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Germany To Require 'Black Box' in Autonomous Cars (reuters.com) 56

Autonomous cars should be able to account for themselves, that's the thinking behind new legislation proposed by German's transport ministry. The country is planning new laws that require self-driving cars to include a black box, Reuters reports, similar to the flight recorder required on aircraft. From the report: The fatal crash of a Tesla Motors Inc Model S car in its Autopilot mode has increased the pressure on industry executives and regulators to ensure that automated driving technology can be deployed safely. Under the proposal from Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt, drivers will not have to pay attention to traffic or concentrate on steering, but must remain seated at the wheel so they can intervene in the event of an emergency. Manufacturers will also be required to install a black box that records when the autopilot system was active, when the driver drove and when the system requested that the driver take over, according to the proposals. The draft is due to be sent to other ministries for approval this summer, a transport ministry spokesman said.
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Brazil Facebook Head Arrested For Refusing To Share WhatsApp Data (bbc.com) 83

An anonymous reader writes: Diego Dzodan, an Argentine national and Facebook's vice president for Latin America, has repeatedly refused to comply with court orders to hand over data for use in a criminal investigation of a WhatsApp user suspected of drug trafficking, police said. His arrest relates to the messaging service WhatsApp, owned by Facebook. In a statement, Facebook called Mr. Dzodan's arrest an "extreme and disproportionate measure." The company said, "Facebook has always been and will be available to address any questions Brazilian authorities may have." Judge Marcel Maia Montalvao had in two previous instances issued fines against Facebook for refusing to release WhatsApp data. In December, a judge in Brazil suspended WhatsApp for 48 hours in a similar case.

Comment Re:Translation (Score 1) 255

> Compile time can be greatly reduced by careful header file usage. Instructions can be found in the latest version of Effective C++ by Scott Meyers. When you work on a 10-20 year old enterprise code base this assumption is false. And its not easy to refactor, due to the cost of testing. So faster compiler is a must for faster development, g++/gcc just wins.

Comment Re:Amazon Warehouse workers should demand more mon (Score 1) 177

what do we do with all the people who are no longer required to make stuff?

1. Lucky ones will die with some dignity. (OR)

2. Capable and lucky(dont have the need to go to job) tech people will create robots to automate agriculture and feed them.

I really wish to be part of 2, but my fucking day job and family is eating all my time, leaving little time acquire skills on machine learning.

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