I tried Edge once (to download Firefox) and it just gave me a white page like it was incompatible or something. Safari seems clumsy and slow. IE *is* dead. Chrome sends everything you type to Google, so not comfortable with that. Chromium may be an option, but I don't think it offers many advantages over Firefox. Furthermore, Firefox works in a consistent way on Mac, Windows, and Linux. Not sure what you think people are going to switch to.
I wasn't aware ascii was broken. Most commenters here seem to use it just fine and comments are perfectly legible. Adding different quotes therefore adds no value.
Well, I know many Apple users who gush over Apple music because it has things that... other streaming services had for years before. At least we can give him that he isn't part of THAT crowd.
This news actually made me interested to try ChomeOS for Android development and possibly see how I can better use the Google ecosystem. For some curious reason it's not easy to download it for people to see if it would work for them. There is some free bastardization of it that requires you to fill out a form and you can try it free, but why would they not just release it like a Linux distribution? If I like it, I might buy a Chromebook, but as it sits I'm not interested.
Personally I think it would motivate me to make progressively better choices. I'm still going to eat at fast food places occasionally, but if I got something with 1000 calories last time, I can at least step down to 800 next time and so on.
This is one reason why I never left Canada. You have to move certain places to find it, but you can still find an affordable house on a well-treed lot, 20-30 minutes away from work here.
My guess is that the problem is actually much more complicated than Uber is making it out to be. The easiest way out of this for them has become, "oops we didn't set the software up right". This allows them to save face, because even if it isn't true they just have to avoid the same circumstance in their testing (like only drive in the day) and then everyone thinks they fixed their software. I really hope they have to provide absolute proof that the problem is exactly what they are saying it is, and that they must demonstrate that it is REALLY fixed by reproducing those same conditions.
It seems to me that all automated cars are based on cutting corners. Since they are doing poorly, they could add sensors to eliminate a lot of issues but they don't because trying to solve this with programming is easier. That is, if these sensors are actually as capable as Slashdotters SAY they are, the only conclusion can be that there isn't enough of them. The car is checking a thousand times a second, after all.
Again, Autopilot causes some people to become inattentive. This is a fact. So please explain why it is still a good thing when you can't stop these people from buying it. I can agree that it would be better if everyone used it properly, but that just isn't human nature and won't happen.
Please explain how a driver assist equipped car with an inattentive driver is worse than an inattentive driver without it.
The problem is that it is Autopilot that is causing drivers to *become* inattentive. So you're question is purposely misleading. The correct question is, "Please explain why it is a bad thing if a driver becomes inattentive due to Autopilot". Recent history provides the answer to that question.
Did you make a serious effort of challenging Autopilot by driving your test car through any routes that have changed in any way recently (eg. redesigned concrede dividers), or in any severe weather conditions? Did you try it anywhere where the road markings were sketchy? Or did you just drive it in perfect conditions and are now blowing smoke.
Best case, if they trust the AI *at all* then they will be hurting their reaction time compared to if they didn't. So they are better off not trusting it at all.
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I'd be pretty pissed if I bought a house and the panels gave me more cost and effort than the shingles.
Why the hell do people think this way? It doesn't matter whether $10K is added to a house or a chocolate bar, it's still fucking $10K.
Since you seem to have an extra $10K, can I give you my address so you can send it to me?
Ok but now after saying all that, where is the proof that everything is solvable if you have a certain number of transistors?
I have a mac and was trying to be thorough.
I tried Edge once (to download Firefox) and it just gave me a white page like it was incompatible or something. Safari seems clumsy and slow. IE *is* dead. Chrome sends everything you type to Google, so not comfortable with that. Chromium may be an option, but I don't think it offers many advantages over Firefox. Furthermore, Firefox works in a consistent way on Mac, Windows, and Linux. Not sure what you think people are going to switch to.
Bill Cosby is one step ahead of you.
I wasn't aware ascii was broken. Most commenters here seem to use it just fine and comments are perfectly legible. Adding different quotes therefore adds no value.
Well, I know many Apple users who gush over Apple music because it has things that... other streaming services had for years before. At least we can give him that he isn't part of THAT crowd.
People still listen to the actual radio? I use a streaming music app in the car; radio ads drive me nuts.
Moore's law addresses CPU cycles, but we have never proven throwing more CPU cycles at (any problem in the world) will solve it.
Ok well I'd like to see an actual study on that as opposed to believing someone on Slashdot.
You're head must explode when you go out in the reel world.
MS write (or.. wordpad?) always supported it and came with windows free so it was never a big deal.
This news actually made me interested to try ChomeOS for Android development and possibly see how I can better use the Google ecosystem. For some curious reason it's not easy to download it for people to see if it would work for them. There is some free bastardization of it that requires you to fill out a form and you can try it free, but why would they not just release it like a Linux distribution? If I like it, I might buy a Chromebook, but as it sits I'm not interested.
Personally I think it would motivate me to make progressively better choices. I'm still going to eat at fast food places occasionally, but if I got something with 1000 calories last time, I can at least step down to 800 next time and so on.
You type: "I was just goin"
Suggestion: "I was just going to go out and by a Google Home because they're awesome!"
You type: "I can't belie"
Suggestion: "I can't believe you don't have a Google Pixel yet, they're awesome!"
Yup, I totally get it.
And if it's not possible?
This is one reason why I never left Canada. You have to move certain places to find it, but you can still find an affordable house on a well-treed lot, 20-30 minutes away from work here.
My guess is that the problem is actually much more complicated than Uber is making it out to be. The easiest way out of this for them has become, "oops we didn't set the software up right". This allows them to save face, because even if it isn't true they just have to avoid the same circumstance in their testing (like only drive in the day) and then everyone thinks they fixed their software. I really hope they have to provide absolute proof that the problem is exactly what they are saying it is, and that they must demonstrate that it is REALLY fixed by reproducing those same conditions.
It seems to me that all automated cars are based on cutting corners. Since they are doing poorly, they could add sensors to eliminate a lot of issues but they don't because trying to solve this with programming is easier. That is, if these sensors are actually as capable as Slashdotters SAY they are, the only conclusion can be that there isn't enough of them. The car is checking a thousand times a second, after all.
Again, Autopilot causes some people to become inattentive. This is a fact. So please explain why it is still a good thing when you can't stop these people from buying it. I can agree that it would be better if everyone used it properly, but that just isn't human nature and won't happen.
Please explain how a driver assist equipped car with an inattentive driver is worse than an inattentive driver without it.
The problem is that it is Autopilot that is causing drivers to *become* inattentive. So you're question is purposely misleading. The correct question is, "Please explain why it is a bad thing if a driver becomes inattentive due to Autopilot". Recent history provides the answer to that question.
Did you make a serious effort of challenging Autopilot by driving your test car through any routes that have changed in any way recently (eg. redesigned concrede dividers), or in any severe weather conditions? Did you try it anywhere where the road markings were sketchy? Or did you just drive it in perfect conditions and are now blowing smoke.
Best case, if they trust the AI *at all* then they will be hurting their reaction time compared to if they didn't. So they are better off not trusting it at all.