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Όποτε υπάρχει κάποια είδηση με ισραηλινούς πολίτες αναφέρεται συνομοτικά εν είδη βαθύτερης εξήγησης "είχαν υπηρετήσει στον IDF" - λες και σε ανάλογη περίπτωση στην Ελλάδα (ή στην Ελβετία) το 99% των αντρών δεν θα είχαν υπηρετήσει στο στρατό (αυτό είναι ο IDF, όχι οι GIJOE..)

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MechDesign.xyz @mechdesign.xyz · 24/09/2026

New firefighting plane from Game Aero: - single engine (PT6) - 4500lt capacity - single pilot - composite structure - max cruise speed 210KIAS Overall slightly better specs than an AT-802 but with no amphibious capacity (at least not yet) game.aero/gb2/

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Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 19/09/2026

“The art of flying is learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” Douglas Adams (quote from Life, the Universe and Everything) *also an explanation on how LLM/AI works

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Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 19/09/2026

The bar is so low that a VW that is neither revolutionary nor ground breaking, just a conventional good designed car is sold out for months. That's how easy the road to salvation is, just don't make intentionally bad products and success is inevitable www.electrive.com/2026/09/07/v...

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VW ID. Polo sold out for months ahead - electrive.com

In Europe, a waiting list is apparently forming for the VW ID. Polo even before the start of deliveries — at least for individual configurations. The waiting

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MechDesign.xyz @mechdesign.xyz · 17/09/2026

New footage from Starship sea recovery from the latest SpaceX feature video (shown mostly on the second half). Watch the full video here: www.spacex.com/content/star...

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MechDesign.xyz @mechdesign.xyz · 16/09/2026

Artemis II Launch – 35mm High-Speed (slow motion) Film | NASA SLS & Orion Liftoff www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8zn...

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Artemis II Launch – 35mm High-Speed (slow motion) Film | NASA SLS & Orion Liftoff

YouTube video by MechDesignTV

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MechDesign.xyz @mechdesign.xyz · 16/09/2026

Artemis II Launch – 16mm High-Speed Film | NASA SLS & Orion Liftoff www.youtube.com/watch?v=eE5z...

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Artemis II Launch – 16mm High-Speed Film | NASA SLS & Orion Liftoff

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MechDesign.xyz @mechdesign.xyz · 14/09/2026

official video with technical presentation and the 1200+ km without recharging demo trip: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nlA...

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Volkswagen Mission Efficiency: 0.158 Cd & 6.89 kWh/100 km – World Record Electric Car

YouTube video by MechDesignTV

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MechDesign.xyz @mechdesign.xyz · 14/09/2026

A true successor to XL1 and a great concept by VW. This is a prototype but 90% of what is shown and ~90% of its performance can be applied to a production car priced as an id.3. The "Mission Efficiency" use the drivetrain and battery of id.Polo, Cd 0.158 and 6.89 kWh/100 km

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Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 10/09/2026

Για όσους πέφτουν απο τα σύννεφα να θυμίσω ότι υπάρχουν ιατροί και ιατρεία στην Ελλάδα που έχουν άδεια απο τον εκάστοτε ιατρικό σύλλογο ΚΑΙ πουλάνε υπηρεσίες "ομοιοπαθητικής". Θα έπρεπε να αφαιρείται η άδεια ακαριαία, αλλά κανείς δεν ασχολείται, ίσα ίσα θεωρείται κάτι νορμαλ

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Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 08/09/2026

"the Cybercab is extremely spacious for a small car" Cybercab looks roomy for two people, but look at the other photo, it is the interior of a shorter car, with room for 7 (let alone 2 or 4!), a car that also houses a diesel engine / drivetrain and was designed 40+ years ago

https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/tesla-cybercab-first-ride-austin-robotaxi-review

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MechDesign.xyz @mechdesign.xyz · 07/09/2026

X-15, NASA documentary with rare footage www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZCH... #avgeek

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Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 07/09/2026

I haven't seen anything by Nathan Fielder, that wasn't at least good, what he makes is usually profound and occasionally transformative. The only problem with his work is that you cannot explain why it is so good to people that have not see it. ex: youtu.be/r3-Y31ONZuI?...

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Thin Watermelon

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Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 07/09/2026

"You Can See Everything" directed by Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim. 'The film follows Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos, who invited a film crew to document her in the weeks before she began serving a federal prison sentence for defrauding investors' 👀

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MechDesign.xyz @mechdesign.xyz · 02/09/2026

Bristol cars, under new ownership, will finish 5 unbuilt fighters (sold under IVA) with plans to resume regular production again under -hopefully!- the same values of the original Bristol. At £235,000 these "new" fighters will be a bargain www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/new...

