It boggles my mind that random nutjobs on slashdot keep thinking that they've come up with some corner case that the people who develop autonomous driving technology - who work on this very subject as their career - have never bothered to think about.
Personally, I still think that LIDAR is inherently superior to video cameras for this task
I think that Tesla's approach of combining RADAR and cameras is both technically superior and less expensive than LIDAR. RADAR can work in many weather situations that render LIDAR useless. And RADAR's ability to bounce off the road surface allows the vehicle to see past the car directly in front of it.
Mars would get instant global warming, and all the iron they need to establish an industry. You'd probably just have to wait several thousand years for the planet to turn solid enough again before sending people.
The difference is that a weak signal is very fuzzy and annoying in analog, but still crystal clear in digital UNTIL you hit a very low threshold where the digital becomes impossible to watch.
I'm quite impressed by how weak of a digital signal still results in a perfectly watchable video.
I went on Chevy's website, and configured a Bolt exactly the way I want it. I got all the way to the end... and there was no "BUY" button! WTF? How are they able to sell these when they forgot to even put a BUY button on their website?
Google needs to start working with vendors in the markets that use these lower end phones to make secure and reliable hardware. If there are a couple vendors making reliable phones for the ultra low end, with Googles official support and endorsement, it could go a long way in killing the market for these sorts of devices and win them a lot of favor in places where they might not be so highly regarded.
Google created Android One as an attempt to do exactly this. But people who sell phones that are subsidized by malware creators are able to sell those phones for even less. Go figure.
... and then go on to build a base on the Moon - and dare we hope, on to Mars? They have taken the lead, simple as that, and the rest of the world will follow.
They're slightly ahead of SpaceX in the heavy-launch department, but they're behind in reusability and cost. As long as Musk doesn't meet an early demise, I believe that SpaceX will easily win the race to Mars.
Honda could simply switch to using an AC induction motor, like Tesla.
Not only doesn't it have any rare-earth magnets - it doesn't have magnets at all!
Hell, GE switched to using AC induction motors in their diesel-electric locomotives back in the 1990s. Get with the program, Honda!
The first step will be to add AI to existing fighter jets. Once you've proven that an AI is better than a human pilot in current aircraft, then you'll begin to see fighter drones being developed to take advantage of not carrying meatbags along.
I think this "straddling bus" concept might be less expensive and easier to maintain than a monorail or other elevated platform system. You don't need miles upon miles of infrastructure - just regular old rails. So refurbishment of the track should be easier and less expensive.
The busses themselves will be more expensive and more of a pain to work on - you'll need a big garage to house them. And crashing one of these could end up being a lot more catastrophic, since taking out a leg would cause it to fall.
I think that these are the situations were I would condone pointing a laser at a flying object. If it ruins the video camera on the drone, then the peeping tom will learn to be a little more careful about where he peeps.
I would imagine that they're thinking about using some old television broadcast spectrum. It's able to travel long distances and penetrate walls. The FCC’s upcoming broadcast-TV spectrum auction
No, because unlike electric cars those LCD monitors didn't require new support infrastructure. To be the same your computer would have needed an entirely new video port (LCDs can work off of good ol' VGA like a CRT)
LCD's did introduce a new video port standard. It was called DVI.
But to complete your analogy, there are these vehicles called "plug-in hybrids". Think of these as LCD monitors with old-fashioned VGA inputs. It's a transition vehicle that can use both old & new infrastructure. But in the end, VGA died in favor of digital-only inputs for LCD monitors.
and your house/office would have had to be re-wired with a new high-amperage circuit in order to support the monitor.
Most homes already have electricity running to them. Most have 240v service even. It doesn't take much to add an EVSE to allow charging at home. Adding another circuit to your breaker panel doesn't require taking out a home improvement loan.
Why bother, when this problem could be resolved by the free market. I mean, who'd want to buy a power supply that constantly drains power even when it's off?
Because people don't buy power supplies. They buy a phone. Or an answering matchine. Or a router. Or a Roku. Or a printer. They don't care about the wall wart that powers the thing.
I can understand how a software update to lower emissions would result in less power. But I can't imagine how making an engine less efficient would do so. If that fuel isn't being burned completely to produce power, then it's going to be emitted.
They didn't drill into a natural stockpile. They were pumping processed NG into old, empty oil wells for storage. That's why there's an odor - natural gas with no additives does not produce an odor.
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I love where this is going.
