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Comment Re:I am shocked! (Score 1) 290

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Why would anyone visit the US right now when they can catch a train to Nuremberg any time?

With the current state of Deutsche Bahn that's a questionable statement. Will the train arrive on time? Or at all? Will it actually go to Nuremberg? Will it break down during the trip? Will there be a functioning toilet on board?

Comment Re:Yes!!! (Score 1) 47

I'm not sure how or why we settled on the magic number of 5 days per week. There doesn't seem to be any particularly compelling reason for it.

Actually, at least in Germany, the legal limit is 48 hours/week on 6 days. But you could simply work 40h/week on 4 days.

Comment Re:This is very good actually (Score 1) 57

Another point we should make, we shouldn't be expecting perfection from driverless cars .. because we sure as hell aren't expecting perfection from humans. As long as the driverless cars are statistically better than humans .. they're ok.

Let me rephrase that:
It is OK if driverless vehicles kill more children than human drivers as long as they kill less people in total.

Is that what you mean?
(Replace "children" with "cyclists" or "seniors" or "homeless people" if you like.)

Or maybe:

It is OK if driverless vehicles injure more people than human drivers as long as they kill less people.

Comment Re:China is cheaper (Score 1) 102

If that's the case, where is the flood of good and inexpensive Chinese EVs in Europe? I haven't seen it yet. There are some Chinese cars in the usual price range for EVs, that is >30.000 Euros. That's not cheap.

In contrast there are some very few cheapish EVs by European car makers (in particular Dacia (owned by Renault), Citroën) which are (partially) built in China. And I would not call the Dacia Spring "good", just acceptable under some conditions.

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