I'm going to disagree. There was no "sign up" by the passengers. That's like saying, well you signed up for a job ten miles from your house, so you accept the risk that you might be killed on the way to work if some pedestrian jumps out in front of you on the way to work...NO! There's risk in everything, and neither pedestrians nor passengers should have priority just because they fit into one of those two categories. People in both screw up, people in both take risks. Shit happens and some of both are gonna die because of it.
I guarantee we will see these situations, and they'll likely occur very near my home on the forested two lane winding road, where I've had deer, dogs, and people step out from behind trees over the many years I've lived here. For me, the only saving grace has been the distance that those occurred, so I was able to stop. Had I been closer, I would have chosen to hit them instead of swerving into a tree to commit suicide. Some here are likely to say that I'm driving too fast...it's a 35mph road, and you can easily kill someone with your car hitting them at 20mph, so how slow is slow enough?
It wouldn't surprise me if machine learning could get a better score at predicting such behavior, by the way.
I'm picturing punks standing at the edge of the street pretending to step forward just to see cars slam on their brakes. It'll certainly help people hijack cars.
I live near a 2 lane winding road with a 35mph limit and trees right at the edge (no shoulder). Should we be driving 10mph to be at a "reasonable speed". I ask because in the seventeen years I've been driving on it, I've had people, dogs and deer jump out. If I can't stop, I'm not going to swerve into a tree and commit suicide.
No, there's risk in everything. Step out of your front door, you take a risk. Shit happens, and just because you're a pedestrian doesn't give you priority over a passenger.
Who do you think is going to write the code used by "the machine" when it decides? Sure, the rules can come from lawyers, politicians, etc. I'd be damned if I'd write that code without a lot of top cover and written assurance from the company that the would accept legal responsibility.
Wow, you're so out of touch with reality. Businesses grow or die, especially publicly traded companies. Don't meet that growth expectation, you get hammered in the market. People invest there money and expect a return on it, and that includes the private wealth you're poking at. Money not put to work is money that is being eaten up by inflation.
It's part of the retirement plan...really. My home, purchased in 2000 has nearly doubled in value, and will be sold, probably next year, giving us the equity to move out of the high cost DC burbs (northern VA), to a place where we can buy a home outright with the equity and pay half as much in property tax. I suspect the same is being done by the people in TFA.
You can have all the high density housing you want, but it's not a cure for overpopulation, and just because you want to live like a sardine doesn't give you the right to force others to do the same. You're not going to get your high density until you get the government to fix the fucking infrastructure, and while there seems to be agreement on the need, there doesn't appear to be any backbone when it comes to ponying up the money. I've lived in the DC burbs for ~40 years. Nobody want to actually live in DC because of the high crime, high taxes etc. We've also got some of the worst traffic (2nd worst in the nation for commute times) because public transportation here is terrible, as are the road layouts. People typically commute over an hour here because they can find housing that's less than half the cost, and education in VA & MD is much better, and people like having a yard and space for their kids to play. We're quite happy here in our white-picket fenced yards, so take your anti-sprawl and shove it.
I think it's a good thing that we have the ability to run these kind of experiments on a local level. Even if you think they're doomed to failure, doing so provides evidence pro or con. The same should go for UBI, and other things like pot legalization. We've fortunately got 50 large laboratories to run things.
So, owners just horde all that money, right? No, every growing business spends more and more money, which creates more and more jobs. Please take a basic econ class before speaking out of your anus. And no, there is no company loyalty anymore unless you're in some small mom & pop place.
Just like with learning a new language, kids need exposure to CS at an early age. That doesn't mean they need a career in it, but exposure to give them a taste and see if they have interest and ability.
If only they taught the meaning of hyperbole. In 2017, the graduation rate across the US was 84%. The lowest state had 68%
I'm fully expecting a rebuttal about how kids are just pushed through, or that state averages don't show the low local numbers (true, but those are the exception). Yes, school systems should be held accountable for the kids they're graduating, but that's become a political football that neither side holds high moral ground on.
There is no "EVERYONE MUST CODE". What everyone must do is get exposure to code, just like you got exposure to a wide variety of topics in school. Unless you're exposed to it, you won't appreciate, or know if it's something you're interested in, or possibly good at doing.
I've worked on several dev projects with people in several timezones. While it can be done, the parent is right, it's much harder. When things go wrong, the blame is almost always put on people who are somewhere else. You don't have the watercooler conversations, so remote workers miss out on a lot. Quite honestly, there's little that can compete with a team all collocated in a lab.
Nothing you just stated has anything to do with my correction to your factually incorrect OP. No, the economy had been on the slowest recovery from recession ever, which was one of the biggest criticisms of Obama policies. The economy was actually starting to recover prior to Obama taking office.
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I'm going to disagree. There was no "sign up" by the passengers. That's like saying, well you signed up for a job ten miles from your house, so you accept the risk that you might be killed on the way to work if some pedestrian jumps out in front of you on the way to work...NO! There's risk in everything, and neither pedestrians nor passengers should have priority just because they fit into one of those two categories. People in both screw up, people in both take risks. Shit happens and some of both are gonna die because of it.
