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But some people can:

https://www.gizmodo.com.au/201...

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I was disappointed the post failed to work in a Kerblam! man reference, Doctor Who's Differing Approaches Find A Shared Fear In The Future Of Amazon.

Yes,

https://www.gizmodo.com.au/201...

No. We already have these sensors in passenger seats of every vehicle so that they can warn the passenger to buckle their seat belt.

Well idiot sensor comment aside the requirement for a person in the driver seat detector is still stupid. In the world of measurement (my primary field) it is important to as far as reasonably possible measure the primary variable of interest. Guess what, no car is interested in if anyone is in any seat. It's not a primary variable for any kind of control. What people were interested in is if people are wearing their seatbelt, and in order to ensure that false alarms aren't given a detector is used to see if the seat is occupied.

Where am I getting with this? The primary variable of interest here is not if something heavy is in the driver seat, but rather if a driver is driving the car.

It is predictable that people would try to use their Tesla this way, and it could obviously cost lives

Yes that is the idiot principle. It is predictable that some idiot will always do something like this. Now what will a sensor achieve?

Maybe we could use a steering wheel sensor like these:
https://www.gizmodo.com.au/201...

We should also ensure that the driver doesn't unbuckle his seatbelt:
https://thetikit.com/

And while I don't have a silly link for the person in seat detector, my own anecdote is that I actually have one of those seatbelt alarm stopper thingies in the passenger seat of my car because my backpack routinely sets off the detector and my car starts beeping at me.

Oh and by the way, here's a video of someone doing the exact same drive from the passenger seat trick in an S Class Mercedes 3 years ago, but using a system that completely disengages everytime the hands come off the wheel, and using a system that doesn't have autonomouse or autopilot in the name: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/new...

So where does that leave us? I let's try to beat the idiot. Lets try and protect the idiot from themselves. Propose an idiot proof sensor that will protect us from the idiotic 0.0001% of the population. I have a better proposal. ... Or rather Darwin had a better proposal.

Why not just build an idiot detector? By the way, measure the primary variable of interest. No one gives a crap where the driver is sitting, but rather is the driver in control. These cars already have steering wheel sensors.

But they are actually quite easy to fool: https://www.gizmodo.com.au/201...

Funny thing: My car beeps madly if the driver isn't wearing a seatbelt. Last time I picked up my car from the parking service at the airport I got in to discover the passenger seatbelt stretched across and clipped into the driver's seatbelt retainer.

The only thing sadder than the effort idiots go to is the companies which enable them: https://thetikit.com/

they can collect far more information about us, and leave us with far less power to opt out of that process.

This is silly, "can" isn't the same as "do" and we have plenty of power to "opt out".
Facebook does collect tons of info about it's users. ISP's don't typically store everything all of their users do. Sure, maybe the NSA is hoovering up a ton of data and sticking it in storage somewhere, but the amount of storage to just store http URLs being requested over the long term, let alone the contents of all packets, is crazy.

If you're actually concerned, then just use encryption for your Internet communications. There's your super-easy "opt-out". You can use secure DNS, use a VPN to tunnel outside your ISP, use TLS for HTTPS traffic, whatever you like.

It's currently a non-issue. About the only way it's going to become an issue in the near future is if your government decides to require your ISP to collect and turn info over to them. Even then, the encryption solution still works out unless they mandate back doors.

When Taika Waititi was announced as the director for Thor: Ragnarok, the New Zealand native known for indie comedies seemed like an odd choice. That collision of two different filmmaking worlds is made clear by Waititi's story about how he put together the film's sizzle reel.

This sizzle reel, a cut of clips to convey tone and concept to the higher-ups before the movie was officially greenlit, has been discussed before, by Waititi and Kevin Feige himself, who called Waititi's Ragnarok reel, scored by Led Zeppelin's Immigrant Song "amazing."

But that sizzle reel, which may have gotten Waititi the gig, was not made by the most, ah, legal means. "There was no story when I went in, they didn't have a story or any ideas, really," he told Canadian radio station CBC Radio. "So I cut together little clips and shots. I, uh, basically illegally torrented and downloaded clips from a bunch of different movies."

https://www.gizmodo.com.au/201...

Apple's FaceID uses infrared depth perception, where light contrast isn't an issue.

Apologies for the inflammatory title https://www.gizmodo.com.au/201...
They also went to the effort of testing it out on various ethnicities as well, so the AI didn't overly focus on areas that are different for one group but similar in another.

I'm not saying that Face ID is "racist" or anything like that. I'm just happy there's a technical solution that solves this problem.

