...at what we believe will be a probability of safety at least twice as good as the average human driver.
The crash happened on a clear day with several hundred feet of visibility ahead, which means that the only way for this accident to have occurred is if Mr. Huang was not paying attention to the road,
So, it was an easily avoidable accident for a human driver... but we have an autopilot that couldn't do it, even though we claim it's twice as safe? Sounds like they are talking out of their asses from both ends here.
When small children who have no business going into the pool on their own are out playing near it, they wear a special wristband.
This idea is already useless. I'm trying to think of a person who is so terribly irresponsible as to let a small child play out near a pool alone, yet responsible enough to install this piece of equipment and remember to put on the wristband every single time the kid goes out to play alone near a pool.
“Sometimes I feel like I’ve reached the end of the internet, I’ll just watch the same videos on YouTube until eventually I’m so bored I start clicking random things on my phone.”
The problem is that the internet is now seen as just a source of entertainment. The internet was originally designed to transport information and knowledge (OK, and the occasional porn). Even on Youtube, there are all sorts of videos and channels for actually LEARNING new things. Or find some other website that is based on something you would never think to learn. Go to the Louvre website. Find an instrument you would like to learn. Learn to build something. Learn to code. You can only be entertained for so long by people and ideas that weren't even good enough to make it on one of the 500 TV channels out there.
Cash transactions are also slower than just waving your phone, which raises costs.
The time difference between a 'wave your phone' transaction and a pay cash transaction is so minimal that I doubt you could ever measure the cost difference.
But I'm sure the management of the repair facility would be happy losing $6mil/year. Remember, the whole company might make gazillions of dollars, but individual locations of the company are expected to be profitable.
It's going to be a long time before I let a driverless car drive me around. And I can't believe that these things are allowed on the road when they are clearly flawed.
This is just as bad as when the Tesla ran full bore into into a giant trailer. The first, most basic thing a driverless car should do (safety wise) is be able to tell that something is directly in front of it. In both of these cases, it was completely unaware that there was an object in front of it. If your 'driverless' car can't do this most basic task, then it needs to go back to testing tracks and R&D. Not drive around on public roads...
This. I always laugh at guys like Musk and Tesla supporters that keep saying that you have to keep watching the road all the time, or else it's your fault that something bad happens. So, what the fuck are we spending all this time and money on auto pilot cars for? I ALREADY watch the road all the time.
That's because a human driver would have seen her and swerved.
Seen her? From the video, I couldn't see her until she was about 1-2 seconds from being hit. A human MIGHT have been able to swerve, but that's a bad gamble by the pedestrian.
I live in California, so this may not apply to their situation. Here we have certain 'tiers' of use, and the price increases as you use more. My first 100kwh might cost 15 cents/kwh, but above that, the price rises to 20 cents/kwh for the next 100kwh, and so forth. I think a better solution for this city would be to incorporate something like this, because I'm not sure how you 'ban' a crypotocurrency company, since it's just computers running in a building somewhere. It would be difficult to enforce.
The article is poorly arranged, and the summary picked out parts that don't give the proper context (i.e., what 'practice' they are suing to stop), which is causing all this confusion. But next time, if you are going to reply to a post that quotes the actually article, please read the actual article.
Which means if you sell something to a minor, they can return the item to the store and get there money back.
Stores are required to give your money back if you return something? I've been to PLENTY of stores where they explicitly state that all sales are final.
That's what Redbox is doing when they "rent" a download code to someone. How can they give that code to multiple people?
Who said they were reselling to multiple people? The article stated:
It purchases retail copies of Disney movies that include a piece of paper printed with a digital download code, which Redbox then removes to resell in its own packaging.
In which case there would be no contract, no agreement to sell. Without a contract of sale, Redbox would have no license at all.
Where is it written that you need a contract to sell something? Do I need a contract to buy a gallon of milk? No. I give the store money, and I walk out of the store with the milk to use as I see fit. Redbox gave Disney money, and Disney gave Redbox a DVD with a digital download code. Transaction is finished.
And once it's working they plan to duplicate the whole line for 10k, finishing by the end of Q4.
Given Tesla's previous attempts at timelines, I would change that to Q4/2019. I put the odds of them producing 10k units/week in 2018 at somewhere just below 0%.
The discs had labels nearly identical to the discs provided by Dell for its computers and had the Windows and Dell logos. "If I had just written 'Eric's Restore Disc' on there, it would have been fine," Lundgren said.
I'm not sure what he was trying to do here. Why make it look like an official MS disc? Why not just label it 'Restore Disc'? He had to have known that he had no right to go producing things that had another company's logo/information on it and trying to pass it off as his own.
Williamson is by far the largest city in the county. In fact, looking at the wikipedia page, there are only four towns listed, plus about twenty or so unincorporated areas. The total county population is about 29,000 (10x Williamson), so it is entirely possible that a lot of these surrounding communities go to Williamson for their prescriptions since they are too small to each have their own pharmacy.
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What good is cruise control if I have to manually slow down?
Because slowing down is the exact opposite of the purpose of cruise control? What dingbats modded this interesting?
Tesla is extremely clear that Autopilot requires the driver to be alert and have hands on the wheel.
I already have to do that. What's the point of buying this autopilot-that-isn't-really-an-autopilot?
...at what we believe will be a probability of safety at least twice as good as the average human driver.
The crash happened on a clear day with several hundred feet of visibility ahead, which means that the only way for this accident to have occurred is if Mr. Huang was not paying attention to the road,
So, it was an easily avoidable accident for a human driver... but we have an autopilot that couldn't do it, even though we claim it's twice as safe? Sounds like they are talking out of their asses from both ends here.
