If you don't think those things increase your quality of life - go live in a slum for a month. Live in a house with no AC, and sit in front of a fan while you are home. Or wear 2 extra layers of clothes since the single-pane windows don't keep heat in.
We are the most spoiled society in the history of the planet - and a lot of people think they have it hard. Go live with a poor family in Appalachia, or the South, or on a Reservation if you want to find out how good you actually have it. Although, in an ironic twist, a lot of those folks may be happier than you because they are actually happy for the things they have since they don't take everything for granted.
Neither of my grandparents had a college degree. But they raised three children and had a house with a large yard before they retired.
Of course, that house probably had a black and white TV, and didn't have a microwave, had a wired telephone, and had a shelf with an encyclopedia (and a huge stack of National Geographic magazines) instead of access to a large chunk of human knowledge in a hand-held device. The house probably only had 1 bathroom, and the "master bedroom" probably fit a queen bed, but not much else. Plus, no walk-in closets. Oh, and they probably opened windows and had a fan when it got too hot.
Maybe she was depressed because she had lousy friends who would dish out boatloads of sanctimonious advice when they should have just shut up and listened with caring and compassion.:)
Or, maybe, she doesn't have an actual physical problem and is just in a constant "down mood" because of being constantly told things are hard, and there is no hope left in the world. I will leave the actual determination to medical professional - and not someone on the Internet who has a default of "It's not you - it's a medical condition!".
Why would a safety driver take control if a crash was not to happen?
Flat tire
Situation where there is no legal decision - ex. Having to cross the center line to go around an accident
Poor/conflicting markings - ex. through a construction zone where they are moving lanes or just returned the lanes to "normal" operation and the paint hasn't worn off yet
Animals or a crowd of people on the road
A situation where it decides it needs to pull over and stop unless the driver takes over
Which makes no sense - even using Tesla's numbers.
With 450k orders, and only 30k cars delivered, that means it is 42 weeks to deliver their current orders even if they hit 10k cars per week - which is the final goal for production, and not where they are at now.
So, what it says to me is, "We will ignore the customers who have already waited 2 years; as long as you are willing to buy a vehicle which will give us a greater margin."
Of course, it will also help lift their stock price just as they are requiring more funding.
Except there are plenty of buildings where a restricted area is next to a public space. For example, a building on a college campus. Plenty of restricted labs, but the buildings and hallways are all open. This also holds true for buildings where a different company leases each floor. I can listen in from my own, leased space and not have to break-in anywhere.
My exams were on paper - and my data structures course was also open book, open note.
The professor wanted open book, open note because it let him ask more interesting questions. He wanted to have the exam in the lab so he could ask questions that were even MORE interesting; however, there wasn't a lab big enough where everyone could take the exam at the same time. (I think this is better than having people take it remotely as it helps prevent cheating.)
Also, exact syntax mattered on our exams. Which didn't make things harder - it just made you a LOT more careful about what you put down. If you wanted to write pseudocode, you could take an algorithms class.
Every airline I've ever flown already does this. Parents with kids get to board before anyone else, including first class.
Southwest boards families between their "A" and "B" groups.
The overall order of boarding is: Preboards (wheelchairs, etc.); "A"; Families (A single parent and children under 6, I believe) and A-List members who didn't get an "A" on their boarding pass; "B"; then "C".
There are 60 people in the "A" and "B" categories.
Some of those need to be licensed for reasons you aren't aware of.
Decorate a house: Since some design elements are expected to hold loads, or not fall down on people, they need to know enough to design "safe" decorations.
Sell caskets: States have a lot of rules when it comes to putting bodies in the ground. A casket needs to be sturdy enough that it won't be crushed when you put 6 feet of dirt on it, or rot when you expose it to years of damp soil and insects.
Upholster furniture: There are fire codes that have to be followed when you upholster/stuff furniture. The reason you can't "remove the tag" from furniture/mattresses is to let you know what it is filled/covered with.
