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mdavidford
John Stevenson wrote:hawkinspeter wrote:Self driving certainly seems like a tough problem, but I don’t see why it would require “strong AI”Because driving in current conditions requires theory of mind to predict what the other idiots on the road are going to do.
To be fair, we don’t seem to require that of human drivers.
mdavidford
That still only gives
That still only gives percentages, though. We don’t know whether that 172% increase is from 1000 trips to 2720, or from 18 trips to 49 (which could be much more affected by statistical variability).
mdavidford
Strictly speaking, it doesn’t
Strictly speaking, it doesn’t say that home deliveries are increasing traffic – it conjectures that it’s probably due to a combination of home deliveries, ride hailing, and satnav-induced rat-running. It doesn’t make any attempt to quantify or disaggregate them.
If I had to guess, I’d say home deliveries are probably the smallest contributor of the three, because many of them, before they were home delivered, would have involved someone jumping in the car to get to wherever they were going to buy/collect the thing that’s now being delivered, so you’re just replacing one journey with another. Whereas the other two are much more likely to be strightforwardly new traffic.
June 9, 2022 at 8:55 am in reply to: Car crashes into building – please post your Local news stories #965643
mdavidford
Nominative determinism
Nominative determinism extending to lorries now.
mdavidford
Camo-mile?
Camo-mile?
mdavidford
Almost, but not quite. In
Almost, but not quite. In essence, yes, you want a 7/8 speed chain for an 8 speed drivetrain. A 9 speed chain would probably work just fine, though. The other way around – running an 8 speed chain on a 9 speed cassette won’t work, because the wider chain won’t fit properly between the sprockets.
mdavidford
Is that a no to one of these
Is that a no to one of these then?
mdavidford
Awavey wrote:Im not sure what the point of the consultation isGiving the government the opportunity to shout loudly about ‘benefits of Brexit’ and distract people from talking about other more problematic things.
mdavidford
All your 700Cs might become
All your 700Cs might become 29ers.
mdavidford
Condor Andy wrote:I […] have no Journalistic qualifications. I’ve been hanging around on Twitter…I think you’ve just contradicted yourself there. What more qualifications do you need?
mdavidford
I, for one, welcome our
I, for one, welcome our football-obsessed, livestream-wielding, robotic overlords.
mdavidford
Yes, but…
Yes, but…
it would be equally disgusting if he drove a Clio – I’m not sure that the choice of car really makes any difference when you’re being squashed by it.
mdavidford
There is a third possibility
There is a third possibility – crap data protection training leading to the individuals handling the cases assuming there will be issues and rejecting the requests without even referring to the DPO.
May 31, 2022 at 2:58 pm in reply to: Car crashes into building – please post your Local news stories #965595
mdavidford
Presumably counted across 2
Presumably counted across 2 pedals left-to-right to find the brake…
May 30, 2022 at 10:48 am in reply to: Car crashes into building – please post your Local news stories #965559
mdavidford
Self-driving turf war,
Self-driving turf war, perhaps?
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