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Re:Waymo One is now open to all in Los Angeles on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @03:26PM (#42119368)
The same way as with car shares. You blame the person before the person to report it and have cameras.
Re:Waymo One is now open to all in Los Angeles on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @01:40PM (#42118314)
Unless the weird smells come from the driver. If a customer causes a smell the car will be cleaned and the customer fined. If the driver is smelly - like from sitting in a car all day - there's nothing to be done.
The requirements they failed was meeting 100mbps down and 20 up. They were measured at 90/9.

Starlink meets the intent of fast internet, if not their arbitrary line. Everyone I know who has one loves it.

https://spacenews.com/fcc-commissioner-criticizes-starlinks-...

Drones staying connected in enemy territory.
Canada is planning on giving the mentally ill access to maid in 2027.

Most mentally ill people are still perfectly capable of making decisions and you need the approval of 2 doctors.

Why is assisting someone mentally ill wrong?
The induction wok shown seemed inadequate and the host unknowledgeable about the requirements for wok cooking.
Re:SpaceX update regarding Starship FAA flight approval on Tuesday September 10, 2024 @05:10PM (#41505620)
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Re:The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Can Be Cleaned for $7.5B on Monday September 09, 2024 @11:38AM (#41489620)
They are suggesting installing a toilet so you aren't just using a corner and remodeling the house every few years.
Where does the 70% of families lose their wealth statistic come from?
Re:Marshmallow Test Fails to Replicate on Friday August 02, 2024 @02:07PM (#41141119)
True, I'm not going to read through the list and decide if any of them are famous for him.
Re:Marshmallow Test Fails to Replicate on Friday August 02, 2024 @01:43PM (#41140908)
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It's about the same as it's low earth orbit payload - 100 tons.

Seems harder to shoot down than a cargo plane.

Re:Why is Sweden paying grandparents to babysit? on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @11:10PM (#40982218)
I never used their name when they were alive, they were morfar to me. I can pretty quickly find their name in Google but it doesn't stick in my brain.
Re:Why is Sweden paying grandparents to babysit? on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @11:05PM (#40982198)
I don't know all of my grandparents names but they were all in my life.
Why? A monopoly would want to charge more to richer customers.
It can always get worse. Lots of counties live with price to income ratio of 20. The USA is 6.
Fighters will try to hide broken arms and try to continue the fight.
Re:Hacker News (HN) – Part 1: analysis on Monday April 08, 2024 @06:13PM (#39974285)
> In Comments

> Be kind. Don't be snarky. Converse curiously; don't cross-examine. Edit out swipes.

The guidelines want you to be kind, which is orthogonal to right.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Tldr: no. Poor teens actually suffer from depression at a lower rate than richer teens. A reversal from earlier.
Re:A rudimentary simulation of the three-body problem on Tuesday April 02, 2024 @04:22PM (#39910456)
What in this post isn't honest?
Re:Why School Absences Have 'Exploded' Almost Everywhere on Friday March 29, 2024 @11:15PM (#39871519)
Are you sure? I struggled for years to maintain a decent mark in french class. 2 months of duolingo for spanish and I was able to have conversations.

A grammar, written first approach is hard and boring but it does scale to 30 students for 1 teacher though.

Re:The window for great-grandmothers is closing on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @09:03PM (#39846614)
I think being judged feels bad. If someone thinks you haven't considered the obvious it feels pretty insulting.
I agree that the importance of knowing another language will decrease but being fluent will still be better than having a translator in between.
Re:What Is a Pig Butchering Scam? (2023) on Thursday March 21, 2024 @10:47AM (#39779141)
Are there bank accounts that have a person watching every transaction and can call you to ask why you went to a Bitcoin ATM? A bank account an elderly person with dementia could use?
Re:America's affordable house of the future failed on Sunday March 17, 2024 @11:12AM (#39734969)
What are the options for a foundation? Why can't you just put posts into the ground? Or on the ground and adjust? Like a mobile home but without the wheels.
How many murders are actually solved?
How can you fix the incentives so locals actually want densification?

I always liked the idea of more local taxes rather than federal. Then the larger tax base would improve services or do a direct transfer.

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