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  1. Comment on A startling rise in sea-surface temperatures suggests that we may not understand how fast the climate is changing in ~enviro

  2. Comment on Sorry. Your car will never drive you around. in ~transport

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    I went into this with a pretty open mind. Elon is a grandiose idiot. I think FSD is essentially a scam. I've owned my Model 3 for almost 5 years now, clocked in 60K miles of which around 20K are...

    I went into this with a pretty open mind. Elon is a grandiose idiot. I think FSD is essentially a scam. I've owned my Model 3 for almost 5 years now, clocked in 60K miles of which around 20K are with autopilot (almost entirely on interstates).

    I did not find this video particularly convincing and the creator did not do his due diligence. At 15:00, he mentions 150 million miles driven with FSD that Elon announced in an investor call of April 2023, and then compares it to 736 crashes of which 17 involved fatalities to demonstrate a rate of 11.3 deaths per 100 million miles to show that Teslas and FSD isn't actually that safe. Except he mixed up autopilot accidents with FSD (originally reported by WaPo here). Every Tesla has autopilot. Only like 400K have the full FSD beta. I have no idea how many miles have been driven with autopilot but it's a lot more than FSD, so combining both of those to get this death rate both wrong and deceptive, especially since this is one of his "data" linchpins for "Teslas are more dangerous, actually" points.

    I think it will be quite some time before we have real, legitimate level 4+ self driving cars. Like with many software solutions, a 70% solution was quick to create and works "well enough" for a lot of scenarios, but that last 30% is very, very difficult and people won't accept a self driving car that doesn't perform better than they can by pretty much every metric in every scenario. Technology will get there eventually, so declaring cars will never drive us around is very likely wrong. I don't know what a good solution to this kind of behavior is and I more or less agree with the conclusion of his video, that this tech isn't ready and probably shouldn't be tested on public roads.

    I like autopilot and thinks it works well for what it is when applied to the right situations. I only use it for stop and go traffic on any road, and interstate driving when conditions are pretty clear like light to no rain, day and night, which turns out to be the vast majority of my interstate driving.

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  3. Comment on A mistake in a Tesla and a panicked final call: The death of Angela Chao in ~transport

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    It's noted in the article but easy to miss, but lots of newer vehicles these days use laminated glass instead of tempered glass for the windows. They do not shatter and are not easy to break.

    It's noted in the article but easy to miss, but lots of newer vehicles these days use laminated glass instead of tempered glass for the windows. They do not shatter and are not easy to break.

    24 votes
  4. Comment on US prescription market hamstrung for nine days (so far) by ransomware attack in ~health

  5. Comment on What is a scam that more people should be aware of? in ~life

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    When you file to have your mail forwarded, your informed delivery gets suspended. When you get to your new address you can reactivate it.

    When you file to have your mail forwarded, your informed delivery gets suspended. When you get to your new address you can reactivate it.

    3 votes
  6. Comment on Fridge recommendations? in ~life.home_improvement

  7. Comment on Looking for a top down tactical wargame in ~games

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    The two prior installments: European Escalation and Airland Battle, are both excellent slow paced, realistic battle simulation games.

    The two prior installments: European Escalation and Airland Battle, are both excellent slow paced, realistic battle simulation games.

    2 votes
  8. Comment on Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce and a MAGA meltdown in ~misc

  9. Comment on Why do hardly any straight men write about sex and dating? in ~life.men

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    Very fair! Sometimes I like to read to make sure I'm not missing anything, or just to get ideas.

    Very fair! Sometimes I like to read to make sure I'm not missing anything, or just to get ideas.

    1 vote
  10. Comment on Why do hardly any straight men write about sex and dating? in ~life.men

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    Have you read The Man's Guide to Women by the Gottmans? Curious how it compares to those two.

    Have you read The Man's Guide to Women by the Gottmans? Curious how it compares to those two.

    1 vote
  11. Comment on Pace of electric car adoption has markedly slowed in the US in ~transport

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    I've had my Tesla for over 4 years now, and taken it regularly on 500+ mile (800 km) trips. Knoxville to DC starts with me charged to 100% at home, and then I only charge twice on the way there,...

    I've had my Tesla for over 4 years now, and taken it regularly on 500+ mile (800 km) trips. Knoxville to DC starts with me charged to 100% at home, and then I only charge twice on the way there, ending at a hotel I can charge overnight at. I have driven this route many times and it is very consist with the ABRP calculation.

    This is 788 km total for a cost of $32 at superchargers (not counting the initial home charging and the hotel charging, which is usually included in the hotel price) with 51 minutes charging.

    So a little more painful on roadtrips, kind of (less cost but a little more time) and with substantially lower costs for the bulk of my driving (commuting and around town).

    And that's not even getting into the nice driving that is autopilot on highways. Driving used to make me tired, even with cruise control. Driving with autopilot (and possibly other good lane keeping with traffic aware cruise control vehicles) does not make me tired.

    9 votes
  12. Comment on Love songs about established, long term relationships in ~music

  13. Comment on What should I look at on Google Earth? in ~tech

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    Both Chrome and Firefox have Earth View on new tab extensions, I love seeing new things and then getting lost in exploring. Do you like large scale geologic features? There are many cool ones out...

    Both Chrome and Firefox have Earth View on new tab extensions, I love seeing new things and then getting lost in exploring.

    Do you like large scale geologic features? There are many cool ones out there. White sands, New Mexico and the Carrizozo Volcanic Field are so close to either other and a cool yin/yang of two contrasts; Southern Iran has some impressive geology with salt domes and volcanism; the Richat structure in the Sahara; massive deformation of southern Pakistan from the Indian plate convergence; the list goes on and on. The earth is a really cool place and there are unique things almost everywhere you can look!

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  14. Comment on Analysts have expressed concerns that relations between Serbia and Kosovo could tip into an armed conflict in ~misc

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    JCPhoenix is correct, I was there as part of the US military mission over there and the US is included as both NATO and KFOR peacekeepers. It was like other deployments viewed from the soldier's...

    JCPhoenix is correct, I was there as part of the US military mission over there and the US is included as both NATO and KFOR peacekeepers. It was like other deployments viewed from the soldier's perspective (Iraq, Afghanistan, etc).

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  15. Comment on Analysts have expressed concerns that relations between Serbia and Kosovo could tip into an armed conflict in ~misc

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    It's a bit more complex than this. The Kosovo Serb population refused to participate in the elections that were driven by Kosovo's government in Pristina, so only a few of the Kosovar Albanians...

    A key recent tipping point was local elections in the spring that saw ethnic Albanians elected to a number of municipalities in northern Kosovo. The results caused outrage among the ethnic Serb community in the region who had boycotted the votes, saying their demands for more autonomy had not been met.

    It's a bit more complex than this. The Kosovo Serb population refused to participate in the elections that were driven by Kosovo's government in Pristina, so only a few of the Kosovar Albanians voted in those elections and naturally voted for their own kind, which then got elected as they received the votes, which the Kosovo Serbs are angry about.

    It's quite a situation, that I don't think we will really see a fix on until one side demonstrates an actual willingness to compromise. I spent a year over there as a NATO/KFOR peacekeeper and thought the country was beautiful, but we are foolish to think we can resolve issues that run centuries deep. That doesn't mean we shouldn't try, or keep them from starting bloodshed.

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