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  • in reply to: Tesla investigation deepens… (Graundia) #993441
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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.

    in reply to: LTNs – positive analysis in the Grauniad #993261
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    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).

    in reply to: LTNs – positive analysis in the Grauniad #993253
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    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.

    mdavidford

    Nominative determinism

    Nominative determinism extending to lorries now.

    in reply to: Consultation Doc on Weights and Measures #993093
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    Camo-mile?

    Camo-mile?

    in reply to: Shimano Claris cassette upgrade #993143
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    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.

    in reply to: Consultation Doc on Weights and Measures #993061
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    Is that a no to one of these

    Is that a no to one of these then?

    in reply to: Consultation Doc on Weights and Measures #993049
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    Awavey wrote:
    Im not sure what the point of the consultation is

    Giving the government the opportunity to shout loudly about ‘benefits of Brexit’ and distract people from talking about other more problematic things.

    in reply to: Consultation Doc on Weights and Measures #993043
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    All your 700Cs might become

    All your 700Cs might become 29ers.

    in reply to: Critérium du Dauphiné #992911
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    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?

    in reply to: Who is Jerry? #993007
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    I, for one, welcome our

    I, for one, welcome our football-obsessed, livestream-wielding, robotic overlords.

    in reply to: An Attitude of an LBC radio presenter #992981
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    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.

    in reply to: What does this actually mean? #992863
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    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.

    mdavidford

    Presumably counted across 2

    Presumably counted across 2 pedals left-to-right to find the brake…

    mdavidford

    Self-driving turf war,

    Self-driving turf war, perhaps?

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