How is this any worse than the rampant "I haven't done anything of note, but let me tell you what you should be doing to succeed" posts on here?

SXSW is a popular tech-oriented conference, thus might qualify as news for nerds.

Besides, my first fear upon reading was that it would be a Uber car. I'm glad that's not the case, but saddened that such a tragedy happened in the first place.

Let's mix two polarizing subjects in the same comment:

Just as shortly after the invention of guns, a safety release was added to prevent accidental discharge, self-driving cars might be a drunk driver's safety catch. I have to agree with some of the above posters.