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by d0lph 8y ago
Obviously someone shaping stats to their own biases. They want to compare Tesla and Mercedes Benz crash rates because they are in a similar price range? Mind you he has no data on automated driving crashes. Ridiculous and short-sighted, the
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by d0lph 8y ago
If human beings dying weren't at least somewhat ok, we wouldn't drive cars.
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by d0lph 8y ago
Or perhaps us fingers-in-ears Musk fans don't expect the AP to be perfect. Especially considering how new the fields are. Autopilot doesn't need to be perfect, just better than humans.
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by d0lph 8y ago
How did their security team identify that?
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by d0lph 8y ago
Precisely, I'm sure there's an enormous amount of infrastructure, extraction equipment, storage, processing and reprocessing. Without the full data such a statement is vacuous.
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by d0lph 8y ago
I like nuclear, it's the obvious choice, and incredibly safe. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium_mining_in_the_United_S... "Uranium mining in the United States produced 3,303,977 pounds (1,498,659 kg) of U
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by d0lph 8y ago
Right, diamonds just cost human lives.
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by d0lph 8y ago
They're all arbitrary stores of value whos intrinsic value is not justified by the market price?
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by d0lph 8y ago
I for one would like to see more snarky CTOs on HN
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by d0lph 8y ago
If it were maybe 5 years ago I would be horrified, but under Nadella they are a lot less ... Microsoft-y.
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by d0lph 8y ago
That is not how I read it. > And yes, societies which are better at warfare tend to also have better agriculture, tools, etc, to support their military machine. He states that there tends to be a correlation, but not causation.
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by d0lph 8y ago
Could paint over it, low tech solution.
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by d0lph 8y ago
They could subsidize the effort with a TV show(someone call amazon), I know I would definitely watch an arms race between drones and crows.
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by d0lph 8y ago
Is it? Were males not the primary fighters? Men are more built for combat (higher testosterone, more muscle mass, endurance etc.).
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by d0lph 8y ago
True, I was more ranting, hot topic. There is a term for what you described, security theater. I'm not saying it's worthless, but it's only not worthless because terrorists might believe it's not.
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by d0lph 8y ago
I wish, the TSA was tested and it failed to stop 95% of instances of undercover Homeland Security agents from bringing on explosives and weapons. https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/06/01/tsa-fails-95-perce...
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by d0lph 8y ago
I'm surprised to see so many supporting the TSA's intelligence, they have not stopped a single terrorist attack since their inception.
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by d0lph 8y ago
s/intelligence/intelligent
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by d0lph 8y ago
I wouldn't say unclear: https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-05-31/what-do-s...
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by d0lph 8y ago
How difficult would it be to defend yourself in such a case? It seems like they have a strong case for the prior existence of this symbol. I know it's not normally advised to represent yourself, but in this case it seems the only optio
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by d0lph 8y ago
But, on the other hand just because you can get a patent, doesn't mean it can't be challenged.
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by d0lph 8y ago
How do we know casinos and such are truly random?
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by d0lph 8y ago
I think calling people was probably part of her job.
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by d0lph 8y ago
I am not aware of any loot boxes that aren't random? Are you just saying this is possible, or do you know of an instance of this?
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by d0lph 8y ago
Looks like it's kinda up to the courts how to interpret it, but, also, it looks like your logic is valid with it being more restrictive than permissive. "First, some courts have held that an item only falls within the preceding no
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by d0lph 8y ago
Apologies, I misread your comment.
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by d0lph 8y ago
Correcting false statements matters on its own.
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by d0lph 8y ago
False equivalent, one is banning someone from the store, the other is creating compatibility when one naturally doesn't exist.
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by d0lph 8y ago
Isn't that pretty much all business though.
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by d0lph 8y ago
The ROI might be more social, imagine reviving someone from hundreds of years ago, they'd be a living relic.

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