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  1. Re:Costs 100K? Imagine... on The Audi A8: First Production Car To Achieve Level 3 Autonomy (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Punchline: I bet the American doctor told you they'd have to cut that off. They don't know what they're talking about, in a couple of weeks it will fall off on it's own.

  2. Re:Can I ride drunk? on The Audi A8: First Production Car To Achieve Level 3 Autonomy (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Nope. At least in some jurisdictions: If you have the keys in your pocket, you can be charged with DUI, if your sitting on the hood in your driveway drinking a beer. But that's fundamentally just 'asshole cop enabling'.

  3. Re:I look forward to on The Audi A8: First Production Car To Achieve Level 3 Autonomy (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Anybody, anytime can just bluff any autonomous car and take the lane. Which will suck when it's some shellhead who's going to go slow just as soon as he finishes cutting you off.

  4. Re: I look forward to on The Audi A8: First Production Car To Achieve Level 3 Autonomy (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    It's true. I saw a Nova in 'Building Roman bicycles'.

  5. Re: I look forward to on The Audi A8: First Production Car To Achieve Level 3 Autonomy (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Goddamn law abider! I don't rationalize breaking laws, don't need to.

  6. Re:Jurisdiction on The Audi A8: First Production Car To Achieve Level 3 Autonomy (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    'Stop' signs are 'Yield's for cars too. Unless their is a cop around.

  7. Re: I look forward to on The Audi A8: First Production Car To Achieve Level 3 Autonomy (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    He lost credibility when he admitted to riding a 'road bike' in traffic. Fucking hazardous 'fashion statement'.

    He should get a bike with tires that are built to ride over debris. Then he will have time to look for things other than broken beer bottles on the road.

  8. Re: I look forward to on The Audi A8: First Production Car To Achieve Level 3 Autonomy (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Spandex wearers aren't just cyclists, they are 'shell heads'. They are the very worst, playing tour de France in traffic while spending half their attention avoiding normal road debris that will pop their insane (for street use) tires.

  9. Re:Of course, the utility is limited when... on The Audi A8: First Production Car To Achieve Level 3 Autonomy (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Funnybot!

    It's a real shame the Germans don't get South Park. But South Park without Cartman dressing up as Hitler wouldn't be the same.

  10. Re:Of course, the utility is limited when... on The Audi A8: First Production Car To Achieve Level 3 Autonomy (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    IIRC the last time this came up, you were claiming 'performance sedans' were 'sports cars' and all distinctions or doors/seats didn't matter.

  11. Re: European cars...... on The Audi A8: First Production Car To Achieve Level 3 Autonomy (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Another BMW disguised as a Brit car. Hint: If it's reliable, it's not British.

  12. Re: European cars...... on The Audi A8: First Production Car To Achieve Level 3 Autonomy (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Roll Royces are now overpriced, tarted up BMWs. Sorry to burst your bubble.

  13. Re: European cars...... on The Audi A8: First Production Car To Achieve Level 3 Autonomy (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    VW can't make a decent water cooled car. Never could.

    First step in replacing the (brake booster/master cylinder) in a new 'bug'. Remove front bumper. Seriously.

    Don't say 'no', say 'fuck no, are you crazy?'

    Even my German relatives have VW on the 'never again' list.

  14. Re: European cars...... on The Audi A8: First Production Car To Achieve Level 3 Autonomy (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Unimog. Europe makes some awesome trucks, but they are edge cases, almost tractors. And you sure as fuck don't want the repair bills.

  15. Re: European cars...... on The Audi A8: First Production Car To Achieve Level 3 Autonomy (ieee.org) · · Score: 1

    Can't change the historical fact: Russia was Nazi Germany's _ally_ before Germany attacked. They lost the most in the war, because they deserved it.

  16. Re:Cost of keeping the vacuum? on Hyperloop One Conducts First Full Systems Test But Only Traveled 70MPH (jalopnik.com) · · Score: 1

    Who are you to tell Musk how to spend his money? He can afford to keep a large % in high risk.

  17. Everybody in China want's land (or real estate anyhow). It's cultural.

    Unfortunately for China, they are parking their money in a huge bubble. Their big cities are massively overbuilt to shit construction standards.

    The truism in real estate is the real value of property is the loan that rent would cover. In China that's about 10% of the current market price. Chinese people often keep investment properties empty as the rent doesn't cover the added cost vs just leaving it.

    China has a government set currency peg. It's not priced on any market. They don't need to buy their currency to keep it up. They just set the peg. They are currency manipulators.

    As to educating yourself I suggest Googling 'China Currency manipulation'. In recent years China has made efforts to keep it's citizens from getting out of the yaun. But Bitcoin. IT IS GOING TO BE UGLY.

  18. You can't dispute the facts, so you attack the tone.

  19. WTF? Your defending the useless bitch, but don't want me to respond about her incompetence? Fuck off, she needs to go home and give Bill a blowjob.

  20. In related news: Brady's wife is the most qualified new NFL quarterback, expect her to be drafted in the first round.

  21. Re:Cost of keeping the vacuum? on Hyperloop One Conducts First Full Systems Test But Only Traveled 70MPH (jalopnik.com) · · Score: 1

    About the same as it costs to maintain the welds on pipelines. Not much, they don't generally 'just fail'. Assuming they were good to start, X-rays tell you that.

  22. LDS drop into every coffee thread with the same stupid claim.

  23. You missed a negative somewhere. That's Starbucks you're talking about.

  24. Standard Folgers is 100% robusta. Nothing makes it palatable.

  25. The upside: When death finally comes for you, it will be sweet relief.