Let's see... this shows the ratio of money spent on gas to your income levels. That means a higher ratio is more painful when gas prices spike and less painful with a lower ratio.
9 of the top 10 states for highest/worst ratio are Republican Trumpland. 9 out of the top 10 states for lowest/best ratio are Democrat majority states (with Pennsylvania being swing).
Republicans are really playing some 4D chess by allowing Trump to start a war nobody wants that causes huge gas price spikes when it hurts their base the most... months before an election where their jobs are on the line.
Honest question because I have zero interest in this stuff with no kids, but how easy are parental controls to bypass these days? They used to be trivially easy for any kid to bypass.
You're right, because kids have been shown to listen to the parents all the time and have never had problems handling adult situations when their parents aren't around 100% of the time. Even amazing parents raise kids who do stupid shit. And once these amazing parents aren't around their kid 100% of the time, those kids are still kids and will make bad decisions. This is especially true when it is something that literally every person around them is doing (adults, kids, friends, celebrities).
there would have been no news at all here if these cars did it as rarely as normal cars.
Bullshit. There are news stories every day of Teslas catching on fire. Do you have any idea how often normal cars catch on fire? There are news stories because it is a new technology that people either hate because they hate EVs and love gas cars, or because they hate Elon Musk. Yes, there are legitimate reasons to hate Tesla (Elon and the unopenable doors that trap people in), but EVs catch on fire statistically less often than gas cars, but you NEVER see stories about gas cars on fire and see tons of stories about Teslas.
Also, there are 6 cases they could find of this happening on Waymos. Do you have any idea how many millions of miles these Waymos have driven? 200 million miles. They are operating 24/7 in 10 major cities and have been for multiple years. Their home base in my city is right by my house, and do you know how many Waymos I've seen stopped on the side of the road, either broken down or stopped for being confused? None so far. Do you know how many cars I have seen stopped in the middle of the road or an intersection, either because they broke down, or had a flat tire, or the driver was on the phone, or the driver missed a turn and was trying to do a 5 point turn in heavy traffic instead of going 1 block farther and then turning around? A lot. Multiple times I've seen cops pulled over directing traffic away from a stalled car that people were trying to push out of the way. What is different from that cop using his time to do that versus getting in and driving it out of the way?
Being more flexible helps to a point, depending on the activity. Being too flexible is a thing, if your body doesn't have the strength to handle the new range of motion. Strength is VERY important to control what your body is doing. Being able to move a bunch of places without control is bad. Conversely, having the strength to move a body part without the flexibility to move it can also be bad.
As with nearly everything in life, balance is key.
This is mostly true for CEOs of for-profit corporations. But there are plenty of government orgs and non-profits also going hard on AI. They are afraid of falling behind and are trying to "make fetch happen" even though they don't really have an answer for what AI will do for them.
"Making the numbers look even worse for Tesla, “virtually every single one of these miles was driven with a trained safety monitor in the vehicle who could intervene at any moment, which means they likely prevented more crashes that Tesla’s system wouldn’t have avoided.”"
I can't imagine saying anything so wildly ignorant in my professional career. He should be fired for publicly saying something that makes Microsoft sound like they have no idea what is going on in the real world.
Waymo has a capability for remote control of their cars in niche situations. They don't do it all the time like Tesla has been doing. It is for when they get boxed in to a street by moving trucks and the only way to move past is to break a driving rule like passing in a no passing zone. They have one remote driver for every 40 cars. Tesla has one remote driver for every one car.
That is certainly true, but they are also better than humans in those specific areas. Tesla is (shockingly) stupid about where they choose to operate. Waymo understands their limitations and choose to only operate where they can be better than humans. They are increasing their range, though, including driving on the 405 freeway in Los Angeles... which is usually less than 35mph!!
It's important to draw the line between what Tesla is trying to do and what Waymo is actually doing. Tesla has a 4x higher rate, but Waymo has a lower rate.
I got a new one for you: until I was in my late 20s I thought the song was Caribou Queen instead of Caribbean Queen.