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Comment Re:$15 was reasonable given limited supply & d (Score 2) 31

Also, simple apps weren't as simple to develop for the PalmPilot as they are for today's phones. It's like comparing an 80s DOS retail game to days games and wonder why they'd even bother with the shrink wrap given how simple the game was. (comparatively) But those games were not easy to develop, you had actually very limited hardware resources, you often wrote them in Assembly and finally you had to directly support the sound cards and graphics cards without the use of Drivers.

Comment Re:Wouldn't have done anything anyway. (Score 1) 67

I wouldn't be so sure. At the very least it would screw up scheduling for Students who'd log into the system and book time in an Aircraft that were in reality unavailable.

However, if the system was relied upon for squawks including one's that should completely ground the plane. This could result in an aircraft taking to the ski when it wasn't airworthy or in the worst case truly unsafe. So if say the airplane was grounded until checked/repaired but the keys were returned to the pool at dispatch. Dispatch would likely just hand the keys to the next scheduled pilot unless extra safe guards were in place because the computer said the aircraft was ready to fly. But likely they had some other system to keep track of Aircraft that shouldn't be flying.

Based on that reporters often get things wrong and her having deleted all the computer maintenance records for certain aircraft but not all aircraft. I believe that she deleted the maintenance logs in order cause airplanes to be dispatch and flown passed their mandatory inspections( 100hr and/or the annual). She didn't do this to all aircraft because that would arise suspicion when none of the AC were ever in the shop for inspections but a few might fly under the radar. Then once this had happened, She would call the FAA as a former concerned employee and say they were not in compliance with maintenance inspections. The chances of this hurting the business are high and the chances of anyone being physically hurt would be very low.

Comment Re: Total deaths? (Score 2) 249

Another statistical issue is that this covid kills mostly people who aren't healthy in the first place. These people would be likely to die anyway most of these people would die within 5 years with probably decent number dying in 10 years. So I expect when this is over that we'll see mortality rates drop to below pre-covid numbers due to all the people who would have died from things like heart failure already being dead. As to how to weigh the value of these people living those extra years. I have no idea.

Comment Re:"I could stand in the middle of fifth avenue... (Score 1) 1183

Imagine telling Muslims how they must react according to Islamic principles when gay neighbors move in next door. It's hilarious.

Actually, Jesse Philips was telling Muslims that they weren't being true to the religion when they protested against LGBT tolerance in Schools.

Comment Re:Brand names of Volkswagen (Score 1) 63

Your wrong there. One of Porsches brands is VW. The Porsche-Piëch family is a prominent Austrian-German family of industrialists descending from the automotive pioneer Ferdinand Porsche. Its members have full ownership of the Porsche SE automobile company and majority voting rights over Volkswagen AG, the biggest automaker in the world.

Comment We need more anti-trust not LESS (Score 4, Interesting) 141

I think we need to update this law for modern times not delete it. Film and movie companies shouldn't be allowed to own their own online subscription services and nether should online subscription services be allowed to own their own content creation. But on the other hand I think modern motion picture media are mostly shit and bad for the society. So, maybe, its best we let them destroy their own markets because that's what they're doing.

Comment Re:Yes (Score 1) 393

It's a fact of lithium batteries some just last and last. The laptop, I'm using is old as dirt and the battery gets good life because It's actually the good cells from two batteries of the same vintage. I think Panasonic and other lithium manufactures just don't have a way to test the incredibly minor differences that result in a battery lasting or not. It's kind of like how some hardrives last forever and some have a tiny tiny defect and only last 5 years.

Comment Re: safety data (Score 1) 135

Wow, you do realize if Tesla drivers probably more likely to drive home drunk thinking "Autopilot will save me from anything bad, burp." The problem is what percentage of Tesla drivers regularly drive drunk vs what percentage of the total driver pool regularly drive drunk. The whole comment was on that mean miles between accidents is probably skewed heavily by less than 50% of drivers. The truth is for autonomous driving to be considered a success it has to preform better than the top 20% of drivers. Not just out preform the average idiot dragged down by the complete idiots out there.

Comment Re:safety data (Score 3, Insightful) 135

This data is nearly USELESS. it does nothing to take into account demographics of the average driver vs the average Tesla owner. I had 3 crashes all in my first 5 years of driving. In 26 years of drive those are my only 3 crashes. (One was major and the others were lesser fender benders) First time drivers are probably the least likely to be drive a Tesla. (Those few rich kids are an exception not a rule) Young drivers are responsible for 12.8% of accidents. What about alcoholic drivers and the elderly? While, I'd like to think Alcoholics who have the money for a Tesla could afford cabs and thus are less likely to drive drunk, Human Psychology doesn't make it that simple. But we don't know the stats. But the elderly, even those with money are way less likely to embrace something new like an electric car. So probably underrepresented in the Tesla drivers population. And finally poor people vs rich people in accident statics which could swing either way. Speaking of poor suckers, What about people who work long hours or grave yard shifts who's jobs aren't known for providing Tesla Pay. These people would be far more likely to drive when impaired due to exhaustion but less likely to own a Tesla. I've never seen someone make a study of what even what percentage of drivers are responsible for 50% of the accidents but it's probably going to be like 30% of all drivers are involved in 50% of all accidents.

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