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phpthrowaway99 commented on Even after $100B, self-driving cars are going nowhere bloomberg.com/news/featur... · Posted by u/simonebrunozzi

kortex · 3 years ago

Lidar can't see through fog (or snow/rain to enough of a degree), which is one reason tesla has avoided it. Do you mean radar? In the case of radar, I would hope that it becomes a base features of all cars eventually to avoid/mitigate rear endings by preemptive braking.

phpthrowaway99 · 3 years ago

If there's a car in front of you, and you're following at normal following distances, it might not be enough. That person will keep going decently fast, and your radar car will follow. The lead car comes to an almost instant stop when it hits, and while radar might pick up the hit, it won't be able to stop as fast as a car hitting a stationary car.

phpthrowaway99 commented on Nikola founder Trevor Milton found guilty of fraud cnbc.com/2022/10/14/nikol... · Posted by u/bubblehack3r

sarchertech · 3 years ago

Well he settled Securities Fraud charges, so it stands to reason there was likely securities fraud. He also had to step down as chairman, appoint 2 new independent directors, and appoint an independent board to oversee his public communications.

If you paid a drug smuggling fine and as part of the process admitted to smuggling drugs, I might be inclined to label you a drug smuggler as well.

phpthrowaway99 · 3 years ago

I wouldn't say he settle what I consider "securities fraud" even if that's the technical label, just like I wouldn't say someone that got a speeding ticket violated "federal interstate travel statues" by speeding on I5.

phpthrowaway99 commented on Nikola founder Trevor Milton found guilty of fraud cnbc.com/2022/10/14/nikol... · Posted by u/bubblehack3r

rvz · 3 years ago

This is why [0]

> The Securities and Exchange Commission announced today that Elon Musk, CEO and Chairman of Silicon Valley-based Tesla Inc., has agreed to settle the securities fraud charge brought by the SEC against him last week. The SEC also today charged Tesla with failing to have required disclosure controls and procedures relating to Musk’s tweets, a charge that Tesla has agreed to settle.

Essentially by agreeing to pay for the charges, he already told us he committed securities fraud without admitting it.

[0] https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2018-226

phpthrowaway99 · 3 years ago

Oh yes, and when I paid my speeding ticket last week I proved I was smuggling drugs down the interstate.

phpthrowaway99 commented on What Counts as a Bestseller? publicbooks.org/what-coun... · Posted by u/yamrzou

nicoburns · 3 years ago

> I don’t have a publisher, a marketing team, or even an Amazon listing

Interesting, how do get them manufactured? I guess there are printing companies that operate separately from publishers?

phpthrowaway99 · 3 years ago

There are countless self publishing companies, and while idk if it's still active, even Amazon had a try at this.

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phpthrowaway99 commented on Equifax used records it collects from companies to fire employees with 2nd jobs businessinsider.com/equif... · Posted by u/master_crab

metadat · 3 years ago

I don't believe them. If they had low performers, Equifax could have let them go without the non-consentual financial rectal exam on the way out. The number of jobs is irrelevant, only performance should matter.

This is a political / marketing move, as they could have also done the inspection without publicizing it.

phpthrowaway99 · 3 years ago

I was in car sales. Top performers were caught borrowing used cars for nights out, secretly loaning cars to favorite customers for long period of time, buying tradeins secretly off the books, crashing cars while basically driving recklessly while transporting company cars to customers or off-site facilities, and not fired.

Low performers were fired because they answered incoming calls poorly twice in a week.

So it IS possible top performers were allowed to have side gigs and not fired at Equifax.

phpthrowaway99 commented on GM created a new energy business to sell batteries and solar panels theverge.com/2022/10/11/2... · Posted by u/clouddrover

krallja · 3 years ago

Yes. Are you planning on taking another weekend road trip in less than three days? If not, L1 is still fine. You don't need to keep the battery 100% full all the time, just like you don't need your gas tank at F all the time.

phpthrowaway99 · 3 years ago

If you buy a Tesla, hopefully.its because you actually drive a decent amount. Otherwise, well, I think it's a waste. I live in a commuter town that most tech people wouldnt be caught dead in... Most people are blue collar. And there are a shocking amount of Tesla's and Bolts around.. why? Because they are great commute cars. If you don't drive much, and have $50-100k to spend, you buy an Audi or BMW. If you drive a lot, a Tesla makes sense.

Understanding that, yes most people would be in trouble if they got into their Tesla on Monday morning and it had.... 50 miles of range.

And you don't need to keep your gas tank at full because you can fill it up anywhere and everywhere at anytime in 5 minutes.

phpthrowaway99 commented on Nearly half of Covid patients haven’t fully recovered months later, study finds nytimes.com/2022/10/12/he... · Posted by u/lxm

stackola · 3 years ago

Not to stir the pot too much, but the much more prevelant narrative was "Everybody not getting the vaccine would die within a year"

phpthrowaway99 · 3 years ago

I heard that very often from my old college friends. And it made me laugh considering during 2020s harsh covid, media said half the people that get it don't even have any symptoms... And then when the vaccine came around, I was apparently going to die if I got it without the vaccine.

Apparently the nuance between some people can't even tell they got it, some people have a mild cold, and some people die got lost on some people.

Even bill Maher showed that democrats were over estimating death odds by almost 20x, while republicans it was about 3-4x I think.

phpthrowaway99 commented on Nearly half of Covid patients haven’t fully recovered months later, study finds nytimes.com/2022/10/12/he... · Posted by u/lxm

orwin · 3 years ago

What's funny is that the narrative early 2021 was everybody getting the vaccine would die within a year. I'm happy to have survived it.

phpthrowaway99 · 3 years ago

That was maybe the crazies narrative on some Qanon site. I'm sure that was repeated often to make anti vaxers look insane. But for most anti vax people the narrative was "we have no idea if it's safe long term, and at the rate they seem to be pushing this on pregnant women right away, kids asap and apparently infants soon, I don't think I can trust these people."

I can't honestly remember or repeat what all the fringe doctors and researches, but yes doctors and researches, have said to convince me of my views.. but enough was said that you couldn't get me to take the vaccine for $100k, and I'm no tech millionaire.

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