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I agree. The typography and page layout are gorgeous.

Funny you should ask, I’m actually in the process of applying to the online CS degree completion program at CSU Monterrey Bay at this very moment. To my knowledge it’s the only onl…

That's the difference. In an autonomous urban driving environment a monitor is expected to have full situational awareness at all times because driving in cities is a hugely comple…

What drivers are paid for a given load reflects market conditions like e.g., weather, truck availability, and load availability, more than anything else. Automating large parts of …

Local drivers. They follow a different process than long-haul drivers do and are way more likely to unload their own trucks.

If it were as simple as pushing a button a monkey could fit the bill. Or maybe a pigeon. [0] The monitor would be in place to manage the last-mile driving and any other technically…

The arrangement I described above assumes no need for active monitoring for long-distance driving. It is the most monotonous and least technically-complex part of the process and t…

Some drivers have to unload their trucks depending on the load and the receiver. For multiple LTL (less-than-truckload) loads the driver might stop at multiple facilities and unloa…

It would be wholly dependent on the load and the technical implementation. In my view the monitor would be a driver with standard knowledge and experience who could drive if the au…

The driver shortage is a legitimate crisis and was the cause of huge rate increases last year. Driving a truck is a difficult job and fewer people are choosing it as a career path.…

The in-vehicle monitor will likely be a standard part of autonomous and semi-autonomous trucking for the foreseeable future. A monitor can be paid less than a driver, as they’re do…

> I'm an olive producer in Portugal. I love this community.

Interesting. This comment, along with the one above, made me wonder whether a detailed analysis of this behavior has been undertaken. Pew's Payday Lending in America [0] series of …

You may have a point; workers could start living instant deposit to instant deposit instead of paycheck to paycheck . But I don’t think this is as likely. I’m inclined to think wor…

Doing away with fixed-duration pay periods may help workers better respond to unplanned expenses and sidestep usurious payday lenders. I would be especially interested in seeing ba…

It’s a handy comparison in that most adults used to smoke in bed before going to sleep and first thing when they woke up. Sound familiar?

> These demonstration microgrids are delivering a reported utility bill savings of 20 percent to 60 percent, primarily in avoided demand charges, and some have successfully islande…

A year ago I stopped going to Whole Foods and started buying packaged foods at Trader Joe’s and produce at Berkeley Bowl. My food spending halved. Trader Joe’s, Aldi, Lidl, and to …

I think they meant in terms of population and, transitively, users of infrastructure. California (39.5 MM) will likely be “larger” than Texas (28.7 MM) for some time, despite a muc…