Carighan's recent activity
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Comment on Google Cloud accidentally deletes UniSuper’s online account due to ‘unprecedented misconfiguration’ in ~tech
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Comment on Hey GM: If you want to beat Apple, give people the buttons CarPlay can’t in ~transport
Carighan Link ParentYeah physical buttons are such an odd thing to be omitted. Sure, for the briefest of moments in the very first Tesla cars, it felt sci-fi, but it only took that one generation for people to...Yeah physical buttons are such an odd thing to be omitted. Sure, for the briefest of moments in the very first Tesla cars, it felt sci-fi, but it only took that one generation for people to realize how bad touchscreen controls are in a system where you're supposed to not look at the input device.
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Comment on Google lays off hundreds of ‘Core’ employees, moves some positions to India and Mexico in ~tech
Carighan Link ParentThe business perspective IMO doesn't help though. To each individual life now distraught due to having to quickly find a new job, it doesn't matter (much) whether 9 or 900 other people lost their...The business perspective IMO doesn't help though. To each individual life now distraught due to having to quickly find a new job, it doesn't matter (much) whether 9 or 900 other people lost their jobs. Hence, the human impact is essentially scaled the same, just multiplied for each person impacted.
And hence the obligation for companies to be held responsible ought to not be based on their own size when it comes to criticizing them for each life impacted. Whether the company is 50 big or 500000 big, 10 people left without a job are 10 people left without a job who are now - potentially - struggling.
If anything, scale it with the amount and the monetary worth of the C-suites and board members, in effect making it so that the fatter the management is with money, the more they're on the hook for the problems they cause.
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Comment on Google lays off hundreds of ‘Core’ employees, moves some positions to India and Mexico in ~tech
Carighan Link ParentAnd more specifically, that CEOs, even after they have left, aren't personally held accountable for this. Even if it wasn't their direct decision, they were at the helm. You created X jobs, and...And more specifically, that CEOs, even after they have left, aren't personally held accountable for this.
Even if it wasn't their direct decision, they were at the helm. You created X jobs, and that gave you Y tax breaks. Now you're taking N jobs away, so you're liable for M amount of money to pay back.
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Comment on US to require automatic emergency braking on new vehicles in five years in ~transport
Carighan Link ParentThat's quite in-depth, thanks. Though I would say that if automated braking avoids 60% of rear-end scenarios, then even just the remaining ~4% of collisions (of 1,7 mil) leaves a little bit over...That's quite in-depth, thanks.
Though I would say that if automated braking avoids 60% of rear-end scenarios, then even just the remaining ~4% of collisions (of 1,7 mil) leaves a little bit over 40000 read-ends it'd avoid in the continental US alone.
That's nothing to sneeze at. Sure it's minor, but that's also just for the small minority of rear-end collisions by decent drivers in perfectly ideal scenarios, not the just-under-1-mil it'd avoid overall.
And of course the 60% reduction doesn't apply equally, but I also lack the technical expertise to judge which way it'd swing - I could very well see a lesser reduction with truly awful drivers as they'd manage to read-end someone even against the best automation attempts. 😅 Hence assuming it's evenly distributed for now.
Thanks btw, didn't know what huge percentage distractions have, I would have thought fatigue is easily 20%+.
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Comment on US to require automatic emergency braking on new vehicles in five years in ~transport
Carighan Link ParentThere are a whole lot of poor people that can get run over. There are only a handful of rich CEOs that can bribe politicians.There are a whole lot of poor people that can get run over. There are only a handful of rich CEOs that can bribe politicians.
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Comment on US to require automatic emergency braking on new vehicles in five years in ~transport
Carighan Link Parent[citation needed] Plus, I would argue modern cars with their iPad-centric-controls are just as bad. As they are essentially phones. So to focus on the actual car, you need to focus on your phone....People are too busy looking at their phones to notice that they are running over pedestrians and rear-ending people.
[citation needed]
Plus, I would argue modern cars with their iPad-centric-controls are just as bad. As they are essentially phones. So to focus on the actual car, you need to focus on your phone. Basically. It's ridiculous!
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Comment on US to require automatic emergency braking on new vehicles in five years in ~transport
Carighan Link Parent[citation needed]Among those who drive well, there's a near zero chance of rear-ending someone.
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Comment on US to require automatic emergency braking on new vehicles in five years in ~transport
Carighan Link ParentFrom what I understand from the article this is mostly about exactly your situation: Right now, 90%+ of cars have the system, but there are no standards for it at all. The legislation aims not...From what I understand from the article this is mostly about exactly your situation: Right now, 90%+ of cars have the system, but there are no standards for it at all.
The legislation aims not only to get this to 100%, but also to standardize what the system has to be able to do.
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Comment on What are you reading these days? in ~books
Carighan LinkI just finally finished the fourth and last Wayfarer's novel, The Galaxy And The Ground Within. Absolutely beautiful introspective piece of alien/alien interactions. The author (Becky Chambers)...I just finally finished the fourth and last Wayfarer's novel, The Galaxy And The Ground Within. Absolutely beautiful introspective piece of alien/alien interactions. The author (Becky Chambers) really does amazing worldbuilding. While I'm okay with the series being over, I wish more material would pick up the universe she created.
