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Comment Re:Different worlds (Score 1) 368

As apposed to a football club getting its younger fans 'addicted' into spending money on match tickets? At the end of the day, the parents are in charge of childrens finances, it is the parents choice if they can put money in the game. As children become young adults, they might have their own bank card, but it is only money which is in their own account. If they have a part time-job then it is money they earned, who is to say they cannot waste it on some game?

Submission + - Jeff Bezos: World's richest man agrees $35bn divorce

mrspoonsi writes: The world's richest man, Jeff Bezos, and his wife MacKenzie have agreed a record-breaking divorce settlement worth at least $35bn (£27bn). Ms Bezos will retain a 4% stake in online retail giant Amazon which her husband of 25 years founded. She will also give up her interests in the Washington Post newspaper and Mr Bezos' space travel firm Blue Origin. The deal dwarfs a previous $3.8bn record set by art dealer Alec Wilderstein and his wife Jocelyn. Prior to the settlement, Mr Bezos held a 16.3% stake in Amazon. He will retain 75% of that holding but Ms Bezos has transferred all of her voting rights to her former husband.

Comment Different worlds (Score 1) 368

The Prince did not grow up on a housing estate, where in the past (pre-social network, or games) the entertainment was hanging around on a street corner getting up to no good. There is many a household where the parents are happy that the children entertained in the house, rather than doing drugs on the street...There is also a reason why violent crime has dropped in the recent years, less youths hanging around... The average Joe does not have entertainments like weekly international travel, fancy cars, helicopters, butlers and personal chefs...they have games like fortnite to take away the disappointment of daily existence.

Comment "tell one side and omit important context" (Score 2) 128

Let me help fill in that missing context, facebook wants to collect as much data as its servers can hold on everyone on the planet, even those not signed up to facebook. They want to use this data to further their own aims, be it sell adverts, or ensure facebook retains its position in the market through all means available to them...

Submission + - Turns out Tesla Autopilot is not as safe as first reported 1

mrspoonsi writes: The regime for assessing the safety of self-driving car systems is under scrutiny after consultants discovered errors in an analysis of Tesla crashes by a US government agency, which then delayed release of the data for two years in an apparent attempt to divert attention from the issue. Quality Control Systems Corp (QCSC) made a deep-dive into data that purported to back up an impressive claim by NHTSA, the powerful US road safety body, and Tesla that the Autosteer system in Autopilot had reduced serious accidents by 40% — a game-changing improvement. But QCSC found that the NHTSA analysis failed to take into account all the mileage driven by the 43,781 vehicles studied.

QCSC’s analysis of the data, contained in a 24-page report, found that airbag deployments actually increased from 0.76 million to 1.21 million, a 59% rise, rather than decreased.

Submission + - Teslas Autopilot is less safe than human drivers

mrspoonsi writes: The regime for assessing the safety of self-driving car systems is under scrutiny after consultants discovered errors in an analysis of Tesla crashes by a US government agency, which then delayed release of the data for two years in an apparent attempt to divert attention from the issue. Quality Control Systems Corp (QCSC) made a deep-dive into data that purported to back up an impressive claim by NHTSA, the powerful US road safety body, and Tesla that the Autosteer system in Autopilot had reduced serious accidents by 40% — a game-changing improvement. But QCSC found that the NHTSA analysis failed to take into account all the mileage driven by the 43,781 vehicles studied.

QCSC’s analysis of the data, contained in a 24-page report, found that airbag deployments actually increased from 0.76 million to 1.21 million, a 59% rise, rather than decreased.

Submission + - Linux Code of Conduct, F word code comments replaced with Hug (neowin.net)

mrspoonsi writes: In October, the Linux kernel project adopted a new Code of Conduct with the aim of enforcing more inclusive language; while it did have plenty of supporters, it also had detractors who were not keen on the idea at all. Today, Jarkko Sakkinen from Intel began putting the Code of Conduct into practice against several code comments, replacing the F-word with 'hug'. Following the change, several contributors responded to the alterations calling them insane, one wondered if Sakkinen was just trying to make a joke, and another called it censorship and said he’d refuse to apply any sort of patches like this to the code he's in charge of. Another contributor said they didn’t mind the change but that some of the sentences were now difficult to understand, this was echoed by a Dutch contributor who said the replacements were confusing for non-native English speakers. Some of the post-change comments read “Some Athlon laptops have really hugged PST tables”, “If you don’t see why, please stay the hug away from my code”, and “Only Sun can take such nice parts and hug up the programming interface”.

Submission + - Car Reliability Survey: Tesla Finish Bottom

mrspoonsi writes: What car surveyed 18000 people, determining reliability for 159 car models, from 31 car manufacturers. This is the first year that enough data was present to include Tesla in the table. But it’s bad news, because the American firm recorded by far the lowest overall score , while its Model S sits at the bottom of the EV class with 50% of cars having defect(s). Although the Tesla Model S's electric powertrain is proving reliable, the same can’t be said of its electrical systems or bodywork. Issues reported by owners included bent seat frames, broken door handles and parking sensor failures. Just over half of the cars were out of action for at least a week and some fixes cost more than £1500.

Submission + - Tesla fails to get top crash rating

mrspoonsi writes: Shares in Tesla have plummeted 13% this week after lower than expected deliveries and the Model S only attaining an acceptable result in recent crash tests. IIHS state "Tesla made changes to the safety belt in vehicles built after January with the intent of reducing the dummy's forward movement. However, when IIHS tested the modified Model S, the same problem occurred, and the rating didn't change. Although the two tested vehicles had identical structure, the second test resulted in greater intrusion into the driver's space because the left front wheel movement wasn't consistent. Maximum intrusion increased from less than 2 inches to 11 inches in the lower part and to 5 inches at the instrument panel in the second test."

Submission + - Trump lays out hike in military spending

mrspoonsi writes: US President Donald Trump is seeking to boost defence spending by $54bn (£43bn) in his proposed budget plan for 2018, which is about a 9% increase. The blueprint also calls for deep cuts elsewhere, including to foreign assistance and environmental budgets. He also said he would discuss his plans for infrastructure spending, in a speech to Congress on Tuesday. "We're going to start spending on infrastructure big," he said.

Submission + - South Carolina wants to block porn on new computers, charge a $20 'unblock fee' (neowin.net) 1

mrspoonsi writes: Republican lawmakers in South Carolina have drafted an amendment aimed at curbing the 'problem' of pornography whilst also raising funds for its human trafficking task force. The amendment echoes the wider views of the Republican party which vowed to crack down on pornography at its national platform, saying: Pornography, with its harmful effects, especially on children, has become a public health crisis that is destroying the lives of millions. According to the amendment, computer manufacturers would be required to install the blocking software on all new computers sold in South Carolina, though buyers over the age of 18 would be able to opt out and unblock access for a fee of $20. Additionally, computer manufacturers would have the option to opt out of the scheme at the point of manufacture, by paying the $20 themselves and not installing the software at all.

Comment Re:Not twice as safe I feel (Score 2) 379

Ok some number from the UK: http://www.racfoundation.org/m... In 2014, the majority of injured casualties occurred on built-up roads (72 per cent of total casualties). However, the majority of fatalities occurred on non built-up roads (just over a half). Although motorways carry around 21 per cent of traffic, they only account for 5.4 per cent of fatalities and 4.7 per cent of injured casualties. - See more at: http://www.racfoundation.org/m... So 79% of the roads travelled are non highway, giving 94.6% of fatalities. Yes highways (or motorways) are much safer.

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