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  1. Re:Don't think I'd trust the software on VW Says China To Become Global Software Development Hub For Autonomous Tech (reuters.com) · · Score: 1
    From what I learned from being exposed to software written in China is that they don't seem to have a lot of good devs out there.

    Rampant amateurism and all comments and debug statements are in Chinese.

  2. Re:Proof of viability on Over Half of Norway Car Sales Are Now Electric (reuters.com) · · Score: 1
    Nonono.

    According to this documentary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/..., the high tension lines you find in Norway are there to fence the trolls in.

    Nothing to do with delivering power to remote cabins.

  3. Fighting a rearguard action on Trump Administration Dims Rule On Energy Efficient Lightbulbs (npr.org) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Looks like the Trump admin is doing a lot of that. I guess it looks good to his base....

  4. No, Tandy will take over

  5. Re:Hydroponic on Robots Built a House That Generates More Energy Than It Needs (dwell.com) · · Score: 1

    (Note: Though Switzerland is also federal, it is divided into cantons and comunes, not states and counties).

    Aha, so they are comune-ists !

    Thank's I'll show myself out now....

  6. Gravy train passenger doesn't like the end of the line

  7. Gibberish

  8. Long live Mars Two! on Mars One is Dead (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    1/2

  9. Damn, where do we fit the caravans in?

  10. Re:Trump need to ban reddit till they pay a tariff on Reddit, Banned In China, Is Reportedly Set To Land $150 Million Investment From a Chinese Censorship Powerhouse (gizmodo.com) · · Score: 1
    Great idea!

    Maybe he can get a firewall from Huawei and deploy it on the southern border.

    Hey, it's some kind of wall, no. Better than a beaded curtain.

  11. Re:OK, you lost me... on 'The World Might Actually Run Out of People' (wired.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    It's probably not a bad idea to have one of the worse offenders actively involved in trying to find a solution.

    On the other hand.

    It's similar to putting a mobster in the white house. How is that experiment going?

  12. Re: Different format from US comics on In France, Comic Books Are Serious Business (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    And the other ones, like Manara https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/..., are a bit too adult for Americans....

  13. Bloody hell, you're right... except that he's already got his Golden Ticket thanks to gullible Americans and scheming Russians.

    Now, if only Wonka would come along, lock him in a glass box and fire him through the roof...

    All the way to mars. Hmm....

  14. Also of note even with unlimited funding, putting a Man on Mars by 2020 is impossible. To perform such a project new technologies need to be made and the mythical man month is in play. There is only so much the everyone can do at once until they start stepping on each others feet.

    Well, it's not totally impossible to put a man on mars by 2020. He may not be alive though.

  15. Re:California is too expensive for a billionaire.. on SpaceX To Shift Starship Work From California To Texas · · Score: 1

    That makes sense. There is not much to see above ground in most of Texas anyway.

  16. Re:This might call for some Fox News counterhackin on Government Shutdown: TLS Certificates Not Renewed, Many Websites Are Down (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    Funny, all the Border patrol agents say a wall would help..

    All of them? Amazing to think there's not even a single one that doesn't think the wall might be a little bit ineffective. Maybe one whose family business sells ladders?

  17. Re:Shows we worry about the wrong things on Earth is Missing a Huge Part of Its Crust. Now We May Know Why. (nationalgeographic.com) · · Score: 1

    I for one welcome our new Penguin overlords

  18. Re:Intelligence requires motivation on Artificial General Intelligence is Nowhere Close To Being a Reality (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 1

    Annealing. That word is triggering the wrong patterns in my brain. It's too woody.

  19. Re:How does he not have a "store of trust"? on Ex-Uber Engineer Claims a Self-Driving Car Drove Him Coast-To-Coast (theguardian.com) · · Score: 2

    Just because Uber's car had some software disabled that would have prevented collusion with a pedestrian, how does the mean this guy lacks trust?

    Are you saying the pedestrian was in on it?

  20. Re:What? on Hyped AR Tech Firm Blippar Collapses Into Administration (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I think it's something like a black hole, just not as black

  21. So much for the "elaborate physical security measures". This sounds like a recipe for a couple of college kids to sneak in and replace the EEPROMs in the laser targeting system.

    Nah, you would have to be a real genius for that

  22. Other famous quotes on Oracle's CTO: No Way a 'Normal' Person Would Move To AWS (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1
    - No way a normal person will buy an iPhone

    - No way a normal person will buy a Tesla

    History keeps repeating itself

  23. Re:Thank You, Oil Industry on The Oil Industry's Covert Campaign To Rewrite American Car Emissions Rules (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    Just a matter of time. They are still there due to technicalities, shenanigans and luck but they don't represent the majority.

  24. Re: rate of adoption on Californians Have Now Purchased Half a Million EVs (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1
    Hmm, most new houses in CA have a 200amp connection to the grid.

    A level 2 EV charger just requires a 50amp 220V outlet.

    That can charge a Tesla model 3 LR fully in about 5-6 hours, but under normal use you are just topping it off in 1-2 hours.

    I don't know where you get that 400amp figure from

    On road trips a superchargers can add 80-100 miles of range in about the time it takes to make a rest stop

    Tesla is starting to roll our new superchargers that will halve that time.

  25. Re:Good question. on Californians Have Now Purchased Half a Million EVs (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Indeed, and when it comes to Teslas: The only way an ICE car can get in front of one is by going over the speed limit and hence breaking the law.