Offtopic but it *blows my mind* that escape velocity is that god damn fast *AND* we can do it. I just googled it, it's 7 miles a SECOND. That's astronomically fast (duh)

It's so insanely ridiculously quick, I can't fathom how the rockets can even do it, with people strapped to the front. The forces involved, the heat, the strain, the G's it's ... wow it's truly insane.

Here you are a g-force calculator have fun.

Keep in mind that a fit person can handle about 5g's although it would be very uncomfortable. In the calculator, if you enter "0" for your start and "25,000 mph" as your finish speed then enter say 5g as the "g-force" it would take about six minutes and 20 seconds to reach 25,000 mph usually that would kill or maim most people unless they were very fit or had protective clothing.

An interesting read on heavy acceleration . There are plenty of articles on this.

... And then there are the companies that actually pressure their employees to use drugs on the job.

Nothing came of it?

https://www.gizmodo.com.au/201...

It was never about saving money but making a point of differentiation from Labour at the 2013 election, which, like the last election, was a very close race.

Also, it was sabotage, but presumably as a matter of collusion between the Liberals and the higher-ups at Telstra and Foxtel, as well as Rupert Murdoch himself. Fun fact: Telstra and News Corp. (i.e. Murdoch) each own 50% of Foxtel, who hold a virtual monopoly on satellite and cable TV in Australia. Interestingly, throughout the 2013 election period News Corp. was highly critical of Labour while tending to champion the Liberal Party's policies--most likely a significant factor in them winning the election. https://www.crikey.com.au/2013...

In 2014 it was announced that rather than decommissioning Telstra's technically unsuitable copper network and HFC network (that Foxtel relies upon), the assets would be transferred to NBN Co for indefinite maintenance. https://www.gizmodo.com.au/201...

It comes to no great surprise that the former opposition communications minister during the 2013 election, now-Prime Minister--Mr. Turnbull himself--has been in communication with Telstra, through all of this and appears to have intentions to privatise NBN Co and possibly sell it off to Telstra for no apparent economic benefit. https://www.crikey.com.au/2016... http://www.nbnco.com.au/corpor...

Former ABC technology journalist Nick Ross, one of the few journalists who bothered to cover the NBN situation in any great depth, came out last year claiming he was "gagged" by his superiors for reporting critically of the obviously flawed Liberal NBN. https://delimiter.com.au/2016/...

Stephen Ellis, former NBN advisor under Turnbull's NBN, last year transitioned to a senior advisor role at Telstra with a spokesperson stating "We have engaged Mr Ellis as a consultant on a specific project to advise Telstra on longer term policy reform options. We will not be commenting further". http://www.theage.com.au/victo...

The Liberal NBN policy has been a knowing scam since day one. "Business as usual", indeed.

This is nothing to do with being a distributed blockchain though is it? It's something a hardware vendor baked into their hardware. Blaming blockchains for this is like blaming html when Apple brick your phone for you.

A VPN offers a nice encryption layer that hides all plain text from local police, local gov, lawyers, health services, your ISP.
That is great given how much is now been collected in many nations over months and can be searched and requested by a gov, local gov, public private partnership contractors or a lawyer for a civil matter in some nations.
In the UK "As the Investigatory Powers Bill passes into law, internet providers will be required to keep a full record of every site that each of its customers have visited" (24 November 2016)
http://www.independent.co.uk/l...
In Australia "Here's Every Australian Government Agency That Wants Your Data" (Jan 18, 2016)
https://www.gizmodo.com.au/201...
In the USA? Some legal changes that have been suggested over the years https://www.eff.org/issues/man...

The Australian outback is full of space rocks, and given the rise of automated solar powered vehicles it is only a matter of time before somebody figures out how to harvest them on a huge scale for very little cost. http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2016...

So how excited are you about this announcement?

Although the paper isn't something you can just skim through on your evening commute (I tried...).

Been AMD/ATI exclusive since the X1650 Pro and I only had a single driver that was flaky and that was 14.4 and even on it gaming was fine, it merely had issues providing video acceleration through third party programs like VLC..

So perhaps you could give us a list of what issues you've been having and on what AMD/ATI hardware? Because I know I see a hell of a lot more crap drivers dealing with nvidia hardware at the shop, frustrating enough to me that for the only time in history me and Linus Torvalds agree on something so I look forward to hearing about your issues, perhaps you could provide a couple screencaps?

