Autopilot is far from infallible, that's why we need two pilots in the cockpit.
Of course. And at least one person at the front of the train, if you don't mind.
Secondly, automated cars are not the silver bullet you imagine them to be.
Whoa there. You're preaching to the choir. I don't believe that anyone reading this will live to see ubiquitous autonomous cars. I think it's all a lot of hype.
Public schools in the US are beholden to teacher's unions, and teacher's unions are all about funneling dues collected from members into contributions to politicians who tend to do things that increase the power of the teacher's unions.
Twelve of the thirteen states with the greatest poverty are solid red states where the teachers unions have been curbed or eliminated. These are also twelve of the thirteen states with the worst schools.
The one bright spot in climate change is that Miami, Florida is about to be wiped off the face of the Earth. The high-water levels there have been going up by an inch per year. Water is already seeping up through the limestone and flooding the place on a regular basis.
I still don't understand, why we don't have self-driving trains already
We do. The elevated trains in Chicago went from four employees to three to two down to one, who is basically just there for emergencies.
They won't do unmanned self-driving trains because people would freak out if they didn't think there was at least one human manning the train. Not everyone is enlightened as we few, we happy delusional few, we band of nerds who actually believe we're all going to be riding in self-driving cars in our lifetime.
It's the same with airplanes. There's no need for pilots and co-pilots on commercial passenger airlines any more. But take the pilot out of the cockpit and a lot of people ain't gonna fly anywhere.
And an anti-religious nut decided to do some cleansing of the ignorant religious folks with one of this years largest US mass shootings. Don't eat the pudding that radicalism is limited to gullible religious folks.
You don't have to be gullible religious folks to be terrorists. But it helps.
They are not way in the east. They have a global presence which is extended further every day. They may even live next door.
And they may be under your bed.
The danger of being hurt or killed by terrorists is so vanishingly small that one has to wonder about the impulse behind the fear. It's interesting that the agenda of the terrorists is the same as the agenda of the political elite - to make us live in complaint fear. You're more likely to die of toenail fungus than from a terrorist attack, and yet about 70% of a recent presidential debate focused on the "threat" of terrorism.
Here is a good rule of thumb: If a politician is talking constantly about the threat of terrorism, it's a good bet that it's misdirection from the real threat.
Libertarianism always starts with "if only". As in, "If only people were different, people would be different."
and is quite demonstrable
The part that's demonstrable is that those that act only for their own good will inevitably take advantage of those who work in the good of the commons, and eventually will poison the well. There is a reason greed has been considered a human failing, at least until the relatively recent development of libertarianism. Let's be honest: libertarianism only exists to provide a moral/social/political framework to give cover to sociopaths. Not that all libertarians are sociopaths. I don't believe that at all. But all libertarians are useful to the sociopaths.
I wonder if they'll program the machine translators to blindly support the status quo and protect warmongering, child-diddling, corrupt upper-class twits like the BBC's been doing for decades?
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I'm down with this as long as there's a chatbot with a Scottish accent that curses a lot. Something like this guy who curses out a pizza delivery boy:
https://youtu.be/rc8V9fgzutE
That's because Canadians are more chill than Americans, and generally more drunk.
Can someone please give Elon Musk a smack? He's just trolling us now.
That's my point! I guess the Scrooge mods are out tonight.
Oh well, Merry Christmas everyone. Hold tight to the ones you love.
https://youtu.be/TBJLhOB8O0A
Of course. And at least one person at the front of the train, if you don't mind.
Whoa there. You're preaching to the choir. I don't believe that anyone reading this will live to see ubiquitous autonomous cars. I think it's all a lot of hype.
That is the best Slashdot headline of 2015, bar none.
Thank you and Merry Christmas/Happy New Year to everyone, even the Anonymous Cowards. Let me leave you with this traditional seasonal music:
https://youtu.be/0A8KT365wlA
Twelve of the thirteen states with the greatest poverty are solid red states where the teachers unions have been curbed or eliminated. These are also twelve of the thirteen states with the worst schools.
The one bright spot in climate change is that Miami, Florida is about to be wiped off the face of the Earth. The high-water levels there have been going up by an inch per year. Water is already seeping up through the limestone and flooding the place on a regular basis.
http://www.newyorker.com/magaz...
Why else would LeBron move back to Cleveland? He knew what was up.
Did you have to negotiate for sick days on your job? No? Do you know why? Because a standard was set - by unions.
I'll be happier if they just replace iGoogle.
There's a better choice than "Pinto" for the name of the Google Ford:
https://cdn.psychologytoday.co...
Yes, and the Germans were very grateful.
Unions are why you won't have to go into work on Christmas Day, Bob Cratchit.
We do. The elevated trains in Chicago went from four employees to three to two down to one, who is basically just there for emergencies.
They won't do unmanned self-driving trains because people would freak out if they didn't think there was at least one human manning the train. Not everyone is enlightened as we few, we happy delusional few, we band of nerds who actually believe we're all going to be riding in self-driving cars in our lifetime.
It's the same with airplanes. There's no need for pilots and co-pilots on commercial passenger airlines any more. But take the pilot out of the cockpit and a lot of people ain't gonna fly anywhere.
I thought Ford stood for "fix it again Henry, you Nazi sympathizer".
I might have that wrong.
I see the confusion. There is a world of difference between big "L" libertarians and small "l" libertarians.
One is a political faction (or party). The other is a socio-economic fantasy. My earlier comment was in reference to the latter.
You may get your wish.
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You don't have to be gullible religious folks to be terrorists. But it helps.
And they may be under your bed.
The danger of being hurt or killed by terrorists is so vanishingly small that one has to wonder about the impulse behind the fear. It's interesting that the agenda of the terrorists is the same as the agenda of the political elite - to make us live in complaint fear. You're more likely to die of toenail fungus than from a terrorist attack, and yet about 70% of a recent presidential debate focused on the "threat" of terrorism.
Here is a good rule of thumb: If a politician is talking constantly about the threat of terrorism, it's a good bet that it's misdirection from the real threat.
Libertarianism always starts with "if only". As in, "If only people were different, people would be different."
The part that's demonstrable is that those that act only for their own good will inevitably take advantage of those who work in the good of the commons, and eventually will poison the well. There is a reason greed has been considered a human failing, at least until the relatively recent development of libertarianism. Let's be honest: libertarianism only exists to provide a moral/social/political framework to give cover to sociopaths. Not that all libertarians are sociopaths. I don't believe that at all. But all libertarians are useful to the sociopaths.
This story would be much better if it was a Scottish narcotics trafficking site, as this undercover video of a Scottish drug gang demonstrates.
https://youtu.be/29-LRuuqFT0
It's true. Secular institutions like universities don't generally promote faith-based philosophies like libertarianism.
So, it's like Lotus Notes for your smart phone?
Everybody knows you wait until the first service pack comes out before launching.
I wonder if they'll program the machine translators to blindly support the status quo and protect warmongering, child-diddling, corrupt upper-class twits like the BBC's been doing for decades?