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by Fricken 3y ago
When Waymo was known as the Google Self-Driving car project they were cavalier about safety, but became much more conservative after spinning out as Waymo under John Krafcik in 2017. Waymo has not had any serious incidents and these days it
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by Fricken 3y ago
It isn't clear the hiker even wanted a rescue, they ultimately reached safety on their own accord. I've gone into the back country many times where getting hung up in some way, going off-route, or even an ankle sprain could lead t
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by Fricken 3y ago
Populism is for the artistically illiterate. Maybe a typical 5 years old thinks apple juice and hotdogs are the height of culinary arts, but their opinion is worthless to me because they're too uncultivated to know any better.
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by Fricken 3y ago
Having access to a comprehensive database of incidents and near misses would be informative. A single incident where only incomplete information is available doesn't tell us much.
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by Fricken 3y ago
I'm not pro-autonomous vehicles. Under the hypothesis that they worked well enough that they proliferated widely and people came to rely on them, they would be the most enshittifiable service ever. Also I ride a bicycle everywhere, I d
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by Fricken 3y ago
I'm drawing the conclusion that this is a non-issue, or would be if autonomous vehicles hadn't got to be so political over the last year in San Fransisco. There are many people out for blood, they want a follow-up to the Cruise sc
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by Fricken 3y ago
There are a number of diners I can go to that offer a tastier and more substantiative meal with table service for the same price as the last few burger combos I've gotten from McDonald's, A&W and Dairy Queen. It was the $17 DQ
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by Fricken 3y ago
Art isn't beautiful if it's a cliche, and that makes it difficult. You can't just keep churning out the same kind of stuff and expect it to resonate the same way each time.
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by Fricken 3y ago
This would be a total non-story if it wasn't so political.
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by Fricken 3y ago
WWII was something most Americans only read about in the news. They were still willing to die for the cause.
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by Fricken 3y ago
He has exposed a critical security flaw in the system. Give him a bug bounty!
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by Fricken 3y ago
If you don't know, then I can't tell you.
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by Fricken 3y ago
The US is setting new records for domestic oil production: https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/19/business/us-production-oil-re...
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by Fricken 3y ago
Headline: Clean energy is driving economic growth in China Top comment: But what about coal?
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by Fricken 3y ago
When US per capita emissions are less than China's, then it's fair to criticize. However, I'm skeptical renewable energy transition will actually be a transition, rather than just piling more on top of what we already use. Fo
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by Fricken 3y ago
I had it in mind I was going to be a stuntman when I was young, and took glee in scaring the crap out of adults by pretending to crash my bike, fall out of trees, or off of structures. Whatever I learned from those years of risky play I cre
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by Fricken 3y ago
If I have a favorite genre of doc, it's the ones about outsider artists. In addition to American Movie I love "Monster Road", "In the Realms of the Unreal", "Exit Through the Gift Shop", and my personal fa
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by Fricken 3y ago
Evidence regularly turns up that pushes back the dates for how long our ancestors have been doing the special things that make us human.
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by Fricken 3y ago
With matters pertaining to risk, you can let the laws of physics do most of the tough talking.
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by Fricken 3y ago
I worked for a TV production company, and we made a show called Kitten TV, in which each episode was 45 minutes of kittens playing in different custom built themed playsets. On Instagram we received hundreds of pics submitted by viewers of
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by Fricken 3y ago
I've noticed that with group decision making it's always best to argue for more safety, its a winning argument. The argument doesn't need to be valid. The fact that you're defending safety is enough.
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by Fricken 3y ago
re: you really need the right clothes I was out the other day cycling in -13°C, and I was the perfect temperature, didn't sweat, wasn't cold. The next day it was still -13°C, so I wore the same clothes, but I was cold, my fingers
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by Fricken 3y ago
The recent cold snap in Edmonton had me commuting in -37°C. I've never had to rely on face coverings while cycling. Last August however I attempted to cycle from Edmonton to Vancouver but was shut down due to wildfire smoke. My next c
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by Fricken 3y ago
Prairie natives had pemmiccan, which could be stored for a couple years.
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by Fricken 3y ago
In line with the laws of nature there's no real choice to be made any more than a rock can choose it's path when rolling down a hillside. I don't see how the two concepts you've provided are in opposition.
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by Fricken 3y ago
You really are lost, you're on the wrong island
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by Fricken 3y ago
hot dog/not hot dog
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by Fricken 3y ago
Even after factoring those risks in, cyclists on average live longer than non-cyclists.
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by Fricken 3y ago
Portraying the bad guy as a raving orange fat man was on point. The world just didn't know it yet at the time.
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by Fricken 3y ago
I was going off what the family I stayed with in Kuta told me. The mother of the family could not read. Indonesia is quite diverse. There are many isolated ethnic groups. On Lombok material quality of life can vary quite a bit from one vill

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