Actually you still need the system administrators as well.
Sure, but you need a lot fewer of them.
they aren't up to engineering stable production environments.
If you have a thousand developers, that may be true. The company I am currently consulting with has Git running on a VPS in "The Cloud" and about a dozen developers with laptops and external monitors. This is how much they spend on sysadmin salaries: $0.
The thing I'd be worried about here is the brakes failing due to weight restrictions being ignored
Elevator brakes are way over engineered. They can handle way more weight than could possibly be crammed into the cab. Brakes can be designed so they require power to retract, so automatically engage in a power-failure. Elevator brakes are also designed to automatically trip if speed thresholds are exceeded, and the tripping mechanism is purely mechanical, requiring no power.
Quibble about TFS: The Japanese Shinkansen are not maglev. They run on wheels.
because yeah, there's been 0 comm sats up there before today, and STILL there's millions starving.
There are many, many fewer people starving, and better communications is a big part of the reason. African economies are growing at over 4%, and growth is far better in areas that have cell coverage. With reliable communications, logistics is way more efficient, people can compare prices, report corruption, lookup information, and even do internet banking. Collectively, these things make a big difference.
Prison time for those responsible in management, up to and including the CEO.
This kind of idiotic attitude is why America spends $100 Billion per year on prisons, nearly as much as the rest of the world combined. No, people should not go to prison for incompetence.
We should be spending this on food for the hungry and cancer instead.
Getting food and medicine to those most in need requires reliable communications to remote locations in places like central Africa, and rural India. One why to do that is with communication satellites designed for exactly that.
Safety critical systems are designed with "defense in depth". So incoming information would be correlated with information from other sources. SDCs have a database with locations of intersections, signs, traffic lights, etc. If a traffic light is around a blind corner, V2V comm could give a "heads up" that the light was red, so the SDC could pre-emptively brake. But if the other car lied, and said the light was green when it was really red, the following SDC would still see the green light with its own cameras as soon as it turned the corner, and still brake faster than a human in the same situation.
Also, bank robbery is one of the dumbest crimes. Any criminal smart enough to reprogram a V2V system would be smart enough to embezzle from a bank rather than rob one.
Might be cheaper to plant trees and landscaping in an urban environment.
That is absurd. There is absolutely no way you are going to plant trees along a mile of urban roadway for $25-$40k. You need to add at least two zeros. Even more in LA where no plant life survives without water, so you would need to trench for irrigation pipes, and pay for ongoing maintenance.
existing players in the market would not allow ports of their apps.
An obvious solution would be to use the Android ABI, so no port would be needed. Barring that, they were doomed from the start. If a behemoth like Microsoft couldn't break the Apple/Android duopoly, then Canonical never had a chance.
I don't have to show proof of insurance in my home state to the DMV.
In California, your insurance company informs that state electronically when you buy insurance. Smog test centers also file test results electronically. This works well because there is no paperwork to get lost, and the state knows exactly who is uninsured or rolling coal.
Because poor people, who are often minorities, are more likely to be uninsured. Shoplifting laws also target the poor and minorities. Whether these laws are "fair" or not is a matter of opinion.
In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread. -- Anatole France
Anyway, once we have self-driving cars, no one will need insurance. Back in 2012, Google said SDCs would be available in 2017, so we should see them at the dealerships sometime in the next 7 months.
Also, if you develop a software project on RPi or a add-on SBC, you can share it with a lot of other people that also have RPis. It is popular because it is popular.
If there's something to this, then they should report this to the cops instead of broadcasting massive smear campaigns.
Behavior can be very inappropriate without being illegal. Context matters. My wife has send me explicit text messages late at night. That doesn't mean it is appropriate for me to do the same to a female subordinate. In neither case is it illegal, nor should it be.
If you want real socialism, you'll have to go to the EU.
No country in the EU is anywhere close to socialism. Socialism is government ownership of the means of production. Some countries in the EU are by some measures more capitalist than America. For instance, many northern EU countries have privatized their post offices. Sweden has voucherized primary education. "Social democracy" is not socialism. It is capitalism with benefits. If you want real socialism, you'll have to go to Cuba, Venezuela, or North Korea.
Just ask anyone who could barely walk into the Chiropractor's office, and walk out pain-free with a smile.
Chiropractors may be effective at giving temporary relief for back pain, so if you just want the pain to go away for a few days they may be a good solution. But they likely aren't fixing the underlying problem, and there is no evidence or plausible mechanism for fixing your digestion and curing cancer by popping your back.
The problem is that bedbugs hide in cracks and crevices, under carpets, inside furniture stuffing, etc. You need to get sufficient heat into all those places... and the hard part isn't killing the bugs, but killing the eggs. If you don't kill all the eggs, the bugs will be back in a few weeks. It is better to do "massive overkill" once than to do it twice with less heat.
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Why is it such an evil thing for the US to work for their citizens?
Those of us who oppose Trumpism don't believe he is "working for American citizens". We believe his policies are harming America.
Actually you still need the system administrators as well.
Sure, but you need a lot fewer of them.
they aren't up to engineering stable production environments.
If you have a thousand developers, that may be true. The company I am currently consulting with has Git running on a VPS in "The Cloud" and about a dozen developers with laptops and external monitors. This is how much they spend on sysadmin salaries: $0.
The thing I'd be worried about here is the brakes failing due to weight restrictions being ignored
Elevator brakes are way over engineered. They can handle way more weight than could possibly be crammed into the cab. Brakes can be designed so they require power to retract, so automatically engage in a power-failure. Elevator brakes are also designed to automatically trip if speed thresholds are exceeded, and the tripping mechanism is purely mechanical, requiring no power.
