Nobody buys a motorcycle because they are concerned about their safety, the idea that somehow harleys are extra dangerous is asinine. Motorcycles are dangerous, in large part because car drivers are often distracted and don't notice bikes on the road around them.
you can get a device that basically flips your high beams on and off during the day, it improves visibility a lot. There are also flashing break light kits that draw extra attention. Lots of stuff helps but there is no single fix for distracted drivers checking facebook on the road.
riders are taught to ride durring the day with high beams on. It makes a huge difference in how many people notice you. Noise matters too, my bike is louder than my girlfriends and when we ride together people don't end up cutting her off nearly as much as they do when she is alone.
Now those stupid loud straight pipes, those are just compensation.... but I do think a totally silent bike would kill a lot of riders. This one doesn't seem to fall into that category though, it still makes noise, though its not a very pleasant one from the movie they released.
I would rather they called it a car.... I don't want more people with motorcycle endorsements with no actual ability to ride a bike that is not this one.
Sure, you might have had to take the test or course on a "real" bike but it takes a lot more hours than that to become competent at riding.
For the company, they really want to be a car, the motorcycle test is quite difficult and the rider education course is expensive... they would be much better off if anyone with a car license could drive this... which is how it should be if it basically acts like a car.
Is there actually a separate endorsement for them? What about those weird ass spiders with the 2 wheels in front, from what I have seen those ride more like a motorcycle than a traditional trike.
I had no idea any states did this... It does make sense... some skills translate but others habits might get you killed. Still, it must be a pain for older riders who just want to move to a trike for ease and comfort when they find out they need a new license.
to be fair, if its a stop sign with nobody else there, I like to try to keep my feet up and stay balanced for a 2 count before continuing on.... if you can do it you look badass... if you fuck up and have to throw a foot down suddenly you look like an idiot:-)
Maybe if you cover up all the EVO badging and take off the stock body work that differentiates it. It may not be that different but I can spot them (or BMW M series cars, or Audi R series cars) without much trouble. I'm sure a cop who spends all day driving around and pulling over cars would also get pretty good at it.
Thats great if you have a JC around but in my home town we did not, there wasn't really an option. You could always enroll in a class at community college but not all universities will take those courses for transfer either.
On the other hand, most any university would take a 5 on the AP exam.
You are right, but the question is, where do you deal with that threading.... in some cases you would want it dealt with in work.c because you want it to be multi threaded on all platforms... if a task called is going to take a long time and block the UI on one platform it will do it on another.
Alternatively you could make that decision in the UI code but that would mean handling it on every platform.... now on the mac its pretty easy in Obj-C to dispatch a task to a thread, its probably easier than in C++ so maybe that makes it easiest to handle but then you have to turn around and do the same thing on every other platform you wish to support. I think that if you are supporting multiple platforms you would want your threading code to be in the shared code.... but its a design decision and it really does depend on your project and your needs.
To be fair, I think the intent is to put all energy into the grid and then pull energy out to melt the snow. You are absolutely right that it will take more energy to melt snow than these can produce so it would be a net loss of energy in the winter one would imagine. I don't know that you would make up for it in the summer either. You would save money not having snow plows so there is that, but that is likely nothing compared to the cost of these panels.
Maybe in warmer areas where snow is not an issue and where the days are longer and sunnier it might eventually be practical.
the problem being that how there are 2 sets of resources doing the same thing.... a shame really since neither one will probably be fully successful at paying down all the technical debt.
More than that I think this is a matter of not having the resources to deal with the codebase because OpenSSL just isn't all that sexy and man hours aren't just being thrown at that project. Much of the code that LibreSSL is removing was already tagged for removal but the man hours weren't there to take it out and throughly test the results. Now that all hell has broken loose more man hours are being thrown at it. Where were these awesome LibreSSL folks before the blowup? I'm sure plenty of people were aware that the code was a mess but now there is sufficient political capitol to get people moving to fix it.
Its the same problem that closed shops have... nobody want's to prioritize technical debt and code trimming especially when they are heavily resource constrained.
Luckily now that all hell has broken loose resources are being allocated and money is even flowing into the project.... hopefully this is good news but my guess is the resources dry up before the job is done and we end up with something that still has a lot of hidden problem and new ones will be layered on top of that.... this is pretty much how we roll in the world of software.
I don't really care about MADD, their opinions would hold no weight if these were commonplace and any attempts to block them would expose their duplicity, they can't afford it.
I'm not sure why you think cops would be against it. Just because they would loose that income. They will find another way, or taxes will go up. Its not that hard to figure. The police will get funded and if their internal methods of funding are cut off they will simply be given more money, the cops will not be starved out by a tech like this.
