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by worik 1y ago
Absolute, resolute "no" to "autonomous driving". Not unless it is 100% reliable, and it will never be with current technology. The development of autonomous driving has hit diminishing returns, and while "mostly re
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by worik 1y ago
Make survivor bias work for you
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by worik 1y ago
Not since cars went electric....
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by worik 1y ago
For those of us who do not want a car more expensive than our house, is Mercedes an option?
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by worik 1y ago
Jappanese electric cars have problems too. > While driving on Highway 13 (Montreal), the vehicle abruptly lost all throttle response This has happened twice with a Mk II Leaf for us. The second time the dealer charged me over $100 to s
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by worik 1y ago
Am I the only person who thinks the exact opposite? I use Duckduckgo, and it has been finishing in quality along with the rest of the web, drowning in SEO rubbish But their AI "search assist" cuts through the BS and offers direct
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by worik 1y ago
I agree And it is not the state (criminality) that is the biggest risk IMO. The classifying of people into "sheep and goats" is more likely to come from private power. Governments are dangerous, yes. But there are many fewer dem
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by worik 1y ago
Incredibly unconvincing The arguments boil down to "we're all fucked so letting 23&me fuck us more is no big deal" > ...this is only a problem because of our disastrous insurance-based, for-profit healthcare system in
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by worik 1y ago
> What other gov’t during the same time period has lasted as long or longer Yes, very few last 250 years. USA has had some close calls before, the Civil War was horrific. Nothing lasts forever, but I would not bet against the USA's
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by worik 1y ago
The law is very clear (IANAL but I was responsible once for compliance with this law) If I collect your private information for a purpose, I may only use it for that purpose. I may not sell it So if I have your transaction details I may use
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Will AI take your job?(theconversation.com)
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by worik 1y ago
Same comment for PoS We have strict privacy laws That would put us ahead?
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by worik 1y ago
> Credit card line items for 35-year-old dentists living on the 400 block of Elm street I do not believe that. I would like evidence before I am convinced If my bank is releasing that data I am horrified. I live in anew Zealand and our
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by worik 1y ago
> it was breathtaking the amount of information you could get on anyone, over 10+ years ago. After being burnt by things taken from my social media out of context, used to publicly shame me, I locked down my social media Am I "sweet
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by worik 1y ago
Totally Capitalism is defensible as an economic system It is indefensible as a social system. It must be subordinate to the social arrangements
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by worik 1y ago
Yes, that is correct If you want capitalism to be the best it can be you need to brake up monopolies, continuously You also need to manage externalities.
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by worik 1y ago
> But performance? A decade ago, yes. Firefox did have poor performance. It has gotten much better since.
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by worik 1y ago
> History shows mere boycotts to always be abysmal failures one after another The South African apartheid regime was brought down by boycotts. The Israeli genocide regime will suffer the same fate if there is any justice left in the worl
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by worik 1y ago
> Websites I use regularly for banking don't work outside of chrome. What countries banks? I am in New Zealand and have not had that problem in years. 15 years ago I had to edit my user agent string to look like IE (IIRC) for the Un
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by worik 1y ago
Yes to everything except the first statement: > The answer is antitrust. Anti-trust is crucial to make the capitalist economy work prperly, I agree But another answer is "Firefox"
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by worik 1y ago
The Guardian was reporting this for years, that I saw Private Eye too, I hear The TV programme made it a political football
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by worik 1y ago
In my country (Aotearoa) the breath tests are "strict viability ", so proof You can demand a blood test, but you have to know. Most people do not know
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by worik 1y ago
> He was never prosecuted for embezzling millions from his company's pension fund. He escaped that. By dying. Probably suicide. The walls were closing in
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by worik 1y ago
Means tested benefits, all sorts of problems There are incentives to cheat There is moral panic about "undeserving poor" Increase taxes and make services and benefits free, including a UBI. Increase and collect taxes.
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by worik 1y ago
It will take decades for these chickens to come home to roost The USA is huge, with a huge economy. Wrecking it is a long term project It is so sad to see such cunning greed used for such nefarious ends
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by worik 1y ago
We have debate around this in New Zealand The problem here is you have a large body of water that is a huge and significant nursery for fish, and the best place for the turbine is where the water narrows. If the turbine is a barrier to the
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by worik 1y ago
> but are clueless about possible negative side effects When has that ever stopped greed?
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by worik 1y ago
> * Tidal energy is valuable but geographically constrained Yes, of course. I do not get the point, this is not a solution to every electricity generation problem > * Only a few countries have suitable locations for it (UK, Canada, F
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by worik 1y ago
> Having a dog Always good advice to have a dog. If your lifestyle precludes a dog, are you entirely sure you have decent lifestyle? Dogs have taught me so much about loyalty, love and joy. Some dogs also teach patience....
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by worik 1y ago
The US court of appeals for the eighth circuit Silly me Courts in general, perhaps?

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