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Gripweed posted:Self driving cars already killed someone, and a judge just decided that the company that made the car isn't responsible for it. Self-driving cars have killed one person so far. One. People-driven cars kill way more than that every freaking day. More than a million people die in car crashes every year worldwide. Self-driving cars not having a perfect safety record isn't a reason to not use them. So far they've proven to be far safer than people-driven cars. From the looks of things they're going to kill fewer people than people do when driving cars. Uber has been driving the things around Pittsburgh off and on for a while now and literally nobody has died to a crash caused by an autonomous car but people wreck non-autonomous cars so drat often you'd think somebody was paying them to. I haven't heard of a single wreck from their cars either; I imagine that'd be huge news. I'm not the biggest Uber fan by any means but self-driving cars are surprisingly safe. ToxicSlurpee has a new favorite as of 01:03 on Mar 9, 2019 |
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ToxicSlurpee posted:Self-driving cars have killed one person so far. One. People-driven cars kill way more than that every freaking day. That's an extremely dumb comparison and you know it. Divide that "one" by the number of self-driving cars active per day and the "way more" by the number of people who drive per day and then you have a fair comparison.
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Mar 9, 2019 01:05
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ToxicSlurpee posted:Self-driving cars have killed one person so far. One. People-driven cars kill way more than that every freaking day. More than a million people die in car crashes every year worldwide. Self-driving cars not having a perfect safety record isn't a reason to not use them. So far they've proven to be far safer than people-driven cars. From the looks of things they're going to kill fewer people than people do when driving cars. This is real dumb dude. How many miles are driven every day by humans? How many miles are driven every day by self-driving cars? You have to compare it based on fatalities per mile driven.
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Mar 9, 2019 01:05
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i'm glad that even though we have different suggestions for the denominator we still agree in spirit, grip weed.
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Mar 9, 2019 01:07
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Mocking the techno-futurism of self-driving car proponents can bring together the most unlikely allies.
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Mar 9, 2019 01:09
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Just wait till government mandates selfdriving cars and demands everyone has to have a second insurance policy to cover the driverless car on top of the vehicle insurance they already have to protect the car companies from lawsuits.
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Mar 9, 2019 01:15
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Turok is much better than Turok 2Gripweed posted:Mocking the techno-futurism of self-driving car proponents can bring together the most unlikely allies. you're not the only one who can spew buzzwords! watch this: synergy
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spit on my clit posted:Turok is much better than Turok 2 I think Turok 2 had better weapons, though.
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When it comes to autonomous cars, I'm less skeptical of the technology itself than the fact that it's ceding another aspect of our lives to Silicon Valley to control. They already have so much power over us: what we see from Internet searches, email (Gmail), how we communicate (social media), and where we buy and sell a majority of goods online. The past few years have shown that the Valley isn't really worthy of our trust. I just think we should be careful before we're too quick to put faith in their utopian propaganda about autonomous cars.
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Mar 9, 2019 02:31
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Assassins are bad people. They're just serial killers but they do it for money instead of boners. We should stop acting like they're cool. Instead of assassins, society should glorify arsonists. There should be cool movies about hot guys in suits who get paid lots of money to burn down buildings. There should be video games where you have to figure out how to get into a building, light it on fire, and get out without being detected.
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Mar 9, 2019 03:27
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Gripweed posted:Assassins are bad people. They're just serial killers but they do it for money instead of boners. We should stop acting like they're cool. aren't arsonists just assassins with a different weapon? I mean, unless you're committing insurance fraud, arsonists don't seem to target unoccupied buildings.
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Mar 9, 2019 03:30
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Most arsonists target unoccupied buildings. they don't want to kill people, they just want to burn something down. Also it's a lot easier to burn a building to the ground if there's nobody inside who's gonna object to it.
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Mar 9, 2019 03:32
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I guess I just don't have the arsonists mindset. If you want to set something on fire just make a bigass bonfire. No reason to set a building on fire unless there are people in there that you want to get rid of.
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Mar 9, 2019 03:35
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Gripweed posted:Assassins are bad people. They're just serial killers but they do it for money instead of boners. We should stop acting like they're cool. Assassins kill powerful people and powerful people usually suck. Serial killers kill innocent people.
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yeah I eat rear end posted:I guess I just don't have the arsonists mindset. If you want to set something on fire just make a bigass bonfire. No reason to set a building on fire unless there are people in there that you want to get rid of. It’s really sad that you are too old to be friends with Count Olaf
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Mar 9, 2019 04:11
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Henchman of Santa posted:Assassins kill powerful people Lol no. That's a myth created by movies and games that portray assassins as cool dudes who kill rich people in villas. In real life assassins are lovely dudes who kill mob witnesses and the spouses of people who don't want to get a divorce.
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Mar 9, 2019 04:16
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spit on my clit posted:so in other words the people developing these cars thought that if it could detect white people, it could detect black people, and didn't think to make sure that it could detect black people. well, the people making these cars better get their asses on fixing these issues. Agreed. Agreed,
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Mar 9, 2019 04:17
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Gripweed posted:Lol no. That's a myth created by movies and games that portray assassins as cool dudes who kill rich people in villas. In real life assassins are lovely dudes who kill mob witnesses and the spouses of people who don't want to get a divorce. Those are hitmen. Totally different thing. You have to reach a certain level of importance to be assassinated.
