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Comment Re:And one single USB-C port (Score 2) 204

So you can hook up to an external monitor OR charge your Iphone OR make a powerpoint presentation! In 2016, it will be even lighter when they reduce the number of letters in the alphabet for the keyboard.

Dunno if you were joking or not, but in case you weren't, note that the MacBook Pro has (by my count) 8 ports. It's the new MacBook (not Pro) that has only the single USB-C port.

Comment Re:Pointing out the stark, bleeding obvious... (Score 1) 247

If we don't stop using fossil fuels at the rate we currently are, then CO2 will just keep building up in the air.

I'm curious... say we wanted to keep the level of CO2 in the atmosphere constant at its current level. What level of carbon emissions would we need to have? (Or, to put it another way, what is the natural "Carbon sink rate" of the Earth?)

Comment Re:You're doing it wrong. (Score 1) 166

Do you really think the outsourced programmers developing Things for the 'Internet Of Things' will do anything but hack together the code in Java or Python on the cheapest OS they can find?

Some companies will do a half-assed job, and some will do a more thoughtful job. Then the market will decide whether or not it's willing to pay the extra money to have things done well. The outcome will depend a lot on what the particular Thing is used for, and what the costs of the occasional malfunction are vs the extra development costs of developing the software 100% correctly.

Comment Re:Elon Musk just lost my respect (Score 1) 341

DISCLAIMER: I don't give a flying fuck if you agree with me or not, I don't give a flying fuck about your insults, and you're not changing my mind, EVER, either, so just don't bother commenting on the above at all, deal with it.

Your post sounds so much better when read in an Abe Simpson voice.

Comment Re:Renting private chargers (Score 2) 341

They should let owners lend their private chargers for a fee, handled by Tesla. Something like Uber but for charging your car.

Well, there's PlugShare which pretty much does that, although I don't think people typically charge a fee; rather they do it pro bono on the assumption that when they need a recharge someone else will do the same for them.

Comment Re:From another article... (Score 1) 341

How do you define test coverage for "traffic situations"? How would it at all be possible to make a "safe system" without even a concept of how to define or measure test coverage? How do you *prove* that the remainder of the situations pose an acceptable risk to the public?

I can predict how it will actually be done... release a product and see what happens. When something goes horribly wrong, wipe up all the blood, review the log files, figure out what went wrong, and issue a software patch. Repeat as necessary until bad things don't much happen anymore. It was good enough for Windows, and by God it will be good enough for Tesla. ;)

Comment Re:From another article... (Score 1) 341

Why would I want to travel in a self-driving car that drives worse than I do?

So you can get yourself and your car home when you're drunk.

Seriously... if you want to manually drive your self-driving car, go right ahead. Even that weird Mercedes prototype thing still has a steering wheel and pedals so you can drive it manually if you want to.

The question is, do you want to have the option of not driving in situations where it would be inconvenient, tedious, or dangerous for you to drive? If so, you might find a self-driving car useful.

Comment Re:Shouldn't that be sign? (Score 4, Informative) 93

don't the shared libs need to be signed.

I was under the impression that as of MacOS/X 10.9.x, all distributed shared libraries in your .app directory needed to be signed as well, or Gatekeeper would treat the app as if it was unsigned. (See the "Code Signing Changes in OS X Mavericks" subsection at this link)

Is the vulnerability described in the article applicable only to older versions of MacOS/X, or has the researcher found a way around that test?

Comment Re:well.. (Score 1) 760

Except that rich people usually have drivers, and so whether you instill points or day fines they'll be mostly unaffected. At most, their driver may lose their license, in which case they'll just hire another one.

Professional drivers need to obey the traffic laws also. I don't see a problem here, unless the rich person was pressuring their chauffer to drive unsafely; in which case that is a workplace-safety issue that can be dealt with separately.

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