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  1. There is an alien watching you pee.

  2. Re:Tesla will flourish if complexity is reduced... on Tesla Will Reveal Its Electric Semi Truck in September (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 2

    I'd say the Model S looks good, the X looks like a Pontiac Aztek and the 3 looks OK until you see the interior which looks like a moronic toy.

  3. Re:Tesla will flourish if complexity is reduced... on Tesla Will Reveal Its Electric Semi Truck in September (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    Bolt availability for purchase - today

    Model 3 availability for purchase - sometime after 2020 at the earliest

  4. Unfortunately Will Never Happen on New Research Says Starting University Classes at 11am or Later Would Improve Learning (qz.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    When I was in university they ran classes from 8:30 am to 10pm, this is partly due to making scheduling easier but also reduces the number of rooms they need.

  5. Re:What else is new? on Uber's 'Hell' Program Tracked and Targeted Lyft Drivers (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    Their self driving cars did try to run people over /cough

  6. Re:Terms of service on Uber's 'Hell' Program Tracked and Targeted Lyft Drivers (engadget.com) · · Score: 1

    It sounds like Uber did more than simply use the app - it sounds like they reverse engineered the protocol and were interacting with Lyfts servers.

  7. Re:So what is it? Bing, Netscape or Lotus123 on Instagram's Snapchat Clone Is Now More Popular Than Snapchat -- and It's Only 8 Months Old (cnbc.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Its almost like finding out market analysts opinions about technology are really dumb, who knew.

  8. Re:Terms of service on Uber's 'Hell' Program Tracked and Targeted Lyft Drivers (engadget.com) · · Score: 2

    There are also corporate espionage laws.

  9. Re:No Human Element? on AI Wins $290,000 in Chinese Poker Competition (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Which suggests players aren't as good as they could be.

  10. Vendor Paid Test on Microsoft Edge Beats Chrome By Over Three Hours In New Battery Usage Test (bleepingcomputer.com) · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Favours vendor in a shocking twist.

  11. Re:THIS on Why Do Airlines Overbook? (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    However, government (because it enriches cronies and the airlines were the cronies in this case) placed a limit on the compensation.

    Not entirely accurate, before the government made this rule the airlines were bumping people without compensating them at all. The trouble is that airline lobbies prevented laws from going far enough.

  12. worked great, Napster became the most dominant platform for legitimate music downloads.

  13. There should be a question about genre generally, the 90s had a very different type of music than the stuff today.

  14. Re:Okay, but someone wrote the algorithm on A Big Problem With AI: Even Its Creators Can't Explain How It Works (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    I had submitted this separately but it didn't make the cut, researchers are also concerned about how a knowledgable attacker can do something that breaks the assumptions the software is using - http://www.bbc.com/future/stor...

  15. Re:Not an overbooking incident on Why Do Airlines Overbook? (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    It might be airport fees, there have been articles about how airport authorities are creating ever shinier airports patting themselves on the back for how great it looks.

  16. Re:I see this as a good thing on A Big Problem With AI: Even Its Creators Can't Explain How It Works (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    There are a few differences one being that the human driver is risking themselves, we know that humans will continue to improve on activities and we know humans also have the ability to handle issues that are entirely unexpected. The tests for software need to be considerably more comprehensive than humans, they need to be re-run with any changes, and manufacturers should not have any fucking clue what is in them to avoid training for the test. People who work on the tests should be prohibited from ever working in the self-driving industry.

    There also needs to be a battery of tests on the hardware in addition to the software

  17. Re:Okay, but someone wrote the algorithm on A Big Problem With AI: Even Its Creators Can't Explain How It Works (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    There is a big difference in perception between telling someone you have an AI driving your car and explaining that a computer looks at what colour the ground is to know whether you can drive on it or not.

  18. Re:Market failure on Why Do Airlines Overbook? (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I think <300 mi its often better to use some other than the plane. I have a similar trip, while a train is a longer ride you don't have to go through security, arrive hours early and train stations tend to be more central than airports. As an added bonus trains are much more comfortable.

  19. Re:Why do airlines overbook? on Why Do Airlines Overbook? (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Charge storage fees or re-fund the purchase amount.

  20. Re:Why? Abuse is now common. Also social inability on Why Do Airlines Overbook? (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Are they subcontracting the flight, or is the leg with a partner airline?

  21. Re:Is anyone asking the real question here? on Why Do Airlines Overbook? (bbc.com) · · Score: 5, Interesting

    They didn't get 3 volunteers - United is wording it in a misleading way by saying "voluntarily left" the other 3 people did not volunteer, they were told to leave but left without being dragged out.

  22. Re:Okay, but someone wrote the algorithm on A Big Problem With AI: Even Its Creators Can't Explain How It Works (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Funnily enough I submitted another story about how vulnerable these algorithms are to attacks if you have access to the code. Squiggly lines the computer interprets as a gun, a sticker on a stop sign making the algorithm ignore it.

  23. Re:Okay, but someone wrote the algorithm on A Big Problem With AI: Even Its Creators Can't Explain How It Works (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 1

    Its been the case for years - the first time I saw one posted here I thought it was a trash site co-opting the MIT name.

  24. Re:Every Overbooked Seat is Paid For Twice on Why Do Airlines Overbook? (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    So what you're saying is, this was your fault?

  25. Re:Every Overbooked Seat is Paid For Twice on Why Do Airlines Overbook? (bbc.com) · · Score: 1

    So we all get onto the plane with stethoscopes?