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Re:Waymo achieves 92% reduction in bodily injury claims comp... by rglullis on Friday December 20, 2024 @05:26AM (#42469834)
Way to miss the point. Yes, it is known that the "NASA space pen" was not really funded by NASA, but but its development still took millions of dollars in R&D.

> Is there a single developed economy that doesn't make significant use of trucks and cars?

For the 127th time: car dependency is not the same as car usage.

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Re:Waymo achieves 92% reduction in bodily injury claims comp... by JumpCrisscross on Friday December 20, 2024 @05:33AM (#42469875)
> its development still took millions of dollars in R&D

$1mm at the time, $10mm today. They sold for the equivalent of $30 each in today's money and saved manned spaceflight from having to deal with graphite shards in the air and electrical.

> car dependency is not the same as car usage

"If the richest country in the world" got "rid of its car dependency," we'd still want safer cars.

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Re:Waymo achieves 92% reduction in bodily injury claims comp... by rglullis on Friday December 20, 2024 @05:48AM (#42469981)
> we'd still want safer cars

With the technology controlled by a handful of corporations? At an development cost that will force them to create any and every opportunity to seek rent on your mobility?

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Re:Waymo achieves 92% reduction in bodily injury claims comp... by JumpCrisscross on Friday December 20, 2024 @06:58AM (#42470373)
Yes, it would be better if the good thing were more perfect.
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Re:Waymo achieves 92% reduction in bodily injury claims comp... by rglullis on Friday December 20, 2024 @07:09AM (#42470420)
Nice rhetorical trick. It's not a matter of "more perfect".

The bad outweighs the good, plain and simple, and only those who are extremely naive or stand to gain from it refuse to acknowledge it.

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Re:Waymo achieves 92% reduction in bodily injury claims comp... by Dylan16807 on Friday December 20, 2024 @09:47AM (#42471487)
The bad things you describe as side effects already exist. So adding in good is... good. However you rate the current situation.
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Re:Waymo achieves 92% reduction in bodily injury claims comp... by kube-system on Friday December 20, 2024 @09:21AM (#42471276)
Isn't that already the status quo?
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