The tips are generally shared amongst some of the staff.... that portion of the staff makes shit wage, minimum wage law doesn't apply to them. Waitstaff gets paid a few dollars an hour and need those tips to get by. Those who don't get a portion of the tip get paid at least minimum wage (and in many cases more than that)
That said, I would be ok with eliminating tipping culture but you can't just stop tipping given the way it is currently built not only into the culture but into the labor laws of this country.
The car will find parking on its own, it might even link into a network of other cars to locate the spot, it will likley do this on its own after you have been dropped off.
Why woudl you care what stall it uses to park, it will come pick you up when you need it. If it has a set of known parking spots to use you would program the location in, it might even home in on a beacon.
GPS already has allowances for finding banks and stores. Also I doubt that we would be entirely stuck with a GPS interface and not be able to say, simply ask it vocally to pull over at the store.
But if I am not controlling my car, if it is fully automated, they why should i even be carrying insurance (other than comprehensive to cover a tree falling on my car or theft). Right now most states require all cars to carry bodily injury and damage to property insurance. There would also be no debate about it being driver error vs "sudden acceleration" these kinds of things would need to be streamlined instead of involving the car owner suing the manufacturer which is what is necessary most of the time these days.
If these are vehicles replace our current ones then people will not learn how to drive.... Why would you learn a skill for the.001% chance that you will need to use it instead of calling AAA and getting a tow.
Very true, but if all cars were fully automated all accidents would be "equipment failure" and none would be pilot error. That means a big change to insurance laws.... Why should I have insurance on my car when any failure isn't my fault?
From what I understand google has been arguing that the manufacturer should be held responsible.... Whie that probably does not mean jail time except in cases of gross negligence it would mean that insurance wise it would not be on the owner if his properly maintained equipment failed due to manufacturer flaw.
This is how it works today except most accidents are pilot error, not malfunction. When the car does the driving that will change, even if the number of accidents goes down the percent that is due to "equipment/software failure" will go up considerably.
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Nobody buys a motorcycle because they are concerned about their safety, the idea that somehow harleys are extra dangerous is asinine. Motorcycles are dangerous, in large part because car drivers are often distracted and don't notice bikes on the road around them.
you can get a device that basically flips your high beams on and off during the day, it improves visibility a lot. There are also flashing break light kits that draw extra attention. Lots of stuff helps but there is no single fix for distracted drivers checking facebook on the road.
riders are taught to ride durring the day with high beams on. It makes a huge difference in how many people notice you. Noise matters too, my bike is louder than my girlfriends and when we ride together people don't end up cutting her off nearly as much as they do when she is alone.
Now those stupid loud straight pipes, those are just compensation.... but I do think a totally silent bike would kill a lot of riders. This one doesn't seem to fall into that category though, it still makes noise, though its not a very pleasant one from the movie they released.
I would rather they called it a car.... I don't want more people with motorcycle endorsements with no actual ability to ride a bike that is not this one.
Sure, you might have had to take the test or course on a "real" bike but it takes a lot more hours than that to become competent at riding.
For the company, they really want to be a car, the motorcycle test is quite difficult and the rider education course is expensive... they would be much better off if anyone with a car license could drive this... which is how it should be if it basically acts like a car.
Is there actually a separate endorsement for them? What about those weird ass spiders with the 2 wheels in front, from what I have seen those ride more like a motorcycle than a traditional trike.
I had no idea any states did this... It does make sense... some skills translate but others habits might get you killed. Still, it must be a pain for older riders who just want to move to a trike for ease and comfort when they find out they need a new license.
to be fair, if its a stop sign with nobody else there, I like to try to keep my feet up and stay balanced for a 2 count before continuing on.... if you can do it you look badass... if you fuck up and have to throw a foot down suddenly you look like an idiot :-)
You know the score, pal. If your not cops your little people.
Maybe if you cover up all the EVO badging and take off the stock body work that differentiates it. It may not be that different but I can spot them (or BMW M series cars, or Audi R series cars) without much trouble. I'm sure a cop who spends all day driving around and pulling over cars would also get pretty good at it.
Thats great if you have a JC around but in my home town we did not, there wasn't really an option. You could always enroll in a class at community college but not all universities will take those courses for transfer either.
On the other hand, most any university would take a 5 on the AP exam.
though in order to enjoy protection one has to go into rehab. Maybe for this one would have to go to a gym or enroll in a weight loss program.
