Good occasion to watch Tim Minchin's "Storm" again, about alternative medicine and such. (Skip the first minute)
Best quote from that video: By definition, alternative medicine has either not been proved to work, or been proved not to work. Do you know what they call alternative medicine that's been proved to work?... Medicine.
Barely any trace? The chance of finding a single molecule of the diluted compound in a homeopathic product is less than winning the lottery several times in a row. (If the dilution is done properly according to homeopathic rules, which apparently was not the case for these teething gels).
But if Microsoft has begun "actively getting rid of ways to keep users from disabling automatic updates", that's a good thing, right?
Automatic updates are bad Being able to disable them is good Keeping users from disabling them is bad So getting rid of ways to keep users from disabling automatic updates is good.
I wonder how muslims and jews will react if offered an organ transplant from a pig. Seriously, not being racist or anything, will they stick to their religious beliefs that pigs are unclean rather than get cured of diabetes?
What if you pass a string to a function, and a different thread then changes the original string? Does that also copy on write? Or does the function suddenly see the string change?
(Thread A and thread B both have access to the same string S, B passes S to function F, function F reads S, thread A changes S, function F reads S again)
Well, just as an anecdotal data point, I remember a post on the Tesla forums titled "dead battery", where I naturally assumed the poster was refering to the battery of his Tesla, but no, it was his Porsche that had a dead battery because he hadn't driven it for months.
Yes, the Porsche is quicker on the race track. But the Tesla pulls away from a stoplight more quickly, is smoother, reacts instantaneously (no Porsche even comes near the throttle response of a Tesla), makes no noise... Going back to a Porsche is like going back in time. Seriously, loads of Porsche owners have bought Teslas and then either sold their Porsche or just take it out once in a while for a long trip or simply to keep it in working order. I have yet to read a post from someone who prefers his Porsche over his Tesla.
Oh, yes, NASA rockets never burn up on the launch pad, do they?
Rockets are dangerous, both before and after launch. That's just a fact of life. If any astronauts had been on board at the time of the SpaceX explosion, chances are they would have survived thanks to the emergency abort system launching the capsule up immediately. In fact, they would prefer that situation rather than board the crew shortly after fueling and risking an explosion at that moment killing the crew with certainty.
Yes, if it were Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Volkswagen, General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, Ferrari, Lamborgini, or any other car make rolling out a software update adding features to cars already sold, yes, that would be news. But Tesla? Just business as usual, not even worth mentioning.
If the car in front of you hits a stationary car, you'll need to have left quite a lot of distance (well more than the recommended 2 seconds) to come to a stop in time. Nothing to do with tailgating, just physics. Recommended distances are based on reaction time, assuming the car in front is braking like you do. If it comes to an abrupt stop due to a collision, those two seconds are not going to save you.
So that's why good drivers try to look ahead (like I do), but sometimes you just can't. And the the Tesla radar can be a big help.
They updated the radar software. Instead of using a single beam, it now scans around and tracks multiple objects. Uses a constantly updated database to avoid false alarms for street signs and such. Free over-the-air update for all autopilot Teslas. It would now see that truck and react accordingly.
Except sometimes you're driving behind a large van and can't see anything ahead of it. The Tesla radar actually bounces its beam underneath the car in front of it.
So does that mean it also "predicted" that it would kill that driver who slammed into a transport at high speed?
That was before the 8.0 update. Unlike other cars, Teslas get updates. The old software just used a single radar beam, which passed underneath the high trailer in the accident you are refering to. The new software lets the radar beam scan around to create a point cloud, tracking multiple objects. In an identical scenario, it would have seen the trailer and braked in time. And it can also look two cars ahead by bouncing the radar signal on the asphalt, which is what saved it in this latest video.
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Good occasion to watch Tim Minchin's "Storm" again, about alternative medicine and such. (Skip the first minute)
Best quote from that video: By definition, alternative medicine has either not been proved to work, or been proved not to work. Do you know what they call alternative medicine that's been proved to work?...
Medicine.
Barely any trace? The chance of finding a single molecule of the diluted compound in a homeopathic product is less than winning the lottery several times in a row. (If the dilution is done properly according to homeopathic rules, which apparently was not the case for these teething gels).
But if Microsoft has begun "actively getting rid of ways to keep users from disabling automatic updates", that's a good thing, right?
