systems. Think places where maintenance crews could be a rare commodity ...
Biorobots, yes. We could sure emulate this to some degree. And not just by providing redundant systems. Think places where maintenance crews could be a rare commodity ...
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Anonymous
6/13/2025, 11:14:55 PM No.16697157
>>16697125 (OP)
Maybe
Maybe
Anonymous
6/13/2025, 11:15:01 PM No.16697158
>>16697125 (OP)
Mainframes for big institutions like banks work exactly like that, downtime is something they can't afford.
The trick is they are made of redundant subunits so they can be maintaned one at a time.
Mainframes for big institutions like banks work exactly like that, downtime is something they can't afford.
The trick is they are made of redundant subunits so they can be maintaned one at a time.
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ChatTDG
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6/13/2025, 11:45:40 PM No.16697181
Anonymous
6/14/2025, 12:12:26 AM No.16697195
So I'm the god machine, I have my virtual world, you interact with me through a interface that reaches into my virtual world?
Anonymous
6/14/2025, 12:42:12 AM No.16697205
>>16697125 (OP)
No and that's just not how things work. There are software updates that they can push trough while live and technically some systems can be maintained but that's only because they consists of multiple smaller systems that they shut down for the maintenance like computer servers where they switch out the racks one at a time.
There's not much point in trying to engineer a machine where a guy runs around it switching oils or what ever while it works, it's just too dangerous and doesn't offer nearly enough benefit.
No and that's just not how things work. There are software updates that they can push trough while live and technically some systems can be maintained but that's only because they consists of multiple smaller systems that they shut down for the maintenance like computer servers where they switch out the racks one at a time.
There's not much point in trying to engineer a machine where a guy runs around it switching oils or what ever while it works, it's just too dangerous and doesn't offer nearly enough benefit.
Anonymous
6/14/2025, 8:50:44 AM No.16697377
>>16697125 (OP)
Large container ships.
Large container ships.
Anonymous
6/14/2025, 11:13:53 AM No.16697441
>>16697158
No, the redundancy is exactly what allows you to take each machine out of service to maintain it while the other mirror machines compensate.
No, the redundancy is exactly what allows you to take each machine out of service to maintain it while the other mirror machines compensate.
Anonymous
6/14/2025, 8:25:20 PM No.16697806
>>16697125 (OP)
Like a heart, right OP? I mean that's not a machine but it never has any downtime. Is it ultimately some sort of biologial redundancy (maybe at a cellular-renewal level) that enables this?
Maybe that's a stupid question, idk, apologies if so.
Like a heart, right OP? I mean that's not a machine but it never has any downtime. Is it ultimately some sort of biologial redundancy (maybe at a cellular-renewal level) that enables this?
Maybe that's a stupid question, idk, apologies if so.
Anonymous
6/17/2025, 12:37:53 AM No.16699584
>>16697125 (OP)
Yeah, even back as far as the industrial revolution they had self oiling mechanisms for steam engines and clocks. Today they have software with redundancy and self load balancing and all kinds of things.
But everything eventually breaks down.
Impermanence is the only permanent thing.
Yeah, even back as far as the industrial revolution they had self oiling mechanisms for steam engines and clocks. Today they have software with redundancy and self load balancing and all kinds of things.
But everything eventually breaks down.
Impermanence is the only permanent thing.
Anonymous
6/17/2025, 2:37:39 AM No.16699650
>>16697125 (OP)
Not currently because we haven't closed the loop for robots to take place of humans, for robots to maintain the power grid, to pay for the utilities, to have raw materials mined, shipped, etc. You still need humans in the loop to make decisions.
Not currently because we haven't closed the loop for robots to take place of humans, for robots to maintain the power grid, to pay for the utilities, to have raw materials mined, shipped, etc. You still need humans in the loop to make decisions.
Anonymous
6/17/2025, 8:14:10 PM No.16700170
animal bodies self repair while they still work
Anonymous
6/17/2025, 8:51:18 PM No.16700192
Look into chip fab machines. They can easily cost $100M+. While they do have downtime, the cost of the downtime is so expensive that they take extreme measures to minimize it.
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Anonymous
6/18/2025, 7:21:47 AM No.16700523
Anonymous
6/18/2025, 9:43:26 AM No.16700571
Yeah, its big in power plants since downtime in especially big coal and nuclear ones needs to be planned around.
Pangloss
6/19/2025, 4:29:35 AM No.16701186
>>16697125 (OP)
Expand your definition of machine to include organizations such as brothels which may continue to function after replacing all of the parts one by one.
Expand your definition of machine to include organizations such as brothels which may continue to function after replacing all of the parts one by one.