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Comment Re: The persistent myth (Score 2) 30

One doesn't even need stereo cameras. There are many people with only one working eye, driving cars and it is something one can easily verify, by closing one eye while driving. So the lidar myth is a really pathetic one.

Seeing isn't the issue. It's processing what you see. When someone loses an eye their mind compensates for this. As people on here keep reminding us, AI/LLM/whatever doesn't think. It doesn't adapt. Lidar at least presents the software with a physical presence of an object ahead, something cameras don't do. That's software which is highly prone to missteps.

It's why Teslas keep plowing into emergency vehicles and killing people.

Comment Some get scans for free (Score 4, Insightful) 75

Because when you're given infusions of Leqembit to slow the progression of Alzheimer's, MRI scans are mandatoy. The drug can cause swelling, bleeding, or fluid leakage in the brain. Generally, scans are given six months apart.

Also, the drug can cause tiredness which is evidenced by the inability to stay awake during the day.

Comment Re:Social Norms (Score 1) 154

It's been done before, taking pictures on the subway, and those were done by photographers or people trying to get into photography. Such pictures are easily found by doing a simple search.

It's about perception. When someone is wearing these glasses they are looking at you with their eyes. When someone is taking a photograph, the camera is between you and them. It's obvious what the person is doing.

Comment Huh? (Score 5, Insightful) 205

Duffy said his department has "cleared the deck" for Toyota Motor Corp. and other carmakers to build and sell cars in the U.S. that are "smaller, more fuel-efficient."

Why would they want more fuel-efficient vehicles to be built? That completely undermines "drill baby drill". It's the same reason he doesn't want electric vehicles built or wind and solar power generation.

I would say it would be nice if they could get their stories straight, but when you're dealing with someone with dementia, that's not a reality.

Comment They used rubber shoes to steal secrets (Score 1) 72

My memory is a bit hazy, but I remember a story similar to this where we invited a Soviet delegation to view our work on the shuttle program. At least I think it was the shuttle program. Regardless, we gave them the tour and everyone made nice with them.

We found out later one of the people on the tour had special shoes whose soles picked up all kinds of particles they walked on. They then analyzed all the metal shavings and whatnot to determine what we were doing and of course tried to replicate it.

Comment It sure is (Score 3, Insightful) 27

I got my card back in the summer and have been taking out videos almost every Saturday. Not the crappy Transformers, MCU/Marvel, Fast and Furious, but high quality ones such as A Private War or The King's Speech. Yes, all three John Wick movies have been in there along with Mr. Robot, but it's a good way to find a movie which is a bit out of the ordinary compared to all the dreck out there.

Submission + - Australia spent $62 million to update their weather web site and made it worse (bbc.com)

quonset writes: Australia last updated their weather site a decade ago. In October, during one of the hottest days of the year, the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) revealed its new web site and was immediately castigated for doing so. Complaints ranged from a confusing layout to not being able to find information. Farmers were particularly incensed when they found out they could no longer input GPS coordinates to find forecasts for a specific location. When it was revealed the cost of this update was A$96.5 million ($62.3 million), 20 times the original cost estimate, the temperature got even hotter.

With more than 2.6 billion views a year, Bom tried to explain that the site's refresh — prompted by a major cybersecurity breach in 2015 — was aimed at improving stability, security and accessibility. It did little to satisfy the public.

Some frustrated users turned to humour: "As much as I love a good game of hide and seek, can you tell us where you're hiding synoptic charts or drop some clues?"

Malcolm Taylor, an agronomist in Victoria, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) that the redesign was a complete disaster.

"I'm the person who needs it and it's not giving me the information I need," the plant and soil scientist said.

As psychologist and neuroscientist Joel Pearson put it, "First you violate expectations by making something worse, then you compound the injury by revealing the violation was both expensive and avoidable. It's the government IT project equivalent of ordering a renovation, discovering the contractor has made your house less functional, and then learning they charged you for a mansion."

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