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    • mlnewsM
      mlnews
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      Concerns arise over Uber's driverless car program.

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      • JaredBuschJ
        JaredBusch @mlnews
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        @mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

        Concerns arise over Uber's driverless car program.

        But the article also uses bad math. 2-3 million driven miles is not enough to make up this type of comparable statistic.

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            • KellyK
              Kelly
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              Respectfully @scottalanmiller, could you post links instead of incomplete screen caps?

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                scottalanmiller @Kelly
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                @kelly said in Non-IT News Thread:

                Respectfully @scottalanmiller, could you post links instead of incomplete screen caps?

                It's because the BBC app is broken and it won't give links on the phone. It used to and I did, then they made it so that when you share from the iPhone app it will only give me the headline, not the link. So I had to take screen shots to be able to share it when I'm not at my desk.

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                • travisdh1T
                  travisdh1 @DustinB3403
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                  @dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:

                  @mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

                  US senators face off in Capitol Hill snowball fight.

                  Aww how nice that we're able to pay these clowns to play in the snow. . .

                  Look at it this way, it's better than what they're normally doing to us. They should go play in the snow more often!

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                  • coliverC
                    coliver @mlnews
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                    @mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

                    Concerns arise over Uber's driverless car program.

                    That's a pretty big deal. LIDAR and Radar sensors should have picked the pedestrian up a significant distance prior to when we see it on camera. I'm not convinced other self driving car tech would have had the same issue. This seems like maybe Uber is trying to go "cheap" on the sensors and was really just looking for the threshold to meet for it to be "good enough". She crossed 1.5 lanes of traffic.

                    Of course I don't think a human driver would have been able to stop either, granted there may be gradients of dark a human could pick out that a camera couldn't but still...

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                    • black3dynamiteB
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                      Chris Evans has a 'stache and people aren't sure how to feel
                      https://twitter.com/i/moments/976972150652395520

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                      • black3dynamiteB
                        black3dynamite
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                        A teenager crashed into the exam building during her driving test.
                        https://twitter.com/i/moments/976943549018120192

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                        • black3dynamiteB
                          black3dynamite
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                          How quickly the US Marines can build bridges
                          https://twitter.com/i/moments/976840874310107136

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @black3dynamite
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                            @black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:

                            How quickly the US Marines can build bridges
                            https://twitter.com/i/moments/976840874310107136

                            They have to be able to do it quickly, bridge building (and blowing up) are huge war time activities. A military's ability to take out enemy bridges and make their own have traditionally been some of the most powerful military activities.

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                              http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-43518769
                              France hostage crisis: Police shoot supermarket gunman

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                              • JaredBuschJ
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                                United offers passenger a voucher up to $10,000 to give up her seat
                                https://twitter.com/i/moments/977160303472467968

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                                  coliver
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                                  https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/03/police-chief-said-uber-victim-came-from-the-shadows-dont-believe-it/?comments=1

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                                  • DashrenderD
                                    Dashrender @JaredBusch
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                                    @jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                    United offers passenger a voucher up to $10,000 to give up her seat
                                    https://twitter.com/i/moments/977160303472467968

                                    better than that last one where they dragged a passenger off.. just deny entry to the plane

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller @coliver
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                                      @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                      https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/03/police-chief-said-uber-victim-came-from-the-shadows-dont-believe-it/?comments=1

                                      Very different from what the police said before.

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                                      • scottalanmillerS
                                        scottalanmiller @Dashrender
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                                        @dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                        @jaredbusch said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                        United offers passenger a voucher up to $10,000 to give up her seat
                                        https://twitter.com/i/moments/977160303472467968

                                        better than that last one where they dragged a passenger off.. just deny entry to the plane

                                        This is how it is supposed to work.

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                                        • NerdyDadN
                                          NerdyDad @black3dynamite
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                                          @black3dynamite said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                          Chris Evans has a 'stache and people aren't sure how to feel
                                          https://twitter.com/i/moments/976972150652395520

                                          I feel like he could be the kid of the '80's villain from Despicable Me 3.

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                                          • coliverC
                                            coliver @scottalanmiller
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                                            @scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                            @coliver said in Non-IT News Thread:

                                            https://arstechnica.com/cars/2018/03/police-chief-said-uber-victim-came-from-the-shadows-dont-believe-it/?comments=1

                                            Very different from what the police said before.

                                            Yes, much different then the official statement. The pedestrian was still breaking the law of course by jay walking and not having the proper safety equipment on the bike. But this isn't looking good for Uber or the police department.

                                            I think Uber's tech here is to blame (or at least share some of it). It will be interesting to see what the NTSB report says.

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