BTW I thought /. was all gung ho FOSS, so what happened? Is it not the FOSS community that has been saying for years "just give us the specs and open the code and the kernel devs will handle it"? Is that not EXACTLY what AMD did, in fact hiring guys to work on the FOSS driver to get it up to speed quicker? I have to find it frankly baffling how many here are supposedly all for the four freedoms yet when the rubber meets the road will go with Nvidia, a company that constantly tries to force proprietary solutions like CUDA over FOSS solutions like OpenCL, a company that has made it clear they are not gonna open squat over a company that has been providing docs and specs and opening their code since 2012...wth people? Is this bizzaro world, where support for FOSS equals supporting the proprietary choice?

Also, why is a cybertech cybernews cybersite like Slashspot using the unnecessary cyberword "cyber" in its cyberheadline?

What are the data usage limits on the new service or the cost for that matter?

Quick check on google turned up this article on gizmodo australia; "Satellite NBN Customers Are Reportedly Getting Shafted On Their Data Caps" http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015...

Allow me to LMAO heartily. Once again proving that hypocrisy is something they fail to grasp the meaning of, for all their talk of "FOSS this" and "four freedoms" that when the rubber meets the road? The Linux community will happily fuck the company that open sources their code for the one that has given Linus himself so much shit thanks to their "proprietary or die" stance he flipped them the bird.

Thank you once again from the bottom of my black little heart Linux community for proving that your bullshit is exactly that...absolute bullshit. Oh and for proving what I said all along, that companies should NOT waste their time opening up their code and helping your devs, as at the end of the day you will have not one single fuck to give if a proprietary solution will give you an extra 10%. So much for that "we support those that support us" horseshit, huh? I bet any company that was thinking of FOSSing their drivers took one look at AMDs sales (that went exact fuck nowhere) and said "lets not waste our time"...LOL. Keep being yourselves Linux community, its just soooo damned entertaining!

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2014...

Please.

Your core numbers are wrong. Normal human beings do not drink 1 liter of water in a single sitting. Diabetics and other people that are expected to drink a lot tend to drink 1/2 a liter. You are expected to take in 2-3 liters over an entire day - and that number INCLUDES the water you get from eating food. Typical servings for water is 1/4 liter. 1 liter bottles are intended for multiple people/long term use. As per this web page: http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2015... It takes 17 water bottles to kill you, far different than the alcohol ratio.

They work wonderfully in Windows, haven't seen a major issue in their non beta drivers in years. As for the Linux drivers? AMD has been paying for devs to work on the FOSS drivers and they have said repeatedly their goal is to bring the FOSS drivers up to parity with the cards the proprietary release supports and then replace the proprietary with the FOSS so no duh its not as good, its not where their focus has been in at least a couple years.

Also remember Nvidia makes their drivers run "better" by just ripping out part of the graphics stack and replacing it with a binary blob, and its a company whose hostility to FOSS has caused Linus Torvalds to give them the bird. Finally remember their APUs are ahead of the CPU+GPU combo when it comes to the FOSS drivers so if you want to run AMD with Linux the APU is the way to go.

Einstein never said that: http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2014...

While the science may not be settled, the "drag on sled while someone wets the sand" method is corroborated with available records:
http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-...

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2014...

Just to be clear, "an Apple support person" did not say that. Nor would they. Ever. A tech calling Apple's engineering team clueless about anything? Surely you jest.

The original writer, Adam Pash, was clearly paraphrasing what the tech "explained" (his word) in his post at http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2014... - and even used bullet points to group the general themes, rather than quotes, to make it abundantly clear it wasn't a direct quote. The tech probably said something like "the engineering team isn't yet sure what the best course of action is," or something similarly honest-yet-noncommittal. Pash decided to simplify that as "clueless."

Selena Larson on ReadWriteWeb, for her part, changed "explained" to "told" (slight difference there, the latter being more direct, which this wasn't), and then our own redletterdave (or perhaps timothy) managed to change it to a direct quote. What is this, some twenty-first-century game of telephone? And we wonder why people still don't take online news seriously. Sigh.

Here's a link:

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013...

That document is what motivated Google to encrypt all links between data centers, specifically to stop that.

Here's a link:

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013...

Monkeys do better than people in the stock market - I'm sure they did lots of market research beforehand though.

But you really want a rate of return better than a monkey, otherwise you might as well invest in index funds, how boring is that?

So the trick is to identify when people, in general, are being less-smart than monkeys and then run in the opposite direction.

It's not an easy business, outsmarting the monkeys - that's why it's better to be lucky than smart.

Bitcoin is still young. This is a time or risk and opportunity. Besides, if you really think anyone should invest money, for example in the stock market, without spending lots of time reading up on all sorts of stuff, I have a bridge to sell you.

