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by Qworg 11y ago
Lock in. When you have a soup to nuts solution, you don't want people subbing in a different kind of nuts.
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by Qworg 11y ago
The vast majority of robots are solutions looking for problems. The problems in the DoD are both pressing and obvious, making this problem show up less often.
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by Qworg 11y ago
There are a few that don't, but they require your lawn boundary to be fully enclosed. They bump off the barriers to know to turn around.
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by Qworg 11y ago
It is pretty magical having one - it is almost like the lawn never grows after it reaches a certain height. Also, the neighbors love asking questions about it.
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by Qworg 11y ago
There are also noise restrictions and lawn care differences (do you like stripes on your lawn?). The two you mentioned (smaller lawns and higher labor costs) are the biggest drivers though. I lead a team working on these for a major outdoor
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Obama Wants to Spend $4B to Fill Our Roads with Autonomous Vehicles(gizmodo.com)
1 points by Qworg 11y ago|0 comments
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by Qworg 11y ago
Glitch pivoted into Slack. :)
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by Qworg 11y ago
Those methods have a lot more refinement, but eventually, most certainly. I suppose the more important argument is not about "what's the quality of the model?" vs. "what goal is the insurance company trying to accomplish
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by Qworg 11y ago
The sophistication of these devices aren't that high - what constitutes an "unsafe driving habit"? Speed? How hard you turn? Most do some sort of banding around your speed and braking force, which is super crude and doesn&#x2
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by Qworg 11y ago
This is exactly the goal - these systems are used to ratchet up prices on bad drivers (read them as bad customers), pushing them to other companies.
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by Qworg 11y ago
Overall mortality in some states exceeds 60%. There is a threat with multiple causes - one of these is the use of pesticides on nearby crops. There were massive reported losses in some states due to neonicitoid laced dust from automatic pla
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by Qworg 11y ago
There's an implicit decision there - choosing between you (the passenger in the autonomous vehicle) and the people on the street. You can't have your cake and eat it too. Fault isn't what's at stake here. You actually
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by Qworg 11y ago
There are physical limits on how fast or smart you can make braking. We make thousands of unconscious decisions while driving - many of them moral/ambiguous. "Should I pass this car in the intersection even though it is breaking
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by Qworg 11y ago
They sometimes break [sic]. I think your position requires a fully autonomous world. Instead, imagine that the car behind you continues to barrel forward instead of slowing itself. Your autonomous vehicle then has a decision to make.
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by Qworg 11y ago
Off the shelf is exactly why Parrot is so successful. It is harder than it looks to make it work perfectly every time for laypeople.
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by Qworg 11y ago
The "personalized interior" is the most socially acceptable end case I can foresee. We conflate two separate things when we consider what cars _are_ - a way to transport ourselves and things from place to place AND an extension of
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by Qworg 11y ago
They also eat the lunch of the other car manufacturers, simultaneously lowering near term and future sales.
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by Qworg 11y ago
2-3 generations is a long time to make money.
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The McDonald's of the Future Opens in Hong Kong(kotaku.com)
7 points by Qworg 11y ago|1 comments
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by Qworg 11y ago
Another issue with this argument is that all of those fields are considerable less well remunerated than technology.
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by Qworg 11y ago
> You don't register to shoot off a model rocket at the park Actually, you do if you'll exceed a certain height or if your rocket engine is larger than H (or perhaps I) class.
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by Qworg 11y ago
One of the symptoms of ADHD is extreme focus in certain situations.
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Data Storage on DNA Can Keep It Safe for Centuries(nytimes.com)
1 points by Qworg 11y ago|0 comments
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Data Storage on DNA Can Keep It Safe for Centuries(nytimes.com)
2 points by Qworg 11y ago|0 comments
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by Qworg 11y ago
Interesting. What do your false rates look like?
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by Qworg 11y ago
Your maintenance comment is often overlooked - there's also the issues with supplier quality, shakedown, and getting the kinks out of the hard metal bending parts. Just look at Tesla's problems with milling out drivetrains.
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by Qworg 11y ago
I wouldn't take it as far as you have - releasing Autopilot this early was the right move, but the current sensor mix will limit the applicability of their data gathering until they ship new hardware. I'm not sure GoogleX had to a
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by Qworg 11y ago
This is likely the model that Faraday Future is going to attempt (either that or in town rentals).
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by Qworg 11y ago
Leave is tied to having children because having children means you can't walk away or take a break. The time off with your child isn't time you get to choose - instead, you're at the beck and call of a helpless human who rel
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by Qworg 11y ago
There are several technologies in startups that can kill weeds using custom levels/frequencies of light - it takes about 3 seconds per spot to kill a weed. Lasers, especially fast ones will only handle superficial stuff.

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