It boggles my mind that random nutjobs on slashdot keep thinking that they've come up with some corner case that the people who develop autonomous driving technology - who work on this very subject as their career - have never bothered to think about.
I think that Tesla's approach of combining RADAR and cameras is both technically superior and less expensive than LIDAR. RADAR can work in many weather situations that render LIDAR useless. And RADAR's ability to bounce off the road surface allows the vehicle to see past the car directly in front of it.
Mars would get instant global warming, and all the iron they need to establish an industry. You'd probably just have to wait several thousand years for the planet to turn solid enough again before sending people.
The difference is that a weak signal is very fuzzy and annoying in analog, but still crystal clear in digital UNTIL you hit a very low threshold where the digital becomes impossible to watch.
I'm quite impressed by how weak of a digital signal still results in a perfectly watchable video.
I went on Chevy's website, and configured a Bolt exactly the way I want it. I got all the way to the end... and there was no "BUY" button! WTF? How are they able to sell these when they forgot to even put a BUY button on their website?
LOL.
But, it's not its. It's it's.
Google needs to start working with vendors in the markets that use these lower end phones to make secure and reliable hardware. If there are a couple vendors making reliable phones for the ultra low end, with Googles official support and endorsement, it could go a long way in killing the market for these sorts of devices and win them a lot of favor in places where they might not be so highly regarded.
Google created Android One as an attempt to do exactly this. But people who sell phones that are subsidized by malware creators are able to sell those phones for even less. Go figure.
The states have now been gerrymandered. Oh dear, that was funny.
I KNEW IT!
Silly America. One day they'll learn
Friday a group of protesters picketed Amazon's warehouse in Dunfermline, Scotland
How did all of those silly Americans get to Scotland?
If you're implying that more members of congress should be in prison... then I agree.
They're slightly ahead of SpaceX in the heavy-launch department, but they're behind in reusability and cost. As long as Musk doesn't meet an early demise, I believe that SpaceX will easily win the race to Mars.
Here's a video from Tesla showing the damage caused to various roof tiles from dropping a kettle bell on them.
That's only an issue on CDMA networks (Sprint/Verizon). You can surf and talk simultaneously just fine on T-Mobile and AT&T.
Honda could simply switch to using an AC induction motor, like Tesla. Not only doesn't it have any rare-earth magnets - it doesn't have magnets at all!
Hell, GE switched to using AC induction motors in their diesel-electric locomotives back in the 1990s. Get with the program, Honda!
The first step will be to add AI to existing fighter jets. Once you've proven that an AI is better than a human pilot in current aircraft, then you'll begin to see fighter drones being developed to take advantage of not carrying meatbags along.
I think this "straddling bus" concept might be less expensive and easier to maintain than a monorail or other elevated platform system. You don't need miles upon miles of infrastructure - just regular old rails. So refurbishment of the track should be easier and less expensive.
The busses themselves will be more expensive and more of a pain to work on - you'll need a big garage to house them. And crashing one of these could end up being a lot more catastrophic, since taking out a leg would cause it to fall.
I think that these are the situations were I would condone pointing a laser at a flying object. If it ruins the video camera on the drone, then the peeping tom will learn to be a little more careful about where he peeps.
I would imagine that they're thinking about using some old television broadcast spectrum. It's able to travel long distances and penetrate walls.
The FCC’s upcoming broadcast-TV spectrum auction
LCD's did introduce a new video port standard. It was called DVI.
But to complete your analogy, there are these vehicles called "plug-in hybrids". Think of these as LCD monitors with old-fashioned VGA inputs. It's a transition vehicle that can use both old & new infrastructure. But in the end, VGA died in favor of digital-only inputs for LCD monitors.
Most homes already have electricity running to them. Most have 240v service even. It doesn't take much to add an EVSE to allow charging at home. Adding another circuit to your breaker panel doesn't require taking out a home improvement loan.
Because people don't buy power supplies. They buy a phone. Or an answering matchine. Or a router. Or a Roku. Or a printer. They don't care about the wall wart that powers the thing.
So, WTF is docker? I thought docker was some Apple UI concept, but I have no idea what it is in Linux.
GAH!
Case in point
I can understand how a software update to lower emissions would result in less power. But I can't imagine how making an engine less efficient would do so. If that fuel isn't being burned completely to produce power, then it's going to be emitted.
They didn't drill into a natural stockpile. They were pumping processed NG into old, empty oil wells for storage. That's why there's an odor - natural gas with no additives does not produce an odor.