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statop··on SF Fire Dept.: Person Dies After Cruise Robotaxi Blocked Ambulance
This comment is very selfawarewolves. I agree, people in this thread are overly concerned with blame attribution, but maybe it's not the group you think.

SFFD is highlighting to people who live/work/visit SF that so called "AV" taxis are getting in their way. That they were able to move another vehicle to get the ambulance on its way is immaterial. They are saying that in a different set of circumstances where they can't, this car blocks the ambulance. That's the problem, that's the fault.

Your comment sounds like throwing a ladder on the freeway, but you vigilantes better not stop traffic to clear it, no one has hit it. Yet.

statop··on SF Fire Dept.: Person Dies After Cruise Robotaxi Blocked Ambulance
Your stated argument against allowing human control of the vehicle is that it presents a safety issue, implying that you could be car jacked.

You could be car jacked while riding in a taxi/lyft/uber/etc. It’s unclear why you think this any different.

statop··on SF Fire Dept.: Person Dies After Cruise Robotaxi Blocked Ambulance
This is a strawman, try again.
statop··on SF Fire Dept.: Person Dies After Cruise Robotaxi Blocked Ambulance
2) sure.. and you won't be happy if someone carjacks your uber either I imagine? get out of the car.
statop··on SF Fire Dept.: Person Dies After Cruise Robotaxi Blocked Ambulance
Ok so the guys and gals who we pay to save your life are saying they're getting in the way. But MLRoboCorporation(TM)(c)(r) says fuck those guys, they can go around?

I think I'll side with the humans on this one, let them take control of the vehicle.

I don't care how much money Kyle Vogt loses to car theft, that's not my problem. Clearly this industry needs to get regulated hard.

statop··on SF Fire Dept.: Person Dies After Cruise Robotaxi Blocked Ambulance
It isn't FUD, it's dumb autonomous vehicles won't get out of the way. Just force them to allow human intervention, a person gets in and moves it. What's the big deal? It shouldn't even be restricted to emergency personnel.

If people steal them Cruise can file charges and consider it an expense of doing business.

statop··on California Forever
Do you live in the bay area? “T.T not enough housing!”, except traffic is out of control and we’re just building more massive apartment buildings along every inch of freeway we can. No one seems to be making any plan with anything close to a spec or goal.

The reality is that not everyone can live here. Should we cut down all the trees and cover Kauai in skyscraper apartments so more people can live there?

I don’t think so.

Even this project is kicking the can (eventually Corusucant). But at least they aren’t coming into someone’s community, that THEY PICKED because of the way it is, and saying oh no no, we need to build an ADU and multi family dwellings everywhere!

Go start something new.

statop··on Wall Street scooped up a third of Texas single family homes sold last year (2022)
"In May 2020, the Federal Reserve changed the official formula for calculating the M1 money supply.

Prior to May 2020, M1 included currency in circulation, demand deposits at commercial banks, and other checkable deposits.

After May 2020, the definition was expanded to include other liquid deposits, including savings accounts. This change was accompanied by a sharp spike in the reported value of the M1 money supply."

statop··on Iowa governor will sign bill rolling back labor protections for children
"My son is 11 and wants to work"

"He wants to earn more money than I [want] to pay him"

Well which is it. Would he work for free? No? Then he doesn't want to work, he wants money.

statop··on Iowa governor will sign bill rolling back labor protections for children
If you took the time to read it, you would know that's not at all what this legislation is about. These regulations existed because children were exploited and taken advantage of in the past. [1] Would you care to inform us of the specific changes in Iowa that have now made "children working in dangerous conditions" no longer a concern?

I'll provide a counterpoint now, you can just reply "sorry I was wrong". [2] just a few months ago a US based organization "Packers Sanitation Services, Inc." was found illegally employing minors across eight states, with children as young as 13 cleaning their meat processing plants with hazardous chemicals during night shifts.

14 year olds don't need to log more hours at the office or cleaning industrial bone saws. They need to log more hours in their education and playing with their friends.

statop··on Copyright Registration Guidance: Works containing material generated by AI
If you think copy and paste is artificial intelligence then there probably isn't much of a discussion to be had here.

Yes, very smart and talented people have released ground breaking and amazing tools leveraging massively trained ML models. The model is not problem solving or intelligent in any sense of the word (take it from oai: https://openai.com/blog/chatgpt)

"ChatGPT sometimes writes plausible-sounding but incorrect or nonsensical answers..."

To be back on topic, I don't think some sweaty dude from the internet should be issued a copyright for typing "Minnie Mouse wearing a pikachu t-shirt!" into DALL-E and submitting the resulting image.

At the same time, I read a post like this one: https://andys.page/posts/how-to-draw and I have really no objection to copyright being assigned. I think the difference is the human authorship, and I think the Copyright Office has made a pretty good first swag.

statop··on Copyright Registration Guidance: Works containing material generated by AI
It isn't AI, it's a glorified Xerox machine.
statop··on Cause of Fatal 2021 Tesla Wreck Was “Excessive Speed” and “Alcohol Intoxication”
Swerve into oncoming traffic, run red lights, and come dangerously close to hitting cyclists? Who do you think I am, Vin Diesel at the Tour de France?

