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by kfarr 5y ago
The drones also have sizable batteries. If it crashes in high winds and then starts to burn not sure it’s being so helpful. Then who is liable for that?
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by kfarr 5y ago
Agreed with your first point, and to extend with some of my thoughts: I think there is a unique motivation from depression, anger, and other unhappy thoughts. It feels like (although I don't have hard data) that most of the famous and
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by kfarr 5y ago
Yes, and perhaps analogous, the self driving levels help regulators, press, and general public differentiate between marketing puffery and substance.
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by kfarr 5y ago
Human brains are nothing but atoms. Particles and energies manipulated by physics. There is nothing remotely conscious here. They are literally the product of a deterministic universe.
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by kfarr 5y ago
Would this be a version of the fundamental attribution error?
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by kfarr 5y ago
This just in, complex systems with multiple parts use subsets of these parts for specific actions!
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by kfarr 5y ago
Somewhat related, SFMTA Muni is retiring its current bus stop displays because of AT&T 3G decommissioning. Probably not worth the effort, but presumably sufficiently motivated people could spoof legacy 3G and feed it any data they wish.
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by kfarr 5y ago
Agreed I usually read a few books that circle around core new concepts that I internalize, no notes required. In fact the brain’s built in lossy memory is an advantage here. Related article a few clicks deep points to where I also think wri
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by kfarr 5y ago
A certain class of people have won, not the company, and definitely not the drivers.
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by kfarr 5y ago
With all due respect, those who operated in the passenger transportation industry before (taxis, towncars, etc.) already knew this was a horrible business (read: low margin) with extremely high liabilities.
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by kfarr 5y ago
Love this prompt! In theory Raspberry Pi could be a perfect kid's computer, but the software side still needs help to make it a useable experience for younger ones. Here's an example of a super simple app that I made trying to sol
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by kfarr 5y ago
There can be value in simplicity - fewer things to break and easier to repair.
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by kfarr 5y ago
Good data point! In reading all of this feedback it does make me think there may be utility for a third-party monitoring service. Think Nielsen but for self driving cars. The intelligence collected from on-road movements could be valuable f
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by kfarr 5y ago
I haven’t had this exact scenario you describe. In many cases in SF it is you passing them, not the other way around. Cruise gets confused in intersections sometimes, esp in the presence of unexpected cyclists and pedestrians. Their error s
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by kfarr 5y ago
I’m a former taxi driver and safe streets advocate, so if anything my motivations are not sympathetic with their cause, just observing behavior of them.
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by kfarr 5y ago
Can confirm from personal experience in crosswalks with self driving cars: cruise is the most timid (read safest!) of the self driving cars being tested in SF IMHO. Cruise will proactively alter trajectory (such as deceleration) for pedestr
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by kfarr 5y ago
In that case, you could say it's even more important for all individual agents to adhere to a set of clear and predictable rules.
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by kfarr 5y ago
Gold, thanks for the reminder, still the best definition of conservatism I’ve come across.
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by kfarr 5y ago
Morals don’t matter when the shareholders sue board members for failing to uphold fiduciary responsibility. Just saying, the law influences how we work
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by kfarr 5y ago
Excellent perspective, thanks for the positive and factual viewpoint
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by kfarr 5y ago
It’s worth it, no faster way to get into lifelong debt!
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by kfarr 5y ago
Basically cars are a huge relative cost for the working class. With our land use and transportation policies we have created a world where the costs of getting around are so high that it can trap you in poverty for life. Sorry for the paywa
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by kfarr 5y ago
Raising hundreds of millions of dollars for a built, profitable product with a tight scope and millions of users usually means the product scope will increase as part of their new remit to drive shareholder return. If people liked the exist
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by kfarr 5y ago
And thus leading to the creation of the most powerful thermonuclear weapons known to man... ?
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by kfarr 5y ago
Curious why people are downvoting this. Do you really think the people stealing these goods prefer to be doing this compared to other options available to you and me?
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by kfarr 5y ago
Agreed. The solution is building more housing and expanding UBI, not guns.
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by kfarr 5y ago
Good catch, honestly in that case this seems like great content marketing regardless of validity.
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by kfarr 5y ago
Exactly this is a UI dark pattern that forces consumers into a specific option, not an economic utopia of helping the working class via social norms The fact this is turned into a paper like this shows the disconnect between reality and eco
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by kfarr 5y ago
It may be depressingly accurate for those not great at math and really hate doing it, and it may be that the majority of people fall in this category
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by kfarr 5y ago
That photo stuck with me too. Such tender care, chilling with his kid and the dog at a park. That one photo made me feel more connected to humans of that past more than other historic photos I've seen. (EDIT) Oh man there's an eve

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