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I'd like to see Waymo have a few of their Drivers do some sim racing training and then compete in some live events. It wouldn't matter much to me if they were fast at all, I'd like to see them go into the rookie classes in various games and see how they avoid crashes from inexperienced players. I believe that it would be the ultimate "shitty drivers vs. AI" test.

Racing and street driving are completely different. Racing involves detailed knowledge of vehicle dynamics and grip. Street driving is mainly obstacle recognition and avoidance. No waymo ever operates anywhere close to the limit of grip, which is where you are all the time when racing.

Sure but accident avoidance in sim racing is basically the ultimate test for any driver.

I also said it wouldn’t matter if they’re fast, I don’t care about driving at the limit of grip here, just avoiding accidents.


I live on an island and my first priority after getting a full time job again is to buy solar and storage good for a few days of my homes usage. The cost of energy is increasing here and I don’t see it ever going down since we’re still using oil for the most part. I plan to build a little wood workshop shed in my yard and cover it with solar panels and put some batteries in it. I should only need about 30 kWh of storage to cover three days use, and maybe 2 or 3 kW of panels for daily use and recharging the batteries; except for the EV, which I normally charge once a week but I can just start plugging in during the day instead. With that setup I can keep connected to the grid and eventually see if I can go off grid after a few years, or possibly add more solar and storage later if I find the first phase wasn’t enough.

However, that’s only possible because I have money and knowledge; most people don’t have that and so as a whole we’re kind of screwed here. Costs will continue to rise while not enough renewables are installed, usually on individual homes which only helps those individuals.


You might be interested in Joey Hess' setup: https://joeyh.name/blog/solar/

I have a friend in the Bahamas who had setup his entire home up for solar and even to reclaim water from the roof. The builders messed up the reclaim water system I forgot the reason but he mentioned he cannot drink the water whatsoever because of the screw up, so he has to eventually rework all of that, but in terms of power he is better off than most since he is setup for it with batteries and everything.

There is a pin you can put in it to lock it (there is a video) but it seems like mostly just a fun item with a bit of utility on the side.

if the pigs are so scared of guns they should quit.

i was a trained military security officer and i never just drew my gun and shot a guy because i heard a word shouted that was scary.

also: we have a 2nd amendment right to carry guns

melt ice.


Perhaps you are an exception but almost all people are afraid of death. If a person opposing you has a gun then most people get scared.

I'm not debating 2nd amendment. But if you bring a gun to an event already filled with law enforcement, what is your intention?


To have your constitutional rights to bear arms even at a protest or where does it say doubt shall not carry rifle when in assembly?

On top of this are you willing to condemn the anti government protests done by tea party, anti covid lock down and j6 rioters?

At least you'll be consistent.


Sure you have, but carrying a gun also comes with both responsibility, and also may be interpreted that you would use the weapon. To be clear, I'm not arguing the point that it's illegal to carry a gun to a protest, but that it's just not wise.

Then why even make the statement?

Your point about that it's not wise to have a gun on you or flee is completely irrelevant to fact that official officers killed people for it.

Why also not state that it's unwise to go outside because you might be killed by a police officer?

And again was it unwise for tea party, anti government lock down and j6 rioters to have guns on them?


This video also mentions a likely accidental go-off of the weapon https://youtu.be/QePoawDA_48?si=0mr-lMR_lIRoBDA_

I mention it because it it isopined to be likely. We'll hopefully eventually know what whent off and why.


And this video is not a video showcasing a clear analysis of what happen as the man in the video is biased against the victim considering his political background and views.

So sure lying is an opinion you are correct about that, if I say you're a pedophile because you hugged a kid that is just stating a opinion.


Ah, there appears to be video material indicating Pretti's gun going off: https://youtu.be/JFSBPEQYSFE?si=hWz6bthbUtOmprhh

Like I said, if the pigs are scared of doing their jobs properly then they should quit.

Pretty sure cops in general get scared similar to how normal people do.

In the military we were trained day after day to respond to threats logically rather than emotionally. Cops should be held to similar standards.

> I think the main benefit is the same as with any law: if you have a law with no consequences for the people who break it, you don’t really have a law.

How do you feel about ICE raiding citizens homes without warrants? How about door to door raids?

If ICE cannot even follow the 4th and 5th amendments then they should be jailed themselves.


They currently use administrative warrants but I’m in favor of requiring judicial warrants.


Administrative warrants aren’t legal court issued warrants, we’re have three branches of government for a reason. As far as the law of the land goes these ICE officers are violating most of the Bill of Rights.


Boss, they already require judicial warrants. They're blatantly violating constitutional rights. Do you think we have constitutional rights or not? Do we have laws or not?


I agree, but I’m clarifying the facts: they’re claiming an administrative warrant gives them authority to enter a house, not no warrant as OP stated.


Great, since we are all in agreement, let's see if we can put it clear terms.

Administrative warrants are civil in nature and do not give authority to enter a house or any private space. Using them as such is in violation of the fourth amendment.


An administrative warrant is just an email from their boss telling them to do it. It's not a real thing


Has this ever been tested in court?


What would that even mean? You present the judge an email from your boss and ask "Your Honour, is this an email from my boss?"


This is a serious topic but holy crap can you imagine that. I feel like I’m in bizarro world that anyone takes that argument seriously.

Today the median users threat model absolutely includes the government! They are snatching people up left and right, including their electronics.

I don’t get how people like you trust the corporation or the government that much. If we were all more cognizant of security and privacy, it would be much harder for large orgs to break our society the way they are doing today.


> what would you suggest they do to still enforce the law efficiently but without this forcefulness

How about not violating the 5th amendment by going door to door through neighborhoods randomly? I don't give a single FUCK if ICE can do their jobs today if they have to violate half the damn bill of rights to do it.


There are several types of bidirectional EV charging, the one most cars has is about a 1kW fused connection called "Vehicle to Load (V2L)" but the one you are discussing is what they call "Vehicle to Grid (V2G)" and in those cars it supports the full input and output of the vehicle inverter.


Jeff Dean uses Fabrice Bellard as a rubber duck for debugging, and vice versa. Amazingly, neither says a thing for several minutes, staring into each other's eyes, and then they just start typing the solution to the problem on a single keyboard together.


Shannon approaches the Bellard limit.


Saving money. You install solar plus storage and don't need to pay for electricity.


Oh okay, that's fair. How long would you achieve breakeven, i.e. save enough money from electricity to cover the initial cost?


Perhaps decades

A system is in the tens of thousands of dollars and bills are maybe a few hundred.


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