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by mikeash 7y ago
The trouble is that they often take viewing a video as a sign that you’re obsessed with that topic. You click one Flat Earth video to see what the crazy sounds like, and for the next three months half of your recommendations are “Scientists
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by mikeash 7y ago
Having a cold sucks. These medicines make it suck less. Why not take advantage?
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by mikeash 7y ago
I don’t know if I agree with the “not stupid” part. It may have worked out this time but there are many examples where the fine is less than the gain. Although those examples are often less about stupidity and more about not wanting to actu
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by mikeash 7y ago
Would a highly paid software engineer be expected to understand the potential consequences of runaway trim? I’d think that would be up to the aerodynamics folks, who most likely said that it was not a problem.
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by mikeash 7y ago
I suspect they were told that runaway trim wouldn’t be a serious problem, and they believed it since they wouldn’t have the expertise to analyze the whole thing from first principles.
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by mikeash 7y ago
The software performed exactly as designed. The problem is a faulty spec for how it should behave. The software is pretty much incidental.
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by mikeash 7y ago
Depends on your criteria, I suppose. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Plumbbob#Propulsion_...
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by mikeash 7y ago
“Imagine putting one or many of those new Space X internet satellites into a rail gun that goes straight up.” Firing sideways could save you much more fuel but also means you’re in the lower atmosphere at much higher speed and for much long
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by mikeash 7y ago
Maybe I’ve misunderstood. Does “driving solution“ only refer to immediate actions taken locally, like lane keeping and obstacle avoidance?
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by mikeash 7y ago
Watch a Tesla using Navigate on Autopilot today and see how it decides which lane it needs to be in and which exit to take. It's certainly not reading signs. The system doesn't currently have that capability. It's a combinati
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by mikeash 7y ago
What "this stuff"? How does a small group get politicians to pass laws to help them? It's pretty simple: some people care about people who aren't them. I'm pretty plain vanilla as far as my orientation and family li
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by mikeash 7y ago
USB had been out for a couple of years at that point, and it had no traction. I remember finding PCs with dusty, unused USB ports next to the PS/2 plugs and serial ports. Macs are definitely a small portion of the computer market, but
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by mikeash 7y ago
Hard to do if you’re aiming straight up.
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by mikeash 7y ago
I’m highly skeptical of this. Local info will probably be used to refine things, but GPS and maps are still going to be the primary inputs driving things like “which exit do I take?” Since you mentioned Tesla’s current systems, note that th
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by mikeash 7y ago
They won’t use GPS to figure out which lane they’re in or to know how much to steer in order to take the next curve. They’ll still use GPS to determine which roads to take.
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by mikeash 7y ago
Indeed. I guess a century or so of development isn’t so bad by comparison.
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by mikeash 7y ago
You could save a decent chunk of your fuel this way. Maybe 25% or so. In exchange for that, you have to build your rocket and satellite to withstand 10,000 gees of acceleration and hypersonic flight through the lower atmosphere. And somehow
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by mikeash 7y ago
For a more extreme example: it took less than seven years from the discovery of nuclear fission for this discovery to be used obliterate cities.
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by mikeash 7y ago
It depends on the program. Some are voluntary. Some are “voluntary” with the prisoner receiving time off their sentence in exchange, which is effectively punishing them by imprisoning them longer if they refuse. Some are just outright invol
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by mikeash 7y ago
We know that advertising can work and make money without arbitrary JS. When there’s a clear existence proof, is it really wrong to say that a problem could be solved by not doing the problematic behavior? Of course reality doesn’t work that
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by mikeash 7y ago
Of course it’s that simple. Don’t let ads run JS. Done. You’re saying that doing this would drastically decrease ad revenue. Which is what I’m saying too: it’s about money, not necessity. Would a site like SO be unable to survive without ad
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by mikeash 7y ago
My bad! It didn’t even occur to me that this might just be audio output, not input.
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by mikeash 7y ago
So, don't allow them to run JavaScript. That's not necessary, just convenient.
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by mikeash 7y ago
Digital ads could work where every single one is vetted by people before it’s served to any users. There is no reason it can’t work this way, other than it being a lot cheaper to skip that step.
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by mikeash 7y ago
This is true but it doesn’t absolve others of responsibility for what they do to children.
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by mikeash 7y ago
The only reason it’s not the same situation is because they’re willing to throw their users under the bus for a little extra cash. If they wanted to exert more control, they absolutely could. Ads would cost more and we’d see fewer distinct
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by mikeash 7y ago
We have no way of knowing that when a permission alert comes up. The only reason we’d ever allow it is if we were tricked or exploited.
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by mikeash 7y ago
You think it’s hitting the JavaScript microphone API by mistake? How?
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by mikeash 7y ago
It’s completely insane. Can you imagine a TV station receiving ads on tapes and playing them to their audience without looking at them first? Can you imagine TV stations occasionally showing ads containing porn, urging people to kill, showi
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by mikeash 7y ago
It’s incredibly disrespectful. Nobody wants some random ad listening to their microphone. That they’re trying it anyway indicates that they’re hoping to get some people with browsers that don’t block it, or trick some people into saying yes

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