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Henchman of Santa posted:Assassins kill powerful people and powerful people usually suck. Serial killers kill innocent people. Assassins only kill powerful people for money, which only feeds into the terrible system and allows even worse people to hold onto power. What we need is synthesis, a serial killer who gets turned on by killing the rich and powerful.
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Mar 9, 2019 04:18
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Kind of related: I never understood why that test in the bourne movies where you have to shoot a stranger with a bag over their head was made out to be a big deal. What does it matter who they are? You applied for this job, part of it involves following orders without having all the information, why wouldn't you trust your superiors that there is a good reason to shoot them?
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MizPiz posted:Assassins only kill powerful people for money, which only feeds into the terrible system and allows even worse people to hold onto power. Yes but often the clandestine agency employing them turns on them forcing them to dismantle it which is actually good.
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christmas boots posted:Yes but often the clandestine agency employing them turns on them forcing them to dismantle it which is actually good. The clandestine agencies are the worse people
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Gripweed posted:There should be video games where you have to figure out how to get into a building, light it on fire, and get out without being detected.
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Mar 9, 2019 04:41
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MizPiz posted:The clandestine agencies are the worse people Exactly, which is why we cheer for the assassin when he kills them all after they betray him
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Mar 9, 2019 04:43
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yeah I eat rear end posted:I guess I just don't have the arsonists mindset. If you want to set something on fire just make a bigass bonfire. No reason to set a building on fire unless there are people in there that you want to get rid of. Some do. Plenty of bushfires (insert local term as preferred) are started by arsonists, either deliberately or because something got out of hand.
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Mar 9, 2019 05:47
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arsonists are just grown up children who get angry when they remember their parents telling them to put that match out also colossal dumbasses who will rightfully end up setting themselves on fire. now there's a good show
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christmas boots posted:Exactly, which is why we cheer for the assassin when he kills them all after they betray him 
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Doctor Spaceman posted:Some do. Plenty of bushfires (insert local term as preferred) are started by arsonists, either deliberately or because something got out of hand. PHUO: ironically, bushfire is one of the few australian terms that is perfectly reasonable. Bikies doona lolly CBD swagman billabong E: there are exactly 3 good places to live in this world. They are Montréal, Denver, and Strasbourg, in any order. Edgar Allen Ho has a new favorite as of 20:06 on Mar 9, 2019 |
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:E: there are exactly 3 good places to live in this world. They are Montréal, Denver, and Strasbourg, in any order. this but instead its compton, detroit, and florida
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Denver sucked and some homeless guy followed me down the street singing at me until i gave him some quarters. It wasn't a very good song. and the real top 3 places to live are switzerland (except for geneva), northern new mexico, and northern norway, at least during the summer when it's not dark all the time.
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Switzerland isn’t allowed because it’s literally impossible to not be jealous of native-born swiss people. Northern New Mexico is just southern Colorado and the arctic is good BECAUSE of the forever winter
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Mar 9, 2019 22:53
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Edgar Allen Ho posted:Switzerland isn’t allowed because it’s literally impossible to not be jealous of native-born swiss people. 24 hour daylight is far superior to the opposite. Perma-night is just depressing. It's hard to enjoy so much natural beauty when you can't see any of it.
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Mar 9, 2019 22:58
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Most of Norway, or Finland, are not north of the arctic circle. So for most people in those countries it's more like an extended twilight. It can also be very bright during winter when there is snow everywhere and a full moon, because snow reflects light.
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Ladies should go on a clothes buying strike until lady clothing manufacturers agree to standardize sizes. https://twitter.com/chloemmx/status/1104013214013116417
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Gripweed posted:Ladies should go on a clothes buying strike until lady clothing manufacturers agree to standardize sizes. 
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having number sizes that don't correspond to any physical unit is just dumb. Sizes in general should not exist, just put how big around it is in inches/cm and be done with it. People need pants all the time, you don't have to butter them up and make them feel thinner than they are to make them buy your product. Just tell them what they are buying and focus your energy on quality and appearance instead of flattery.
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yeah I eat rear end posted:having number sizes that don't correspond to any physical unit is just dumb. Sizes in general should not exist, just put how big around it is in inches/cm and be done with it. People need pants all the time, you don't have to butter them up and make them feel thinner than they are to make them buy your product. Just tell them what they are buying and focus your energy on quality and appearance instead of flattery. Yeah, but then a bunch of marketing people would be out of work. But I suppose it's possible there'd be a downside too.
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Mar 11, 2019 01:54
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Gripweed posted:Ladies should go on a clothes buying strike until lady clothing manufacturers agree to standardize sizes. 4 of the 6 look like they are the same size.
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Tiggum posted:It's increasingly men's clothes too these days. So... equality? at least men's pants have number measurements. Sure, different companies seem to have different ideas of how long an inch is, but still Solice Kirsk posted:4 of the 6 look like they are the same size. 4 of the 6 of the 7 pants pictured?
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Didn't see the other dark pair there.
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