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Comment Re:That's FSB, not standard autopilot (Score 1) 287

Even the summary says that standard autopilot is the one that cannot be used on roads without marking and that the car has not purchased Full Self Driving (implying that FSB is the one that would work). And just the title of your linked video clearly says it is about FSB (and watching the video, it's clear that with FSB the car doesn't really want to drive on that tiny road...). I assume you can read English, why the hate?
I mean, I wouldn't trust FSB personally (probably because I am a software engineer), but I don't like blatant misinformation.

If by FSB you mean Full Self-Drive Beta then you are wrong the guy is using Autopilot. The title is click-baity, but he is testing improvements to Autopilot in the UK since the release of FSD beta in the USA.
We don't have FSD in the UK probably due to the fact we drive on the 'wrong' side of the road.

Comment Re:Autopilot can be used on roads without marking. (Score 2) 287

This is pretty normal for a road in a rural community in the UK. It is not a One Way road, so it matters which side you are driving.
There are enough room for 2 cars to pass.

I'm not surprised a Tesla would get confused. Not exactly the worlds largest two "lane" road.

So when you are driving down a road your are unsure is a one way road do you drift to the wrong side?
Shark

Human Limbs Evolved From Shark Fins Thanks To Sonic Hedgehog Gene (mirror.co.uk) 95

Posted by msmash from the how-it-all-began dept.
An anonymous reader shares a report at Mirror: Scientists believe human limbs evolved from the gills of sharks -- thanks to a gene named after Sonic the Hedgehog. The discovery comes from analysis of skate, a cartilaginous fish which has much in common with sharks. Limbs, like gills, grow thanks to a vital protein known as the 'Sonic hedgehog gene' -- named after the video game character. The new discovery backs up a theory suggested 138 years ago that legs and arms evolved from prehistoric fish gills. Gizmodo has more details on this.
Image

Audacious Visions For Future Spaceflight 176

Posted by Soulskill from the it's-been-a-lonnnnng-road dept.
New submitter nagalman writes "There is a very powerful video out that takes the audio of words from Neil deGrasse Tyson, receiver of the NASA Distinguished Public Service Medal, and meshes it with powerful images of the history and successful outcomes of NASA. Through Penny4NASA, Dr. Tyson is pressing for the budget of NASA to be doubled from 0.5% to 1% of the federal budget in order to spur vision, interest, dreams, public excitement, and innovation into science and engineering. With Kansas stating that 'evolution could not rule out a supernatural or theistic source, that evolution itself was not fact but only a theory and one in crisis, and that Intelligent Design must be considered a viable alternative to evolution,' and North Carolina's legislature circulating a bill telling people to ignore climate science, maybe it's time we start listening to experts who have a proven record of success, rather than ideology that has only been 'proven' in the mind of elected politicians."
Movies

Why People Should Stop Being Duped By the 3D Scam 394

Posted by Soulskill from the go-holodeck-or-go-home dept.
Phoghat writes "The entertainment and electronics industries keep trying to push 3D on consumers, even though a lot of smart people have caught on to the fact that it is a scam and not innovation as the industry would like you to believe. From the article: 'This is a bad experiment that the industry is forcing consumers to subsidize. And since they can’t create a better product, they’ve simply latched on to 3D as a marketing ploy that the entertainment and electronics industries can use to trick people into thinking that they are getting a superior experience. It’s only working because just enough people are falling for the scam to keep it alive.'"
Crime

Convicted Terrorist Relied On Single-Letter Cipher 254

Posted by timothy from the was-the-letter-q? dept.
Hugh Pickens writes "The Register reports that the majority of the communications between convicted terrorist Rajib Karim and Bangladeshi Islamic activists were encrypted with a system which used Excel transposition tables which they invented themselves. It used a single-letter substitution cipher invented by the ancient Greeks that had been used and described by Julius Caesar in 55BC. Despite urging by the Yemen-based al Qaida leader Anwar Al Anlaki, Karim rejected the use of a sophisticated code program called 'Mujhaddin Secrets' which implements all the AES candidate cyphers, 'because "kaffirs," or non-believers, know about it so it must be less secure.'"

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