They're absolutely safer but it is because they drive more timidly than humans do. So timid in fact that they have no problem stopping in the middle of traffic requiring human remote drivers to nudge them along.

What if the hypothesis is getting married, and / or having kids, or joining the military? There are a lot of life choices where one can't just "gather evidence" and if things aren't working out hit the reset button.

I wonder, for those who have found the most fulfillment, how much does commitment play into that.

Can't wait to see how that works with all of the cheaters that are still using hacked clients to do things like fly over homes and mountains.

Exactly right. How about if the other passengers are sleeping?

Can't wait to see how they fix things for the people who are deaf or mute.

I'd just wait for the guy to die first, and then dig it out for 100% of the profits.

If the point is to provide an alternative communications channel, one would think a portable radio would be a better choice -- Not everyone owns a vehicle.

If they're gonna send up SpaceX's Dragon, can't they throw in some suits while they're at it?

Without also knowing if that nearby charger is exclusively available to you for the duration required to charge your vehicle on a regular basis.

Who needs Signal when business conversations over the phone or in person remain private and unrecorded? I've never understood this split between the digital and analog world with respect to what we're required to capture.
 

As an aside, the skeptic in me can't help but think that these legacy forms of communication are the real reason for the drive to get people back into offices.

I'm glad you made this distinction. I can see how someone purchasing a cart vs digital download might think they're safe from these shenanigans, but even a physical copy of a game isn't going to work if it requires being online.

You gave away when you installed the firmware update.

The spread of Tenderloin was because of the BLM / Defund police movement along with the now recalled San Francisco District Attorney known for being far too soft on crime, not because there were less tourists.

That spread of crime and covid had a large impact on the retail health in SF. My recent travels outside of the US has not seen anywhere near this level of destruction.

I think a better measure isn't if the first response is 50% correct, it's if you're able to eventually get to a correct answer versus going down that 'exercise in frustration' path.

Also, what is the % of people who were able to find the answer in stack overflow after that.

My anecdotal experience is that if I do go down that frustrating path, I'm a lot less likely to find an answer online anywhere. (That or the info is newer than 2021)

One thing that continues to bother me whenever I see articles like this are the "record breaking" quotes that always accompany them:

"so extreme that something radical has changed in the past two years, but especially this year, relative to all previous years going back at least 45 years."

45 years versus life on Earth that has persisted for, what the estimate now, 3.8 billion years?

45 years is approximately 0.00000001184210526 of 3.8 billion years.

Doesn't that mean evaluating 3.8 billion years of Earth's history using a 45-year sample is akin to judging the depth of the ocean by examining a single drop of water?

This $50 product solved a number of problems for me outside of the dryness alert that everyone is picking on here:

    - I get a notice with the dryer has stopped. The dryer is inside of a detached garage so it's not possible to hear the audible alerts.
    - I can pull my wrinkle prone clothes from the dryer while they're still hot so they can be handled before the wrinkles set in.
    - My power company likes to change how much they charge for electricity depending on the time of day -- this helps process multiple loads faster during the low cost time periods
    - I live with multiple people who also need to process their loads of laundry but don't pay the electric bill and might need to be prodded
    - It's an electric dryer that uses 220 volts so the easier-to-use electricity monitoring solutions won't work (or cost more than $50)

Coincidentally, I discovered the loss of this service last night and was looking for some kind of alternative solution -- Slashdot to the rescue lol. Thanks ./!