During a series of tests, Rober compares how a Tesla and a test vehicle equipped with LIDAR sensors, courtesy of the company Luminar, react to a child mannequin in the middle of the road.
That’s stupid. He should have tested it against a stock BMW or something. Now it looks like only experimental cars with visible sensors are able to do this, rather than any new car with advanced driver assistance technology from serious manufacturers.
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Heikki
March 18, 2025, 9:36am
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We've unlocked our discussion with Quinn Slobodian about his book, Crack Up Capitalism, which explores the creation of a thousand mini Hong Kongs around the world and the right wing nut jobs that love them.
If you liked this discussion, we've...
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250753892/crackupcapitalism/
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Newsom’s motto must be “If you could have beat them, join them anyway”
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No public record of the government’s actions seems to violate right to know laws.
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j9c
March 22, 2025, 9:25pm
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Nick_Warr:
Burb-claves
The past few months make Stephenson’s characterization of New South Africa amazingly, sadly prescient.
Same for his characterization of those metacops, come to think of it.
O to find a way to get a passport issued by Mr. Lee’s–
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RAvery
March 28, 2025, 2:19am
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I put this here rather than “Space Exploration” because who knows if any of this is real?
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RAvery
March 31, 2025, 8:05pm
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Another very detailed analysis, this time of WeWork, the Juicero of office space.
Apparently, Adam Neumann promoted WeWork to investors as a software company, just as Musk promotes Tesla as a software company.
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Heikki
April 1, 2025, 8:59am
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Did you know things called science aren’t real science? Like nuclear engineering is real science but climate science isn’t.
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Heikki
April 1, 2025, 5:28pm
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That is a great podcast fucking awesome really. But it has been 8h since I listened to it and I wish I had dementia.
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RAvery
April 1, 2025, 6:19pm
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I tried listening to it, but unfortunately they tricked me into listening to Joe Rogan. I had to stop.
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