This is worrying. Mainly because it means Russia would have to assume any sign of aggression -even non-nuclear, like for example Turkey shooting down Russian jets- meant it has to consider whether to launch its nukes immediatly or face the possibility of not being able to launch at all. Nuclear deterrant only works if…

Man, i hated rotary phones. You had to start all the way from the beginning if you made a mistake and didn’t dial the reich number.

You know how you get underboob sweat? He gets undereyebag sweat.

Very rich is classified as over fifty million? I’m in California in which place real estate is hardly cheap and I’d classify three million as very rich.

I’m also tired of the holier-than-thou crying from media outlets that regularly publish opinions as news and who also fanatically try to post “scoops”.

Americans will figure out how to get them to fetch donuts

Plus who’s going to speak up for a mime when they don’t speak up for anyone else?

Actually first they came for the mimes but everyone was pretty okay with that.

“But legally they still needed a driver in the drivers seat... Which this article isn’t about...”

I’m not dishonest or uninformed, I’m just treating your opinion with the gravitas it demands.

“Merely steering away from all suspected obstacles is not driving. It is not even safe.”

How is obstacle avoidance not safe?

Human beings, for all the uninformed snark they receive on this blog, are orders of magnitude better at synthesizing visual/spatial data than the best machines.

You can pump your non-autonomous brakes all you want, this is happening. And I embrace it. The sooner the better. I’ll take “lower fatality rate” even if it comes with a side of “more dangerous”, because only one of those is measurable.

When there is no parking people circle the blocks dozens of times, already. At least now, people can be productive while their car circles the block looking for a spot. I don’t really see the problem.

A much better chance, actually. Autonomous cars won’t ever drift into your lane because they’re too busy texting to notice you’re there.

These will have LIDAR. They can detect rather small items. Unlike drivers, they aren’t distracted by the radio, a cigarette, something they want to get from the back seat, sneezing, or ego.

The Ghost and Darkfish

Awesome. I need a way to tell the dimwit in front of me to turn his damn signal off (after ten minutes). Or get the F outta the left lane if he insists on 60mph. Maybe a Bluetooth link?

I am very much in the “no fucking way this was ‘material’ information, requiring disclosure” camp.