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by buvanshak 9y ago
>This does not mean "reality does not exist" - how would that statement even make sense? Or that our experience is an "illusion" or "wrong". This supposes there is some "correct" way to experience
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by buvanshak 9y ago
I couldn't find anything new in this article. Sure the version of reality that gave us maximum advantage sustained. Organism who had color vision had an advantage over organism s that only had monochrome vision...Sure. We understand t
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by buvanshak 9y ago
> virtual medium has become more important - because more people are using it to get their information... "More" does not necessary equals better..Having talk with a concerned authority or a minister might be thousand times bet
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by buvanshak 9y ago
I already does not use facebook and the likes. For me, I had a similar feeling after I blocked reddit/hn domains. >I hope this platform dies, rather quickly. Because it harms society and individuals more than we are aware of. Reddit
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by buvanshak 9y ago
>Rocket exhaust can have impact with atmosphere, we need to study it more on short and long term effects. Wasn't this already known? We have been sending rockets to space for a while now, right? EDIT: Found something from 2014, htt
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by buvanshak 9y ago
>lawmakers need to have some kind of framework in place to deal with any incidents that arise. With a human behind the wheel.. The framework should have been in place before these vehicles were ever put on the roads. For example, there
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by buvanshak 9y ago
>I believe there's still a long way to go until the system is fully trained and has enough redundancy as to remediate for bugs in one component... What sort of tests did these cars undergo before they were put on street? Have you se
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by buvanshak 9y ago
>Not true at all, the person was not standing under lit streetlights and was in the shadows... The 'shadow' is appearing completely dark due to the poor dynamic range of the camera. It won't appear so to a normal human eye
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by buvanshak 9y ago
> The good news about self-driving car accidents is that improvements to the system will be eventually shared by all cars saving many lives. If this was true, how come the car was not trained for this pretty common/typical scenario.
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by buvanshak 9y ago
Human eyes have much better dynamic range than most of the cameras out there. Yes even in differently illuminated areas. If the vehicle was on High beam, (which you would be on if you have trouble seeing stuff in distance), then A human sho
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by buvanshak 9y ago
> is full of baseless speculation... Can you list all the "baseless speculations" in the discussions/blog post?
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by buvanshak 9y ago
Karma does not mean shit. It just means you are complaisant. I think the proper way to use things like HN/reddit is to always use a throwaway account and always speak your mind without the fear of negative karma...So I also agree 100%
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by buvanshak 9y ago
1. A driver who is not looking at the road cannot "potentially intervene", and is as good as no driver at all.. 2. These companies seem to be doing nothing to make sure that the drivers will pay attention always and is always in a
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by buvanshak 9y ago
It is not uncommon for pedestrian to notice in coming traffic, and still cross the road, in the expectation that the car ll just slow down for them to cross..A human driver, without exception, will slow down in this case. Sadly the same thi
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by buvanshak 9y ago
> clear the driver was looking at his phone or doing something ... Seriously, what else can you expect. These companies who do put these things on the road with the justification that "There is a human behind the wheel" should
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by buvanshak 9y ago
> But the other person probably changed emails, didnt keep his phone number and moved to a new City. What now? What if the other person did all these and didn't update facebook? Tough luck. Move on. Right? Same thing. If they change
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by buvanshak 9y ago
>The crucial point here is that I can’t tell in advance which places, until I decide to go. You should have the foresight to write down their contact details. You meet a person, exchange contact details. Save it in your phone or cloud or
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by buvanshak 9y ago
Bill gates is no saint as he tries to project himself to be. Look what this foundation tried to do in India, but it seems that it didn't work out, thanks to a number of brave doctors who questioned and blocked it.. http://ww