"Most every company you deal with has spent millions if not billions of dollars implementing software systems...AI or otherwise.... that run their businesses.... from payroll to inventory management to logistics.."
It seems to me that this Is just another small step in the software world. It should have never been labeled " AI " because I don't believe it is " AI " and it just scares everybody.
I was talking with a friend that’s just getting into thermal and mentioned that the first personal usable thermal unit I could remember was a handheld unit that registered heat sources with a set of lights, the stronger the source the more lights showing and you registered direction by moving the unit side to side and noting where it registered strongest
That’s about all I can remember about it no name no mfg and I believe it came out in the 90s
Anybody remember it and who made it
If I remember correctly it could also be mounted to a rifle scope
I played with one of those in the 90s boss owned it , it had a vibrate setting it would vibrate in your hand , it looked like a 3 D cell mag light that would not turn on
he bet me I could not hide from it gave me a few minutes to hide on the dark I did hide from it for a long time they did eventually find me but the thermal was not overly useful I crawled under a brush pile unfortunately when they broke out the white light to find me one shoe was sticking out. it was the 1990s so of course it was a white sneaker that gave me away.
unfortunately I do not remember who made it , it was lost in a fire and the owner passed in 2024.
I don't own one and haven't shot one , but they look to be built on the same chassis as the 357 is , so it should be one tank of a 22lr and a 10 round one as well.
it is sort of everything we said would be really nice in a trapping pistol, s&w style cylinder lock built on a regular frame , 10 rounds.
if it is as accurate as a S&W K22 masterpiece it would be new for the lower end of the K22 prices.
I assume it is made in Wisconsin so it has that going for it.
I’ve been using the Freedom sifter for about the last 5 yrs and I honestly believe it will be around long after I pass. It is heavy though but it’s not going anyplace !
That is pretty cool! It is amazing the things that just "show up". I had a Gamble Quail here most of one summer. He was a LONG ways from home. Somewhere I have a picture of him sitting on my Wishing Well singing his head off.
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