We have a planet overpopulated with greedy, selfish, hypocritical creatures. We can argue about band-aid solutions, but at some point we'll have to look at the real problems:
- Stop shitting out kids. We have more than enough people.
- Stop the greed. How about just having a good year like the last one, instead of demanding growth? How about real solutions, not the carbon exchange that would net trillions to greedy politicians without solving any issues (BTW, we are doing this already, since we shifted all manufacturing with all the smoke to Asia, where we don't have to see it. Didn't solve the problem, did it?)
- Stop being stupid. Denying global warming is just as moronic as denying nuclear power (yes, the exact same thing Germany now has to buy from countries like France).
- Stop being hypocritical. You can't fly around in a private jet and bitch about global warming, Al. You could do the same over skype.
Now can we stop bitching about global warming? See, it's not all bad. And don't forget the thank you card for our gas guzzling habbits! Which reminds me, gotta remote start the Humvee to grab a pizza before kickoff. Go Pats!
Resistance. In the socket. Which makes the connector overheat, start smoking and might set it on fire. Not the socket overheating. The connector. And the solution is to replace the connector, not the shitty socket that is mounted onto the wall. So you leave a crap socket in the house. That can set shit on fire. Wow dude.
You are missing the point. When Elon said that the fault was in the house wiring, he was lying. Plain and simple. He should've just skipped the lie, said we found the issue, we are recalling the connectors (he actually _DID_ say that, google it), and sent out the replacement connectors (which he also did).
"The charger connectors, which tether Tesla-issued cables to wall outlets, will be mailed out in the next two weeks, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said in an interview today. The replacements will be treated as a recall, though owners won’t be required to travel to service centers."
So it's a recall on the charger connectors. Not on the in house wiring.
The house wiring was not smoking or catching fire, it was the connectors.
So it was obviously a fault of the household wiring. But can be fixed by replacing the connectors.
Really?
You know what taking care of the customers is? Being honest. Like we are looking into it. And we found a possible issue, so we are sending a new connector. Not blaming it on the ghost in somebody else's work.
If there was a problem with in-house wiring, they would and should be fixing the issue there.
You obviosly didn't RTFA. And if you think the chargers are plugged into existing house wires, not a specially installed new circuit, now then you are just plain silly.
6.9% decline in the past quarter? I swear, when I started reading the article after this punchy headline, I was expecting 69%,
Here's the deal: computers nowadays are pretty fast, in combination with processor speeds didn't increase by much. In fact, I used to replace my laptop every year, because it was worth it for the extra speed. But my 1 year old i7 laptop is still going super strong, and an upgrade would only net a small speed increase. The only thing I would get is more battery life, but then I already get 6+ hours. Other than the compiler, not many applications take advantage of the 8 threads it can chug at the same time either.
So guess what? I'll keep it for another year.
When looked at this way, 6.9% is actually not that bad at all.
Yes, of course. But how about some real information, not just the Huffington post headlines. Like how often the human driver has to intervene? How many miles human vs auto driven? What does the human driver do? What happens in rain? Snow?
Oh yeah, sure. Perfect day for it, as we are having a light snow shower this morning, which turned the Mass pike into a parking lot. Before you start claiming unfairness, Google knows about it because it colored the I-90 the darkest red they have available. So let's commute to downtown:
Google directions: tells me to join the party on the Mass pike. It also tells me to get off at South station, which is grid locked even on a nice and sunny day. That route, at this time, would take probably an hour or more. (The alternate routes are just as bad, for example there's some construction on Route 9 in Chestnut Hills.)
So let's see if we can get there in half that time. Zoom in. See that straight line between the two points? There's even a label on it: Beacon St. Yeah. Scenic, too, right by BC. It would've been easy as that. But wait, if I put the same route into Nokia's map, I get that exact route!!! So there's light! Google should just buy Nokia! And Nokia did that with a fraction of data collected from its users (well, unless I missed the news that they started outselling Android handsets.)
Or as an alternative, Nokia could be working on a self driving car?
Why not take it a step further, and pull the paper maps out? (I hope you are not from google tech support).
Google has not only real time traffic info from all the phones, but it also has past traffic conditions for time of day, day of week, season etc...
In fact, that's what I've been waiting for all these years from all their AI geeks, all their data collection and millions poured into maps: planning a path that takes everything into consideration. It's not just about waypoints (although it sucks at that level, too).
So until then, fugg their self driving cars. Should they start selling them, I hope first they build some special roads where they can play bumper cars without hitting human drivers.
Dude! Google maps, after having collected millions and millions of data points, still can't figure out how to get me 5 miles to my destination on a sane route. Not just on my phone, but also not on google's bajillion dollar server farm. How the fugg would self driving cars tackle problems like you talking about, if we can't even calculate a route on a friggin map!
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New console's APIs are not finalized until last minute. How is this news?
What was this dude expecting? Having the APIs set in stone a year before launch on a brand new platform?
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The people he needs ot talk to, and the deals he needs ot get people to make need to come from a position the p[eople he deals with value.
And shouldn't he be using his power/influence to change that? Now _THAT_ would actually help.
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We have a planet overpopulated with greedy, selfish, hypocritical creatures. We can argue about band-aid solutions, but at some point we'll have to look at the real problems:
- Stop shitting out kids. We have more than enough people.
