joshualross

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by joshualross 6y ago
I don't think we should limit to just engineering; you see this stuff in media, politics, finances, statistics, etc. Anything that is not well understood by the public at large is ripe for misuse.
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by joshualross 6y ago
There have been amazing leaps in astrophysics; gravitational wave detection, planet detection around other stars (>4000), first image of a black hole, not to mention all the space probes doing science throughout the solar system. Outsid
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by joshualross 7y ago
Currently, the demand is still strong enough that the wait time on a new TM3 is 4-8 weeks. That may decrease, but right now Tesla can't make them fast enough.
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by joshualross 7y ago
The IIHS rates TM3 it's top tier aware of Top Safety Pick+ which is a higher rating than the Bolt (noted in the article)[0]. This doesn't factor in autopilot although it does evaluate collision avoidance systems, which must rate
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by joshualross 7y ago
Any drop in gas prices is typically followed by an increase in purchases of gas inefficient vehicles.
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by joshualross 9y ago
There are 35 thousand deaths per year as a result of car crashes, and over 6 million total crashes[0]. If autonomous cars reduce those deaths to hundreds and overall crashes to thousands, I think you're underestimating the number of p
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by joshualross 9y ago
With Peter Thiel and Carl Icahn as both close Trump advisors and Lyft investors[1], I wonder if the damage done on one side will equal the benefit of these lofty climate goals on the other? As a concerned citizen, I applaud their effort, b
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by joshualross 9y ago
I think the point was to have an independent party give the recommendations in order to avoid any bias or partiality in the matter.
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by joshualross 9y ago
China has a a few hundred thousand metric tons before they are close to the historical pollution we have contributed. And last I checked, they are still committed to taking action[1]... if only we could say the same. Things I've lea
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by joshualross 9y ago
A couple thoughts - what is equally? The US is the historically the largest contributor of greenhouse gases by a wide margin[1]. And last I checked, a vast majority of people support the agreement[2], including half of trump supporters. [
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by joshualross 10y ago
The full constellation would be 4,425 satellites.