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Comment Re: Why even ask this question? (Score 1) 234

The CA DMV driver manual states that a car must stop/yield when a pedestrian is any part of the sidewalk (with an exception for divided streets), but Iâ(TM)ve never found any part the CVC (California Vehicle Code) that states this.

Waymo lets people book pickups and drop-offs in areas that are marked âoeNo Stopping Any Timeâ, and thereâ(TM)s lots of other ways that Waymoâ(TM)s driving doesnâ(TM)t set a good example for other drivers to reference.

Comment Re:LOL. Get fucked. (Score 1) 123

The moment they had a CEO position they should have seen they were no longer what they stood for.

LOL you don't have a clue about your history. CEO is nothing more than a leader. ... Find a better attribution.

Their CEO is "nothing more than a leader " who makes over $350K, so there's the attribution that they've lost their way.

Comment Coding and quality should be the goal (Score 1) 100

The stated goals focus too much on design and not enough on the poor implementation (i.e., lazy coding and reviews). MSFT has too much of a culture where customer issue reports are not addressed because 1) they need a compelling business justification, or 2) they claim they canâ(TM)t fix because some app might rely on the broken behavior. Iâ(TM)ve had MSFT reply with #2 even when an API function is completely broken (eg you can disassemble it and see that all it does is return âoenot implementedâ, despite documentation that details the actions performed and the meaning of the inout parameters [that in actuality are ignored] ).

I gave MSFT some leeway for #2 on components that were first created in the 1990s, but many were reimplemented circa Windows 10 with equally poor quality.

Comment Re: Poorly disguised spyware? (Score 2) 35

No, HP has a bad habit of inappropriately using generic hardware IDs in their devices. For example, the USB ID for composite devices (ie a device with multiple functions hooked together by an internal USB hub). This bad design is partly why HP printers use complex installers. HP probably updated their driver and it got applied to too many devices. Normally driver certification tests are supposed to stop crap like this, so thereâ(TM)s either a gap in this tests or HP gets to cheat.

Comment Too much arrogance from both Cruise and Waymo (Score 3, Interesting) 139

Cruise was definitely less skilled than Waymo and dragged down the image of both companies, but neither company provides a straightforward way for the public to provide feedback or report active problems (e.g., akin to "how's my driving?").

They do provide a phone # to first responders, which apparently isn't good enough since they still resort to breaking the windows of these cars in emergency situations. Cruise has a unique name on each car, but Waymo doesn't even bother with that. In the case of Waymo the waymonauts I've spoken with think it's quite sufficient to have a passive web form on their website. Neither company's safety drivers seem to make reports of when their vehicles do something that's in violation of the law (I doubt the drivers have any training or familiarity with the state's vehicle code).

Comment How long until Sony shuts this service down again? (Score 1) 12

This was already a video service on Playstation, which Sony shut down without much notice or resource (and certainly no way to move the content to another platform). Although Sony's movies generally participate in Movies Anywhere the streaming services run by Sony never have.

Comment Re:Free WiFi is everywhere (Score 1) 251

I'd venture a guess this was really more an issue of getting the hobos to move on from the library after dark than truly preventing them from getting online.

San Francisco also provides free wifi in other locations, such as along Market Street (which is only a small block away from the Eureka Valley library) and in the larger city parks. Not every access point is actually reaches the Internet (they hand out a DHCP address but not much else), but there's enough of them that work.

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