You are aware that most English speakers will pronounce ways, waze, and weighs identically, right?

Nice. Totally missed that in my post. Yet another Doh! moment.

Have you ever actually eaten rabbits, squirrels, lizards, snakes or frog legs? They taste nothing like chicken. Why do people always say this? Or people's pallets really so fucked up they can't distinguish between different types of meats?

Like I said, I changed as much detail as I could and then I did what they said would "close" my account. I have no idea if it's really closed but I haven't received any spam from them since. I don't provide anyone a valid phone number so that's never been a worry for me.

Man I hate making spelling and grammar mistakes. Sometimes it takes more than two readings...

Floor heating/cooling/ Far more efficient than forced air and no worries about the crap your moving around your house (mold, pollen, etc.) so fewer respiratory issues. We kept our house in Korea at 17C (~63 F for the US folks) in the winter and would sweat if we wore anything other than shorts and t-shirts. You can also tie into your geothermal/solar for even further reduced costs.

Definitely solar/wind power capability-- as close to "off grid" as feasible in the desired footprint. Tie in to grid but be self sufficient when necessary.

Along the discussion of the DC home, a good inverter and maybe dedicated DC outlets. Maybe just feed outlets directly from solar/wind battery bank.

I'd add switchable glass windows to go "opaque" whenever I wanted, at least in the bedrooms.

Intercom with a console in every room, and one on the back patio/deck and garage. Less of an issue if you are building a single floor house, but quite helpful if you live with folks who are hard of hearing or you're building a reasonable large or multi-story house.

The obvious speaker, network, and coax wiring throughout.

A "dark" room with full faraday cage built into the walls. Turn it into my home theater or something. Nothing in, nothing out. Nice for private conversations and no distractions while otherwise entertaining.

Obviously some of these assume a fairly large budget. The geothermal with floor heating shouldn't be too much more to invest in initially than a "conventional" forced air system, though and will pay for itself fairly quickly. (In the central Atlantic region of the US, my calculations were about 7 years for initial install and something like 11-13 for a retro-fit). Adding solar/wind won't cost significantly less than they would as a retrofit, except possibly the grid tie-in. Do the grid tie-in either way and save yourself some trouble down the road.

We call those shotguns. With bean bags or rock salt, of course. Wouldn't want to "hurt" anyone.

The last time I used paypal I decided was the last time, period. If a transaction requires paypal in the future, I'll pass on the purchase and tell the seller exactly why. They wouldn't let me delete expired credit cards, they wouldn't let me remove a closed bank account, fuck them. I closed my account entirely after putting in bogus contact information since I'm sure they don't actually delete any account data.

This is just one more reason to hate paypal.

Just no. One more good reason not to use this "service". Uber is clearly run by a bunch of a-holes who think they can do whatever they want with your data. I'll pass. I hope this drives more customers away but, sadly, I doubt it will.

I wasn't referring to use time, to be honest. Plenty of legit reasons you want to "turn it off" and know it's actually turned off.

There are other reasons than battery charging to want a user replaceable battery. Just to be clear.

Sometimes they do need a reminder. Sometimes we just do things out of tradition. Sometimes we do things simply because we like it. Sometimes, we do things to "prove" something. Even if it's just a "minor league game" it's important to someone who's there. Whether it's the players who'll never make it to the big leagues or the kids who only get to see their dad on occasions like that or whatever. Just because you think it's trivial doesn't make it trivial for everyone else.

I find it all a bit ridiculous, personally, but to argue that the US is the only place this happens is also inaccurate. They do it at baseball games in Korea and Japan, if my memory serves properly.

Not exactly a rarity for people to feel pride in their place of residence.

If it controls itself, in any capacity, to include steering, braking, and accelerating as necessary to do an "auto park" then, by definition, it has a "self driving" capacity. Inertia should have already been accounted for in the design of the auto-park feature, so that argument is bullshit to say the least.

I can't view the video at work, I was only commenting on the PR statements made and why they would have been put out there to begin with, rather than discussing the actual video footage.

I was speaking only regarding the position corporate lawyers will take until there is definitive proof one way or the other. I have no cynicism only realism.

Thanks for pointing out the irrelevance of my driving prowess in the grand scheme of things.

I have no idea. I wouldn't use the feature as I actually can park a car properly. Whether the guy did override the system or not Volvo's lawyers will point that direction until there is definitive proof of an error. It's standard practice.

Regardless, "pedestrian detection" should never be an "additional" feature for a self-driving vehicle of any kind, no matter what mode of operation the vehicle is using.