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I've found that one of the more subtle cons to thinking in public is that you become more attached to the opinion you have expressed. I'm not sure if that's because you are forced …

This is a good point, and I agree. If there was a close call you can't actually say for sure if it would have been a collision without the software.

I get what you're trying to say, but if anything, you're just making the case for Tesla software. Consider that there is a range of drivers, from "good" to "bad". If most drivers g…

> So if something appears in your path, the right course of action is to accelerate into it? You mis-parsed what I said here. My sentence was probably too long. Let me try using sh…

It does work, yes.

There's been a number of occasions where I would have been in an accident had it not been for the software saving me. Obviously it is possible that one day the software will result…

Self-reply to add: despite (occasionally) experiencing phantom braking and my wife once experiencing the "loss of power" scenario due to a defective drive unit, I'm still very happ…

To reply to your first question: if the car decides to emergency brake, you can still override it by pressing the accelerator. In my experience, the braking that happens is "hard" …

Your experience is not universal. In my case the combination of me+software is certainly safer than me alone, and also less taxing for me.

Try looking at about:support to see if there are any third-party modules (antivirus etc. loaded). That has been a cause of problems like this in the past. More likely on Windows an…

This is awesome! I just wrote a blog post along the same lines ( https://staktrace.com/spout/entry.php?id=883 ) and I would like to join forces with you. Let me know if there's any…

(Second tip: get to know people, and let them get to know you, well enough to ask for advice)

First tip: don't ask for advice from people who know nothing about you. The less context people have about your specific situation, the more generic and less useful their advice is…

https://github.com/lnbook/lnbook/blob/develop/03_how_ln_work... is a reasonable explanation of you're interested in the technical aspects.

I think there's probably some middle ground here. Like say the national economy is 100% on Bitcoin and then as long as they have a balanced trade with other countries (i.e. no long…

Network size is a virtue too. Specially for things that benefit from network effects!

Maybe you should try to actually read up on what the lightning network is before you argue against some ill-informed strawman version of it.

You argue it is stable by arguing you never need to convert it to fiat. If your economy is running 100% on Bitcoin it doesn't matter what the exchange rate to USD our any other cur…

Note: this is from April 2020.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding your problem statement. But it seems to me that you are using (and paying for) N units from your regular provider. And then your community solar operatio…

> In statistical terms the answer is yes, Not actually. Statistics from a larger population "cannot" be used to predict outcomes from a smaller subset or individual from the popula…