In your strawman scenario, the human driver is likely to not even be aware that she needs to make a decision because she's too busy texting while putting on makeup and blowing on a latte to cool it down.
Rewards cards used to be abundant and the financially responsible consumer could get paid well for using credit cards... The rewards were subsidized by the masses who paid fees for being irresponsible.
Then feel-good laws were passed to make it more difficult for CC companies to collect fees from people who abuse credit and now rewards cards are much less rewarding.
I am happy with the current situation of me browsing privately for free while the content is subsidized by the masses. And I want my 5% cash back on everything CC back.
I mean, nobody needs these deadly assault axes.
Sure, our founders needed assault axes to chop down trees and heat their homes, but that was before electric heating and natural gas.
Think of the children!
Instead of measuring acceleration, etc
They should write an app to determine if you play with your phone while you drive. That would most likely be a much better predictor of how likely you are to be in an accident.
The SEC usually gives them a mulligan when a software boo-boo costs a big institution a lot of money.
I never get a do-over when I make a bad trade though...
There is the potential for some good to come from this. Perhaps when the remote presence devices get cheap enough, the "doctor" can come to you in the comfort of your own home like in ye goode olde days.
Maybe they can even become cheap enough for many people to buy their own "doctor". We'll have to bust up the FDA/insurance/DME cartel first though, otherwise the robot will sell for 1000% what it would if it was a free market.
I won't even bother driving to a store unless I can check inventory status online. It is not worth the time and fuel cost just to wander around the store for 30 mins and not find what I need.
That pub run story is nothing compared to what happened in Denmark, SC.
The mayor hired a witch doctor to protect City Hall from evil. The witch doctor walked around city hall sprinkling salt and muttering incantations. Later, someone noticed the salt and called the police to report some scary white powder around City Hall.
The typical police/public safety overreaction ensued until someone decided enough was enough and tasted the "suspicious white powder" confirming that it was salt.
The problem isn't the feds pulling your credit report, the real problem is that the credit bureaus are allowed to compile a file on you without your consent. It even more wrong that they are allowed to sell *your* information to others without paying you or even checking the accuracy of the information/allegations in the file.
On second thought, I guess the credit bureaus aren't the bad guys here, the bad guys are the banks, cc companies etc who sell your info in the first place.
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The only robocalls I get are from scumbag politicians (i.e. all of them), and the FTC has no intention of stopping them.
In your strawman scenario, the human driver is likely to not even be aware that she needs to make a decision because she's too busy texting while putting on makeup and blowing on a latte to cool it down.
Rewards cards used to be abundant and the financially responsible consumer could get paid well for using credit cards... The rewards were subsidized by the masses who paid fees for being irresponsible. Then feel-good laws were passed to make it more difficult for CC companies to collect fees from people who abuse credit and now rewards cards are much less rewarding. I am happy with the current situation of me browsing privately for free while the content is subsidized by the masses. And I want my 5% cash back on everything CC back.
This needs a score higher than 5.
I mean, nobody needs these deadly assault axes. Sure, our founders needed assault axes to chop down trees and heat their homes, but that was before electric heating and natural gas. Think of the children!
Instead of measuring acceleration, etc They should write an app to determine if you play with your phone while you drive. That would most likely be a much better predictor of how likely you are to be in an accident.
I asked to be listed as "Robert'); DROP TABLE"
>In fact, it's a derailed ship which has been driven into a ditch, is now stuck in a nosedive, and is about to go over a cliff. With Grandma on board.
The SEC usually gives them a mulligan when a software boo-boo costs a big institution a lot of money. I never get a do-over when I make a bad trade though...
There is the potential for some good to come from this. Perhaps when the remote presence devices get cheap enough, the "doctor" can come to you in the comfort of your own home like in ye goode olde days. Maybe they can even become cheap enough for many people to buy their own "doctor". We'll have to bust up the FDA/insurance/DME cartel first though, otherwise the robot will sell for 1000% what it would if it was a free market.
If they are not opt-in they are bad.
Next year, they should use big potato cannons to fire live pigeons at the drone. Imagine the video of a flaming pigeon going through the rotor!
I won't even bother driving to a store unless I can check inventory status online. It is not worth the time and fuel cost just to wander around the store for 30 mins and not find what I need.
That pub run story is nothing compared to what happened in Denmark, SC. The mayor hired a witch doctor to protect City Hall from evil. The witch doctor walked around city hall sprinkling salt and muttering incantations. Later, someone noticed the salt and called the police to report some scary white powder around City Hall. The typical police/public safety overreaction ensued until someone decided enough was enough and tasted the "suspicious white powder" confirming that it was salt.
The problem isn't the feds pulling your credit report, the real problem is that the credit bureaus are allowed to compile a file on you without your consent. It even more wrong that they are allowed to sell *your* information to others without paying you or even checking the accuracy of the information/allegations in the file.
On second thought, I guess the credit bureaus aren't the bad guys here, the bad guys are the banks, cc companies etc who sell your info in the first place.