Comment Just wait!! (Score 1) 264
Our digital overlords will never accept this. The minds of the sheep need to be controlled.
Comment You can't have your cake and eat it (Score 1) 249
Epic wants to enjoy the money they make on Apple's platform, but pay less than they do today to increase their profits.
Given that most gaming platforms are walled gardens I can't see how they can win with this approach.
Comment Re:Way overpriced for a worthless movie. (Score 1) 79
>> First off, $30 is way, way overpriced for viewing a movie in my living room. Yes, I know, if theaters were open I'd be paying that much. So what? I'm not getting any of the purported benefits of a theater viewing experience. Why should I pay it just because Disney is used to getting it?
If I had points I'd vote you up!
Comment Re:Dammit, Moore, I thought you had left (Score 4, Funny) 94
Maybe it's time for Intel's Law
Every year Intel will release a new CPU that is more expensive while delivering the same computational performance.
Comment Re: Would you approve the purchase of a 737 MAX? (Score 1) 178
For Lion Air they had up to 40 seconds to understand and apply the right procedures. The steps were not obvious.
https://www.popularmechanics.c...
Comment Re:Would you approve the purchase of a 737 MAX? (Score 1) 178
Question, just how much time do you think the crew had to determine the cause and perform the "runaway trim" procedure?
Comment Arm and a Leg (Score 1) 280
Why do I get the sense that Apple will charge an arm and a leg for this invention?
-- All sigs are free today
Comment Re:herd immunity may not be possible (Score 1) 389
Immune taxi driver will still be a carrier - this does not help immunity of heard (unless you mean he keeps spreading covid)
How exactly does this work?
Comment Re:Robotaxis? (Score 1) 105
*UV lamps, dammit
IR can also work by heating surfaces. Covid is deactivated by heat at about 60C (140F).
So it's time to combine cars with saunas?
Comment Re:Robotaxis? (Score 1) 105
Why sanitize the cars when you can just sanitize the passengers.
As soon as the doors are closed, hose em' down with Purell.
Comment Re:Handing the market over to CyberTruck (Score 1) 64
Given the likely longer longevity of electrical vehicles, this should lead to fewer volume sales over time. I believe that there simply put are too many car manufacturers out there.
Comment Re: sourcing the lithium, copper, cobalt, rare ear (Score 1) 64
TO go mass market someone needs to answer how they source the raw materials. Yes it's true rare earths are in the US (and everywhere) but mining hasn't been economical except in china. Cobalt and copper are tied up in Africa and controlled by chinese investors. Lithium? most of it comes from Australia, chille, China, Argentina and Zimbabwe. Which again means control by Chinese investors.
US mass market Electric car makers are doomed if there's a trade war with China. Mom and pop operations like Tesla, and Rivian produce negligible qualntities of luxury cars so they don't need to worry right now. But they have a weak link in their supply chain they can't replace right now.
Someone is going to need to come up with a price competitive organic or iron or sulfur based battery (Flow batteries?) before makers in the US will have secure supply chains but by then China will have won the market through mass production. China is well poised to migrate to electric cars since they have growing coal and nuclear power, not to mention cheap solar, and some big Hydro regions as well. So they will be able to eat their own dog food to grow the industry.
This game of Go was lost a long time ago but it will take a lot of moves before anyone notices that they have eye-pieces in all the key points.
So the answer is to let China dominate the future car market?
Comment Levels of Indirection (Score 1) 56
A well-known quote on this topic:
"All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection"
- David Wheeler
And the corollary:
"...except for the problem of too many layers of indirection."
- Kevin Henney
Comment Re:I'm starting to panic (Score 1) 272
Before turning on the microwaves, you need to wear a tinfoil hat for safety reasons.
Comment Re:Because we aren't NASA (Score 1) 325
In some cases, critical code is reviewed by a committee as part of a sign-off process. In a case like that, I'm sure you're documenting everything.
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