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by dml2135 5y ago
Certainly possible, but not necessarily. I had covid before the vaccines, and the vaccines were way worse in terms of intensity of discomfort. Covid was still worse in terms of duration. But I won’t be getting a booster more often than mayb
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by dml2135 5y ago
Another example I saw on HN before: What happens when the tech is good enough to 100% avoid sudden pedestrian collisions, so pedestrians wise up and realize they can just jaywalk in front of any self driving car with impunity? Especially in
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by dml2135 5y ago
I think both Tesla and the driver need to be held responsible separately, through legal means. It's the FTC's (or some other gov agency) responsibility to enforce that marketing claims make sense. They should go after Tesla. At th
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by dml2135 5y ago
Tesla bears some responsibility, but it's also on an individual to sniff out bullshit when necessary, and not be gullible to the point of committing negligent homicide. When you operate heavy machinery, it's your responsibility to
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by dml2135 5y ago
The main barrier is the state of the tech, not media outrage. There is a gap between the current state of the tech, and computers being better at driving than humans, that may be impossible to bridge. In order to bridge it, as a society we
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I think that's the key. If self-driving cars ever reach a level of ubiquity, it's going to be on large, open roads and highways. Urban areas will still require a human driving.
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Unfortunately, I think that holding the driver responsible is more legally feasible route to take. If you are successful with that, consumer confidence in these features will drop to 0 and the companies will be forced to put up or shut up w
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by dml2135 5y ago
Second this!
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It was pretty rough last decade as well.
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I don’t understand why this is the developer’s responsibility. People choosing this apartment building will be aware of their parking options and can plan accordingly.
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Oh man, just wait until you see the new sequel.
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100k is only this year, it goes up to $2mil tomorrow. Your point still stands though, even that is possibly not high enough
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My worry is that as this happens more and more, the health care industry will come up with their own score, and will refuse to serve people that don’t pay their medical debts.
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by dml2135 5y ago
Good point, but I wonder what % of say, the NY MTA’s operating budget is funded with ads. I feel like these things are sold for way cheaper than they should be. I think I remember reading that the naming rights for Citibike were sold for li
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by dml2135 5y ago
Norway is approx 5.4 million people and NYC is about 8.8, so while the population is greater, it’s not by an order of magnitude or anything. Norway is also much colder than NYC. I would imagine in terms of energy needed for heating, the two
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by dml2135 5y ago
Well no, they don’t have zero impact. They have enough of an impact that they will improve things a bit, but not cause a sudden change that would cause people such as you to leave. That’s the entire idea behind phasing this in, and by your
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by dml2135 5y ago
Oh I agree with you, I’m talking long term really, once battery technology is much better than it is now. But for now redundancy can be achieved with generators. That will allow us to keep some fossil fuels as reserves, without needing to b
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by dml2135 5y ago
It’s absolutely not.
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wow your landlord sounds awesome, do you live in nyc? I think I’m resigned to using gas until I buy a home (if that day ever comes).
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by dml2135 5y ago
No, you need to transition over time. Your idea is to just cut off the gas one day, and expect everyone to go out and buy new appliances at the same time? I don’t think I need to explain why phasing in such a change is preferable.
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Why not? When you use a stove, look how much of the flame is open, and take note of how much heat is being thrown off and not going into your food. When gas is burned in a plant, much more of that heat is captured. But it’s really a moot po
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by dml2135 5y ago
Heating oil is one part of the problem. Natural gas is another.
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Would you be happier if they banned all gas outright? This is how you make change, in small steps.
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Agree with this, but the green solution for this is home batteries, not fossil fuels. We do need to harden and invest in the electric grid though, and I worry that climate activists may not be making it a high enough priority. You’ll lose s
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by dml2135 5y ago
No, even if power plants are still run by fossil fuels, the electrification of the home leads to greater efficiency due to the economies of scale that centralizing the power production provides. Also, once everything is electrified, it’s ea
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by dml2135 5y ago
Heat pumps and induction ranges have changed the game. Dirty gas does not have the same advantages over electric that it used to.
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by dml2135 5y ago
How about cars just have built-in phone mounts? We’re all carrying a touch screen with us already.
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The same as if a human hits someone with a car -- nobody.
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Wouldn't want any Borg driving those things around.
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Yea I don't know how one can look at NYC traffic and claim it's anything other than a total shitshow.

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