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Comment Re: Hmm (Score 1) 170

I don't know about Colorado, but being allowed to see any and all evidence to prepare a defence is a basic pillar of "due process".

Sure, but due process also defines when and how the rights of the defendant can be exercised. You can still have a due process that preserves your right to see the evidence that does not allow you to see all the evidence yet if you are at the preliminary stage.

I think a prosecutor has some time after arraignment to provide mandatory disclosure. Additional evidence which does not fall under mandatory disclosure needs to be requested through a court motion.

TL;DR: Even if you have a right, you still need to "go through the motion" of the process to successfully exercise it.

Comment Re: Hmm (Score 1) 170

You get to ask for the evidence against you as part of due process. Then you get to submit your own to the prosecutor and tell them it wasn't you and that it's obvious bith from their video and from your own GPS traces.

I don't think Colorado allows for discovery before the preliminary hearing takes place, which I assume is the hearing she received the summons for. Even at the preliminary hearing, discovery might be very limited.

Comment Re:Rust's faster than Lua, what a surprise (Score 1) 52

I mean, come on. Everybody knows that. They could've implemented the Lua parts in C as well, and then compare performance.

According to the article they used LuaJIT. I would not be surprised in their use case to get basically equivalent C performance.

They did state the main reason for the better performance: the new implementation has less logic and by using Rust cohesively instead than mixed with C/Lua components there is no need for "translation layers" between languages anymore.

They could have achieved the same by consolidating to C, but of course Rust brings additional important advantages for them.

Comment Re:Will make things less secure (Score 1, Insightful) 83

Yes we all know how "exceptionally well tested" they are. I mean there certainly hasn't been CVEs issued for OpenSSH, sh, chroot, glibc, or net-tools, and surely even if there were, they weren't all discovered this year alone and didn't all come up with a search limited to just the last 9 months...

They are exceptionally well tested, but that doesn't mean they are bug-free. The question is more whether the Rust versions are already more secure or will be more secure in the future. Rust does prevent significant types of exploits, but not all of them.

That the new utils need maturing is evident by Ubuntu's own transition, which led to uncovering a number of issues. Early adopters will always face these kind of maturity issues, but the more early adopters the faster the code matures.

Comment Re:Already resolved (Score 1) 90

The company did provide evidence to the safety of the proposed solution and the original request was denied in the last days of the previous presidential administration. Recently, the DoT reversed their position and the external lighting solution was approved. As to the other proposed solutions I see here, such as drones or wheeled bots, let us all remember that easier solutions should always be preferred.

The decision denying the exemption including reasoning can be found here. I'm not aware of other decisions but maybe they are filed in a separate docket?

Anyway, the regulators did argue that the evidence presented was unsatisfactory. The request was for a broad exemption but there are scenarios where the proposed solution was considered not at the same level of safety, e.g. when line-of-sight to the truck was impeded by road geometry or elevation.

As example, quoting the document linked above in regards of curves:

The studies also gave insufficient information about the nature of the curves in the studies, making it difficult to understand whether the curves were sufficiently representative of the types of curves ( e.g., slight vs. truly blind, sharp curves) the beacon-equipped autonomous CMVs would encounter across the United States, and therefore difficult to conclude that there is an equivalent level of safety on curves. Neither study presented photos or videos demonstrating the point of view of an approaching motorist entering or exiting the curve.

Moreover, the Waymo study supports that the beacons performed significantly worse than warning triangles at a curve during daytime runs. Specifically, at truck exposure location III (shoulder after curve), 9 out of 12 drivers detected and recognized the truck with the beacon, while 12 out of 12 did so with the warning triangles. This finding is salient to examine, considering that locations with curves would logically present a challenging scenario for fixed beacons versus triangles whose placement can be adjusted based on curves.

So Waymo's own study apparently demonstrates that their proposed solution is not as safe as what the regulation requires in that scenario, which is an element necessary to grant the exemption.

Comment Re:Every success I've had, I worked like that... (Score 1) 151

The reality is that awesome things take gobs of time.

True, but people that do awesome things are typically driven by a different kind of motivation than mere "work for hire" and need a project that really engages them.

I bet most of these startups are building yet another slop AI product driven more by marketing than creative ingenuity and willingness to create something "awesome".

Comment Re:So to be clear... (Score 2) 92

Absolutely wrong. What actually happens is that laws are strictly enforced, just not against the president and his friends, and those that curry favor with the president king. But you as a mere subject, if you do something wrong, expect the full force of the law to be used against you. This is how it works also in Russia or China, and all the corrupt countries on earth.

"The essence of fascism is to make laws forbidding everything and then enforce them selectively against your enemies."

Comment Re: Excellent (Score 1) 123

Apple made that change in March of 2015. The EU didn't even *start* talking about standardizing on USB-C until roughly January of 2020.

While the standardization on USB-C arrived later, the EU started campaigning for standardization and regulation of chargers much earlier, first trying an approach based on voluntary industry adherence, then moving to more strict regulation and first targeting some devices before broadening the scope.

The EU asked the industry to standardize chargers for mobile phones in 2009 and released a corresponding standard in 2010. In 2014 they published a review of the impact of the change, which led to moving towards a mandatory regulation as opposed to voluntary industry commitment.

So I'm not sure whether Apple did the change in 2015 due to EU regulatory pressure, but the EU was definitely already involved in the matter.

Comment Re:Blind taste? (Score 1) 152

It takes me literally 120 seconds to make a mokapot on my induction stove. Maybe instant is 30 seconds if you use a microwave.....who did they get to 'blind taste' this anyway, people who don't like coffee or haven't ever tasted good coffee????

The test was instant coffee compared to drip. If you prefer a stronger "espresso-like" coffee taste, it might be very well better to go instant compared to drip as drip coffee tends to be pretty bland.

Doing a comparison to moka it should be a different story, but to be fair there are some quite good instant coffee brands nowadays.

Comment Re:Excellent (Score 1) 123

I buy a router, it comes with a power supply, I plug it in, and then I pretty much forget about it until it dies years later.

That's exactly the point. The EU aims to give consumers the choice to buy electronic devices without having to also buy an included charger. By mandating compatibility, most consumers at some point would simply not need any additional charger on top of those they already possess.

Comment Re:Saving consumers a whole 4.5 Euros (Score 4, Informative) 123

every year! Totally worth the inevitable negative consequences of trying to mandate the use and design of rapidly changing technology.

The reason for the new regulation is exactly to keep it up-to-date in regards of current technology: it's actually going to replace the already-existing regulation from 2019 after the 5-year period review. The review requirement in 5 years was part of the original regulation and will be part of the new regulation too.

Just wait, everything will go to wireless charging (or some newer thing), but consumers in the EU will have to keep buying USB adapters.

There is nothing in the regulation requiring to buy USB adapters: the opposite is true. The regulation mandates compatibility, which means a product has to be able to be charged with a different charger as long as said charger is powerful enough. Furthermore, the EU is moving towards requiring vendors to offer the option to purchase products without an included charger as that might be redundant.

In regards of wireless charging, they were explicitly excluded from the 2019 regulation but they might be included in the new regulation.

Comment Re:Why announce it? (Score 1) 50

They're letting the public know what's going on with a major investigation of significant public interest just like with other high profile criminals and crimes. This is incredibly normal behavior from both government and the news media.

While true, it's also potentially risky especially in a high profile case where pretrial coverage can reach a lot of people.

As example, if for some reason part of the evidence publicly disclosed will be ruled inadmissible for trial, jury selection would be significantly impacted as it might become very problematic to find an unbiased jury.

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