Comment Re: $3 Trillion off the books commitments (Score 1) 72
Isolationism isn't an option.
Comment Re: $3 Trillion off the books commitments (Score 1) 72
The Iranians have their revolutionary project, and are trying to export the revolution with some success. It's basically communism with theocracy as the base instead of an economic system.
Personally, I prefer to not live in an Islamic theocracy. I'm having trouble thinking in history of a time when a theocracy turned out well.
Personally, I prefer to not live in an Islamic theocracy. I'm having trouble thinking in history of a time when a theocracy turned out well.
Comment Re:LLM Bake Off: It's not just the pink slime (Score 1) 128
and he left power when voted out
Technically, Stalin left office before he was voted out.
Comment Re:90% of our news media is billionaire owned (Score 1) 128
It wasn't until the 2024 election that I really saw the billionaires fully exercising their control over our information sources
Really? Here's a 90s documentary about the power of the press a hundred years ago. This shit's been going on since the Roman days, and they had to use slaves to hand-copy the news.
Comment Re:$3 Trillion off the books commitments (Score 2) 72
It's necessary to stop Iran terrorizing the world They were doing literally none of that before Trump attacked them.
Iranians were, in fact, sponsoring terrorists and war around the globe.
Comment Re:Yes, probably. And they likely can do even bett (Score 1) 193
At the speed these cars typically travel, roll cages and seat belts aren't a big deal.
Comment Re:Yes, probably. And they likely can do even bett (Score 1) 193
It's hard to take you seriously when your comment is a polemic. Your goal is to win an argument, not to come to an understanding of the data.
Comment Re:comparable (Score 1) 193
This article does a better analysis than Waymo's official blog: https://electrek.co/2026/07/25...
It's still lacking some things.
It's still lacking some things.
Comment Re: comparable (Score 1) 193
Oh that's a good point, San Francisco is a much more difficult place to drive than Tracy or Modesto. If Waymo only drives on safe roads in SF, then it would be easy to stack the numbers against all drivers in SF.
Comment Re:comparable (Score 1) 193
they would have to measure humans actually driving in the exact places they drive and in the weather they drive. Different weather is not comparible, different roads are not comparable. Even if the human is in an older car that is not comparable.
They are not comparable. They made adjustments for some things (like driving on freeways), but not all of them (Waymo favors roads with speeds under 25mph, for example). Also, data from Austin showed more accidents with Waymo than with humans, although there isn't much data so the margin of error is too large to support a firm conclusion.
Comment Re:Perovskite thin films (Score 1) 41
price of a lollypop per square meter back in the '90s. To be more specific, the target back in the '80s and '90s was clearly articulated as being fifty cents per watt (where "per watt" meant, when illuminated at standard conditions of 1 kW/square meter.) Silicon photovoltaics can now be purchased at 12 cents per watt. [techspot.com] In today's dollars. They not only hit the target, they blew it away.
Calculating this in my head while trying to adjust for inflation is a bit of a trip. Simple calculations but so many marginal ranges.
Comment Re:There's no risk whatsoever (Score 2) 72
No one believes the words of an anonymous person online.
If you have facts to support your words, then give a citation.
If you have facts to support your words, then give a citation.
Comment Re:Yes, probably. And they likely can do even bett (Score 1) 193
The data varies by location. According to the article:
Waymo actually had a slightly higher crash rate than humans in Austin
Comment Re:Yes, probably. And they likely can do even bett (Score 1) 193
Waymo's miles are not comparable to human miles. Waymo avoids a lot of areas. From the article:
Waymo also tended to operate on lower-speed streets than human drivers, even discounting highways. Half of Waymo’s crashes happened on streets with speed limits under 25mph, whereas only 8% of human crashes happened here. This could account for why Waymo showed lower crash severity than humans, since it was getting into lower-speed crashes. Lower speeds are a good thing, but this could be making Waymo’s crash rate look lower than it is.
Comment Re:There's no risk whatsoever (Score 1) 72
I think the bot would have better grammar.
