No, I think the car companies are right, the tech for fully autonomous has no been proven and is far from ready.

It's all well and good having multiple HD feeds, lasers etc but if the recognition system can't tell the difference between a car and a big fish then it is not ready.

3D recognition might be good enough to play games on Xbox but it's not good enough to maneuver cars, trucks etc.

Go watch the videos and you'll see how clunky the recognition systems are.(note the difference between the pre-programmed maps and what is being recognised)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

The mileage that google says the cars have done - it has said that these miles were on quiet extensively digitized areas and it now needs to test the cars on more difficult busy roads. IE it has barely started.

Not disagreeing with the other facts you stated, but the girls did not press charges, nor did the swedish gov't - the got an extradition warrant so that they could question him. The fact that the refuse to do this via webcam, phone, letter etc and that they are doing this even though the women don't want to press charges shows that the extradition is political.

This is why I will never move to the USA, the majority don't understand that if you don't stick up for yourself then you get trampled on. USA is in a fight to the bottom with regards to workers rights, wages etc, it's no wonder the average American is no better off now than 30 years ago.

Overtime is common in the UK, getting paid for that overtime (at 150% hourly rate) is the norm.

Every Aperture user will have to change after X months.

Is it going to stop working? I still use a version of paint shop pro from 1998!! (I'm not a graphics pro obviously) It still works fine on windows 7!

Exempt employees do not have to be paid overtime. If the job atmosphere pushes you into it, you will work it or be replaced by someone who will.

If your employer is an arsehole sure, but in Europe they'd better be prepared to pay the employee a years extra wages for unfair dismissal + big lawyers fees if they decide to fight the case.

If I was being paid 3+ times the minimum wage were I live then I wouldn't be bothered about doing unpaid OT, as long as it wasn't a regular occurrence.

But I have never had a company ask or expect me to work unpaid OT, I have done plenty of OT though, most at double time - Sundays and it was quiet / easy work.

... But like religious people, they were killed for their beliefs.

I didn't say that communism is a religion, I said they were killed for being part of a social group.

If the jobs are so essential and there are no unemployed people that can do the job then there shouldn't be a problem paying the staff the overtime.

If the company can't afford to pay the staff then the company has no place existing, some other company would be glad to step in and take the work I'm sure.

This argument is complete, there is no reason why staff should not be compensated for the hours they work.

Does that make the prejudice less bad (or what is your point)? the Jewish in Germany were killed for their religion as were communists and many other social minorities AFAIK.

The word prejudice doesn't sound as bad as 'racism' but racism is merely a simple subset of prejudice'

Actually I have a masters in CS.
But real coding is art, and I have mostly liberal views, so you're not far off.

PS, this would make Solar panels on a roof illegal if they collected street light at night.

Charging a device with the EM waves sent by other devices is considered energy theft and thus forbidden.

That is absurd from a scientific standpoint. I live in Europe and have never heard of such a law.

Radio waves travel exactly the same as light, they are both EM waves/photons. It is no more possible to steal Radio waves than it is to steal light from a street light.

Please state your source.

Wow, I really hate looking at life in purely monetary terms. I didn't really think (much) about money when I decided to go to college. I was looking forward to the life experiences; the learning, the discussions with the professors, the companionship, last but not least, the parties.

It's important to have enough money to get by, beyond that, it's the life experiences that matter, not if your college degree was "worth it" in terms of money lost vs. money gained.

This concern for 'The Economy' is a massive part of the brain-washing, there will always be an 'economy' it is not something that anyone other than the richest 1% should be concerned about.

Currently in Europe we have unelected politicians (The Commission) Jointly writing the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) with corporate lawyers. This TTIP contains SOPA and 'investor-state dispute settlement' And god know what else, it is democracy destroying. The reasons we're told we should accept this agreement are 'free trade' and 'the economy', we're told it would help GDP by 0.5% or whatever and they say it will create jobs (Like NAFTA did!!).

The point is when we are told something will be good for the economy and good for jobs, it is typically wrong and nowadays an outright lie.

Good for the economy means more money for the 0.1%.

Actually, real incomes (inflation adjusted) in Germany have been almost stagnant in Germany as well, in contrast with other west European countries. Some say this is the reason that has allowed Germany to keep low unemployment and booming economy while the rest of Europe has been moving downward or sideways at best.