- Stop the greed. How about just having a good year like the last one, instead of demanding growth? How about real solutions, not the carbon exchange that would net trillions to greedy politicians without solving any issues (BTW, we are doing this already, since we shifted all manufacturing with all the smoke to Asia, where we don't have to see it. Didn't solve the problem, did it?)
- Stop being stupid. Denying global warming is just as moronic as denying nuclear power (yes, the exact same thing Germany now has to buy from countries like France).
- Stop being hypocritical. You can't fly around in a private jet and bitch about global warming, Al. You could do the same over skype.
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what moron would hook these things straight to an internet connection? in the private sector, stuff like this would get you fired on the spot.
Eat Meat or Die!
Now scientifically proven.
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Now can we stop bitching about global warming? See, it's not all bad. And don't forget the thank you card for our gas guzzling habbits! Which reminds me, gotta remote start the Humvee to grab a pizza before kickoff. Go Pats!
Resistance. In the socket. Which makes the connector overheat, start smoking and might set it on fire. Not the socket overheating. The connector. And the solution is to replace the connector, not the shitty socket that is mounted onto the wall. So you leave a crap socket in the house. That can set shit on fire. Wow dude.
You are missing the point. When Elon said that the fault was in the house wiring, he was lying. Plain and simple. He should've just skipped the lie, said we found the issue, we are recalling the connectors (he actually _DID_ say that, google it), and sent out the replacement connectors (which he also did).
Here we go again. Apple pissed about 'video distribution' that people don't pay for on iTunes.
And before you point out that it's not filed by Apple, I urge you to figure out who owns ABC and who sits on that company's board. Talk about mafia.
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"You have some shitty wiring in your walls. It can set stuff on fire! But don't worry about the shit wiring job. Here's a new flameproof connector."
Geez. Yeah. Now that should make the customer sleep easier. In his house with the shit wiring.
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Nah, I RTFA.
So please. Do tell. What in house wiring issue makes the connector, not the in-house wires, overheat?
"The charger connectors, which tether Tesla-issued cables to wall outlets, will be mailed out in the next two weeks, Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said in an interview today. The replacements will be treated as a recall, though owners won’t be required to travel to service centers."
So it's a recall on the charger connectors. Not on the in house wiring.
The house wiring was not smoking or catching fire, it was the connectors.
So it was obviously a fault of the household wiring. But can be fixed by replacing the connectors.
Really?
You know what taking care of the customers is? Being honest. Like we are looking into it. And we found a possible issue, so we are sending a new connector. Not blaming it on the ghost in somebody else's work.
If there was a problem with in-house wiring, they would and should be fixing the issue there.
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Depends which guesstimates you are reading.
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You obviosly didn't RTFA. And if you think the chargers are plugged into existing house wires, not a specially installed new circuit, now then you are just plain silly.
Two weeks ago he said that the fire was not a fault of the charger. So why would he be sending new ones out then?
6.9% decline in the past quarter? I swear, when I started reading the article after this punchy headline, I was expecting 69%,
Here's the deal: computers nowadays are pretty fast, in combination with processor speeds didn't increase by much. In fact, I used to replace my laptop every year, because it was worth it for the extra speed. But my 1 year old i7 laptop is still going super strong, and an upgrade would only net a small speed increase. The only thing I would get is more battery life, but then I already get 6+ hours. Other than the compiler, not many applications take advantage of the 8 threads it can chug at the same time either.
So guess what? I'll keep it for another year.
When looked at this way, 6.9% is actually not that bad at all.
Yes, of course. But how about some real information, not just the Huffington post headlines. Like how often the human driver has to intervene? How many miles human vs auto driven? What does the human driver do? What happens in rain? Snow?
Oh yeah, sure. Perfect day for it, as we are having a light snow shower this morning, which turned the Mass pike into a parking lot. Before you start claiming unfairness, Google knows about it because it colored the I-90 the darkest red they have available. So let's commute to downtown:
Google directions: tells me to join the party on the Mass pike. It also tells me to get off at South station, which is grid locked even on a nice and sunny day. That route, at this time, would take probably an hour or more. (The alternate routes are just as bad, for example there's some construction on Route 9 in Chestnut Hills.)
So let's see if we can get there in half that time. Zoom in. See that straight line between the two points? There's even a label on it: Beacon St. Yeah. Scenic, too, right by BC. It would've been easy as that. But wait, if I put the same route into Nokia's map, I get that exact route!!! So there's light! Google should just buy Nokia! And Nokia did that with a fraction of data collected from its users (well, unless I missed the news that they started outselling Android handsets.)
Or as an alternative, Nokia could be working on a self driving car?
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Why not take it a step further, and pull the paper maps out? (I hope you are not from google tech support).
Google has not only real time traffic info from all the phones, but it also has past traffic conditions for time of day, day of week, season etc...
In fact, that's what I've been waiting for all these years from all their AI geeks, all their data collection and millions poured into maps: planning a path that takes everything into consideration. It's not just about waypoints (although it sucks at that level, too).
So until then, fugg their self driving cars. Should they start selling them, I hope first they build some special roads where they can play bumper cars without hitting human drivers.
Yes.
Which makes it even more ridiculous.
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and obviosly none of those environments even compare to driving downtown Boston
Thanks for taking this discussion back from the pink clouds to Earth.
Dude! Google maps, after having collected millions and millions of data points, still can't figure out how to get me 5 miles to my destination on a sane route. Not just on my phone, but also not on google's bajillion dollar server farm. How the fugg would self driving cars tackle problems like you talking about, if we can't even calculate a route on a friggin map!