Apple makes its money off of good products, not off of you.
I'm pretty sure I have to pay (directly or indirectly) money to Apple to get an iPhone. What is he blabbing about?
When small children who have no business going into the pool on their own are out playing near it, they wear a special wristband.
This idea is already useless. I'm trying to think of a person who is so terribly irresponsible as to let a small child play out near a pool alone, yet responsible enough to install this piece of equipment and remember to put on the wristband every single time the kid goes out to play alone near a pool.
“Sometimes I feel like I’ve reached the end of the internet, I’ll just watch the same videos on YouTube until eventually I’m so bored I start clicking random things on my phone.”
The problem is that the internet is now seen as just a source of entertainment. The internet was originally designed to transport information and knowledge (OK, and the occasional porn). Even on Youtube, there are all sorts of videos and channels for actually LEARNING new things. Or find some other website that is based on something you would never think to learn. Go to the Louvre website. Find an instrument you would like to learn. Learn to build something. Learn to code. You can only be entertained for so long by people and ideas that weren't even good enough to make it on one of the 500 TV channels out there.
Cash transactions are also slower than just waving your phone, which raises costs.
The time difference between a 'wave your phone' transaction and a pay cash transaction is so minimal that I doubt you could ever measure the cost difference.
But I'm sure the management of the repair facility would be happy losing $6mil/year. Remember, the whole company might make gazillions of dollars, but individual locations of the company are expected to be profitable.
It's going to be a long time before I let a driverless car drive me around. And I can't believe that these things are allowed on the road when they are clearly flawed. This is just as bad as when the Tesla ran full bore into into a giant trailer. The first, most basic thing a driverless car should do (safety wise) is be able to tell that something is directly in front of it. In both of these cases, it was completely unaware that there was an object in front of it. If your 'driverless' car can't do this most basic task, then it needs to go back to testing tracks and R&D. Not drive around on public roads...
mostly it's racially motivated.
Or, we hate the fact that non-citizens don't have to follow the law, while citizens are expected to? Nah, that can't be it...
You actually think hitting someone with your car always results in vehicular manslaughter?
This. I always laugh at guys like Musk and Tesla supporters that keep saying that you have to keep watching the road all the time, or else it's your fault that something bad happens. So, what the fuck are we spending all this time and money on auto pilot cars for? I ALREADY watch the road all the time.
That's because a human driver would have seen her and swerved.
Seen her? From the video, I couldn't see her until she was about 1-2 seconds from being hit. A human MIGHT have been able to swerve, but that's a bad gamble by the pedestrian.
I live in California, so this may not apply to their situation. Here we have certain 'tiers' of use, and the price increases as you use more. My first 100kwh might cost 15 cents/kwh, but above that, the price rises to 20 cents/kwh for the next 100kwh, and so forth. I think a better solution for this city would be to incorporate something like this, because I'm not sure how you 'ban' a crypotocurrency company, since it's just computers running in a building somewhere. It would be difficult to enforce.
The article is poorly arranged, and the summary picked out parts that don't give the proper context (i.e., what 'practice' they are suing to stop), which is causing all this confusion. But next time, if you are going to reply to a post that quotes the actually article, please read the actual article.
TFS. "The DVDs were often bundled with a code to download a copy of the film
DISNEY bundled the code with the DVD, not Redbox. Did you not even read my post before commenting? Sheesh....
Do you think they put this code in just ONE of the DVDs they dispense, or was it more than once?
Are you asking me? Because once again, my quote clearly stated that the code was REMOVED from the original DVD, and then RESOLD, not rented.
Which means if you sell something to a minor, they can return the item to the store and get there money back.
Stores are required to give your money back if you return something? I've been to PLENTY of stores where they explicitly state that all sales are final.
Where did the jobs go? It's hardly a mystery: automation.
That wasn't the question. Where did the workers go? is the question being asked here.
That's what Redbox is doing when they "rent" a download code to someone. How can they give that code to multiple people?
Who said they were reselling to multiple people? The article stated:
It purchases retail copies of Disney movies that include a piece of paper printed with a digital download code, which Redbox then removes to resell in its own packaging.
In which case there would be no contract, no agreement to sell. Without a contract of sale, Redbox would have no license at all.
Where is it written that you need a contract to sell something? Do I need a contract to buy a gallon of milk? No. I give the store money, and I walk out of the store with the milk to use as I see fit. Redbox gave Disney money, and Disney gave Redbox a DVD with a digital download code. Transaction is finished.
And once it's working they plan to duplicate the whole line for 10k, finishing by the end of Q4.
Given Tesla's previous attempts at timelines, I would change that to Q4/2019. I put the odds of them producing 10k units/week in 2018 at somewhere just below 0%.
The discs had labels nearly identical to the discs provided by Dell for its computers and had the Windows and Dell logos. "If I had just written 'Eric's Restore Disc' on there, it would have been fine," Lundgren said.
I'm not sure what he was trying to do here. Why make it look like an official MS disc? Why not just label it 'Restore Disc'? He had to have known that he had no right to go producing things that had another company's logo/information on it and trying to pass it off as his own.
Even computers think that all black people look alike!
...compared to zero minutes of actual play over 3 hours for curling?
Williamson is by far the largest city in the county. In fact, looking at the wikipedia page, there are only four towns listed, plus about twenty or so unincorporated areas. The total county population is about 29,000 (10x Williamson), so it is entirely possible that a lot of these surrounding communities go to Williamson for their prescriptions since they are too small to each have their own pharmacy.