While I didn't hit all of the items in the list, there might be a variety of reasons they need licensing - but I'm not aware of them. I just hit the ones where I did know something.
So that anyone on call can take over the job of alert/test that shift?
Most likely.
Having a readily posted password isn't a problem - depending on how you balance your risk. For example, is it worse if people in the control room (or the world who doesn't have access to the control room) knows the password; or if WHILE RIDICULOUSLY STRESSED THAT AN ICBM IS HEADING FOR YOU (caps since it would be REALLY stressful) you can't remember the password to tell everyone about to seek shelter from a nuclear weapon that is already on its way?
Now imagine a city full of houses and realise that you do not need to make your house secure, just secure enough that it is not worth the effort to break into, and they will try and break into your neighbours houses instead...
While a good analogy, the problem is the bad guys can write a script that will check 100k homes for the unlocked window. They don't need to limit themselves to a few houses - they check them all. So, in the end, it still comes down to you missing one "easy" attack vector, and you are just as burned as the person who has terrible security.
Want to learn to program? Start with C. You can expand to whatever you want after that, but you have to master C first.
I used to say this a lot; however, I was given an analogy that made me change my mind. When we teach people to drive, we don't make them learn on snow and ice. So why should we make them do that with programming?
So, after reevaluating, I decided we should throw out the "Programming 1 & 2" paradigm that so many schools use. Instead, I would like to see:
Programming 1 (in Java or Python): Focuses on logic, syntax, and simple control statements (if, while, etc.)
Programming 2 (in C or C++): Focuses on what was happening "under the hood" in Programming 1, and starts getting into data structures
Programming 3 (still C or C++): Heavy data structures with an introduction to algorithms. This is where they start learning a bit of architecture, compiler theory, and details on how things work. This is not meant to replace an architecture/compiler/etc. class - but to give the foundation so those classes make sense from day 1.
Yes, this means it adds another full class to an undergraduate program, but it also means that capable, interested students don't get blown out of the water because they don't have the background - or are just bad at classwork. It also makes sure that a student does need to understand the details to obtain their Bachelor's degree.
People who have a knack for sales aren't everyone but they aren't uncommon like those with the raw capacity to learn to be talented in STEM.
I think your bias is showing through. A good sales person is RARE and not only doesn't make the process painful, but makes it ENJOYABLE. In fact, they make it so enjoyable, and make you feel like you got such a good deal, that you look forward to going back - sooner than planned.
1) You use a counterfeit filter that filters out the visible spectrum, but not enough of the UV or IR. This removes the blink/look away reflex, but still causes damage.
2) You look through anything magnified without proper solar shielding during totality and don't stop looking before it ends. So, that 1 second of magnified sun causes permanent damage before you can look away.
There have also been people who consciously "override" their reflex because they want to see it; or who look, look away, and then look back right away. However, my understanding is that this is very rare, and there have only been a few people who have ever been reported having this issue.
From NPR: "I've seen a couple of patients over the years where, you know, you've got very distinct crescent-shaped scars from looking at a solar eclipse," says Chou.
The arms are interchangeable and are used for weapon selection. The battle will be hand-to-hand as stated multiple times in their videos and press releases.
Full disclosure: I am a backer.
P.S. - The robot, and its weapons are VERY impressive in person. The claw arm is actually for logging, and the "chainsaw" arm is a trencher. They are the only things big enough for a giant robot.
You have an unstated assumption... that Tesla will remain the only player in the market. When Volvo, Chevy, BMW, VW, Toyota, etc. decide to jump in, the market will get crowded - quickly.
Plus, all of those companies have established service centers and training programs for after-purchase issues. I don't think Tesla will go away, but they aren't going to be an unstoppable juggernaut with a license to print money.
Except, in your steam locomotive example, if you don't have the tools, the locomotive just sits there. In the gun example, you will be dead.
