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by lsc 9y ago
but a big part of AEB is to slow the car before a collision, thus reducing the speed/severity of the resulting crash. There certainly should be a point at which it becomes clear that the car is going to hit the thing, and I'd ex
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by lsc 9y ago
>But today we can't even do a basic 'dont run into shit' on a perfectly clear day. so,uh, the emergency braking systems on other cars...so called 'AEB' systems, or what Honda calls Collision Mitigation Braking Sy
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by lsc 9y ago
right. I was responding to: >If everyone who fulfills the basics are supposed to get five stars, how do we signal the extra mile except for tips? Which is asking for ways of showing appreciation without giving a tip (or perhaps even in
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by lsc 9y ago
right, I think most people give mostly fives because of this. I've probably given less than 5 less-than-five ratings, and I've been using these services almost daily for more than a year. But, some people never give 5 star rati
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by lsc 9y ago
>Mostly bias, I suspect. If bias gets you a significantly more remunerative or prestigious job, well, that should be factored into your return on investment, if you are looking for renumeration or prestige or to work around people with p
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by lsc 9y ago
I think both uber and lift allow you to 'leave a complement' where you can write a short bit of text that other people can see. My guess, though, is that the driver would prefer the tip.
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by lsc 9y ago
Even within an office, it's a general rule of office politics that when asked, if you can say something good about someone without lying, you should do so, and you should generally avoid saying bad things about other people. I mean, th
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by lsc 9y ago
seems to me like an easy fix would be to simply adjust the ratings based on the person doing the rating... if someone almost always gives five stars, and they gave a four? there was probably a reason. but that person who always gives 3 s
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by lsc 9y ago
>So if you're only occasionally soldering up a circuit board, you stay well ventilated, and you keep the solder temperature below 450°C (my soldering iron is usually set around 280°C - 300°C) then the risk seems pretty negligible. I
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by lsc 9y ago
I've got no opinion of the quality of instruction; I don't have the experience of either one. All I'm saying is that most people didn't go to an elite school, and yet a lot of the really prestigious and remunerative Engi
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by lsc 9y ago
I need citation on this idea that flux is just as toxic as lead. Being a technician, I read the MSDS: https://www.mgchemicals.com/downloads/msds/01%20English%20Ca... vs: https://www.mgchemicals.com&#x2F
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by lsc 9y ago
> I'm wondering what's the opportunity cost that you paid by having Cal State on your CV instead of a top-ranked university. I sometimes see people who went to MIT or Stanford that I feel would not have gotten nearly as far as
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by lsc 9y ago
>If you're just doing a bit of soldering as a hobby, though, get leaded solder. It works so much better than the modern unleaded stuff. Just don't breathe the smoke. That is personally not the tradeoff I'd make. Lead is a
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by lsc 9y ago
the general rule "If you can afford an accountant, you should probably hire one" applies generally, and keeps you out of a lot of trouble.
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by lsc 9y ago
https://www.bizfilings.com/toolkit/research-topics/managing-... What I'm saying is that trading btc for ltc is barter- and it is taxible.
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by lsc 9y ago
>Also for AI-safety it is important to begin interfacing between between digital and neural as early as possible. I see no evidence that we're going to get anything like machine consciousness in the near future. Moore's law w
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by lsc 9y ago
Hmm. I am closer to 50 than 25 a year. My recent thoughts on the matter are mostly after playing progression games or watching YouTube. "i would be happier now if I had spent that time reading"
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by lsc 9y ago
Declining to do evil, with real standards for what that means is, at the very least, a good first step, and a possible one.
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by lsc 9y ago
sure, I'm not saying it wouldn't be great. but my point is that you still need an interface, and my understanding is that we're pretty far away from building an interface that feels like it's just your memory. I mean
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by lsc 9y ago
> The fundamentals of this idea are so shockingly hand-wavey, that I find this to be something of a hazard to Elon Musk’s reputation. The rest of the comment implies that you aren't joking.
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by lsc 9y ago
> Sensory interconnect is just the beginning. The real revolution is giving your brain a low level IO bus that allows a computer to transparently extend it beyond the physical limits of whatever number of neurons are in your head. The po
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by lsc 9y ago
So, my current employers have the, uh, washlets you describe, real high grade ones with a heater and a dryer. And I use them for the wash cycle, but I've found that I still prefer to dry off using toilet paper; the air dry function,
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by lsc 9y ago
>I want to help them, but the answer isn't more subsidies. I want to see her get that better job, even if it means losing the assistance. I want to see Dad stay in the home because that's so critical for developing emotional co
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by lsc 9y ago
I think you're taking the idea too far. look at what the civil engineers have: https://www.asce.org/code-of-ethics/ Yes, yes, we have a responsibility to not defraud people, and to not work on obviously evil pro
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by lsc 9y ago
so I'm a couple comments up; I do think that audiobooks can be better for some things... but even when the recording is so good you might be able to call it better than the book, it's just... a really different experience from re
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by lsc 9y ago
I don't think audiobooks are really the same; Maybe I just need to figure out how to make it read faster, but so far it's just slower and less immersive. Audio is a thing, like I really enjoy history podcasts when I'm doi
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by lsc 9y ago
>I read about five books a year, so even though it feels like I’ll read an endless number of books in the future, I actually have to choose only 300 of all the books out there to read and accept that I’ll sign off for eternity without kn
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by lsc 9y ago
https://purple.com/refund-policy "Purple will cover the shipping or pickup charges for returns and exchanges, except when there are extenuating circumstances. You will be informed beforehand if extra charges will apply
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by lsc 9y ago
> As an American that moved to Europe before I was old enough to ever buy an expensive mattress, what Americans spend on mattresses is always incredibly baffling. I think it might just be a class thing? If you want a $100 mattress in A
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by lsc 9y ago
I think this might be one of the big 'brand advantages' of the mattress in a box companies; because most people feel uneasy about the return process, and because of that, if they like the mattress, they are more likely to buy mor

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