Our kids were getting distracted at school because of their phones. We tried to limit their use by not allowing them to take them to school. Not only does this totally defeat the purpose of why we bought them phones in the first place (to contact them when we need to pick them up etc), but the school will actually do things that require phones, and ask them to do research on their phones in class. So they have to have their phones and get distracted.
This is a pretty dangerous road to go down. You are suggesting that people are suspect in a crime if they use certain words now, just because those words happen to be overheard by and trigger a commercial device. That sounds a little bit too Orwellian to me.
There are a lot of promises that the pro-automated crowd are making over and over. Two of the main ones are, 1) they will make driving safer, and 2) insurance will be cheap because they will be low-incident. This will only happen if 95% of all people can afford these things. So no I'm not being intentionally obtuse; I am basing my criticisms on getting to the place that we are supposed to be going with AI and driving. I consider it somewhat of a cop-out to just assume that any sensor on a fighter jet can apply when some of those sensors may be worth thousands of dollars. What the common person is going to get is the subset of sensors that fit into a package worth maybe $1000 at the most. Seeing as there have been many options in luxury vehicles for ten years or more that have never made it into base vehicles such as automatic wipers and road tracking headlights, it's an incredible stretch to now say 'it works in a fighter jet so it will work in a car'.
Many people don't need the help of driving assist so they're not very likely to count that as a luxury item. You have to really respect tech to buy a car for tech features. As it was I have a van with regular tech such as automatically opening doors and people told me I was crazy because it would cost me a lot to fix when it broke.
Less of a planet polluter? I've never seen the final decision on whether the manufacturing of the vehicle and the use of large rare-mineral magnets overcomes the positive effect of electric power or not.
It's interesting that you are in a "belt tightening mode" yet you still spend over $60k on such a frivilous enjoyment. Most people I know who are in "belt tightening mode" have vehicles less than $10K.
So you're saying they're going to take an entire array of sensors from a fighter jet and put it in a regular car and it's still going to be affordable for people... ooooo k.
I can't wait until they analyze your sex noises and recommend complementary products and/or services. People around here may be interested in the "Jackin' the Beanstalk" package. Roku knows what you need.
I'm just saying this because it seems like people talk about a lot of sensors. Cameras are definitely not useful in winter. If they are covered they are covered. Doesn't autopilot use cameras? I keep hearing that Radar and Lidar each have weaknesses. Lidar is apparently fooled by fog so I'm not envisioning how that could work through ice.
My backup camera doesn't work in the winter, ever, unless I clean it myself. I'm just saying that all the sensors might not keep working in the winter. A backup sensor sounds a bit more basic than radar.
Lol, until you have the owners papers in your hand, they aren't contracted to do anything. Forbes magazine is predicting the Model 3's will have to be 60K and that it is probably why they discontinued the low end Model S.
Except these sensors are outside the vehicle, so they will need to resist snow and ice and somehow work with it clinging to the vehicle. This is a much harsher environment than the inside of an exhaust pipe. Also, I have replaced O2 sensors many times in vehicles and the problem isn't so much that they break a lot but that they can be a $400 touch to replace.
The same could be said for Uber as well. If governments would just get on top of it then it would turn out better for everyone. But everything seems to be stuck in the 80's somewhere.
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That's funny because it's true. My kids are always telling me to turn my music down.
Our kids were getting distracted at school because of their phones. We tried to limit their use by not allowing them to take them to school. Not only does this totally defeat the purpose of why we bought them phones in the first place (to contact them when we need to pick them up etc), but the school will actually do things that require phones, and ask them to do research on their phones in class. So they have to have their phones and get distracted.
This is a pretty dangerous road to go down. You are suggesting that people are suspect in a crime if they use certain words now, just because those words happen to be overheard by and trigger a commercial device. That sounds a little bit too Orwellian to me.
For a regular car battery in -22F or so, that can happen in a week. Don't know if Tesla batteries are more or less susceptible in the cold.
There are a lot of promises that the pro-automated crowd are making over and over. Two of the main ones are, 1) they will make driving safer, and 2) insurance will be cheap because they will be low-incident. This will only happen if 95% of all people can afford these things. So no I'm not being intentionally obtuse; I am basing my criticisms on getting to the place that we are supposed to be going with AI and driving. I consider it somewhat of a cop-out to just assume that any sensor on a fighter jet can apply when some of those sensors may be worth thousands of dollars. What the common person is going to get is the subset of sensors that fit into a package worth maybe $1000 at the most. Seeing as there have been many options in luxury vehicles for ten years or more that have never made it into base vehicles such as automatic wipers and road tracking headlights, it's an incredible stretch to now say 'it works in a fighter jet so it will work in a car'.
Many people don't need the help of driving assist so they're not very likely to count that as a luxury item. You have to really respect tech to buy a car for tech features. As it was I have a van with regular tech such as automatically opening doors and people told me I was crazy because it would cost me a lot to fix when it broke.
Less of a planet polluter? I've never seen the final decision on whether the manufacturing of the vehicle and the use of large rare-mineral magnets overcomes the positive effect of electric power or not.
It's interesting that you are in a "belt tightening mode" yet you still spend over $60k on such a frivilous enjoyment. Most people I know who are in "belt tightening mode" have vehicles less than $10K.
They didn't say it was quick, they said it was the quickest luxury car. What qualifies as a luxury car? Any one that sells slower than the Tesla S.
I hope the whole thing is unibody and made of Space Grey Aluminum. So much better than the other Aluminum.
If it's all so simple then why doesn't Trump just release his taxes like almost every other president does? How do you even know he pays $38 million?
So you're saying they're going to take an entire array of sensors from a fighter jet and put it in a regular car and it's still going to be affordable for people... ooooo k.
I can't wait until they analyze your sex noises and recommend complementary products and/or services. People around here may be interested in the "Jackin' the Beanstalk" package. Roku knows what you need.
I'm just saying this because it seems like people talk about a lot of sensors. Cameras are definitely not useful in winter. If they are covered they are covered. Doesn't autopilot use cameras? I keep hearing that Radar and Lidar each have weaknesses. Lidar is apparently fooled by fog so I'm not envisioning how that could work through ice.
My backup camera doesn't work in the winter, ever, unless I clean it myself. I'm just saying that all the sensors might not keep working in the winter. A backup sensor sounds a bit more basic than radar.
Recent Forbes article.
three percent is three percent. How many poor people were mentioned in the Panama papers?
That $35.5K price tag is pretty much proven to be a dream. It will be more like $60K.
Lol, until you have the owners papers in your hand, they aren't contracted to do anything. Forbes magazine is predicting the Model 3's will have to be 60K and that it is probably why they discontinued the low end Model S.
Forbes predicts that the model 3 will be more like $60K when released.
How do they get the batteries to the hubs? Manually driven vehicles?
Except these sensors are outside the vehicle, so they will need to resist snow and ice and somehow work with it clinging to the vehicle. This is a much harsher environment than the inside of an exhaust pipe. Also, I have replaced O2 sensors many times in vehicles and the problem isn't so much that they break a lot but that they can be a $400 touch to replace.
What happens if it needs to turn left on a busy street and needs to rely on a Tesla model S to notice it and slow down, for example.
The same could be said for Uber as well. If governments would just get on top of it then it would turn out better for everyone. But everything seems to be stuck in the 80's somewhere.
I find when I sit in a dark room and wait for the world to change, then nothing happens. That is basically what your recommendation amounts to.