However, this debate is missing an important aspect... if no one ever fights back, the criminals will take over. At a critical mass, law enforcement can't keep up with the crime, and it will just get worse.
I voted for Trump because I believe he was, and is, better for the United States than Hillary would have been.
I think we should strengthen our borders. There is a huge cost associated with illegal immigration, and someone ends up paying for it. We currently have 11 million illegal immigrants in the US - and will pay for their medical care and for the children to go to school. While some of them pay taxes - with their stolen identifies, many do not - so they aren't paying into the system.
Democrats wanted "free college for everyone". Well, it isn't free - and I don't want to pay part of the bill. I am paying off my own student debt, and don't want to pay for someone else to go through my taxes.
I like the Constitution, and feel the Second Amendment is just as important as any other. I don't care if everyone gets together and changes it; but, until then, it is a right. No, we don't have to be stupid about it - and you can lose your rights - but we can't just water it down because, you know, guns are scary.
There are a bunch of different reasons, but I'm not going to completely rehash what is all over the Internet. You may not agree with all the reasons, but that doesn't mean they aren't valid.
As for the Electoral College - it is actually fairly similar to how Canada, and other parliament-based democracies, selects their Prime Minister. That is based on how many seats you have in Parliament - and not how much you won those seats by. So, we can imagine a party winning 49% of the seats by a margin of 99-1. However, even if the other party (and, yes, I know there is more than 2 parties - but I am keeping things simple) wins the remaining 51% by a margin of 55-45, they form the new government.
Here is a counter example to your argument... Humans are here. Therefore, at least at some point in our past, we survived without technology.
Or, are you arguing from the absurd point that we are complete simpletons that can't know we are able to eat other animals or plants? Or we can't figure out we can use rocks and stick to hit things? Or we are unable to emulate a hermit crab which uses shells from the environment as protection?
If that is the case, then sure - I agree with you. However, I will also point out that it is a ridiculous assumption since even creatures with brains the size of a grain of rice can figure that stuff out.
You are under the mistaken impression that unaided humans can live on Earth. This is not true. There is nowhere on this planet that I could drop you, sans technology (remember; clothing is technology) or any knowledge of the local environment, and reasonably expect you to still be alive in a few months. The only way humans can survive anywhere on Earth is through the application of specialized knowledge and tools.
Then you almost immediately walk back your argument with:
There are some regions where the tools and knowledge required are fairly minimal, where temperature swings are mild, food is easy to identify and obtain, and there aren't too many dangerous plants or animals. But much of the human population today lives in regions where the required tooling and knowledge for survival is quite extensive.
Well, of course we can't support our current population without technology - we needed the technology BEFORE we could grow our population to its current state.
However, that has nothing to do with your initial claim that humans can't manage to live anywhere on Earth without some kind of initial technology. What you really mean is, "There isn't space on Earth where 7 billion people can live without advanced technology."
A normal car is idle 95% of the time, so a ride-share car that is idle on 50% of the time, can replace 10 normal cars.
You assume an even distribution of use. However, 99% of cars are idle at 3:30am; but only a small percentage are idle during rush hour.
The only way that will change is if we have a massive shift in how people live, work, and socialize. However, even then, most people will be active during the day - and at home at night. Which will still skew the demand curves.
Now, no one is going to perform an OS upgrade on an existing MRI of course.
You lack imagination!
Imagine Component A breaks on the system. Now, imagine Component A has been retired for a decade, but you can replace it with Component B. Of course, the drivers for Component B don't work on anything but Windows 7.
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If you don't think those things increase your quality of life - go live in a slum for a month. Live in a house with no AC, and sit in front of a fan while you are home. Or wear 2 extra layers of clothes since the single-pane windows don't keep heat in.
We are the most spoiled society in the history of the planet - and a lot of people think they have it hard. Go live with a poor family in Appalachia, or the South, or on a Reservation if you want to find out how good you actually have it. Although, in an ironic twist, a lot of those folks may be happier than you because they are actually happy for the things they have since they don't take everything for granted.
