I worked for two companies where the CEOs drove a Honda Minivan and a Toyota Camry despite having millions in the bank. They were focused on the business. Not personal wealth. It made a difference in the way the employees saw them as people. This move works similarly.

He seems like one of the rare people/leaders who can say, I have enough, I want others to have enough as well. bravo.

my mom doesn't know what a web browser is.

i have to refer to it by the color of it's icon...
or i can just say something non-sensical like log into AOL...

and she will invariable open a web browser

I agree that these guys are like indentured servants, but $60K/yr is pretty solid salary. Better than most US college grads...and a good number of CS grads.

there's a whole bunch of people i've encountered who

1) have never heard of open source
2) have never heard of specific programs they could use (i.e. firefox, open office)
3) are suspicious of using it
4) can't understand why anyone would write software for free (i.e. donate their time)
5) somehow equate it to socialism/communism

my experience with H1-B hired engineers is that they are making $65K/yr to $75K/yr straight out of school with no experience in the North Eastern USA (Not NYC). don't know if this is representative but seems reasonable.

it's resolving some market inefficiencies. you can buy a new sim card and pay local rates which will be low...but it's a hassle and people don't want to have a different number. if google solves that inefficiency there will be some money to gain.

clippy: i noticed you are trying to make a left turn; perhaps I can help...

I hear the Mustang is nice.

Well you're AC, which makes you automatically stupid on Slashdot.

Nonetheless, Christian leaders led the Nazi's and the KKK. The fact that other Christian leaders fought against them doesn't negate that fact, just as other muslims are fighting against Iran and ISIS doesn't make Iran and ISIS Islamic movements.

I would say most people who commute on a regular basis spend between $3K-$4K/yr on gas, insurance, and maintenance on a car they already own.

The car likely costs them another $3K-$10K/yr in depreciation or lease payments if it's relatively new, depending on model...and maybe $1K-$2K/yr if it's older.

So the existing cost ranges from $4K/yr to $14K/yr to own and drive your car.

Why would someone hesitate to pay more than $1K/yr for a replacement service???

Future #1 job for men in the US?

Cargo guard to ride along in the autonomous truck and protect it's cargo.

The interesting thing is not that machines will be forced to make these decisions in a split second or that humans occasionally do the same.

It is that programmers and designers will be forced to think through these scenarios in advance, at their own leisure, and to make decisions about that the machine should do in that split second.

i.e.

if ( ( accident imminent = true ) where ( bus crash = occupants killed ) or ( pedestrian hit = pedestrian killed ) )
then take action ( pedestrian hit )

puke in your back seat. that's why.

This will require a minimum requirement for braking and acceleration capabilities...because in that long chain of cars going bumper to bumper at 60 mph...its the slowest braking car that will determine the speed and bumper to bumper distance of a large number of cars behind it.

Think ISO standards for braking and acceleration capabilities.

Think, "this lane is accessible to all cars that implement the AMR (Acceleration Minimum Requirements) 2.0 standard"