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by floxy 1y ago
https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/highlights-from-the-comment...
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by floxy 1y ago
>It'd be fun to have a book of tricks from this era. I think you'll get a kick out of: "Analog Circuit Design: Art, Science and Personalities" https://www.amazon.com/Analog-Circuit-Design-Personalities
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by floxy 1y ago
So why aren't trains automated yet? I mean, beside the inter-airport shuttles. Seems like a much more constrained set of parameters to deal with. I'd think this would be a good "first" project to tackle for an AV comp
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by floxy 1y ago
That is great, thanks for the link!
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by floxy 1y ago
I don't know anything about this new company, but muon-catalyzed fusion is legit. Because the muon is 200 times heavier than the electron it is much closer to the nucleus, and creates a better shielding effect. The question is what i
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by floxy 1y ago
And/or application domain. Lower level programming might lean more on the math side? Wasn't the modulus operator a common complaint about fizz-buzz?
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by floxy 1y ago
Where does the 20:1 stat come from? Does anyone know how may human interventions Waymo has per trip or per mile? How much human time is needed per intervention? And are the intervention rate and human time increasing or decreasing over t
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by floxy 1y ago
This is due to the heavy lobbying on the part of the existing automobile manufacturers combined with the fact that meeting the goals would seem to be a big disruption for the industry. https://www.autosinnovate.org/posts&#x2
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by floxy 1y ago
>but why does any federal body have this authority? The current "Advanced Clean Cars II" is operating under a federal EPA waiver for California and 12 other states. The EPA regulates sources of pollution, which includes interna
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by floxy 1y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn
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by floxy 1y ago
What seems more likely, that Waymo is prioritizing pedestrian safety over cyclist safety? Or cyclists are much more likely to engage in risky behavior?
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by floxy 1y ago
>The best part of all this was learning that inauguration bribes have been happening for decades, generally to little fanfare. Where can I read more about this?
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by floxy 1y ago
Self-driving is probably still new enough that insurance companies wouldn't have good actuarial data to properly price the risks, so they'd just have to charge exorbitant rates.
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by floxy 1y ago
This isn't a mistake though, right? These papers were authored by a chat bot, so why would anyone assume that any of the conclusions are legitimate?
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by floxy 1y ago
The current "Advanced Clean Cars II" is operating under a federal EPA waiver for California and 12 other states. California could institute a special sales tax on internal combustion engine vehicles and raise the rate on gas taxe
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by floxy 1y ago
Seems like it would more informative to link to an issue with Waymo instead of Cruise.
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by floxy 1y ago
Does anyone know what percentage Bezos owns of Slate? His name is always associated with it, hinting that the company has a near bottomless well of cash to draw from. But is Bezos' stake closer to 0.01% or 50%?
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by floxy 1y ago
That's great news. I wonder how much insurance rates will go down when autonomous vehicles get popular. Seems like the liability portion could go way down.
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by floxy 1y ago
>As of today, "vegetative electron microscopy" appears in 22 papers, according to Google Scholar. Is there any reason that journals shouldn't retract those 22 papers? I suppose those are probably pretty suspect journals i
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by floxy 1y ago
>mechanical logic (which works by moving around baryons) can scale down further than electronic logic, which is already running into Heisenberg problems with current semiconductor fabrication technology. I think I must be missing somethi
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by floxy 1y ago
Anyone have a source for how many pounds of batteries each car manufacturer has shipped over the years? It would be nice to see how BYD is doing compared to Toyota, Tesla, VW, and General Motors, etc.
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by floxy 1y ago
Seems in line with the data here as well: https://www.bts.gov/content/gasoline-hybrid-and-electric-veh... ...I would think this data is from vehicle registration data, and not sampled from owner surveys (or the like).
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by floxy 1y ago
Assuming OP has a Ford Mustang Mach-E, RWD, Long Range model, you might expect: 286 miles at 70 MPH 249 miles at 75 MPH 232 miles at 75 MPH with 2kW of heating https://evkx.net/models/ford/mustang_mach-e
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by floxy 1y ago
This source seems to show that hybrid and EV sales are pretty comparable? https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=63904
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by floxy 1y ago
Plug in hybrids are eligible for the U.S. Federal $7,500 tax credit if they meet the same battery mineral sourcing requirements as the EVs do. https://fueleconomy.gov/feg/tax2023.shtml
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by floxy 1y ago
>They also sold 4k RAV4 EVs Toyota has sold over 33,000 BZ4Xs in the U.S.. https://electrek.co/2025/01/03/toyota-bz4x-sales-finally-pic... https://insideevs.com/news/755382/bz4x-s
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by floxy 1y ago
>It's not the 1000 EVs out of the 100k vehicles that matter, but rather the 10k hybrid vehicles out of that same 100k pool, which literally produce double the MPG compared to ICE cars. It seems like hybrid sales are pretty comparabl
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by floxy 1y ago
>"Toyota Motor Corporation (“Toyota”) and Waymo reached a preliminary agreement to explore a collaboration focused on accelerating the development and deployment of autonomous driving technologies. " The current HN title seems
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by floxy 1y ago
>Especially because these scams actually work - the reason restaurants give for not just increasing their menu prices is because higher listed prices drive people away. Is there a good way to account for the loss of customers from this
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by floxy 1y ago
Electrify America doesn't require you to use an app in the Pacific Northwest. You can just pay with a credit card.

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