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Submission + - Coding Error Sends 2019 Subaru Ascents To the Car Crusher (ieee.org)

An anonymous reader writes: [A] software remedy can’t solve Subaru’s issue with 293 of its 2019 Ascent SUVs. All 293 of the SUVs that were built in July will be scrapped because they are missing critical spot welds. According to Subaru’s recall notice [PDF] filed with the U.S. National Highway Transportation Safety Administration, the welding robots at the Subaru Indiana Automotive plant in Lafayette, Ind., were improperly coded, which meant the robots omitted the spot welds required on the Ascents’ B-pillar. Consumer Reports states that the B-pillar holds the second-row door hinges. As a result, the strength of the affected Ascents’ bodies may be reduced, increasing the possibility of passenger injuries in a crash. Subaru indicated in the recall that “there is no physical remedy available; therefore, any vehicles found with missing welds will be destroyed.” Luckily, only nine Ascents had been sold, and those customers are going to receive new vehicles. The rest were on dealer lots or in transit.

Submission + - A revised set of definitions for SETI terms. (arxiv.org)

RockDoctor writes: An ad hoc committee of the IAU has been working for 5 months on revisions and clarifications to the definitions of various terms used in technical and popular discussions of SETI — the Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence. They've published their draft report.

The terms of reference — to account for existing popular and technical uses of the terms — should mean that no major changes in usage occur, but interesting points do emerge from the discussion paper. For example, in discussing the term "extraterrestrial", their proposed definition ("shorthand for life or technology not originating recently on Earth") includes cover for possibilities such as "panspermia" which may be popular in "popular science", but certainly are not popular in the technical discussions. They go on to discuss that

by this definition, life on another planet with a common origin to Earth life but which diverged billions of years ago would be extraterrestrial, but Earth life accidentally brought to Mars on a human-built lander would not.

Waiting for the invasion of the pedants, clutching their feet in their hands.

Comment Re:We know who they mean (Score 1) 101

When will the government step in and start controlling these news outlets, eh? Some uncorruptible benevolent commission whose mission is to regulate communication. We'll call it the Federal Communications Commission! They'll solve the problem!

"Any problem caused by a tank can be solved by a tank." -- Peter Griffin and Every Liberal Ever.

Comment Please stop saying "repeal." (Score 1) 152

If something is not a law, how then can it be "repealed?"

Perhaps all this effort should be focused on the fact that net neutrality "rules" were originally enacted by executive and administrative fiat, and not the legal process, and can therefore be changed on the whim of an administrator.

That said, "Net Neutrality," is not.

Comment Re:Lies, damned lies, and statistics (Score 1) 453

I agree. Without including important things such as the baseline for "passing" in the general public or the US, isolating it to India is entirely meaningless. While I agree that the old adage is always true: you get what you pay for, and if you pay for cheap Indian workers, you'll get cheap and broken produced software. But that's true everywhere, it only happens to be prevalent in India.

Comment And that's why it won't work. (Score 1) 386

You're not going to develop solar energy in the Sahara unless you have a very strong state involvement

And that's why it won't work. Top-down revolutions have a difficult time taking hold. What works is empowering the individual to increase their livelihood in a way that provides a mutually beneficial relationship with the rest of society. Imposing economic change via dictate or "imminent domain" results in discord, perhaps more so in a place like saharan Africa.

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