Latest to Quit Google’s Self-Driving Car Unit: Top Roboticist

Re:Latest to Quit Google’s Self-Driving Car Unit: Top Roboti... by webkike on Friday August 05, 2016 @10:06PM (#12236717)

Uh, some people just don't like the cold? It does get very cold. And it's pretty insulting to just assume someone's like follows a pattern of "You drive to work you drive home. Maybe you go out to dinner then you go to bed". Some people like to take a hike or run every week, for a example. Or have the ability to bike to work year round.

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Re:Latest to Quit Google’s Self-Driving Car Unit: Top Roboti... by nine_k on Friday August 05, 2016 @10:40PM (#12236779)

NYC has winter, but people hike, run, and bike year round. What's funnier, Stockholm has winter, longer than NYC, but people do the same year round.

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Re:Latest to Quit Google’s Self-Driving Car Unit: Top Roboti... by Reason077 on Saturday August 06, 2016 @01:10AM (#12237128)

Neither Stockholm nor NYC have a winter anything like what parts of Michigan get - both are relatively temperate, coastal cities. Michigan is pretty much Canada!

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Re:Latest to Quit Google’s Self-Driving Car Unit: Top Roboti... by pyre on Saturday August 06, 2016 @09:53AM (#12238109)

"Parts of Michigan" is disingenuous because we are specifically talking about Novi, MI which is in SE Michigan rather than places like (e.g.) Houghton, MI.

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Re:Latest to Quit Google’s Self-Driving Car Unit: Top Roboti... by serge2k on Saturday August 06, 2016 @04:26PM (#12239743)

Detroit is literally north of Canada.

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Re:Latest to Quit Google’s Self-Driving Car Unit: Top Roboti... by ZoeZoeBee on Sunday August 07, 2016 @01:26AM (#12241178)

FYI not a single month is Stockholm warmer than Detroit...

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Re:Latest to Quit Google’s Self-Driving Car Unit: Top Roboti... by Reason077 on Monday August 08, 2016 @06:20AM (#12246607)

Not true - December, January, and February are colder, on average, in Detroit.

In January, for example, Stockholm's average daily temp is -2.8C(27F) while Detroit's is -5.1C(23F).

Outside of the winter months, the rest of the year is warmer in Detroit.

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Re:Latest to Quit Google’s Self-Driving Car Unit: Top Roboti... by ZoeZoeBee on Monday August 08, 2016 @11:07AM (#12248333)

And the average daily highs for Detroit in December, January, February are still higher than Stockholm

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Re:Latest to Quit Google’s Self-Driving Car Unit: Top Roboti... by dagw on Saturday August 06, 2016 @08:19AM (#12237859)

Stockholm does not have anything that people from the colder parts of the US would recognize as "winter".

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Re:Latest to Quit Google’s Self-Driving Car Unit: Top Roboti... by jpatokal on Saturday August 06, 2016 @09:00AM (#12237972)

Um, average temps in January are well below freezing, with temps below -20 C (0 F) a regular occurrence. It's not Fargo in midwinter, but it's definitely "winter".

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Re:Latest to Quit Google’s Self-Driving Car Unit: Top Roboti... by dagw on Saturday August 06, 2016 @04:24PM (#12239737)

average temps in January are well below freezing

Long term average is around -3, with 3 of the past 10 Januaries having an average above zero.

with temps below -20 C (0 F) a regular occurrence

Not since 2011 if SMHI is to be believed and that was only around Bromma and inwards, not around the city center and towards the coast.

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