poolbath1

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by poolbath1 8y ago
The whole point of Bitcoin was to form an alternative to banks so that they don’t become all powerful. If banks become better actors as a result, that’s good for Bitcoin.
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by poolbath1 9y ago
No one has figured out how automation can save a flight in the air if the automation fails. Remote control and communication can also fail. Ground based trains or vehicles can just stop on the ground.
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by poolbath1 9y ago
I thought this as well, and was about to comment to the paper about updating their terminology. Then I saw this is an article from 2014. I think using the word “accident” would be less likely today. There has been a real effort to change te
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by poolbath1 10y ago
I encounter human drivers exceding the speed limit on a daily basis as well. Is that not also failing to follow the rules? At least the robots won't do that.
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by poolbath1 10y ago
The next thing we need to do is change the language of the road to "incidents" instead of "accidents". An accident implies that there is no way to avoid the outcome of an incident. An incident implies that a traffic coll
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by poolbath1 10y ago
And tell 5 friends and family to do the same. Figure out what's important to them. Do they have children? Tell them without encryption it will be possible for bad people to know their whereabouts and general day to day movements for th
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by poolbath1 10y ago
On single lane roads though, as OP was referring to? I honesty don't know though because I don't drive much anymore.
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by poolbath1 10y ago
There are already whole fleets of autonomous planes in the air. They have autopilot. The only difference is that when something goes wrong in the air, you can't just pull over and get a tech to the plane. You need someone already in th
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by poolbath1 10y ago
In theory they would be going the speed limit, which means overtaking them would require breaking the speed limit and therefore the law. Yes it will be annoying for those that want to drive faster than the speed limit.