Neither of my grandparents had a college degree. But they raised three children and had a house with a large yard before they retired.
Of course, that house probably had a black and white TV, and didn't have a microwave, had a wired telephone, and had a shelf with an encyclopedia (and a huge stack of National Geographic magazines) instead of access to a large chunk of human knowledge in a hand-held device. The house probably only had 1 bathroom, and the "master bedroom" probably fit a queen bed, but not much else. Plus, no walk-in closets. Oh, and they probably opened windows and had a fan when it got too hot.
Maybe she was depressed because she had lousy friends who would dish out boatloads of sanctimonious advice when they should have just shut up and listened with caring and compassion. :)
Or, maybe, she doesn't have an actual physical problem and is just in a constant "down mood" because of being constantly told things are hard, and there is no hope left in the world. I will leave the actual determination to medical professional - and not someone on the Internet who has a default of "It's not you - it's a medical condition!".
Why would a safety driver take control if a crash was not to happen?
Flat tire
Situation where there is no legal decision - ex. Having to cross the center line to go around an accident
Poor/conflicting markings - ex. through a construction zone where they are moving lanes or just returned the lanes to "normal" operation and the paint hasn't worn off yet
Animals or a crowd of people on the road
A situation where it decides it needs to pull over and stop unless the driver takes over
Hail messing with the lidar sensor
Those are the ones off the top of my head.
Which makes no sense - even using Tesla's numbers.
With 450k orders, and only 30k cars delivered, that means it is 42 weeks to deliver their current orders even if they hit 10k cars per week - which is the final goal for production, and not where they are at now.
So, what it says to me is, "We will ignore the customers who have already waited 2 years; as long as you are willing to buy a vehicle which will give us a greater margin."
Of course, it will also help lift their stock price just as they are requiring more funding.
Except there are plenty of buildings where a restricted area is next to a public space. For example, a building on a college campus. Plenty of restricted labs, but the buildings and hallways are all open. This also holds true for buildings where a different company leases each floor. I can listen in from my own, leased space and not have to break-in anywhere.
My exams were on paper - and my data structures course was also open book, open note.
The professor wanted open book, open note because it let him ask more interesting questions. He wanted to have the exam in the lab so he could ask questions that were even MORE interesting; however, there wasn't a lab big enough where everyone could take the exam at the same time. (I think this is better than having people take it remotely as it helps prevent cheating.)
Also, exact syntax mattered on our exams. Which didn't make things harder - it just made you a LOT more careful about what you put down. If you wanted to write pseudocode, you could take an algorithms class.
Every airline I've ever flown already does this. Parents with kids get to board before anyone else, including first class.
Southwest boards families between their "A" and "B" groups.
The overall order of boarding is: Preboards (wheelchairs, etc.); "A"; Families (A single parent and children under 6, I believe) and A-List members who didn't get an "A" on their boarding pass; "B"; then "C".
There are 60 people in the "A" and "B" categories.
Some of those need to be licensed for reasons you aren't aware of.
Decorate a house: Since some design elements are expected to hold loads, or not fall down on people, they need to know enough to design "safe" decorations.
Sell caskets: States have a lot of rules when it comes to putting bodies in the ground. A casket needs to be sturdy enough that it won't be crushed when you put 6 feet of dirt on it, or rot when you expose it to years of damp soil and insects.
Upholster furniture: There are fire codes that have to be followed when you upholster/stuff furniture. The reason you can't "remove the tag" from furniture/mattresses is to let you know what it is filled/covered with.
While I didn't hit all of the items in the list, there might be a variety of reasons they need licensing - but I'm not aware of them. I just hit the ones where I did know something.
So that anyone on call can take over the job of alert/test that shift?
Most likely.
