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by scoofy 10mo ago
I was in the affected area and we effectively lost all but messaging. Not the whole time, but definitely while I was ordering takeout at a place with power. I couldn't get an image to send to a friend.
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by scoofy 10mo ago
You're anthropomorphizing. Waymos "know" how to handle the 4-way stops that they've been trained to handle.
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by scoofy 10mo ago
I'm confused, is your concern that enough Waymos shut themselves down on a one way road, at the same intersection, so as to block the intersection? Yes, I could see that as being a concern. I suspect it would be reported almost immedia
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by scoofy 10mo ago
I'm suggesting that, perhaps, the vehicle will not preform the same way in a dangerous, real world scenario as it would in a training exercise.
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by scoofy 10mo ago
I lived in the training zone for both Waymo and Cruise. They were there for literally years before they were offering rides to anyone. The idea that they could train them for emergency scenarios, especially ones that happen so infrequentl
576.
by scoofy 10mo ago
I think that’s a perfectly reasonable standard for a normal operating environment. In emergencies I think “safe” is preferable to “non-disruptive.”
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by scoofy 10mo ago
The outrage people would rightly have at Waymo allowing a number of its vehicles to blow the lights would be huge. People running blacked out lights is unacceptable.
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by scoofy 10mo ago
> Simulate them on a test course? Yes, what’s the worst that could happen… oh wait… people literally getting killed.
579.
by scoofy 10mo ago
Traffic doesn’t cause injury. Why are we concerned about traffic flow in a blackout situation. The cars stopped at intersections, EMS could use the oncoming lanes. I’m not seeing how it’s not a fail safe, you’re describing it as not being f
580.
by scoofy 10mo ago
An intersection without power is supposed to be treated as a 4-way stop. An unfortunately high, nontrivial number of drivers last night were not following that rule.
581.
by scoofy 10mo ago
I'm not going to have a semantic argument with you, but I'd consider anything rarer than "a few hours per year" as an "extremely rare event" for the purposes of training autonomous vehicles.
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by scoofy 10mo ago
Fail-safe means "in a situation where the function fails, fail in a way that doesn't cause injury" -> the cars didn't know how to proceed, so they stopped, with their lights on, in a way that any attentive driver coul
583.
by scoofy 10mo ago
There are plenty of foods with vitamin D. You don't actually need to supplement it unless you're a vegetarian, you just need to actively include those foods in your diet. The current argument I've read for why fair-skinned pe
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by scoofy 10mo ago
I was there. I encountered multiple stopped Waymos in the street. It was annoying, but not dangerous. They had their lights on. Any driver following the rules of the road would get around them fine. It was definitely imperfect, but safe. Mu
585.
by scoofy 10mo ago
A fail-safe is EXACTLY blocking roads at intersections without power, not proceeding through intersections without power. It's much safer to be stopped than to keep going. I honestly wish the humans driving through blacked out inte
586.
by scoofy 10mo ago
I live in SF in an area that was affected by the blackout. I saw four different Waymos stopped. Three were in the middle of the street. One was along the curb. My personal opinion. With number of cars I saw flying through blacked out inte
587.
by scoofy 10mo ago
I think there is an error of omission in the article. Organized crime syndicates can inflict harm just as well as a corrupted government can, and usually with less recourse. To advocate total privacy for everyone has nontrivial costs in add
588.
by scoofy 10mo ago
Geez, what an insane semantic debate. The author clearly has strong, negative emotions towards the people this article is about. Folks who want to nitpick the technicality of these terms are just misunderstanding how language works.
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by scoofy 11mo ago
The idea that there will ever be a platform with overhead costs that is completely free from censorship is a pipe dream. That platform is called literally just going outside and yelling.
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by scoofy 11mo ago
I started a niche golf blog to support my golf wiki. It write about all the parts of golf and the culture I think are weird or incorrectly thought about. It’s very rewarding, I only have about 300 readers, but really only write because I ha
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by scoofy 11mo ago
Society grows great when people plant trees whose shade they will never sit in. The problem is that we aren’t raising all of the kids right. It’s a societal problem in as much as it is a personal problem for folks unwilling and often unable
592.
by scoofy 11mo ago
The pictogram is there for people who can't read English, to help them get by. It's the same reason why Ikea's instruction manuals typically have no words.
593.
by scoofy 11mo ago
As someone who runs a site that uses inline SVG, this is unfortunate. Hopefully it won't be a problem for me.
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by scoofy 11mo ago
The TPU architecture is the most impressive thing I care about. They developed them and have been using them internally for years. This shows they grok what they're actually doing. There are serious philosophical problems with betting
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by scoofy 11mo ago
Google literally publish the attention paper. Have people not been paying attention? Google has been the only company I’ve been watching that really understands what they are doing.
596.
by scoofy 11mo ago
I think people, Republicans and Democrats, should really write their members of congress about making the system resemble something reasonable.
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by scoofy 11mo ago
Oh, I like the part where they're supposed to be a not-for-profit... I guess I'm honestly a bit happy they aren't profiting.
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by scoofy 11mo ago
SF Muni is literally so deep in a financial hole, service may be cut in half next summer if they don't pass a sizable spending measure (the last two both failed ). SFMTA faces a deficit of about $320 million starting next year... and
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by scoofy 11mo ago
Who is this for? I use markdown when I’m getting text from humans. *This* is just 10x easier than <i>this</i>, because I’m typing on my phone.
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by scoofy 11mo ago
I mean… the issue is you have incredibly well educated kids that have an awkward time dealing with assholes. Given the state of our education system, that seems like an obviously worthwhile trade off. Especially for parents in underperformi

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