BZZZZT! Wrong answer.
I guarantee we will see these situations, and they'll likely occur very near my home on the forested two lane winding road, where I've had deer, dogs, and people step out from behind trees over the many years I've lived here. For me, the only saving grace has been the distance that those occurred, so I was able to stop. Had I been closer, I would have chosen to hit them instead of swerving into a tree to commit suicide. Some here are likely to say that I'm driving too fast...it's a 35mph road, and you can easily kill someone with your car hitting them at 20mph, so how slow is slow enough?
It wouldn't surprise me if machine learning could get a better score at predicting such behavior, by the way.
I'm picturing punks standing at the edge of the street pretending to step forward just to see cars slam on their brakes. It'll certainly help people hijack cars.
I live near a 2 lane winding road with a 35mph limit and trees right at the edge (no shoulder). Should we be driving 10mph to be at a "reasonable speed". I ask because in the seventeen years I've been driving on it, I've had people, dogs and deer jump out. If I can't stop, I'm not going to swerve into a tree and commit suicide.
How does that work with ships, and trains and 18 wheelers. No, you don't have the high ground on that topic.
No, there's risk in everything. Step out of your front door, you take a risk. Shit happens, and just because you're a pedestrian doesn't give you priority over a passenger.
There's a legal difference between premeditated murder and making a choice to save one person or another in an accident. They're not equal.
Who do you think is going to write the code used by "the machine" when it decides? Sure, the rules can come from lawyers, politicians, etc. I'd be damned if I'd write that code without a lot of top cover and written assurance from the company that the would accept legal responsibility.
Why did the Koran cross the road? (Awaiting punchlines)
Wow, you're so out of touch with reality. Businesses grow or die, especially publicly traded companies. Don't meet that growth expectation, you get hammered in the market. People invest there money and expect a return on it, and that includes the private wealth you're poking at. Money not put to work is money that is being eaten up by inflation.
Strawman everything you don't understand?
It's part of the retirement plan...really. My home, purchased in 2000 has nearly doubled in value, and will be sold, probably next year, giving us the equity to move out of the high cost DC burbs (northern VA), to a place where we can buy a home outright with the equity and pay half as much in property tax. I suspect the same is being done by the people in TFA.
You can have all the high density housing you want, but it's not a cure for overpopulation, and just because you want to live like a sardine doesn't give you the right to force others to do the same. You're not going to get your high density until you get the government to fix the fucking infrastructure, and while there seems to be agreement on the need, there doesn't appear to be any backbone when it comes to ponying up the money. I've lived in the DC burbs for ~40 years. Nobody want to actually live in DC because of the high crime, high taxes etc. We've also got some of the worst traffic (2nd worst in the nation for commute times) because public transportation here is terrible, as are the road layouts. People typically commute over an hour here because they can find housing that's less than half the cost, and education in VA & MD is much better, and people like having a yard and space for their kids to play. We're quite happy here in our white-picket fenced yards, so take your anti-sprawl and shove it.
Disclaimer: I haven't RTFA
I think it's a good thing that we have the ability to run these kind of experiments on a local level. Even if you think they're doomed to failure, doing so provides evidence pro or con. The same should go for UBI, and other things like pot legalization. We've fortunately got 50 large laboratories to run things.
So, owners just horde all that money, right? No, every growing business spends more and more money, which creates more and more jobs. Please take a basic econ class before speaking out of your anus. And no, there is no company loyalty anymore unless you're in some small mom & pop place.
Just like with learning a new language, kids need exposure to CS at an early age. That doesn't mean they need a career in it, but exposure to give them a taste and see if they have interest and ability.
If only they taught the meaning of hyperbole. In 2017, the graduation rate across the US was 84%. The lowest state had 68%
I'm fully expecting a rebuttal about how kids are just pushed through, or that state averages don't show the low local numbers (true, but those are the exception). Yes, school systems should be held accountable for the kids they're graduating, but that's become a political football that neither side holds high moral ground on.
There is no "EVERYONE MUST CODE". What everyone must do is get exposure to code, just like you got exposure to a wide variety of topics in school. Unless you're exposed to it, you won't appreciate, or know if it's something you're interested in, or possibly good at doing.
You do realize that "native-Americans" immigrated here as well, don't you?
Maybe, we can actually do more than one thing at a time. In fact, maybe teaching CS will help people think logically.
That's why you need to expose kids to CS, and a wide variety of other subjects. How else are they going to know if they like it?
That's like saying looks aren't an important parameter in choosing a spouse. We all have minimum standards.
I've worked on several dev projects with people in several timezones. While it can be done, the parent is right, it's much harder. When things go wrong, the blame is almost always put on people who are somewhere else. You don't have the watercooler conversations, so remote workers miss out on a lot. Quite honestly, there's little that can compete with a team all collocated in a lab.
Your anecdote doesn't count as data.
Nothing you just stated has anything to do with my correction to your factually incorrect OP. No, the economy had been on the slowest recovery from recession ever, which was one of the biggest criticisms of Obama policies. The economy was actually starting to recover prior to Obama taking office.