Well, there weren't any compile errors.
Just a couple of warnings.
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General thought brought about by TFA, not commenting specifically on TFA.
Lately I've been wondering about contemporary expressions of opinion.
When I was much younger these was a oft-used chestnut 'Opinions are like assholes; everyone has one'[0]. To my mind, one's opinion was an entry point to a journey of dialogue, not a terminus.
I get that the level of effort to post one's opinion is low, and the resultant distribution high.
Why do we think our opinion should be widely disseminated? Does the world need to know my opinion on a topic, or is posting motivated by other factors, e.g. vanity?
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Opinions_are_like_ar...
vic-traill commented on Mercedes gets approval for turquoise automated driving lights jalopnik.com/mercedes-tur... · Posted by u/Stratoscope
I think this idea makes some sense, in a mixed-traffic world where some vehicles are autonomous and others are not, some indication that a vehicle is driving autonomously is useful information to everyone around them. Additional situational information, provided it is not overly intrusive or overwhelming is generally beneficial.
As for the colour, clearly Mercedes requested Turquoise for brand reasons. I wonder if there is a better colour to be adopted as a standard? External indicator lights of any kind seem like something that needs to be standardised before we end up with a whole mess of different colours on the roads causing confusion.
> some indication that a vehicle is driving autonomously is useful information to everyone around them
I'm genuinely curious - what are you thinking when you say this?
I don't know what I'd do with that information. It shouldn't make me drive differently - e.g. not be aggressive to see if I can invoke reaction(s) in the autonomous system, and I should already be driving w/ due care.
This was a very Canadian accident, in that they ran out of fuel halfway through their cross-country flight because of (in the end) conversion errors in calculating the required fuel amount for the then-new metric 767. Canada was still in the conversion process from imperial to metric, and the airline industry was a relative latecomer to that change.