Quibble about TFS: The Japanese Shinkansen are not maglev. They run on wheels.
because yeah, there's been 0 comm sats up there before today, and STILL there's millions starving.
There are many, many fewer people starving, and better communications is a big part of the reason. African economies are growing at over 4%, and growth is far better in areas that have cell coverage. With reliable communications, logistics is way more efficient, people can compare prices, report corruption, lookup information, and even do internet banking. Collectively, these things make a big difference.
Prison time for those responsible in management, up to and including the CEO.
This kind of idiotic attitude is why America spends $100 Billion per year on prisons, nearly as much as the rest of the world combined. No, people should not go to prison for incompetence.
We should be spending this on food for the hungry and cancer instead.
Getting food and medicine to those most in need requires reliable communications to remote locations in places like central Africa, and rural India. One why to do that is with communication satellites designed for exactly that.
No-one uses their cellphone while driving in Europe because of the strict laws.
Total bullcrap. Why would you even write such patent nonsense? "No one"? Really?
Texting and talking on cellphones in Europe is less than in America but is still common and is a major cause of accidents.
Safety critical systems are designed with "defense in depth". So incoming information would be correlated with information from other sources. SDCs have a database with locations of intersections, signs, traffic lights, etc. If a traffic light is around a blind corner, V2V comm could give a "heads up" that the light was red, so the SDC could pre-emptively brake. But if the other car lied, and said the light was green when it was really red, the following SDC would still see the green light with its own cameras as soon as it turned the corner, and still brake faster than a human in the same situation.
Also, bank robbery is one of the dumbest crimes. Any criminal smart enough to reprogram a V2V system would be smart enough to embezzle from a bank rather than rob one.
So expecting technology to continue to improve is over complex and unrealistic, while "just" changing human nature is "simple"? Whatever.
Might be cheaper to plant trees and landscaping in an urban environment.
That is absurd. There is absolutely no way you are going to plant trees along a mile of urban roadway for $25-$40k. You need to add at least two zeros. Even more in LA where no plant life survives without water, so you would need to trench for irrigation pipes, and pay for ongoing maintenance.
existing players in the market would not allow ports of their apps.
An obvious solution would be to use the Android ABI, so no port would be needed. Barring that, they were doomed from the start. If a behemoth like Microsoft couldn't break the Apple/Android duopoly, then Canonical never had a chance.
We demolish Rhode Island.
Do you mean like this?
So we should enforce these laws differently depending on the color of the perpetrator's skin?
That isn't the only option. In Finland, traffic fines are based on income. One rich guy got a $103,000 speeding ticket.
I don't have to show proof of insurance in my home state to the DMV.
In California, your insurance company informs that state electronically when you buy insurance. Smog test centers also file test results electronically. This works well because there is no paperwork to get lost, and the state knows exactly who is uninsured or rolling coal.
How do they target poor and minority?
Because poor people, who are often minorities, are more likely to be uninsured. Shoplifting laws also target the poor and minorities. Whether these laws are "fair" or not is a matter of opinion.
In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread. -- Anatole France
Anyway, once we have self-driving cars, no one will need insurance. Back in 2012, Google said SDCs would be available in 2017, so we should see them at the dealerships sometime in the next 7 months.
Fuzzing only exposes things. Fixing them could require starting from scratch.
Most of the exposed bugs are in input validation. Once you have a repeatable test case, those sorts of bugs are usually pretty easy to fix.
Also, if you develop a software project on RPi or a add-on SBC, you can share it with a lot of other people that also have RPis. It is popular because it is popular.
These were female entrepreneurs in the SF Bay Area seeking VC funding. They are mostly Asian.
Disclaimer: I am married to a female entrepreneur in the SF Bay Area. She has never sought VC funding, but she is Asian.
Bad Idea. They will build a factory, steal your secrets
What secrets? Tesla has already opened all their patents for anyone to use.
Elon already has his billions. He is more interested in changing the world than in increasing his pile.
If there's something to this, then they should report this to the cops instead of broadcasting massive smear campaigns.
Behavior can be very inappropriate without being illegal. Context matters. My wife has send me explicit text messages late at night. That doesn't mean it is appropriate for me to do the same to a female subordinate. In neither case is it illegal, nor should it be.
The mainstream medical equivalent is to prescribe a dozen opiate pills to achieve the same result, but with significant downsides. Which is bullshit?
False dichotomy. Why can't both be bullshit?
If you want real socialism, you'll have to go to the EU.
No country in the EU is anywhere close to socialism. Socialism is government ownership of the means of production. Some countries in the EU are by some measures more capitalist than America. For instance, many northern EU countries have privatized their post offices. Sweden has voucherized primary education. "Social democracy" is not socialism. It is capitalism with benefits. If you want real socialism, you'll have to go to Cuba, Venezuela, or North Korea.
Just ask anyone who could barely walk into the Chiropractor's office, and walk out pain-free with a smile.
Chiropractors may be effective at giving temporary relief for back pain, so if you just want the pain to go away for a few days they may be a good solution. But they likely aren't fixing the underlying problem, and there is no evidence or plausible mechanism for fixing your digestion and curing cancer by popping your back.
60C (140F) for 8 hours is massive overkill.
The problem is that bedbugs hide in cracks and crevices, under carpets, inside furniture stuffing, etc. You need to get sufficient heat into all those places ... and the hard part isn't killing the bugs, but killing the eggs. If you don't kill all the eggs, the bugs will be back in a few weeks. It is better to do "massive overkill" once than to do it twice with less heat.
Dammit Bill, do you automatically think every person on the planet but you is a lying piece of shit?
No, but I have found that it is a good working assumption when dealing with journalists, lawyers, and politicians.