Comment Re:killer feature? (Score 1) 57
What is Atlas's killer feature? What is it really good at?
It can track down and kill you easier
What is Atlas's killer feature? What is it really good at?
It can track down and kill you easier
Yeah I like quite a few things about going to the office. It's a bit easier to switch between working/relaxing, you can meet people, there's free drinks, lunch options, staff to clean up after you, etc etc. Of course it's also nice to be able to WFH if needed as well.
That said, nothing makes up for horrible commutes. I live within walking distance so it's not an issue, but I don't get how people tolerate spending 40-60 minutes each way. I'd be upset about "return to office too".
Sin taxes rarely do anything to discourage consumption, the most common outcome is the poor get poorer.
That's not true, they absolutely do work to discourage consumption.
Tobacco taxation, passed on to consumers in the form of higher cigarette prices, has been recognized as one of the most effective population-based strategies for decreasing smoking and its adverse health consequences [1â"4]. On average, a price increase of 10% on a pack of cigarettes would reduce demand for cigarettes by about 4% for the general adult population in high income countries [4].
The economic literature has made unique and important contributions to our understanding of the effectiveness of tobacco taxation on ameliorating the health consequences of smoking. Increased tobacco taxes, passed on to consumers in the form of higher cigarette prices, provide an economic disincentive to those who smoke or may be contemplating smoking. Indeed, the evidence from this knowledge synthesis strongly supports increasing cigarette prices through tobacco taxation as a powerful strategy for achieving major reductions in smoking behavior among some, but not all, high-risk populations.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3228562/
Really to claim that increasing prices don't lead to lower consumption would overturn the whole concept of supply & demand, or at the very least assert that the demand is perfectly inelastic.
If you're really concerned about economic inequality, you can redistribute those taxes to the poorest population.
Have some bad news about that too:
https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsb...
Make sure not to specify what the serious maintenance issue was that you could detect from your middle seat. That's how the FAA will get your ass!
Boeing chose to accept that engine and cowl design. It's not ONLY Southwest maintenance.
You'd need to show that there was a design/engineering flaw with it that Boeing was aware of and chose to ignore for it to become their issue.
Maybe. But it's pretty to avoid, all you have to do is NOT send porn to people who didn't ask for it. Literally easier to not do it.
Goatse isn't porn. Goatse is life. And I can't avoid sending it.
Think of the poor body builders and weightlifters miscategorized by the BMI!
Look around the world. In other places, inner cities are highly desirable places to live. Even within the US - does NYC suffer from lots of poor low-IQ people downtown? I don't think so. Why did the middle classes flee many cities of America? What drove them out that did not happen in other countries, not even Canada?
Racism.
Or, instead of cramming people into cities, when you spread them out you create zones. Each zone has its own stores to support the area. Everything is close enough that an electric car could be used or, if one prefers, bike to the place. Or even walk if your home is close enough. Sort of a return to malls but spread out.
That's a city. You're describing a city, where you can bike or walk where you need to.
And I don't mean those tiny communities developers are doing. I mean people have a quarter acre of land for their house. Large enough to spread people and have some privacy, but not so large a person or family couldn't take care of it. For those who are too lazy to take care of their acreage, they can live in row homes.*
That's the opposite of the above, basically the existing suburban sprawl nightmare.
R2 looks like a regular boxy SUV though? The R3 is basically a lifted Golf so that's pretty cool at least.
It's probably similar to how all sorts of ATC related issues started being widely reported for a while when all sorts of mistakes and close calls happen occasionally. Now all eyes are on Boeing (and it's their own damn fault) so anything related to their plane gets picked up.
Because we're in a cyberpunk-SciFi future, not a Jetsons-SciFi future.
Does anyone need it to? Airplanes are a thing, and a whole lot of them fly between LA and New York on an hourly basis, taking far less time.
Why is that the target? How many people drive from LA to New York on a regular basis, in comparison to driving from their home to the grocery store or their office which makes up the vast majority of trips, and is a much harder goal to automate anyway?
Nobody needs it, but it's the target because it was Musky's claim how his cars will do that by the end of the year (2019, and 2020, and 2021 etc).
Apparently, they finally realized that it's simply not feasible to build an EV that is 3mm thick and has zero electrical connectors.
They just pivoted to the Vision Pro.
You never actually wanted to drive anywhere, you just want to see what's at your destination. Such courage.
It is easier to write an incorrect program than understand a correct one.