Monkeys do better than people in the stock market - I'm sure they did lots of market research beforehand though.

as an iphone app

I can certainly see where this argument is coming from, however, it illustrates a distinct double standard in regards to consumers. In Australia we have been burnt a few times by Apple winning injunctions against Samsung which limited our options for a while to Apple's offerings. http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/11/samsung-wins-appeal-against-apple-injunction-overturned/

Worse, most of the infringement case seemed to centre on prior art, so I'm not sure what all Apple's litigation is protecting us from. I'll say this, though. Its nice to be able to buy Samsung devices again without glaring security holes and NSA backdoors. I know the latter is a bit of a buzzword in the media right now, but I don't think its any more relevant to IT people now than it was back when MS's forensic tools were being leaked.

So you can list all you worked on in the past and get a new codename to add to the list as funding shifts.
http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2013/06/job-networking-site-linkedin-filled-with-secret-nsa-program-names/

A year ago, another small NZ ISP (FYX) had the same thing, but then they closed it after a very short time - http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/05/after-just-two-days-nz-isp-shuts-down-its-region-skipping-global-mode/

i imagine you could shape one of these into a triangle shape... http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2009/10/dyson-air-multiplier-review-lovably-overpriced/

Oblig. Back to the Future II. Splitscreen gaming would also really rock on a big 4k screen (if the consoles support it).

Pandora's biggest issue is that they're still blocking everyone outside of the US.

Not everyone any more. According to wikipedia, Pandora is now available in Australia and New Zealand. They apparently negotiated deals with the local licensing bodies.

It's still a pretty kick ass camera. Much better than iphone5 and gs3 http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/09/video-comparison-just-how-good-is-the-lumia-920s-pureview-camera/ . Pure view is just the name of the software. Also i think your sig should say fUbar.

if they did this to prove a point, they could have just posted a sample of the data, but no, they reveal everyones data and show they have as little respect for people as the companies that they target.

An update in the Gizmodo article states that they did not reveal everyone's data - it was a partial dump containing only business and government account records. So, I think they're taking your advice. Ready to support them now? 8^)

Nor do I know where the AC was getting his info, but he's right and you're wrong. IQ is highly heritable. WP has a detailed article on this. Reference 7 in the WP article is to a 2004 meta-analysis that puts the heritability figure at about 85% (meaning that heredity explains about 85% of the variance in adult IQ).

Correlation is not causation. Latest news from the causation camp is that they have found the "intelligence gene". However, they say it's only responsible for 1.29 IQ points. That's 1.29% , not 85%.

but I bet you could adapt it...

Joking aside (... or not quite...), after staring (with your remaining eye)

You do know that the rangefinders use rapidly moving lasers which are far less bright than,

So...whoosh!

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Do the lasers cause interference?

Just kidding (... or maybe not?): yes, they do. The result... the cars will observe a hologram, possibly detecting the objects from around the corners.

"Its research shows that Texas, which has comparable high-peak demand, is among the lowest in the world in terms of cost."

Lets just ignore that Texas drills and refines it's own oil.

Also lets ignore that the biggest problem in the Eastern states is the deregulation of the power market which allowed profit centred private corporations to set prices, which was a state government decision, not federal.

Power, as do most utilities in Australia fall under the banner of state government.

Also the study was flawed, their 2011 data started in July 2011 seeing as it's not July 2012 yet, which means half of it was projected, not actual costs.

But lets not let the facts get in the way of an ill informed rant shall we.

Personally, I pay about $120 per quarter on average. Higher in the summer but lower in the winter (due to Air conditioner use). Instant Electric HW systems are a very, very easy way to burn money though.

It's a Mayan pyramid!!!!

Worse, its the Sabre Pyramid

Listening to this guy describe how he would change the first prequel is really interesting... it would actually make for a pretty decent movie.

I'd love see his take on the subsequent two movies.

This 12 minute video is totally worth your time:

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2012/02/how-to-fix-the-phantom-menace-in-12-minutes/

and don't forget also:

The GoDaddy CEO publicly supports waterboarding
GoDaddy already has an history of shutting down domains without requiring to see a court order
GoDaddy has a long history of getting its customer servers/accounts hacked and not saying anything about it to its customers
And during the SOPA exodus, which is still going on, it's been dragging its feet on domain transfers (a violation of ICANN rules and regulations).
Hopefully, they'll have their domain name registry privileges taken away by ICANN because of that last one.

http://www.gizmodo.com.au/2011/09/nikola-tesla-predicted-faster-than-light-particles-in-1932/

Maybe if you wait 2 years, by which time it'll be outdated.

O RLY?

Yeah too bad the rainforests in South America are being burned, chopped, and Agent Orange'd to death.

Telstra and Optus announced support for filtering back then too.

Looking through the comments of that old link, I see the suspicions have long been present.