Automatic updates are bad
Being able to disable them is good
Keeping users from disabling them is bad
So getting rid of ways to keep users from disabling automatic updates is good.
Right? Or am I off by one here?
I wonder how muslims and jews will react if offered an organ transplant from a pig. Seriously, not being racist or anything, will they stick to their religious beliefs that pigs are unclean rather than get cured of diabetes?
Well, he has to do something with all those recovered boosters he has lying around now.
He could restrict it to electric cars...
to see Sheldon's reaction!
What if your toaster could mine bitcoins and use the heat of the mining process to toast bread? Essentially free bitcoins!
When I look directly into a bright light, I hear myself sneezing. Does that count, too?
Well, batteries can be recycled pretty easily so the toxic elements should only enter the environment if they leak out when activated.
Personally, I prefer a bit of leaked flame retardant over a plane crash. Plane crashes kind of suck for the environment, too.
Well, it's perfectly normal for news from 1989 to appear on Slashdot in 2017, isn't it? You must be new here.
What if you pass a string to a function, and a different thread then changes the original string? Does that also copy on write? Or does the function suddenly see the string change?
(Thread A and thread B both have access to the same string S, B passes S to function F, function F reads S, thread A changes S, function F reads S again)
Asteroids trailing and leading Jupiter? Does that mean Jupiter hasn't cleared its orbit? I guess Jupiter is a dwarf planet then!
Well, just as an anecdotal data point, I remember a post on the Tesla forums titled "dead battery", where I naturally assumed the poster was refering to the battery of his Tesla, but no, it was his Porsche that had a dead battery because he hadn't driven it for months.
Yes, the Porsche is quicker on the race track. But the Tesla pulls away from a stoplight more quickly, is smoother, reacts instantaneously (no Porsche even comes near the throttle response of a Tesla), makes no noise... Going back to a Porsche is like going back in time. Seriously, loads of Porsche owners have bought Teslas and then either sold their Porsche or just take it out once in a while for a long trip or simply to keep it in working order. I have yet to read a post from someone who prefers his Porsche over his Tesla.
Oh, yes, NASA rockets never burn up on the launch pad, do they?
Rockets are dangerous, both before and after launch. That's just a fact of life. If any astronauts had been on board at the time of the SpaceX explosion, chances are they would have survived thanks to the emergency abort system launching the capsule up immediately. In fact, they would prefer that situation rather than board the crew shortly after fueling and risking an explosion at that moment killing the crew with certainty.
That space telescope cost $8 billion to develop. Making a second one exactly like it would cost an order of magnitude less.
Yes, if it were Mercedes, BMW, Audi, Volkswagen, General Motors, Ford, Chrysler, Ferrari, Lamborgini, or any other car make rolling out a software update adding features to cars already sold, yes, that would be news. But Tesla? Just business as usual, not even worth mentioning.
Unlike the Russians or the Chinese.
BTW, SpaceX is planning their next launch on sunday jan 8.
Four seconds on the highway :-)))))
You don't drive much, do you?
Reminds me of this old joke.
If the car in front of you hits a stationary car, you'll need to have left quite a lot of distance (well more than the recommended 2 seconds) to come to a stop in time. Nothing to do with tailgating, just physics. Recommended distances are based on reaction time, assuming the car in front is braking like you do. If it comes to an abrupt stop due to a collision, those two seconds are not going to save you.
So that's why good drivers try to look ahead (like I do), but sometimes you just can't. And the the Tesla radar can be a big help.
They updated the radar software. Instead of using a single beam, it now scans around and tracks multiple objects. Uses a constantly updated database to avoid false alarms for street signs and such. Free over-the-air update for all autopilot Teslas. It would now see that truck and react accordingly.
Well, they do advertise it as bouncing underneath the car in front, so it should also work behind a van without a rear window.
Except sometimes you're driving behind a large van and can't see anything ahead of it. The Tesla radar actually bounces its beam underneath the car in front of it.
So does that mean it also "predicted" that it would kill that driver who slammed into a transport at high speed?
That was before the 8.0 update. Unlike other cars, Teslas get updates. The old software just used a single radar beam, which passed underneath the high trailer in the accident you are refering to. The new software lets the radar beam scan around to create a point cloud, tracking multiple objects. In an identical scenario, it would have seen the trailer and braked in time. And it can also look two cars ahead by bouncing the radar signal on the asphalt, which is what saved it in this latest video.