You are right, but the question is, where do you deal with that threading.... in some cases you would want it dealt with in work.c because you want it to be multi threaded on all platforms... if a task called is going to take a long time and block the UI on one platform it will do it on another.
Alternatively you could make that decision in the UI code but that would mean handling it on every platform.... now on the mac its pretty easy in Obj-C to dispatch a task to a thread, its probably easier than in C++ so maybe that makes it easiest to handle but then you have to turn around and do the same thing on every other platform you wish to support. I think that if you are supporting multiple platforms you would want your threading code to be in the shared code.... but its a design decision and it really does depend on your project and your needs.
not if you do a really shit job on the UI
Avid Media composer.... I know this, because I wrote parts of it myself, in QT.
To be fair, I think the intent is to put all energy into the grid and then pull energy out to melt the snow. You are absolutely right that it will take more energy to melt snow than these can produce so it would be a net loss of energy in the winter one would imagine. I don't know that you would make up for it in the summer either. You would save money not having snow plows so there is that, but that is likely nothing compared to the cost of these panels.
Maybe in warmer areas where snow is not an issue and where the days are longer and sunnier it might eventually be practical.
the problem being that how there are 2 sets of resources doing the same thing.... a shame really since neither one will probably be fully successful at paying down all the technical debt.
More than that I think this is a matter of not having the resources to deal with the codebase because OpenSSL just isn't all that sexy and man hours aren't just being thrown at that project. Much of the code that LibreSSL is removing was already tagged for removal but the man hours weren't there to take it out and throughly test the results. Now that all hell has broken loose more man hours are being thrown at it. Where were these awesome LibreSSL folks before the blowup? I'm sure plenty of people were aware that the code was a mess but now there is sufficient political capitol to get people moving to fix it.
Its the same problem that closed shops have... nobody want's to prioritize technical debt and code trimming especially when they are heavily resource constrained.
Luckily now that all hell has broken loose resources are being allocated and money is even flowing into the project.... hopefully this is good news but my guess is the resources dry up before the job is done and we end up with something that still has a lot of hidden problem and new ones will be layered on top of that.... this is pretty much how we roll in the world of software.
Are you telling us you can talk to fish! Thats really.... not that useful I guess...
I don't really care about MADD, their opinions would hold no weight if these were commonplace and any attempts to block them would expose their duplicity, they can't afford it.
I'm not sure why you think cops would be against it. Just because they would loose that income. They will find another way, or taxes will go up. Its not that hard to figure. The police will get funded and if their internal methods of funding are cut off they will simply be given more money, the cops will not be starved out by a tech like this.
The tips are generally shared amongst some of the staff.... that portion of the staff makes shit wage, minimum wage law doesn't apply to them. Waitstaff gets paid a few dollars an hour and need those tips to get by. Those who don't get a portion of the tip get paid at least minimum wage (and in many cases more than that)
That said, I would be ok with eliminating tipping culture but you can't just stop tipping given the way it is currently built not only into the culture but into the labor laws of this country.
The car will find parking on its own, it might even link into a network of other cars to locate the spot, it will likley do this on its own after you have been dropped off.
Why woudl you care what stall it uses to park, it will come pick you up when you need it. If it has a set of known parking spots to use you would program the location in, it might even home in on a beacon.
GPS already has allowances for finding banks and stores. Also I doubt that we would be entirely stuck with a GPS interface and not be able to say, simply ask it vocally to pull over at the store.
That these cars wouldn't exists and that all self driving cars would ever be was an autopilot to supplement a human driver?
But if I am not controlling my car, if it is fully automated, they why should i even be carrying insurance (other than comprehensive to cover a tree falling on my car or theft). Right now most states require all cars to carry bodily injury and damage to property insurance. There would also be no debate about it being driver error vs "sudden acceleration" these kinds of things would need to be streamlined instead of involving the car owner suing the manufacturer which is what is necessary most of the time these days.
If these are vehicles replace our current ones then people will not learn how to drive.... Why would you learn a skill for the .001% chance that you will need to use it instead of calling AAA and getting a tow.
Very true, but if all cars were fully automated all accidents would be "equipment failure" and none would be pilot error. That means a big change to insurance laws.... Why should I have insurance on my car when any failure isn't my fault?
From what I understand google has been arguing that the manufacturer should be held responsible.... Whie that probably does not mean jail time except in cases of gross negligence it would mean that insurance wise it would not be on the owner if his properly maintained equipment failed due to manufacturer flaw.
This is how it works today except most accidents are pilot error, not malfunction. When the car does the driving that will change, even if the number of accidents goes down the percent that is due to "equipment/software failure" will go up considerably.