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by randoglando 5y ago
Don't forget to add - willfully misrepresents data to imply a better safety record than they actually do have https://twitter.com/Tweetermeyer/status/1488673180403191808 (I've posted this elsewhere on th
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by randoglando 5y ago
> who rarely have their licenses taken away. My understanding is if you accumulate a certain number of points, it gets taken away. The reason DUI etc. receives such harsh penalties is because the number of accidents DUI has caused makes
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by randoglando 5y ago
> It’s like how there are thousands of gasoline fires a year but stop the presses if an EV goes up. It's because EVs are new, and people want to know the risks. Granted, it would be nice for reporting to also mention that gasoline f
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by randoglando 5y ago
> It is worth noting that humans make stupid mistakes like this too Humans generally don't. Only humans that are impaired (drunk/lack of sleep) do this more than "autopilot" in its current state: https://tw
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by randoglando 5y ago
> Is this not what we should expect from a beta? The issue here is that the person on the street does not know they are the ones likely to get impacted by a bug/failure of a software in beta. Beta products are usually not released t
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by randoglando 5y ago
> I get the utilitarian argument that maybe self driving cars could reduce traffic accidents in the future by being better than humans on average. This keeps being touted (by Elon and others), but is a long way away: https://t
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by randoglando 5y ago
Curious, why isn't Edge an option? It's supposed to be the best alternative right now.
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by randoglando 5y ago
> when I say the main character of the Ramayana is a bit dull, one dimensional and treats his wife terribly. On the mark there. What about the character of Krishna (an amalgamation of 3 tribal gods)? Especially the little child Krishna?
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by randoglando 5y ago
Maybe for some things (like playing board games or hanging out a la Fortnite) it would be a great idea.
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by randoglando 5y ago
What about this though: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29036327 ?
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by randoglando 5y ago
Carmack said (although he wouldn't recommend it due to safety concerns etc.) that he ties arm weights while playing Beat Saber!
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by randoglando 5y ago
StrangeLoop: interesting talks, by engineers and people working on the problems themselves !!con: short talks on small-ish, interesting projects
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by randoglando 5y ago
He said in his (EXCELLENT) Udacity course that these were made by his wife. That's the meaning behind him wearing it.
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Are there examples of design patterns in open source code?
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by randoglando 7y ago
The implication is you (the parent) get to decide whether the child being alive is a good/bad thing (for the child). It is in your (the parent's) hands, so you better do the right thing and make it good for that person (the child)
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by randoglando 7y ago
It could prevent an app from posing as "System" in the prompt for starters.
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by randoglando 7y ago
Yeah, that just seems to be dog whistling to me. A native speaker isn't going to think "reitna" is right but "retina" is not. It's just poor QA IMO.
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by randoglando 7y ago
I believe Hangouts pioneered that feature (way back when).
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2FA, Phishing and Yubikeys(ashwinmenon.com)
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by randoglando 9y ago
You've been praising Steve Jobs throughout this thread, saying his flaws "served" Apple. We don't know that they did. All we know is that they didn't run it into the ground. If we are angry about Kalanick sexually h