I have yet to see any evidence of what you say. You can't rely on a database without a method to keep it up to date from every jurisdiction. Following GPS by rote is risky for the same reason. If they can understand what a construction zone is, that is news to me. My concern with children is that there has been evidence that some vehicles don't have 100% coverage by the sensors. For example, autopilot has trouble with overhanging trailers; any situation where the contact with the ground is recessed. So obviously there is no sensor guarding the top of the car, it is only pointed at the road. A shopping bag is the opposite problem. It should be able to determine that the bag is light enough to drive through rather than stopping unnecessarily and surprising drivers behind it.
I hope this test is very different from a regular driving test. It should involve unexpected circumstances such as driving through construction zones (with flag men, with cones, with posts, with speed limit reductions), damaged signs and markers, hidden lane markings, and all types of possible weather conditions. Visibility of small animals, visibility of children, how it reacts to a shopping bag blowing across the road. General ability to drive in a way that is normal and expected to other humans on the road. If they have taken for granted all the situations that humans don't have a problem dealing with, then they aren't really testing self driving at all.
Well you are kind of hedging your bet on things continuing to go smoothly. You may be past the most risky part of your life, but I don't know if I would recommend it as general practice for people.
That would be fine if people knew whether they were going to fall in the 10% or not. But it's not like I predicted getting struck by cancer twice. So while you view it that you're comments are helpful to 90%, I am far more concerned that they are harmful to 10%. Yes, someone can run their lives like you, but then when they become an outlier people will be heartless in asking them why they didn't prepare better and why they made such bad choices.
The city I live in doesn't even have the budget or ability to synchronize the lights with each other. Now someone thinks cities will be able to coordinate lights with traffic?? It won't happen where I live, not ever.
I like the feel of USB-C. Every cable I have tried goes in easily and with a satisfying click. So far I only have factory provided cables though, maybe third party ones are that bad. I have to admit I'm a bit afraid of ordering more cables.
I am in full support of people on welfare, but only because it is the next bast thing to UBI. Considering some of the crap that the world throws at these people. It's not like they are handed invitations by the working world. Yeah life is supposed to be rough, blah blah, but working could be better and easier to obtain.
Well I can tell you that it wouldn't have worked for me. Two cancers and a rare autoimmune disease. Without a steady job with decent coverage I would have been screwed.
It sounds like you have been lucky more than anything. You haven't had any major health emergencies. Maybe you had parents you could live with until you were thirty-five. Friends always pay you back. Also I wonder how many retirement savings you have. You still don't sound like you are in a position to have a family.
Kindly point to a first world country that has zero medical research. More often than not, single buyer countries won't use a new product issued by an American drug company (if there is truly such a thing) because there are no significant improvements over generic drugs already available. How many silicone boobs or quit smoking solutions does a country need?
If it were truly an open market like retail clothing then I would say no. But there are only so many large companies that can be the most influential search engine, or the social media site that everyone is on. The problem is that the internet game is one of critical mass and once you achieve that critical mass and are king of the hill, it isn't business sense keeping you afloat, you can ride on the fact that you happened to be the one to luck into that gap and you became prosperous. Unless it can be proven that anyone could follow Google or Facebook's footsteps at this point and compete one on one, society is being done a disservice because let's face it, if someone indexes their business on both Bing and Google and Bing is fair but Google is not, most people will not be seeing the index because most people use Google and there is nothing the business owner can do about that. The model is really close to any other utility actually, and a water or electricity company cannot simply choose to deliver more water to a wealthy area that will pay more for it.
Yes I had to learn a lot to start my own company, probably around 20 different technologies and the management stuff on top, and I had to sacrifice many personal hours working. I wouldn't wish it on anyone. If what I did is what it takes for an average person to get one small advance in life then I believe in welfare and UBI more than ever. What I won't do is sit all smug and expect that others make the same sacrifices I did or be screwed over. I am always on the edge of burnout. One shouldn't have to go through this in order to obtain more for themselves and their families.
So the people who have a 'screw you' attitude all the time don't see a problem with this, and the people who try to play fair get it. No surprise there. Fortunately there are still enough people who haven't given up on fair play that we still have a livable society. We could not have a society without them.
This is bullshit. Every other country just realizes that the amount of money that drug companies spend with their multi-million dollar ad spots and high paid executives and huge profits is not in line with their needs to take care of their citizens. If America wants to keep paying for it then fine, but don't get tricked into believing that there won't be cures for anything without all that money floating around.
An absolutely critical aspect of capitalism is that companies should be allowed to fail, and it should be accepted as part of a healthy economy. When one company fails, a few more spring up in place. This puts a natural cap on the amount of profit any company can siphon out of the economy and hand to shareholders. Capitalism is failing because governments are protecting companies and now many have gotten too big to fail.
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I have yet to see any evidence of what you say. You can't rely on a database without a method to keep it up to date from every jurisdiction. Following GPS by rote is risky for the same reason. If they can understand what a construction zone is, that is news to me. My concern with children is that there has been evidence that some vehicles don't have 100% coverage by the sensors. For example, autopilot has trouble with overhanging trailers; any situation where the contact with the ground is recessed. So obviously there is no sensor guarding the top of the car, it is only pointed at the road. A shopping bag is the opposite problem. It should be able to determine that the bag is light enough to drive through rather than stopping unnecessarily and surprising drivers behind it.