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Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 28/08/2026

3-D map of the Himalaya rock-ice collapse and flood zone - a shockingly accurate depiction of the disaster zone in #Nepal ion.cesium.com/stories/view... Planet Labs PBC / Landsat / Vantor Hidenori Watanave Lab. The University of Tokyo

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Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 24/08/2026

day 1696 - every day - non stop

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Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 23/08/2026

Rave flyers were never appreciated as items of elevated design, there were a fringe fun area that was more of a mood than anything else. Escape the current mush of AI slop by appreciating the creativity and passion of this OG Rave Flyers library www.flickr.com/photos/villa...

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Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 19/08/2026

I saw the movie Hackers for the first time, ~30 years after its premiere. It is super cringe even for 1995, and easy to make fun of, but it is a genuine artifact of a time that people feel too superior to even acknowledge. *some stuff really resonate with today's world :

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Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 15/08/2026

F1 was mainly a Gordon Murray project, but the input of Peter Stephens, Ron Dennis and even Mansour Ojjeh made it what it was. T50 is similar but quite a departure in many ways. S1/LM looks cool, better than the T50, but not better than the F1 (despite the 34 years gap!)

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Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 14/08/2026

Hot take: this is *a* solution but not *the* solution, topology optimised structures like these may be good (like this Czinger) or bad. People treat them as THE optimum solution, it's not, in most cases you can visually see that there is material (or lack of) in the wrong places

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C8uYH1sp8Tx/

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Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 12/08/2026

If you're missing the solar eclipse now, get ready for the total solar eclipse next year, 2 August 2027. It will be visible on Southern Europe and North Africa. 78% from Athens en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_e... www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/sola...

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Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 10/08/2026

Gallardo & Murcielago are two of the best looking Lamborghinis ever. Luc Donkerwolke really was a worthy Gandini successor. He said that working for Lamborghini was a sharp contrast from the central european or california based design studios but the result was outstanding

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Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 10/08/2026

partial solar eclpise - photo from 2006 nearby Athens, shot with my 5mp Sony DSC-H1 (my first digital camera!) with a custom "filter" made from two old film negatives. No tripod or zoom lens, I just wanted to see the solar eclipse without eyesight damage! Cool photos was a bonus!

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Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 10/08/2026

Τα ίδια άτομα που πριν ~10 χρόνια οπουδήποτε στην Ελλάδα έξω απο την Αθήνα έλεγαν "τα έχουν αγοράσει όλα Γερμανοί" και αγανακτούσαν με αγενείς Γερμανούς τουρίστες, σήμερα λένε "τα έχουν αγοράσει όλα Ισραηλινοί" και αγανακτούν με αγενείς Ισραηλινούς τουρίστες. Τα ίδια ακριβώς

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MechDesign.xyz @mechdesign.xyz · 06/08/2026

Bugatti Destrier looks like a swan song of Bugatti's VW-era. Unfortunately it's just a one-off, but like its Bolide sibling it shows the potential and range of the original W16 architecture. Tourbillion despite its V16 engine looks a bit derivative compared to the W16 range

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MechDesign.xyz @mechdesign.xyz · 06/08/2026

Γιατί το ΕΛΚΑΚ δεν διοργανώνει διαγωνισμούς όπως το lift challenge της DARPA? Το κόστος είναι αστείο και αντί για να χρηματοδοτούνται ήδη καταξιωμένης εταιρείες, θα δώσει τεράστια ώθηση σε νέες καινοτόμες ομάδες και startup

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MechDesign.xyz @mechdesign.xyz · 06/08/2026

Firewatch by RTVP firewatch.rtvp.cc "An open and citizen fed incident map aggregating real-time fire/smoke/flood/accident reports plus NASA FIRMS satellite hotspots, fire-risk overlays, and a burnt-area replay going back to 2008"

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FireWatch — Real-time wildfire map for Greece

Live fire incidents, 112 alerts, NASA satellite hotspots, official fire-risk and EFFIS burnt areas across Greece — one public map.

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Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 06/08/2026

De Havilland DHC-515 Production Update – Forward Fuselage and Wing Box Assembly | July 2026 full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=LovA...

