User: roland.c.harrison

Re: For the math impaired

On: Tesla Agrees To Settle Class Action Over Autopilot Billed As 'Safer' (reuters.com)

Except that the features were enabled shortly after so the $280 is to compensate them for not having access to them for a short period of time.

Re: AI

On: YouTube Says Computers Helped It Pull Down Millions of Objectionable Videos Last Quarter (recode.net)

If a computer can do your job then you are not doing a useful service. You need to value add and offer something a computer cannot do.

Re: Banks already have to report this

On: Coinbase: We Will Send Data On 13,000 Users To IRS (arstechnica.com)

Feel free to move to the artic and use no tax payer fundes resources.

Re:Hard Case

On: New Lawsuit Accuses Tesla of Knowingly Selling Defective Vehicles (theverge.com)

Even if this is true it doesn't prove that he was fired for reporting it. It would be very difficult to prove he was fired for any reason other than "performance reasons".

Re: Why do you even need the police car

On: Ford Patents Driverless Police Car That Ambushes Lawbreakers Using AI (washingtonpost.com)

Or you know they could just simply install a speed limiter. I guess you can't profit from that then!

Re: Not counting the cost of storage

On: Renewable Energy Set To Be Cheaper Than Fossil Fuels By 2020, Says Report (independent.co.uk)

It is very unlikely for the wind to stop blowing across the entire country at once. By using large connected grids and diversifying the types of renewable energy you are using you can minimise the amount of storage required. Not to mention solar thermal with 100% availability is becoming very competetive to coal. Once it is cheaper your point will be moot.

Re: No.

On: Can Mesh Networks Save a Dying Web? (thenextweb.com)

These guys built one that works http://www.servalproject.org/

Re: No

On: Can Mesh Networks Save a Dying Web? (thenextweb.com)

http://www.servalproject.org/ These guys wrote their own protocol to solve the problem you are discussing.

Re: Someone already built it and you can download

On: Can Mesh Networks Save a Dying Web? (thenextweb.com)

They started almost 10 years ago. 95% of the work is the back end. It is designed to be resilient and functional, not pretty. Considering they are funded entirely on donations it is very impressive.

Re: NSA doesn't approve.

On: Can Mesh Networks Save a Dying Web? (thenextweb.com)

Already has. You can download it now. http://www.servalproject.org/

Someone already built it and you can download it f

On: Can Mesh Networks Save a Dying Web? (thenextweb.com)

Someone already built it and you can download it for free. It is also open source. http://www.servalproject.org/