"Its not simple to make it work. Because of the width of the vehicle it would be very difficult to make each section short enough to articulate the amount required."

""America has simply stopped training their workforce in a set of formerly crucial skills."Hit the nail on the head, plenty of people would love to have those kinds of skilled jobs but no one wants to train them. It is amazing how many places lament the lack of skilled workers but refuse to hire entry level people into those trades so that skilled workers would later be available. At this point I do not know of a single manufacturing machine shop that has any apprentice positions. When businesses won't invest in these they pay later in a lack of workers.As for Snark, Rain Noe is a master of it and its presence in his articles is a constant that has nothing to do with politics."

"I think we may be all missing the real use of this item. It is a long, pretty, metal cylinder for use in urban areas. Since it is so nicely designed it looks much less threatening than a baseball bat and the heaviest object is in the center for good balance, making it easy to swing. It is the one object you need to take other objects from better prepared people in a disaster. :D"

"The second one that changes aspect ratio is set up so you always have the same amount of viewable area instead of giving away a large part of your screen to black bars or stretching out the content. What I think was really being shown off here was the ability to get the picture completely to the edges with zero gap which seems like it could lead to new aesthetics for screen designs."

"There is more to this design than is initially obvious.It is asymmetrical to allow for the flat PCB board to extend past the bend to reduce the unused space in the box. The connector layout on the back is defined by this flat board but their locations were chosen to allow them to fit the differing heights of the box.The power plug is at the highest point as the power components are large, and this places them nearest the cooling airflow. Lastly you cannot stand this on its side with the bend at the bottom. This prevents consumers from being able to set the box upside down with the heat from the power section cooking the active electronics. Combining all of these features should allow for a box that appears smaller while still having good thermal management by guaranteeing use of airspace outside the box. I think this design shows good attention to use cases of the end consumer and constraints of manufacturing. I just wish it wasn't so fugly."