Having a readily posted password isn't a problem - depending on how you balance your risk. For example, is it worse if people in the control room (or the world who doesn't have access to the control room) knows the password; or if WHILE RIDICULOUSLY STRESSED THAT AN ICBM IS HEADING FOR YOU (caps since it would be REALLY stressful) you can't remember the password to tell everyone about to seek shelter from a nuclear weapon that is already on its way?
Now imagine a city full of houses and realise that you do not need to make your house secure, just secure enough that it is not worth the effort to break into, and they will try and break into your neighbours houses instead ...
While a good analogy, the problem is the bad guys can write a script that will check 100k homes for the unlocked window. They don't need to limit themselves to a few houses - they check them all. So, in the end, it still comes down to you missing one "easy" attack vector, and you are just as burned as the person who has terrible security.
Most baby-boomers are around 65-70 right now. They will be dead by 2029.
That will only make them 77-82 which is hardly out of line for still being alive.
Want to learn to program? Start with C. You can expand to whatever you want after that, but you have to master C first.
I used to say this a lot; however, I was given an analogy that made me change my mind. When we teach people to drive, we don't make them learn on snow and ice. So why should we make them do that with programming?
So, after reevaluating, I decided we should throw out the "Programming 1 & 2" paradigm that so many schools use. Instead, I would like to see:
Programming 1 (in Java or Python): Focuses on logic, syntax, and simple control statements (if, while, etc.)
Programming 2 (in C or C++): Focuses on what was happening "under the hood" in Programming 1, and starts getting into data structures
Programming 3 (still C or C++): Heavy data structures with an introduction to algorithms. This is where they start learning a bit of architecture, compiler theory, and details on how things work. This is not meant to replace an architecture/compiler/etc. class - but to give the foundation so those classes make sense from day 1.
Yes, this means it adds another full class to an undergraduate program, but it also means that capable, interested students don't get blown out of the water because they don't have the background - or are just bad at classwork. It also makes sure that a student does need to understand the details to obtain their Bachelor's degree.
People who have a knack for sales aren't everyone but they aren't uncommon like those with the raw capacity to learn to be talented in STEM.
I think your bias is showing through. A good sales person is RARE and not only doesn't make the process painful, but makes it ENJOYABLE. In fact, they make it so enjoyable, and make you feel like you got such a good deal, that you look forward to going back - sooner than planned.
Or a family member, significant other, or roommate who will unlock your phone while you sleep and/or are passed out.
There are 2 major risks that I'm aware of...
1) You use a counterfeit filter that filters out the visible spectrum, but not enough of the UV or IR. This removes the blink/look away reflex, but still causes damage.
2) You look through anything magnified without proper solar shielding during totality and don't stop looking before it ends. So, that 1 second of magnified sun causes permanent damage before you can look away.
There have also been people who consciously "override" their reflex because they want to see it; or who look, look away, and then look back right away. However, my understanding is that this is very rare, and there have only been a few people who have ever been reported having this issue.
From NPR: "I've seen a couple of patients over the years where, you know, you've got very distinct crescent-shaped scars from looking at a solar eclipse," says Chou.
I PLAN TO LIVE FOREVER ! And the best part is: SO FAR IT'S WORKING !
That sounds horrible! I mean, unless you also solved the "stay young forever" part - then it could be pretty cool.
The arms are interchangeable and are used for weapon selection. The battle will be hand-to-hand as stated multiple times in their videos and press releases.
Full disclosure: I am a backer.
P.S. - The robot, and its weapons are VERY impressive in person. The claw arm is actually for logging, and the "chainsaw" arm is a trencher. They are the only things big enough for a giant robot.
You have an unstated assumption... that Tesla will remain the only player in the market. When Volvo, Chevy, BMW, VW, Toyota, etc. decide to jump in, the market will get crowded - quickly.
Plus, all of those companies have established service centers and training programs for after-purchase issues. I don't think Tesla will go away, but they aren't going to be an unstoppable juggernaut with a license to print money.
