Self-driving cars can not only use remote parking lots, they can also make much better use of parking lot space. They are unoccupied when they self-park, so there is no need to leave room for people to exit. So they can park just an inch apart, and the absence of side mirrors will make that very close. Less space is needed for lanes, since the cars can steer optimally and coordinate their movements. Cars could park directly in front and behind each other, then when summoned by its owner, a car could signal for the blocking cars to move. The capacity of a parking lot can easily be doubled or tripled.

No there isn't. This article was just more confirmation that there is NO difference between "enterprise" and "consumer" other than the price. Plenty of other people have looked at the data and reached the same conclusion. Also: the MTBF number on the side of the box has no connection to reality. It is just a number made up by the marketing department.

You are deluding yourself. Unless your car uses high or variable compression (it doesn't), there is no benefit whatsoever to higher octane gasoline.

It is also too much to expect from journalists and Slashdot editors. 1KW/hr is a meaningless unit. It is clear from context that it is supposed to be just "1kw".

The warranties are just more evidence that "enterprise drives" are a scam. Warranties are almost never worth the price you pay for them. If they were, few companies would be foolish enough to offer them.

For 99% of cars, there is no difference. Unless a car is specifically designed to use a higher compression ratio, there is no benefit whatsoever to a higher octane rating. Besides, you are assuming that the premium gas actually has a higher octane rating. Years ago, it actually cost more to make high octane gas. Today the octane rating can be tweaked with cheap additives. So it is common to just make it all 92, then just use one tanker truck to make the delivery and just fill all the tanks with identical gas.

I thought this was already common knowledge. "Enterprise" drives are just a way to separate stupid people from their money. Sort of like "premium" gasoline.

D=P*S-B, or Deterrence = (Probability of getting caught) * (Severity of punishment) - Benefit.

Since very few participants in a DDoS get caught, the punishment must be severe to have much deterrence.

I lived in Gubei, which is a nice neighborhood in Puxi (western Shanghai), so the school was probably above average. It was the official public school for our area. There was nothing fancy about it. There was no heat or AC. Shanghai is hot and humid in the summer, and often below freezing in the winter. The kids use gloves with the fingertips removed, so they can keep their hands warm but still write. I have nieces and nephews in other parts of China, and while the facilities vary, the discipline and high expectations do not.

So in Javascript terms, you are saying that equality is "==" but not "==="?

Baloney. Have you even looked at the test? Here are some example questions. The questions involve a lot more than "rote memorization".

In America it is exactly the opposite.

I lived in Shanghai for several years, and my kids attended school there. In American math class they say "show your work". In Chinese math classes they say "do it in your head". Chinese kids have to stand with their hands behind their backs, looking at a list of integers on the whiteboard, and add them up in their head. They do the same with subtraction, multiplication, and division. They drill until they get good at it. As an American, I never learned to do that. So when I need a list of numbers added, I just ask my Chinese educated daughter to do it. That is usually quicker than looking for a calculator.

Autonomous cars are not new. Back in the horse and wagon days, if you traveled a route frequently, your horses would learn the way. Then you could lay down on the straw in the back of the wagon and take a snooze, trusting your horses to know the way home.

Research has been done on this, and I believe that a pilot plant may be built in the UAE or Oman in the next few years. It will use brine, concentrated in solar ponds, as the source of NaCl, and plain seawater as the sink.

So then don't build this osmosis generator in Seattle. Meanwhile, in Hawaii, where every ounce of fossil fuel is imported, electricity costs about 40 cents/kwhr. This could make a lot of sense there.