I'm curious how breed behavior will be handled. For example, for the most part, Belgian Malinois have no off switch. I wonder if there is a way to dial them back from redline when not on duty, but still have a working dog.

I think it s a good idea to breed out the congenital problems. Less cruel overall.

If backing in, I use the GOAL (get out and look) method. However, it is so slow, that I rather pay someone a few C-notes to do it. At least my trailer is longer, so it is fairly well-behaved.

This is why I'm seeing a lot of people, be it the RV mechanic [1] I have and others refuse Paypal and Venmo, and demand Zelle or CashApp. I wondered about this, and thought they just want people to pay using a debit card because it meant that there was no way to dispute cards... but looks like this goes way deeper than I thought.

To me, I worry about PayPal. I have been lucky so far... but from what I read, it is only a matter of time before one gets hard. I think even Reddit has pulled away from PayPal.

[1]: Simple RV stuff like towing, but because I have zero expertise backing a rig in, I much rather hire someone who can do the job, and he is better at getting on the roof, inspecting, caulking, and such than I am.

I'm going to wait a few iterations to see what breaks and what doesn't. Eventually, enough engineering is going to happen where foldables will have a hinge that is reasonably resistant to things, especially dust and pocket sand. However, who knows if the Apple device is there yet.

If I recall right, it was stated, this would be the last non-autonomous model of car Tesla makes. Wonder what that means.

I notice one EV brand actually actively doing that, where I can see the light on the road everywhere... but the oncoming car, which is overall a good thing. I hope more car companies start doing this.

WSL? I didn't realize WSL was a production layer. I thought it was more of a development platform, and for production, one either used Linux virtual machines, or containers in the VMs.

This is why AI in the US is so hated. Next to slurping up jobs, its #1 perceived use that we see is disrupting communications, distorting news events, and changing the narrative. Basic stuff on a forum gets disrupted by trolls, or someone starts spewing the same bullshit rhetoric that has no base in truth, but is echoed in choruses, verbatim, drowning all chances of meaningful discourse, and driving people into creating ever more Discord servers.

It used to be that one solid post on USENET was as good as another. Now, with all the bots and AI slop, finding someone meaningful to interact with is next to impossible unless introduced by friends.

The edge cases are getting cleaned out. These are not the big ones, but the ones like parking, private lots, reflection and glare, and others. This may not bring around much in the way of news, but it is helping out.

Where I see self driving cars making an impact is how prevalent they are starting to become. I was surprised how many people are driving vehicles without a hand on the steering wheel in traffic these days, letting the vehicle do the work.

Of course, there is work to do, but it is getting there, and if it is successful, it will be a very positive thing.

I think the difference between people who -think- they are good drivers, versus actually being good drivers is a pretty wide gap. I don't know anyone who thinks they are a crappy or below average.

Probably the best way to tell is by the amount of wrecks and tickets, however, that metric isn't even good, especially if one is dealing with areas where speed limits vary, and the area has poorly designed roads. Put enough miles in, and statistically something will happen.

This is deliberate. However, just last week, Waymo got the go-ahead to allow their FSD taxis onto highways in Austin.

I have seen varying stats on this, and the numbers can be rigged. For accidents, is it a fender-bender, or does it result in deaths? One can say that only a few accidents are alcohol involved, while most deaths have a high chance of having alcohol as a factor.

Overall, FSD does drive better than people in most circumstances, but it requires a lot of edge case training. It is getting there. I think it is a good thing, because it has faster reactions than a person. There are also things that can be done (provided there is security placed so it can't be hijacked) for V2V communication or V2G which can make easier for autonomous vehicles to navigate and figure out the best lane positioning. FSD also is a good thing for people who don't really want to hang up their car keys because they have to go to work, but are worried about reaction times, and here in the US, the public transportation system is spotty at best.

I'm all for FSD. Just because it always pays attention and has faster reactions.

I agree with you -- even on antediluvian Linux kernels and kernel drivers, RISC-V boards to well, just because of the constant evolution. However, what the Raspberry Pi brings to the table is consistency. You can buy a Raspberry Pi from over ten years ago still, which is important for businesses who use them, where a board replacement is doable. No need to buy a bunch of stock and sock it away in a warehouse until all customer warranties run out.

I do wish RISC-V would get to a similar point, but it will get there, just because it has a lot of innovation behind it.

I'm beginning to think we need to do like VeraCrypt does as an option. Three algorithms. One optimized against QC, and two proven, solid ones that are somewhat resistant to that. Yes, it means three times the CPU to validate/sign the same stuff, but it protects us against catastrophic algorithm failure where one discover might reduce a keyspace to something trivial.

Downside of doing this is that some dedicated cryptographic processors have their die designed around the mathematical functions of that specific algorithm, and it can get expensive to design for multiples.

Thie key thing is accreditation. Ages ago, even ITT was accredited. When that was lost with the "show cause", the money earned for the degree becomes worthless.

Same with this AI school. You can teach what you want, but without having the seal of approval by some internationally vetted boards, the degree or certificates are not worth much, and we already have had students pummeled into the ground by one wave of student loan debt, so people are not really looking to go into the educational sector for anything other than licensed professions like engineering, architecture, finance, medical programs and law.

Bitcoin also has a bunch of regulators scrutinizing it. Combine this, with the pushback against data centers, be it AI data centers, or Bitcoin mining data centers, and it is expected to see BTC grow a bit, just because people can put money into it, perhaps as a long term "hodl" type of thing, but this doesn't mean it is going to hit the moon anytime soon. Especially if more data centers get hit by missiles and large swaths of Internet get blown away.