Except, in your steam locomotive example, if you don't have the tools, the locomotive just sits there. In the gun example, you will be dead.
However, this debate is missing an important aspect... if no one ever fights back, the criminals will take over. At a critical mass, law enforcement can't keep up with the crime, and it will just get worse.
Okay - I'll bite...
I voted for Trump because I believe he was, and is, better for the United States than Hillary would have been.
I think we should strengthen our borders. There is a huge cost associated with illegal immigration, and someone ends up paying for it. We currently have 11 million illegal immigrants in the US - and will pay for their medical care and for the children to go to school. While some of them pay taxes - with their stolen identifies, many do not - so they aren't paying into the system.
Democrats wanted "free college for everyone". Well, it isn't free - and I don't want to pay part of the bill. I am paying off my own student debt, and don't want to pay for someone else to go through my taxes.
I like the Constitution, and feel the Second Amendment is just as important as any other. I don't care if everyone gets together and changes it; but, until then, it is a right. No, we don't have to be stupid about it - and you can lose your rights - but we can't just water it down because, you know, guns are scary.
There are a bunch of different reasons, but I'm not going to completely rehash what is all over the Internet. You may not agree with all the reasons, but that doesn't mean they aren't valid.
As for the Electoral College - it is actually fairly similar to how Canada, and other parliament-based democracies, selects their Prime Minister. That is based on how many seats you have in Parliament - and not how much you won those seats by. So, we can imagine a party winning 49% of the seats by a margin of 99-1. However, even if the other party (and, yes, I know there is more than 2 parties - but I am keeping things simple) wins the remaining 51% by a margin of 55-45, they form the new government.
You are wrong.
Here is a counter example to your argument... Humans are here. Therefore, at least at some point in our past, we survived without technology.
Or, are you arguing from the absurd point that we are complete simpletons that can't know we are able to eat other animals or plants? Or we can't figure out we can use rocks and stick to hit things? Or we are unable to emulate a hermit crab which uses shells from the environment as protection?
If that is the case, then sure - I agree with you. However, I will also point out that it is a ridiculous assumption since even creatures with brains the size of a grain of rice can figure that stuff out.
You contradict yourself. First you say:
You are under the mistaken impression that unaided humans can live on Earth. This is not true. There is nowhere on this planet that I could drop you, sans technology (remember; clothing is technology) or any knowledge of the local environment, and reasonably expect you to still be alive in a few months. The only way humans can survive anywhere on Earth is through the application of specialized knowledge and tools.
Then you almost immediately walk back your argument with:
There are some regions where the tools and knowledge required are fairly minimal, where temperature swings are mild, food is easy to identify and obtain, and there aren't too many dangerous plants or animals. But much of the human population today lives in regions where the required tooling and knowledge for survival is quite extensive.
Well, of course we can't support our current population without technology - we needed the technology BEFORE we could grow our population to its current state.
However, that has nothing to do with your initial claim that humans can't manage to live anywhere on Earth without some kind of initial technology. What you really mean is, "There isn't space on Earth where 7 billion people can live without advanced technology."
A normal car is idle 95% of the time, so a ride-share car that is idle on 50% of the time, can replace 10 normal cars.
You assume an even distribution of use. However, 99% of cars are idle at 3:30am; but only a small percentage are idle during rush hour.
The only way that will change is if we have a massive shift in how people live, work, and socialize. However, even then, most people will be active during the day - and at home at night. Which will still skew the demand curves.
Though I have no idea what hobbies a CEO would take up to fill the void of no longer having a company to run into the ground.
Serial killer?
Now, no one is going to perform an OS upgrade on an existing MRI of course.
You lack imagination!
Imagine Component A breaks on the system. Now, imagine Component A has been retired for a decade, but you can replace it with Component B. Of course, the drivers for Component B don't work on anything but Windows 7.
Guess what... OS upgrade!