I think for a looong time people who own Self Driving Cars will be viewed with the same scorn and derision from which BMW drivers suffer, as those owners act with the same arrogance and assumed privilege with which BMW drivers act.
Except my understanding is that self-driving cars will actually use turn signals...
The majority of studies show that accident rates go up, not down, when red-light cameras are put in place.
Accident rates may go up (or stay the same) but death rates go down. The increase in accidents is less dangerous relatively slow speed rear end collisions, while side on higher speed, and so more deadly, rates go down. http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/public...
The one advantage that a not for profit has is that they can look for cures that might not be profitable.
You mean like the Howard Hughes Medical Institute with an endowment of $18 billion and spending of $800 million per year? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
And of course there is the research supported by the NIH (that spends $26 billion annually) , NHS etc. Somehow it seems $3 billion is a rather modest (if welcome) addition to the overall scope of non-profit medical research...
The article looked at that, and found 90%+ of people live in a place where they can charge.
No, I don't believe the article says that. I think it says 90% of people's needs can be met if they can only charge overnight. I don't think it actually looked at what percentage of people actually have access to overnight charging.
This blog entry by a senior scientist at Fermi Lab has interesting comments on previous experimental results from the Hungarian group the UCI theoretical work is based on:
What about the Hungarian group? I know none of them personally, but the article was published in Physical Review Letters — a chalk mark in the win column. However, the group has also published two previous papers in which comparable anomalies were observed, including a possible particle with a mass of 12 million electron volts and a second publication claiming the discovery of a particle with a mass of about 14 million electron volts. Both of these claims were subsequently falsified by other experiments.
Further, the Hungarian group has never satisfactorily disclosed what error was made that resulted in these erroneous claims. Another possible red flag is that the group rarely publishes data that doesn't claim anomalies. That is improbable. In my own research career, most publications were confirmation of existing theories. Anomalies that persist are very, very, rare.
I don't have text messaging on my cell phone (I specifically had it disabled by the carrier). But I can still receive text messages on my computer by using a Google Voice number.
I mainly use Google Voice, but I find that some companies send text messages that can't be received on my GV number. Instead I have to use my "real" cell number. (Also, I can't send text messages internationally via GV, only receive them.)
Since Google Voice development seems to be rather stalled, I suspect things are not going to improve.
If it's not mobile it seems to be very expensive to just plant seeds and water an extremely small area. The seeds could probably be planted more quickly by hand than the time it takes to program the machine to do it. And then using it for watering seems overkill. Even if you want to automate watering I see automated sprinkler systems available at amazon for a couple of hundred bucks. So it looks like the machine would spend most of its time just sitting there not doing anything. I suppose the weeding is somewhat useful. But again it's a very small area. Or am I missing something obvious?
Even from that link it's not clear how they actually achieve energy savings. There are a lot of software buzzwords, but no real description of how they can reduce energy consumption. ("Ye cannae change the laws of physics...") And the single graph has no units on the axes.
And in the supposedly "liberal" Netherlands a Dutchman has been sentenced to jail for insulting the king on facebook: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-...
Apparently the guy faked photos, which arguably might be covered under regular libel laws, but he was imprisoned under a special "lese majeste law that dates from 1881 and carries sentences of up to five years jail or a fine of 20,000 euros ($22,200; £16,700)."
How would using a plastic card be any different? Unless you use a different credit card every time or use cash for everything, the companies track you through your credit card number.
Yes we should be wary of spying and tracking and youhaveit, but let's not delude ourselves that this technology isn't decades old already.
Except a phone can potentially provide a whole host of additional information ranging from contacts to photos. (Which one "agrees" to when installing the app.)
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"Performant" is just the latest in a long history of made up words and phrases intended to differentiate. It doesn't mean anything new or special.
LIke people who write "use case" instead of "use"
(for most uses of "use case" on slashdot).
There are people living close to borders you know. I'm one of them. It's neat, you should try it once.
Which is clearly an "edge" case by definition!
Also the resale value would be increased, as you can now sell it in any country.
Exactly.
When I'm selling a 4 year old computer I always make sure to advertise it on Craigslist in as many countries as possible...
I think for a looong time people who own Self Driving Cars will be viewed with the same scorn and derision from which BMW drivers suffer, as those owners act with the same arrogance and assumed privilege with which BMW drivers act.
Except my understanding is that self-driving cars will actually use turn signals...
The majority of studies show that accident rates go up, not down, when red-light cameras are put in place.
Accident rates may go up (or stay the same) but death rates go down.
The increase in accidents is less dangerous relatively slow speed rear end collisions, while
side on higher speed, and so more deadly, rates go down.
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/public...
The one advantage that a not for profit has is that they can look for cures that might not be profitable.
You mean like the Howard Hughes Medical Institute with an endowment of $18 billion and spending of $800 million per year?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Or the Wellcome Trust with an endowment of 18 billion pounds (~ $23 billion)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Or the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation with $44 billion
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
And of course there is the research supported by the NIH (that spends $26 billion annually) , NHS etc.
