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by coatmatter 8y ago
Except they're not only distracted while looking at their screen when stopped. The distraction continues after they start rolling again - one thing directly leads to another here.
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by coatmatter 8y ago
I see the article highlighting the community's continual misplacing of priorities. This doesn't mean that I don't think plastic straws present any problems, but I believe most aren't thinking rationally about the cause o
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by coatmatter 8y ago
Every time this topic surfaces in my various feeds, I do a Ctrl+F/Cmd+F// for car/motor/driv/vehicle. To date, I've found no articles that mention plastic and excessive motor vehicle use (often single-occu
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by coatmatter 8y ago
No, I was just using a fancy word I've always liked because it seemed to describe things as best I could. At one point in my life, I was simply an inexperienced learner driver. It isn't and wasn't a medical condition (for me
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by coatmatter 8y ago
This question is probably better answered by car owners, because I plan to never own a car. It doesn't really concern me like it might one of the (grand)parent comments. It still makes me wonder though as to what the best approach is -
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by coatmatter 8y ago
Twitter has a character limit which is bypassed through screenshots. Screenshots also are a sort of backup in case the original content is deleted for whatever reason. Not a good backup, but a backup nonetheless. It's also faster and e
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by coatmatter 8y ago
This is probably going to sound outlandish to the majority, but I take it a step further and don't trust any car (+driver), period. Including drivers with massive amounts of experience or skill (even the best have failed spectacularly)
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by coatmatter 8y ago
What's being scrutinised here is the difference of being forced to be a part of a fleet as opposed to separately owning and controlling your own fleet. If you buy a Tesla, you will not be able to control access to it without limiting i
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by coatmatter 8y ago
> Meanwhile, it is all-but-certain that the overall findings were correct: people hit the wrong pedal regularly, and if enough press attention is given, all of those wrong-pedal-pushers find each other and try to blame the manufacturer
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by coatmatter 8y ago
"Car infotainment" includes the maps and GPS navigation, doesn't it? Something that many many drivers struggle to multitask with.
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by coatmatter 8y ago
One time I pulled up at the red light behind a Tesla while I was on a bicycle. Straight through the rear window I could see the driver and front passenger being distracted by the massive flat touch screen. The traffic light turned green,
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by coatmatter 8y ago
Underground space isn't unlimited. Besides, the best integrated transport solution in the world already exists in places like Utrecht, Groningen and Assen thanks to reforms that started decades ago.
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by coatmatter 8y ago
Cars, or more specifically the way "we"* tend to (mis)use them (single occupancy mode) are an exponential major world problem. * Full disclosure: I ride bicycles and only plan to ever live in localities where I won't need to
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by coatmatter 8y ago
One of the world's largest mining companies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Tinto_Group
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by coatmatter 8y ago
Airport baggage systems are mostly automated.
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by coatmatter 8y ago
Completely impractical is correct. From an ABC 4 Corners interview with one of the expert cave divers involved: TRANSCRIPT EXCERPT: > JASON MALLINSON, BRITISH CAVE DIVER: "They had a full-face mask on. So, it was basically that one
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by coatmatter 8y ago
It's doubly ironic that his apparent intention (or mere desire) to take Tesla private has now only made the share price even more volatile. SpaceX aside, he's really having an anti-Midas touch this year. Can things possibly get an
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by coatmatter 8y ago
Some might think this is all gossip, but I think it could all be very relevant: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/16/business/elon-musk-interv... - Not sure what he expected to gain from this interview. h
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by coatmatter 8y ago
Not a billionaire, but Martin Shkreli is coming to mind right now.
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by coatmatter 8y ago
It's hard to tell whether something is too good to be true in these unusual news cycles and market conditions. The market wasn't sure either (not that the market is always rational but I digress). Not only does it now appear to be
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by coatmatter 8y ago
> Or the "pedo" tweet last month when he decided to accuse that diver of being a pedophile because he's resident in Thailand. I don't mean to be annoying with this nitpick, but I feel it's important for details
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by coatmatter 8y ago
What's not normal for other CEOs might be considered normal for Musk - it's hard to tell exactly where to start. Aside from all the unusual things that have been happening of late with his public Twittosphere and the like [1], the
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by coatmatter 8y ago
I'm kind of fine with Tim Cook staying as Apple's CEO, even though I don't have any particular overall sentiments either way toward the company. He seems to be the right person for the job. Elon Musk however does not seem fit
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by coatmatter 8y ago
> Elon Musk crashing and burning is not a good outcome for the world. He's right on the cusp of sustainable success but there's a chance he won't get over it. I'm not convinced that more cars (even electric cars) or
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by coatmatter 8y ago
Can you fill me in on what you mean by coattails of Musk in relation to Iridium? Iridium and their original satellites have been around for a long time (much longer than SpaceX) and while they now use some of the services of SpaceX, "r
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by coatmatter 8y ago
> It both helps and hurts his companies, but on balance i think it got him where he is. Everything gets people to where they are until it doesn't. My question is, what next?
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by coatmatter 8y ago
> He did something almost impossible with SpaceX and Tesla. Boosters that go up and land back again? That’s nuts. I'm trying to gauge whether "almost impossible" is literal or figurative here, given that (the) Eagle did
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by coatmatter 8y ago
> On the flip side, he wants to build cars without having to play stupid financial games to satisfy investors each quarter. It baffles me why he publicly listed Tesla in the first place if he didn't want to "play stupid finan
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by coatmatter 8y ago
> Doctors would totally push cheap testicle-exploding drugs on their patients if there wasn't extensive regulation preventing them from doing that. And who would have had some of the most input into said extensive regulation?
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by coatmatter 8y ago
Some of them are just plain harder than others. I think the trick is to just do them quickly and not try to think too much. Failure is allowed.

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