“Objectively safe“ was a pretty quick r/agedlikemilk given the recall.

statop··on Cause of Fatal 2021 Tesla Wreck Was “Excessive Speed” and “Alcohol Intoxication”
That isn't how humans work. In any case, most humans are capable of FSD. Your Tesla isn't. No one cares about 360 degree 30Hz cameras. Just like two eyes aren't the solution to driving. Lots of animals have two eyes, most of them won't ever drive a vehicle.

Other commenter "My coworker gave me a ride in his Tesla ... FSD tried to cross over into the opposing lanes, ran a red, narrowly avoided hitting a cyclist"

Your reply "Huh. FSD (Mine) took my kid to diving practice this afternoon. Weird world. Just please stop with the hate."

I'm not sure what you hope to prove by replying to anecdotes about unacceptable autopilot with anecdotes about acceptable autopilot? It doesn't mean everyone else is a hater any more than you're a shill. It just means autopilot performance across hardware and environmental factors is not within the envelope it needs to be.

Maybe try replacing "FSD" in these comments with the names of two fictional friends.

"Steve tried to cross over into the opposing lanes, ran a red, narrowly avoided hitting a cyclist"

"Huh. Rick took my kid to diving practice this afternoon. Weird world. Just please stop with the hate."

Should we trust Steve because Rick is a good driver?

statop··on SimulaVR Has Been Subpoenaed by Meta Platforms, Inc
But maybe, and hear me out here, FB deserves the shade.
statop··on SimulaVR Has Been Subpoenaed by Meta Platforms, Inc
Yea… nothing I’ve seen from them is compelling.

My bet is Mark is going to burn a LOT of money, fail to get mass adoption, cancel the project, and lay the design team off.

But who knows! Maybe we’ll all be taking work meetings in MetaLife this time next year! Just make sure you login to your meeting 5 minutes early to preview the new season of BigBrother and score an extra 60 seconds of microphone mute time!

statop··on Why the WHO took two years to say Covid is airborne
Very compelling.

Go on then, tell us why you feel a mask is an infringement on your bodily autonomy but pants shirt shoes aren’t.

statop··on Why the WHO took two years to say Covid is airborne
Amazing that in reply to an article about Covid being classified as airborne and transmitted as an aerosol, with specific concern for indoor venues due to wide variation in ventilation, there are still comments like this this about bodily autonomy.

As if clothes weren’t already a requirement for visiting your public venue of choice.

statop··on Why the WHO took two years to say Covid is airborne
We didn’t lock down society for 2 years because of Covid either.

You can’t even call the US response a lock down. My friends abroad had to register with the government to leave their homes to visit a neighborhood market.

We didn’t have anything like that.

The US had a more coordinated and stricter response to BLM protests, sending the national guard in to enforce curfews and shooting paint rounds at citizens sitting on their suburban porches.

statop··on Among the Half-Masked: Covid theater is a sign of a healthy society
Don’t waste your time… the Wookiee posted that ivermectin is an effective treatment for Covid just 12 days ago!
statop··on Melbourne hit-and-run blamed on Tesla Autopilot, could set legal precedent
You're right the linked article doesn't mention it.

If you search the drivers name and Tesla, other articles do claim that she is not a citizen or permanent resident of Australia and is there on a bridging visa.

statop··on Moderna will develop mRNA vaccines for some of the world’s worst diseases
Thanks for linking the article, if you had read the title it says "in kids 5 to 11". The 6th sentence notes that "kids 5 to 11" received a lower dosage. It goes on to reference a study that showed dosage matters.

Delete your comment to save face?

statop··on Reaching ‘Herd Immunity’ from Covid Is Unlikely in the U.S., Experts Now Believe
Just wanted to reply that wearing a mask is the reasonable policy that balances risk and preserves liberty.

There were only two segments of people who couldn’t handle the draconian blanket restrictions for a short time, the poor and the stupid. I forgive the poor, our government failed them.

Great work on the association fallacy and invoking godwin. Pieces of flare? Maybe Mike Judge can cast you in a sequel to one of his other films.

statop··on Almost 90 percent of NYC bars and restaurants couldn’t pay August rent
This is a story about the ability of human kind to work together to defeat a common enemy.

So far we have failed. The reasons for that failure are many, but it has become clear over this 6+ months that a coordinated top-down plan is what we’re lacking.

The “libertarian” approach like you mentioned has been tried- every relaxation of covid restrictions has been followed by acceleration in the case count. Turns out prayers and positive thinking were unsuccessful in limiting virus transmission.

Be honest Juan, when was the last time you really made your own decision anyhow?

statop··on I fear App Review is getting too powerful (2015) [pdf]
You can side load apps

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.iclarified.com/52314/how-to...

statop··on California imposing sweeping rollback of reopening plans amid case surges
You guess, keep hearing, seems pretty clear.

Thanks doctor.

Maybe next you can educate us on why the data you linked literally contradicts everything you said. The trend in deaths is increasing.