Somehow it seems $3 billion is a rather modest (if welcome) addition to the overall scope of non-profit medical
research...
FWIW I'm not hating on Musk, I just think people should get their priorities of things to be concerned about in order.
Many fires have happened in the past, and many more are likely to happen in the future.
Overall it doesn't really have a major impact on the world.
But what SpaceX are attempting to do has the potential (at very least) to bring about significant changes to the history of space travel.
And you know it's paywalled! So why using that article at all?
Actually it doesn't seem to be paywalled - or at least there may be a limited number of articles available for free.
I had been avoiding Forbes because of their adblock-blocking, but I was able
to read OK (this time).
You are on a social site - you're "Zarhan" on slashdot.
Hmmm... and perhaps some of your previous posts might warrant some additional investigation...
The article looked at that, and found 90%+ of people live in a place where they can charge.
No, I don't believe the article says that.
I think it says 90% of people's needs can be met if they can only charge overnight.
I don't think it actually looked at what percentage of people actually have access to overnight charging.
This blog entry by a senior scientist at Fermi Lab has interesting comments on previous experimental results from the Hungarian group the UCI theoretical work is based on:
http://www.livescience.com/552...
What about the Hungarian group? I know none of them personally, but the article was published in Physical Review Letters — a chalk mark in the win column. However, the group has also published two previous papers in which comparable anomalies were observed, including a possible particle with a mass of 12 million electron volts and a second publication claiming the discovery of a particle with a mass of about 14 million electron volts. Both of these claims were subsequently falsified by other experiments.
Further, the Hungarian group has never satisfactorily disclosed what error was made that resulted in these erroneous claims. Another possible red flag is that the group rarely publishes data that doesn't claim anomalies. That is improbable. In my own research career, most publications were confirmation of existing theories. Anomalies that persist are very, very, rare.
I'm sure the ad-blockers will adapt to this. .
Except I still can't read wired or Forbes with my adblocker running.
(Unless something has changed very recently.)
And will /. ever enter the 21st Century and let me enter a fricken degree sign?
If you wrote the temperature in kelvin you wouldn't need a degree sign....
Well I don't know about Brazil but that's the custom in Argentina, because of poor plumbing which will clog the pipes.
Same in Brazil - at least it was the last time I was in Rio.
I don't have text messaging on my cell phone (I specifically had it disabled by the carrier). But I can still receive text messages on my computer by using a Google Voice number.
I mainly use Google Voice, but I find that some companies send text messages that can't be received on my GV number.
Instead I have to use my "real" cell number.
(Also, I can't send text messages internationally via GV, only receive them.)
Since Google Voice development seems to be rather stalled, I suspect things are not going to improve.
Perhaps the Weird Al Yankovic "Mission Statement" video is needed here...?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
If it's not mobile it seems to be very expensive to just plant seeds and water an extremely small area.
The seeds could probably be planted more quickly by hand than the time it takes to program the machine
to do it.
And then using it for watering seems overkill. Even if you want to automate watering I see automated sprinkler
systems available at amazon for a couple of hundred bucks.
So it looks like the machine would spend most of its time just sitting there not doing anything.
I suppose the weeding is somewhat useful. But again it's a very small area.
Or am I missing something obvious?
someone received NSFW porn search suggestions.
Does that imply that there are "SFW" porn search suggestions??
The whole democrat party has history and ties with Russia and has never seen Russia as a threat to the US until the democrat party was targeted.
What's the "democrat party"?
Is that some political organization in a different country?
In the US we have the Democratic Party though.
I remember reading something from Tesla saying they found autopilot was not on, and had it been it would have stopped the car.
That was the incident in Pennsylvania, not Florida.
https://www.engadget.com/2016/...
Even from that link it's not clear how they actually achieve energy savings.
There are a lot of software buzzwords, but no real description of how they can reduce
energy consumption. ("Ye cannae change the laws of physics...")
And the single graph has no units on the axes.
Except it's annoying (to me anyway) that the "editors" didn't correct basic spelling and grammar mistakes in the questions before posting...
This one looks different, but is along the same lines and apparently has been around since at least 2011.
http://www.prioria.com/maveric...
Maveric is a lightweight, single-person portable unmanned aircraft system (UAS) capable of fully autonomous operation.
[...]
Single-person portable and operable
Rugged carbon fiber composite airframe
Camouflaged bird-like profile
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
And in the supposedly "liberal" Netherlands a Dutchman has been sentenced to jail for insulting the king on facebook:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-...
Apparently the guy faked photos, which arguably might be covered under regular libel laws, but he was imprisoned under
a special "lese majeste law that dates from 1881 and carries sentences of up to five years jail or a fine of 20,000 euros ($22,200; £16,700)."
How would using a plastic card be any different? Unless you use a different credit card every time or use cash for everything, the companies track you through your credit card number.
Yes we should be wary of spying and tracking and youhaveit, but let's not delude ourselves that this technology isn't decades old already.
Except a phone can potentially provide a whole host of additional information ranging from contacts to photos. (Which one "agrees" to when installing the app.)