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  1. There's a big difference between those two actions. There's a continuum between "space out for 1 second", "space out for 30 seconds" and "fuck it, I'll watch a TV show."

  2. Re:I remember a lot of people defending Uber on Uber Driver Was Streaming Hulu Just Before Fatal Self-Driving Car Crash, Says Police (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    t it was the driver "testing" the auto pilot that was the weak link here

    In a very foreseeable way. If Uber couldn't figure out they shouldn't allow unsupervised employees to carry an small entertainment device into a situation where there were rare but impactful actions/attention required, I put more blame on Uber.

    After all, an employee having an accident is one thing. An employee consistently making choices without consequences for a while, and those choices causing the accident, is a failure of supervision.

  3. I'm absolutely shocked that an employee whose job is "be vigilant for hours and react in seconds" had their mind could wander and decided they could probably watch a whole episode of the Voice without any negative consequences. I mean, there are people who watch TV while they are actively driving.

  4. The charger was a gift (I was still using a charging cable.) I'm disappointed to hear it was a cheap one.

  5. Re:What is your solution? on Should Facial Recognition Cameras Be In Schools? (nyclu.org) · · Score: 1

    So what is your solution?

    My solution to what??

    Are you talking about suspended students coming to school? That's not a real issue as far as I know. Fired employees? The same. Sex offenders off the street are statistically non-existent. Some schools may have problems with gangs, but that seems to be a special, not default, case.

  6. I've been looking for someone who understands how YouTube rights work. Does uploading to YouTube include a license for Google to sell/allow TV networks to play it without additional compensation? I've tried reading the license, and I cannot parse it.

  7. I find I have to be really nudgy to get it in the right spot to charge. Which means I cannot use it, then slam it down and roll over to sleep. With a cord, I can.

    Obviously, battery life is unrelated to charging tech. But the popularity of "charge-on-the-go" devices suggest a lot of people are unhappy with their battery life.

  8. Re:News? on How Twitter Made the Tech World's Most Unlikely Comeback (buzzfeed.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    All I ever see are posts by random tech-personalities

    Given that Twitter is the opt-in-bubble taken to the extreme, I'm going to blame you for what news you get. Not that I follow news on twitter, but certainly newspapers quote twitter a lot. And not just the tweeter-in-chief's

  9. While true, it's much easier to plug in a lightning cable than use a Qi charger. And to keep it plugged in. Especially as the device slips around in a car/on a plane/etc.

  10. Re:Now, fries, drinks, shakes, etc on Burger Robot Startup Opens First Restaurant (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    I'm amazed that drinks still have not been automated.

    Most fast food places have automated drinks. Except for the drive thru, where they use a human to move the cup around. Cause it's the same human who's handling the money.

  11. I thought it was a Tesla/Panasonic joint. Is the tech/IP/factory Panasonic's? Cause I thought that was their future business plan (supplying batteries to other EV companies) .

  12. Re:Money saving, not face saving on Intel CEO Brian Krzanich Resigns Over Relationship With Employee (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Well, Enron's CFO (before the government started beating down the doors.) Theranos and VW have people facing criminal charges (no idea about the golden parachute).

    But yeah, being fired for cause breaks the golden parachute. See this article. That article also states that most CXOs are trying to redefine "fired for cause" to basically be impossible.

  13. Re:Over regulation on The US Startup Is Disappearing (qz.com) · · Score: 0

    Over regulation, cost of entry, corporate cronies in government, high taxation, have all conspired to hurt small businesses.

    Cool story bro. Have you worked in a small business, or are you parroting things you heard elsewhere?

  14. Tesla's batteries also use 1/3 the cobalt of the industry average. Other than Musk's Distortion Field, it seems to be their main advantage.

  15. Re:Economies of scales does not ALWAYS work... on Search is on For Cobalt-Free Batteries As Metal Gets Increasingly Rare and Expensive (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    This is why I always wondered why electric car enthusiasts just automatically assumed that battery prices would just keep dropping and dropping.

    Because most major innovations recently have been in tech that have economies of scale, network effects, or negligible marginal costs. I mean, software and the various benefits of it scale really well, and that's what's been driving the economy forward for 30-odd years.

  16. Re:Money saving, not face saving on Intel CEO Brian Krzanich Resigns Over Relationship With Employee (theverge.com) · · Score: 1

    Not a chance. Every CXO has an untouchable golden parachute.

    Nice assertion, but not what I've seen. I mean, sure, they tend to be included if the CXO is fired because they're not good at their job, but not if the CXO violated company policies.

  17. According to google there are 249,485,228 adults in the US 5000 * 249,485,228 = 1.247 trillion.

    Ah, I had 200 million adults. But 1 trillion is about what you get adding up Social Security, food stamps, housing assistance, etc.

    Finally, how is 5K UBI?

    It's 1/3 of UBI.... like I said in my post and you went on to angrily said it was only... 1/3 of UBI.

  18. Really, Rogue One? I get ditching the prequels right off. But Rogue One being better than the good half of Jedi?

  19. So...model built to simulate preconceptions of researchers somehow coincidentally validates those preconceptions?

    No, model built to see if pressure ields observed effect duplicates observed effect.

    At least in lake environments, younger fish stay in shallower water for several pretty obvious reasons:.... - the shallowest water...

    This pretty bad.

  20. Re:Even in the fishtank on Mature Fish Are Found In Deeper Water Because of Humans (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    BTW, thank you for providing an alternative explanation to the various "this is obvious, why evaluate this" crowd. Of course, the point of the study was to isolate the effect of fishing, which they found to be significant.

  21. Re:Never been evaluated on Mature Fish Are Found In Deeper Water Because of Humans (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 2

    One should take the time to validate seemingly self-evident things. otherwise, you end up telling many generations that the sun goes around the earth.

    Obviously, everyone doing it or doing it all the time is a waste. So, there's a balance there.

  22. Money saving, not face saving on Intel CEO Brian Krzanich Resigns Over Relationship With Employee (theverge.com) · · Score: 2

    Firing him for cause like this probably prevents intel from having to pay a golden parachute.

  23. Re:Female or male employee? on Intel CEO Brian Krzanich Resigns Over Relationship With Employee (theverge.com) · · Score: 3, Informative

    Was it female or male employee?

    Latin uses the male version of the word when referring to groups of mixed or indeterminate gender. This was probably a woman, but I'm just playing the odds because I don't know his sexual orientation and the majority of men seem to be straight.

    A non-fraternization policy prohibits social activities, to some degree, between bosses and underlings. One of those areas of activities covered is usually sexual

  24. Re:Fundamental issues on Democrat With Financial Ties To AT&T Guts California's Net Neutrality Law (mashable.com) · · Score: 2

    there is something fundamentally wrong with it if a single person who apparently represents a small part of one city can completely change a law affecting the entire state

    Paul Ryan represents a portion of Wisconsin and essentially has veto power over legislation for the whole US. Theresa May represents the district of Maidenhead, and is negotiating the Brexit. David Nunes represents a part of California, and is controlling the main flow of information about various investigations for the whole federal government.

  25. They have been seismically wrong each time.

    Gore/Bush and Clinton/Trump are gimmies. But Obama/Romney actually seemed in sync on a lot of issues.

    But when you vote for Jill Stein or Gary "Aleppo" Johnson you are not meaningfully participating

    In fairness, Johnson (sent out his running mate to) tell his followers to vote for Clinton. And explain while it might make sense to vote third party some years, 2016 was not one of them. I get that sending his running mate is a little cowardly, but that's a pretty hard statement to make.