*not cheap*... Sounds like a roadblock for main stream EV use. How long before transmitting the power for them gets too expensive? Right now people are setting them up at their shops because it is fashionable and gets media attention; but how long before supply becomes a problem.
The thing is, there are a lot of people in need around where the dams are. So if run properly, labor supply shouldn't be a problem. Unfortunately that doesn't seem to have been done yet. Also, necessity yields invention.
1. Could have sworn I have read otherwise, but I'm too lazy to look it up
2. We have had dams in our province that have been in operation for over thirty years.. Are they digging them out frequently in order to keep them operational? I have never heard of this.
3. We have plenty of deer. I'm sure hunting is a far greater threat to wildlife populations and we don't let that stop us.
Modern cars don't take long to get oil to the top of the engine. It has been well documented recently that you don't really need to warm up vehicles any more.
So they drill into the walls in order to determine what kind of studs were used in construction, and what kind of insulation was used, etc? Inspectors can only inspect what is externally visible. You could buy a house made of 2x2s and never know it. That's the worst system ever.
I'm not sure what you mean by no true AI.. It will be true AI when it feels human. So far we can do bits and pieces but haven't achieved it yet because either hardware is not powerful enough or people are not smart enough to design it, or a system just can't think like a human. We have been underestimating how hard true AI is since the 60's.
We computer folk are overexcited about the AI that wins at 'Go' because we know it uses a neural network, which is modeled after the brain, so it must be AI. It's going to take a lot more to win over the general public. As incredible as this AI seems to us, it is no where near to something that feels human; it still just feels like a complex calculation. Go doesn't even involve human psychology, it's all cognitive.
A better test of AI would be a game of poker, where the system's parameters are human rules such as no card counting; something which a computer is obviously very easily able to do. The system would have to actually detect tells, and understand whether a player is bluffing or not, coming to understand their personality and tendencies. That would be AI I think.
Or maybe it's just because all AI we have seen so far is blatantly superficial. To the general public, AI is a lot more then just winning at a game like 'Go', which doesn't even incorporate human psychology as an aspect of play.
I know how an ICE works, thank you very much. The only belt in an ICE that is critical for the engine function is the timing belt. They're made to last the life of the engine for the most part, sometimes a timing chain is used for heavy duty applications which will never go except under extreme stress. At one time you had to watch the belt for the water pump but now I believe they are electric. As for the belts for the alternator, power steering pump, power brakes, and air conditioning compressor, if they go so what? Personally I've never had one go on me in a car newer than 1980 but if they do they're pretty simple to replace. It can be done in the driveway or an hour at the shop.
Solder joints in electric components are very sensitive to temperature changes over years. I had a car with some accessory lights that only worked in the summer. Fortunately I still had a warranty, they had to replace a module under the dashboard and when all was said and done it was a $5000 job. As cars become increasingly electronics dependent I very much worry about what is to come.
Blatantly false. When was the last time you bought even a toaster that wasn't made to a certain safety standard? They have to be grounded, they have to have a certain amount of protection around the elements. Houses have to be built to code, drugs are tested before going on the market.
My idea of freedom is different than yours. To me, freedom is being able to buy anything offered on the market without having to be concerned it will kill me.
Can't say I've ever had to replace a belt. Sure you have to take it in for an oil change twice a year. Give these electric cars ten years and wait until soldering joints start to crack in the electronics.
1) We should be adamantly fighting any shift to proprietary lock-in a la Apple. That's just stupid because eventually you need the number of gas stations there are now times the number of vehicle automakers in order to come close to the same convenience.
2) So driving straight through and eating on the road is a thing of the past I guess? Sad.
I didn't realize that they were that programmable.. But while we're on the topic, I'm never worried the actual power train on my car will fail. What I am worried about is if the electronics fail. I understand that the actual electric engine is more durable, but if one of those programmable modules bite the dust I sure hope they are a lot more serviceable then they are in my ICE because then you might as well trash the vehicle in some cases.
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*not cheap*... Sounds like a roadblock for main stream EV use. How long before transmitting the power for them gets too expensive? Right now people are setting them up at their shops because it is fashionable and gets media attention; but how long before supply becomes a problem.
The thing is, there are a lot of people in need around where the dams are. So if run properly, labor supply shouldn't be a problem. Unfortunately that doesn't seem to have been done yet. Also, necessity yields invention.