This is why such businesses are considered utilities and subject to different rules.
I hope this test is very different from a regular driving test. It should involve unexpected circumstances such as driving through construction zones (with flag men, with cones, with posts, with speed limit reductions), damaged signs and markers, hidden lane markings, and all types of possible weather conditions. Visibility of small animals, visibility of children, how it reacts to a shopping bag blowing across the road. General ability to drive in a way that is normal and expected to other humans on the road. If they have taken for granted all the situations that humans don't have a problem dealing with, then they aren't really testing self driving at all.
Well you are kind of hedging your bet on things continuing to go smoothly. You may be past the most risky part of your life, but I don't know if I would recommend it as general practice for people.
That would be fine if people knew whether they were going to fall in the 10% or not. But it's not like I predicted getting struck by cancer twice. So while you view it that you're comments are helpful to 90%, I am far more concerned that they are harmful to 10%. Yes, someone can run their lives like you, but then when they become an outlier people will be heartless in asking them why they didn't prepare better and why they made such bad choices.
Also, isn't this kind of what roundabouts already accomplish in a fairly elegant way?
You misspelled 'HALF-BAKED'.
The city I live in doesn't even have the budget or ability to synchronize the lights with each other. Now someone thinks cities will be able to coordinate lights with traffic?? It won't happen where I live, not ever.
I like the feel of USB-C. Every cable I have tried goes in easily and with a satisfying click. So far I only have factory provided cables though, maybe third party ones are that bad. I have to admit I'm a bit afraid of ordering more cables.
That sounds like something that could be fixed in firmware
The connection feels a lot more solid to me. There is a nice snug fit feeling.
I am in full support of people on welfare, but only because it is the next bast thing to UBI. Considering some of the crap that the world throws at these people. It's not like they are handed invitations by the working world. Yeah life is supposed to be rough, blah blah, but working could be better and easier to obtain.
But my point is that you are talking like the way you did it would work for anyone. It doesn't, so don't. Just count your blessings.
Well I can tell you that it wouldn't have worked for me. Two cancers and a rare autoimmune disease. Without a steady job with decent coverage I would have been screwed.
It sounds like you have been lucky more than anything. You haven't had any major health emergencies. Maybe you had parents you could live with until you were thirty-five. Friends always pay you back. Also I wonder how many retirement savings you have. You still don't sound like you are in a position to have a family.
So you're saying the price of water should go up until only the most wealthy can afford it. Interesting.
Kindly point to a first world country that has zero medical research. More often than not, single buyer countries won't use a new product issued by an American drug company (if there is truly such a thing) because there are no significant improvements over generic drugs already available. How many silicone boobs or quit smoking solutions does a country need?
How do you support a family on $0 a month?
If it were truly an open market like retail clothing then I would say no. But there are only so many large companies that can be the most influential search engine, or the social media site that everyone is on. The problem is that the internet game is one of critical mass and once you achieve that critical mass and are king of the hill, it isn't business sense keeping you afloat, you can ride on the fact that you happened to be the one to luck into that gap and you became prosperous. Unless it can be proven that anyone could follow Google or Facebook's footsteps at this point and compete one on one, society is being done a disservice because let's face it, if someone indexes their business on both Bing and Google and Bing is fair but Google is not, most people will not be seeing the index because most people use Google and there is nothing the business owner can do about that. The model is really close to any other utility actually, and a water or electricity company cannot simply choose to deliver more water to a wealthy area that will pay more for it.
Yes I had to learn a lot to start my own company, probably around 20 different technologies and the management stuff on top, and I had to sacrifice many personal hours working. I wouldn't wish it on anyone. If what I did is what it takes for an average person to get one small advance in life then I believe in welfare and UBI more than ever. What I won't do is sit all smug and expect that others make the same sacrifices I did or be screwed over. I am always on the edge of burnout. One shouldn't have to go through this in order to obtain more for themselves and their families.
So the people who have a 'screw you' attitude all the time don't see a problem with this, and the people who try to play fair get it. No surprise there. Fortunately there are still enough people who haven't given up on fair play that we still have a livable society. We could not have a society without them.
I have my own company as well, but read my words carefully: "not everyone is capable of doing that".
This is bullshit. Every other country just realizes that the amount of money that drug companies spend with their multi-million dollar ad spots and high paid executives and huge profits is not in line with their needs to take care of their citizens. If America wants to keep paying for it then fine, but don't get tricked into believing that there won't be cures for anything without all that money floating around.
An absolutely critical aspect of capitalism is that companies should be allowed to fail, and it should be accepted as part of a healthy economy. When one company fails, a few more spring up in place. This puts a natural cap on the amount of profit any company can siphon out of the economy and hand to shareholders. Capitalism is failing because governments are protecting companies and now many have gotten too big to fail.
Uh.. raises? My company only gives yearly bonuses. No one gets raises.