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tarwater11on Despite High Hopes, Self-Driving Cars Are ‘Way in the Future’

It seems like the easy answer is to kick human drivers off the road, right? That will eliminate a great deal of the unpredictability. Start with a small section of a city, and if the results are good, people will want to expand it.

tarwater11on 3M Knew About the Dangers of PFOA and PFOS Decades Ago, Internal Documents Show

https://nutritionfacts.org/2016/11/17/fat-is-the-cause-of-ty...

I suppose high sugar consumption could cause it, but it doesn't look like that is the typical mechanism.

tarwater11on 3M Knew About the Dangers of PFOA and PFOS Decades Ago, Internal Documents Show

Fat (edit: typically) causes type 2 diabetes, not sugar.

tarwater11on Nobel Prize-winning economist joins blockchain startup to fix smart contracts

There is no Nobel Prize in Economics.

tarwater11on Ask HN: What have been your best decisions in life?

Quitting alcohol. Going vegan. Learning a trade (programming).