Now onto Displeasure Island by Alice Bell, which just released yesterday. Her second novel after Grave Expectations, a light-hearted whodunin murder mystery from the perspective of a medium. Can't say much about the book yet, but I got... well... grave expectations I suppose. 😜
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Comment on Germany’s robotic stores must rest on Sundays, too in ~news
Carighan Link ParentOh so that's the reason for the attached stores. I was wondering about those, but reflexively I never had to go for groceries on Sundays anyways.Interestingly, Norway sort of has a mirror-image of this -- their "stores are closed on Sundays" law doesn't apply to stores below a certain size (iirc size in terms of their literal physical footprint). Of course, the result was that many large grocery stores would build small "Sunday stores" attached to the larger main building.
Oh so that's the reason for the attached stores. I was wondering about those, but reflexively I never had to go for groceries on Sundays anyways.
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Comment on Germany’s robotic stores must rest on Sundays, too in ~news
Carighan Link ParentI had this very discussion just yesterday with a friend who works in a relatively small pet shop, and I was always of two minds about it. Curiously, she was entirely for opening on Sundays. As the...I had this very discussion just yesterday with a friend who works in a relatively small pet shop, and I was always of two minds about it.
Curiously, she was entirely for opening on Sundays. As the person negatively affected versus large chains. Her reasoning was entirely practical, in particular that she wants the rush on Saturday to be more spread out as that is the biggest problem for working Saturdays in her view.
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Comment on What AI tools are you actually using? in ~tech
Carighan LinkI played around a little bit with Fooocus, a locally installed image generator. It's neat for some concept stuff, but that's about where the functionality ends. I tried: ChatGPT Copilot Jetbrains...I played around a little bit with Fooocus, a locally installed image generator.
It's neat for some concept stuff, but that's about where the functionality ends.
I tried:
- ChatGPT
- Copilot
- Jetbrains Assistant
And none of them did anything useful, they were all just toys. Neat toys, but that's it. Plus by now my company ended the trial period(s) and since we cannot guarantee safety of the data collected, everything is disabled.
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Comment on PVP in MMORPGs is dead (and here's why) in ~games
Carighan Link ParentHuh. This is surprisingly accurate. And also highlights how little content is actually in a 30 minutes video. 😅Huh. This is surprisingly accurate. And also highlights how little content is actually in a 30 minutes video. 😅
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Comment on You're wrong about Aptera's car. It's ridiculously efficient (and solar powered). in ~transport
Carighan Link ParentYeah but in Europe just recently a study on ~580 influences and youtubers ended, concluding that 96% are funded by corporate entities, 80% do not correctly declare this every time, and ... I...Yeah but in Europe just recently a study on ~580 influences and youtubers ended, concluding that 96% are funded by corporate entities, 80% do not correctly declare this every time, and ... I forgot the exact number, but it was still grotesquely high are explictly trying to obfuscate their sponsorship.
That is to say, if it's on Youtube or Tiktok, it is paid for by a company, by and large. And even if they explicitly stay otherwise, chances are solid it still is. People don't make these high-production videos for fun (or at least, not after a while). It's a business, not a passion.
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Comment on You're wrong about Aptera's car. It's ridiculously efficient (and solar powered). in ~transport
Carighan LinkPerson paid for video about solar electric car likes solar electric car! Shocking news at 11!Person paid for video about solar electric car likes solar electric car!
Shocking news at 11!
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Comment on It annoys me that so many PC games feel like they're intended for consoles in ~games
Carighan Link ParentSame. If I need to aim, or accurately click on things quickly, I prefer KB+M. If I need to react quickly with imprecise movements like in reaction, rhythm or action games, a controller fares better.Same.
If I need to aim, or accurately click on things quickly, I prefer KB+M.
If I need to react quickly with imprecise movements like in reaction, rhythm or action games, a controller fares better.
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Comment on It annoys me that so many PC games feel like they're intended for consoles in ~games
Carighan Link ParentPlus you could always argue that if the keyboard shortcuts were kept as-is, there's no downside to also adding an optional mouse interface. Of course, there's also no point as no VIM user would...Plus you could always argue that if the keyboard shortcuts were kept as-is, there's no downside to also adding an optional mouse interface. Of course, there's also no point as no VIM user would use a mouse and it incurs maintenance cost, but from a usability perspective it'd still be strictly superior.
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Comment on It annoys me that so many PC games feel like they're intended for consoles in ~games
Carighan Link ParentNo they're not. VIM is sadness in character form that mocks text editors and all they are great for. Okay enough VIM rants. 😩 But really, the issue seems more in how the game hints at being...Are vim keybindings "not PC" as well?
No they're not. VIM is sadness in character form that mocks text editors and all they are great for.
Okay enough VIM rants. 😩
But really, the issue seems more in how the game hints at being mouse-interactive, but being exclusively keyboard-interactive. VIM never hides that, in fact it full-on forbids and removes all mouse interaction, so you'd never get the idea that you can click anything. It's very open in what it wants you to do, even if the keyboard interaction that follows is the most arcane and batshit crazy thing anyone on mushrooms has ever come up with.
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Comment on It annoys me that so many PC games feel like they're intended for consoles in ~games
Carighan Link ParentI don't think the issue is having a keyboard shortcut for it, it's the combination of: It being the exclusive interaction. The visuals suggesting it's a mouse interaction. There no being indicator...I don't think the issue is having a keyboard shortcut for it, it's the combination of:
- It being the exclusive interaction.
- The visuals suggesting it's a mouse interaction.
- There no being indicator what the keyboard interaction is, unlike PC games of old.
I can get behind that. Tiny changes can go a long way. Just put a little image of a keyboard key in front of the prompt popping up, and it the E-key. Done. Trivial to undersatand it now. Huge bonus points if you can alternatively click the popup, but eh, that's optional.
Yeah same. Live system + online/hot backup + regular cold backup for most systems. Extra warm backup on another data center if needed.