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xauronx commented on Thirty Tesla crashes linked to assisted driving system under investigation in US theguardian.com/technolog... · Posted by u/mindracer

kamray23 · 4 years ago

I mean I've heard the infotainment system on Teslas is closer to a cheap Android tablet glued to a car than a computer, kinda like a lot of smart TVs are. True or no? I've heard it has some performance issues.

xauronx · 4 years ago

Coming from a higher end Subaru… the Tesla system is a god send. I have complaints with my model Y, but that doesn’t even register (autopilot on the other hand, definitely tops the list).

xauronx commented on Tesla owners asking what happens if 'full self driving' isn't real jalopnik.com/tesla-owners... · Posted by u/agnosticmantis

rsynnott · 4 years ago

With his time machine? The Nissan Leaf and BYD E6 launched in 2010, the Renault Zoe and Tesla Model S in 2012. The electric car changeover is happening due to battery price dynamics; it's fairly simple. Until the mid to late noughties, lithium ions were simply too expensive (and early electric cars using other chemistries simply didn't have acceptable range).

xauronx · 4 years ago

I’ve never heard a leaf come up in conversation. I know a handful of people with Tesla’s, and have had my dad ask me about them.

xauronx commented on American Airlines confirms UFO contact over New Mexico on Sunday viewfromthewing.com/ameri... · Posted by u/miles

thomasjudge · 5 years ago

Aren't there other possibilities besides military (domestic or foreign)or alien? What about a civilian/hobbyist drone? Wasn't there a to-my-knowledge-unexplained "drone swarm" in Colorado recently?

xauronx · 5 years ago

I was thinking some startup was a possibility. There’s obviously a ton of money to be made by making something go really fast. “Tesla sky teleport can get you from LA to Portland in 40 minutes.” Just sit in this cylinder as we launch you in your personal ballistic missile.

We saw a lot of recklessness with self driving vehicles. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a similar attitude while developing tech like this.

xauronx commented on American Airlines confirms UFO contact over New Mexico on Sunday viewfromthewing.com/ameri... · Posted by u/miles

barnaclejive · 5 years ago

Why is everyone arguing about stuff in this thread instead of focusing on the less-interesting but still super concerning fact that something flew "right over the top" of a commercial airplane? Even in the least-interesting case of it probably a US test thing of some kind - wtf is it doing flying in commercial airspace? Can you imagine if it had hit the plane?

xauronx · 5 years ago

Yeah, that’s my question. I’ll assume someone (whether the US government, Elon Musk, or whoever) was testing a rocket of some sort. Why the hell was it in the same area as a commercial flight? I’ll add another stupid human error to my list of things to be afraid of while on a plane.

xauronx commented on U.S. Capitol Locked Down Amid Escalating Protests npr.org/sections/congress... · Posted by u/fortran77

jMyles · 5 years ago

> It is despicable how tepid the police response

Having been gassed and flashbanged all summer in Portland while protesting for Black Lives, the last word I can imagine using to describe police restraint is "despicable." I don't wish that shit on anybody.

xauronx · 5 years ago

I think the double standards are despicable.

xauronx commented on Traits of good remote leaders bbc.com/worklife/article/... · Posted by u/sfg

JoeAltmaier · 5 years ago

It reduces the effect. It becomes possible to squelch the loudmouth, take turns talking, hear from everyone. It removes physical intimidation and most body language.

Nobody is suggesting 'robotic' or 'formulaic'.

xauronx · 5 years ago

In my experience the "loudmouth" in-person is the same way on a video call. They always get their two cents in, and are sure to jump in regardless of whether or not another person is patiently waiting their turn.

xauronx commented on A Dropbox account gave me stomach ulcers reddit.com/r/sysadmin/com... · Posted by u/slyall

doctor_eval · 6 years ago

What I find interesting is that the “insane asylum” apparently knew that it was wrong.

e.g. when asked why they need so much space on their laptops, they were evasive.

To my mind this makes it much worse. Not only were they doing something dumb, but they knew it was dumb, and they hid it instead of fixing it.

It certainly invites speculation about the company culture in the acquired business.

xauronx · 6 years ago

I worked for a small company right out of college and we had some monsters under the bed too. Unfortunately the manager would rather new code written than cleaning up technical debt or resolving risks. So I would have to double my estimates and use my “spare time” to try to work toward some level of sanity... but there were still plenty of things that I felt guilty about and would be evasive about if someone asked.

xauronx commented on The Banana Trick and Other Acts of Self-Checkout Thievery (2018) theatlantic.com/magazine/... · Posted by u/CraneWorm

elliekelly · 6 years ago

> I must be a rube, because I've never stolen from one of those things. When it makes a mistake I call the attendant to correct it.

That you know of - there are plenty of errors that are entirely innocent.

It wasn't even self-checkout but in college I went to Walmart to buy a new microwave for my sorority and it was so big we left it in the cart with the barcode up instead of putting it on the conveyor belt. I just assumed the cashier scanned it and since we were buying so much stuff the price didn't seem off. Well when I went to submit the microwave receipt for reimbursement I realized there was no microwave on the receipt. I had "stolen" it. (Though I'm not sure you can call it stealing when you lack intent.) But if I hadn't needed to look at the receipt to get reimbursed I never would have known I needed to go back and pay for it.

xauronx · 6 years ago

There are countless people in this thread (which concerns me because I generally think of HN as a pretty highly educated and moral group) who see errors like that at the register and walk away thinking they won a prize.

xauronx commented on The Banana Trick and Other Acts of Self-Checkout Thievery (2018) theatlantic.com/magazine/... · Posted by u/CraneWorm

mindslight · 6 years ago

Alternatively, it's revealing a deeper truth that had been obscured by a long chain of seemingly logical justifications. Corporations tend to abuse abstractions until they break, and self-checkout is basically at that breaking point.

Comedy is especially good at deflating bullshit like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxINJzqzn4w

I for one could never stand the things for their slow and obtuse programming. I cannot get how people just accept slowly following a machine in lockstep, rather than the machine being designed to accommodate a natural human workflow. Back when the things were new, they would give out freebies by deciding to flip out and void the last few items, without the conveyor actually bringing them all back. I certainly wasn't going to go out of my way to correct its error, setting myself back even further.

At this point I just skip the frustrating things out of personal policy, and outright avoid stores that punish customers for doing so (Walmart being the worst offender). If I can't stand an extra 5 minutes in line for the professional cashier, I should order online or simply stock up and visit less.

xauronx · 6 years ago

So you admit openly to stealing, just to put it plainly. You chose to shop somewhere, you chose to use a self checkout, you knew there was an error, and proceeded to leave with things you didn’t pay for. No matter how you justify it to yourself, you’re a thief.

If you can justify that you can justify stealing from your employer (hey I’ve been under paid for a while, taking this unsecured device is like making up for a bit of my salary), etc.