1. Could have sworn I have read otherwise, but I'm too lazy to look it up
2. We have had dams in our province that have been in operation for over thirty years.. Are they digging them out frequently in order to keep them operational? I have never heard of this.
3. We have plenty of deer. I'm sure hunting is a far greater threat to wildlife populations and we don't let that stop us.
Sure, but that's a problem that needs a solution quick as EVs become more popular.
Modern cars don't take long to get oil to the top of the engine. It has been well documented recently that you don't really need to warm up vehicles any more.
We have more hydroelectricty than we can use... Does this not qualify as renewable energy?
So they drill into the walls in order to determine what kind of studs were used in construction, and what kind of insulation was used, etc? Inspectors can only inspect what is externally visible. You could buy a house made of 2x2s and never know it. That's the worst system ever.
I'm not sure what you mean by no true AI.. It will be true AI when it feels human. So far we can do bits and pieces but haven't achieved it yet because either hardware is not powerful enough or people are not smart enough to design it, or a system just can't think like a human. We have been underestimating how hard true AI is since the 60's.
Apologies.. Killing nohup'd processes is so undeniably stupid I read the summary wrong.
That's what background commands are for. man nohup
Or CTRL-Z / bg / disown if you forgot the nohup &
Meh, still not that impressive.
We computer folk are overexcited about the AI that wins at 'Go' because we know it uses a neural network, which is modeled after the brain, so it must be AI. It's going to take a lot more to win over the general public. As incredible as this AI seems to us, it is no where near to something that feels human; it still just feels like a complex calculation. Go doesn't even involve human psychology, it's all cognitive.
A better test of AI would be a game of poker, where the system's parameters are human rules such as no card counting; something which a computer is obviously very easily able to do. The system would have to actually detect tells, and understand whether a player is bluffing or not, coming to understand their personality and tendencies. That would be AI I think.
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Or maybe it's just because all AI we have seen so far is blatantly superficial. To the general public, AI is a lot more then just winning at a game like 'Go', which doesn't even incorporate human psychology as an aspect of play.
While reading your comment I decided I like triangles.
So when people buy houses how do they know whether they will be standing in 5 years?
tit for tat.. All the toasters in my country are grounded. Whatever the requirements are where you are from, the fact is that they are there.
This is no different then people getting their dietary requirements from fast food restaurants.
I know how an ICE works, thank you very much. The only belt in an ICE that is critical for the engine function is the timing belt. They're made to last the life of the engine for the most part, sometimes a timing chain is used for heavy duty applications which will never go except under extreme stress. At one time you had to watch the belt for the water pump but now I believe they are electric. As for the belts for the alternator, power steering pump, power brakes, and air conditioning compressor, if they go so what? Personally I've never had one go on me in a car newer than 1980 but if they do they're pretty simple to replace. It can be done in the driveway or an hour at the shop.
Solder joints in electric components are very sensitive to temperature changes over years. I had a car with some accessory lights that only worked in the summer. Fortunately I still had a warranty, they had to replace a module under the dashboard and when all was said and done it was a $5000 job. As cars become increasingly electronics dependent I very much worry about what is to come.
Never happened.
Blatantly false. When was the last time you bought even a toaster that wasn't made to a certain safety standard? They have to be grounded, they have to have a certain amount of protection around the elements. Houses have to be built to code, drugs are tested before going on the market.
My idea of freedom is different than yours. To me, freedom is being able to buy anything offered on the market without having to be concerned it will kill me.
My city has three. With nothing outside the city.
Can't say I've ever had to replace a belt. Sure you have to take it in for an oil change twice a year. Give these electric cars ten years and wait until soldering joints start to crack in the electronics.
Two things to say:
1) We should be adamantly fighting any shift to proprietary lock-in a la Apple. That's just stupid because eventually you need the number of gas stations there are now times the number of vehicle automakers in order to come close to the same convenience.
2) So driving straight through and eating on the road is a thing of the past I guess? Sad.
I didn't realize that they were that programmable.. But while we're on the topic, I'm never worried the actual power train on my car will fail. What I am worried about is if the electronics fail. I understand that the actual electric engine is more durable, but if one of those programmable modules bite the dust I sure hope they are a lot more serviceable then they are in my ICE because then you might as well trash the vehicle in some cases.