megy

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by megy 9y ago
So? That is because the traffic is speeding. What sort of twisted logic do you have that someone has just been killed, and the point you want to make is that 3miles over is not really speeding?
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by megy 9y ago
> Until you consider the _billions_ of miles that cars in the US drive every month. Cars are exceptionally safe, and they're getting better every year.. because we keep driving _more_ miles year after year, yet fatalities continue t
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by megy 9y ago
It cost $12m for them to make them.
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by megy 9y ago
> All of them, I mean you took a poll? that must have taken a while. If someone wants to pretend it is not acceptable while still driving, that is just silly.
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by megy 9y ago
> Car companies have (multiple) private tracks that they stress test their vehicles on. Car companies are extremely risk averse. Public road testing for something safety related is going to be very late stage in development/testing,
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by megy 9y ago
What cost do you put on your own life? Lets start from there?
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by megy 9y ago
> Mixed traffic speeds decrease safety Exactly. That is why we should ban all cars anywhere there is people, and they should be limited to highways. Because safety is most important, right? Right???
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by megy 9y ago
This was a cyclist. So they should be on bikes. Just like they take the repair mechanics on the first test flight after a major repair of a big airplane.
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by megy 9y ago
Cost 1000s if not millions of lives. You understand over a million people die every year due driving? They system is not working.
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by megy 9y ago
Do you drive? How can you drive and not be aware of the 40,000 deaths a year in the US, and pretend you aren't part of that system.
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by megy 9y ago
> Why can a private for profit company "test" their systems on the public roads? I mean, this is the way cars have always operated. It is somehow any different to let them "test" there brake system, there acceleration
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by megy 9y ago
This isn't the same thing at all.
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by megy 9y ago
> Every time this happens, I love these comments, you seem them all the time (Everytime this happens if you will). And they are phrased as though they are above questioning.
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by megy 9y ago
> What they're not going to have is data on the people who choose not to shop at these stores because of this policy, Why won't they have that data? They will certainly know if sales have gone down, and they can try it out in d
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by megy 9y ago
Did they have multi-day passes back then? It might be reasonable to compare the cheapest options available then.
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by megy 9y ago
What are you even questioning? Do you think everyone knows how little it pays BEFORE the report came out?
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by megy 9y ago
No you don't. I have never used a car to get to work. Most people I know do not drive to work.
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by megy 9y ago
This is a good point, but it can no way be worse than what we have now.
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by megy 9y ago
Sure, me too. But this doesn't mean the management doesn't change, their requirements don't change, and idiots in consulting will bend over backwards to make them happy.
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by megy 9y ago
> simple image machine learning When did this become an acceptable statement?
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by megy 9y ago
It is abhorrent to hire one of two very similar people, but prefer the black to overcome the huge bias for white people? In an attempt to redress the 100s of years of imbalance? But it is not abhorrent to treat black people like shit and di
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by megy 9y ago
Yes, clearly video doorbells are going to be the next smartphones.
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by megy 9y ago
Oh no, people might actually buy less things! Do we need to have personal cars just for delivery of those items? Or can we have trucks?
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by megy 9y ago
How is it cheaper if you have a passenger? Are you charging your passenger half your car trip?
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by megy 9y ago
What would be really great if we could get rid of cars all together, spend all that money on an awesome PT system, and convert 80% of roads into parks and other uses. Make suburbs actually nice places to live.
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by megy 9y ago
Great summary. This is so good to see, one of the advantages of living in Europe.
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by megy 9y ago
Sure, because they have a tiny amount of emissions compared to a car, which is about 20x the size.
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by megy 9y ago
> This is far from being an established fact. Ignoring the fact that cities can't simple be redesigned from the ground up to maximise the benefits of public transport, there's very conflicting evidence about whether increasing
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by megy 9y ago
> Minimum wage only really encourages No, it also means those people are paid a liveable wage, as opposed to a pittance.
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by megy 9y ago
Apple have several releases throughout the year.

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