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Comment RealID not intended prove citizenship (Score 4, Insightful) 275

RealID isn't intended to prove citizenship. Citizens can get them, as can immigrants with lawful status in the country. That was on purpose, because people with lawful status also travel, enter federal buildings, and do lots of perfectly legal stuff in this country.

The problem is the Trump administration is intent on finding any reason to kick people out of the country, whether they have lawful status or not. The RealID doesn't tell them whether they have to let you go because you're a citizen.

Comment Re:How expensive could it possibly be to run uber? (Score 4, Interesting) 190

They aren't charging enough on fares to keep their company and the drivers running. They've tried to become more sustainable by trimming driver payments, but it's still not enough. Even with a limited monopoly, taxi companies weren't incredible profit generators. The main reason Uber and Lyft are cheaper is that they're being subsidized by investors to try to get enough of a market dominance they can then increase prices.

Comment Re:Translation (Score 1) 382

Neither can Tesla, right now. Tesla is promising full autonomous driving, but it isn't there yet. It also has lost features from the original AP1 hardware (reliable automatic windshield wipers) that it has not yet replicated with AP2, because it's relying on different hardware and software to enable it.

Tesla is really betting on "software will fix everything", but there's really no saying when it'll happen.

Comment Re:Of course they aren't (Score 3, Interesting) 87

How likely is it that they will catch the people who did it? And if they do, how likely is that to reduce the chances of someone else doing the same thing?

If someone steals your car, you contact the cops because it's possible you'll get your car back. Even if not, it's sort of possible they'll find the car thief, because the city is only so big. But finding who put ransomware on your computer among billions of people all over the world?

Again, there's nothing in it for the victim.

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