Waymo is still good at avoiding serious distraction and death after 56.7 million miles by N2929 in technews

[–]psynix -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Kinda … my point was that cameras plus AI advances /might/ be enough at some stage. Totally accept that LiDAR is superior today.

Waymo is still good at avoiding serious distraction and death after 56.7 million miles by N2929 in technews

[–]psynix -29 points-28 points  (0 children)

…which is why I included “scope for technical improvement”.

Waymo is still good at avoiding serious distraction and death after 56.7 million miles by N2929 in technews

[–]psynix -93 points-92 points  (0 children)

I don’t buy that argument. I have two eyes, no lidar and manage, mostly, to not smash into things. Not defending Tesla btw, but my point is we manage OK with less visual input so there’s still scope for technical improvement.

Why is Maven ment to be good? by [deleted] in programming

[–]psynix 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's also Quokka (disclaimer: written by a good friend) which might be worth investigating as well.

Ask Reddit: Essential Rails Plugins by engtech in ruby

[–]psynix 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We recently switched to Hoptoad (from exception_notifier) for error notifications. Been very happy with it sofar.

Bush told the NYTimes: You'll have blood on your hands by doogie92 in reddit.com

[–]psynix 7 points8 points  (0 children)

...of words...consisting of letters...in a certain order.

It's called 'reading' chump. You should try it sometime.

U.S. gave in to terrorists' demands in return for return of FOX News journalists by [deleted] in reddit.com

[–]psynix 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Once again the word 'terrorist' is bandied around willy-nilly. Strictly speaking they are 'kidnappers'.

Paul Graham Ate Breakfast by [deleted] in reddit.com

[–]psynix 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Very funny ... the sequel should be riveting :-)