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Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 03/08/2026

I'm listening to my minidisc mixtapes I made 20+ years ago, such a great time capsule. Later I burned CDs mostly for listening on the car., but at some point I stopped doing it because the media changed so the timely compilation vanished, I should do this again on a monthly basis

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MechDesign.xyz @mechdesign.xyz · 02/08/2026

A reminder that pilot errors are not for blame, as Burt Rutan said, after an accident "question [the cause] and never defend", these helicopters operate in very harsh conditions. A month ago another 214ST crashed during water scooping in a lake in northern Greece

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MechDesign.xyz @mechdesign.xyz · 02/08/2026

Two Bell 214ST collided mid-air when the tube of one of them crashed into the main rotor of the other, probably due to proximity error by the pilot of the higher flying helicopter. They were operating during the wildfires near Athens and currently all 214STs are suspended.

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Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 02/08/2026

#GoPro lifehack: if a battery suddenly dies and the camera doesn't open at all (or not even charging with this battery in) just leave it on the charger for a few hours, it's probably unbalanced and it will gradually come to life again.

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Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 02/08/2026

The NASA Graphics Standards Manual* (1976) includes specific guidelines for aircraft liveries, explicitly stating that the NASA seal (let alone the meatball logo) should never be used alongside the new "worm" logo. Modernization is fine, but this is simply wrong.

https://x.com/Jonnywithacam/status/2083590807584448589

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Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 30/07/2026

Μετά την εξαγορά του twitter απο τον Musk ξεφύτρωσαν 2-3 κλώνοι, μινι thread με review για κάθε ένα: -- X : συνεχίζει να είναι το πιο δημοφιλές παρά το πολύ χειρότερο περιβάλλον, κυρίως απο monetized account που κάνουν σκουπιδοποστ για engagement και απειροελαχιστες βελτιώσεις

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Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 24/03/2025

(not so) random thought, there are two big shortcuts for starting a car company : - resto mod - quadricycles with different pros/cons. There are many restrictions but the path to production is extremely easier than a regular car

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Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 22/07/2026

Two word review for "Disclosure day" : Insultingly bad

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MechDesign.xyz @mechdesign.xyz · 19/07/2026

[thread] Κάποιες παρατηρήσεις με αφορμή το ατύχημα με το F-16 στη Ζάκυνθο: - ο πιλότος έκανε άριστα τη δουλειά του, προστάτευσε την ζωή του, το α/φος και ζωές τρίτων όσο καλύτερα μπορούσε. - πολλοί γράφουν ότι "ρίσκαρε" τη ζωή του για να σώσει το α/φος, αυτό είναι λάθος..

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Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 17/07/2026

hot (κυριολεκτικά) take: αν πχ στην Αττική υπήρχαν 1000 στρέμματα δάσους και τα τελευταία χρόνια έχουν καεί σε πυρκαγιές αθροιστικά και συνολικά 200 στρέμματα δάσους, δεν έχουμε σήμερα 800 στρέμματα, μπορεί να έχουμε 900 ή και 1100, το δάσος δεν μένει καμμένο (σοκ?)

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Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 15/07/2026

Backrooms review: you know the phrase "this meeting could have been an email", the review: this movie could have been a meme, this one below, that should have been enough

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Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 13/07/2026

Tom Cruise was plain silly on Tropic Thunder. If you're willing to play that role, behave as such, if you're so insecure that you have to move and dance constantly fearing someone forgets that you are Tom Cruise in disguise just don't bother. Digger looks *exactly* like that

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MechDesign.xyz @mechdesign.xyz · 10/07/2026

The THEMIS reusable rocket roadmap by ESA/ArianeGroup from a few years ago, the rocket haven't flown yet but the wire-catching idea was materialized by China today: www.youtube.com/watch?v=O34V...

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Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 07/07/2026

Nothing keeps proving to the world that there's no better ROI than good design. They keep evolving their design language, making their products instantly recognizable without making them all look the same (quite the opposite) with minimal branding (despite a gazillion copycats).

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Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 05/07/2026

Hot take: most of not all the high speed drones you see on the internets are far from being optimised, their design occasionally does not even make sense. Importing an .STL to a CFD suite and run a simulation does not make an optimised shape, just fancy renders

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Ioannis K. Erripis @erripis.gr · 02/07/2026

Brief review for Obsession: I saw it a couple of days ago, I expected a fun shallow movie but it was so much more than that. It's not perfect but it's accomplished, with great performances and direction, while it works far beyond the horror plot. I fully recomend it

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MechDesign.xyz @mechdesign.xyz · 24/06/2026

Quadcopter interceptors mounted on a Airbus U145, afaik this is the one of the first times or the first, that quad interceptors are presented like that, as regular munition payload on an aircraft quads as rocket missile replacements Quantum-Systems at ILA Berlin. www.instagram.com/p/DZ7g5Y0DT6c/

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