Same form factor is the problem: LEDs need a different beam pattern with a sharp cutoff, otherwise they’re harming other drivers.
But adaptive headlights are even better. They seem to work really well and I’m a huge fan. I have really bright LED headlights so I can see everything but I can also watch them change to keep other cars in a dark spot so I don’t blind them.
The combination of super bright LEDs with adaptive headlights seem like a huge safety improvement for us all
I partly agree, headlights are causing harm by blinding other drivers. But adaptive headlights seem to work. Brighter should only be allowed with adaptive headlights
I can drive through a busy area with “high beams” on but watch dark spots move to keep other cars in the dark
Seems like an opportunity for malicious compliance …. Perhaps everyone can speak up against stifling public input “on matters like F*ck cameras”
It’s going to save money, so they can cut police, fire, ambulance budget. Too bad for you if the drone doesn’t see you bleeding in the street or takes a while to
Cost wise, no it’s not worth it.
But you now have an item that
The adaptive headlights in my car are truly amazing, and every time I’m blinded by oNcoming headlight glare I wish everyone had them
Same deal: is it realistic to expect space travel to be so cheap and plentiful, while not highly automated, that we would ever develop an underclass?
Sure it’s easy to see the corporate oligarchy part, where companies become ever more powerful royalty. But when it only takes a few specialists, you’re going to be highly trained and compensated. No underclass.
I think of it like current software engineers. We’re nothing to the corporate royalty, and are definitely exploited. But we’re also paid more, treated better, more specialized, than many individuals. There’s just not going to be an underclass there
Still goes back to needing cheap space flight. Expensive and rare space flight means highly trained and compensated crew. There’s no incentive or likelihood to mutiny: it’s not in your best interest. It’s only when you have cheap and plentiful space flight that you can exploit and underpay crew enough for them to see an advantage in mutiny
That’s traceable and predictable. It would be too easy for whatever authorities there be to watch you the entire flight there and know you were there. Too easy to intercept. Too easy to block your only haven.
Piracy worked with no tracking so you have plausible deniability, and multiple potential safe harbors
They burned out and needed to be replaced. New ones should never burn out
Still the same thing. While you may rightly claim mass murder/terrorism is worse than singular murder, the same logic applies. Why should we waste time and process on this vile person, and what if we made a mistake?
Sure but you can’t be the only ones doing it. It’s safer to be predictable and visible, follow whatever the local conventions/regulations/laws are
Right but you’re also arguing the case for Criminal charges sticking. The Arrest itself Can have a huge impact on someone’s life, Even If charges are later dropped
Same reason they don’t pay you for using an atm instead of an expensive teller at an expensive branch
It’s easier To add a fee To a new service even if it’s to save them money, Than it is to start charging for an existing service that used to be central to their business
Define “possible”
The lights here do that as well. It’s an argument I still have with my teens: you should still use the crosswalks as the most visible place to cross, and walk directly across on the shortest path.
But they recognize all lights are red. If they walk diagonally, they cross both streets at the same time but if they stay in the walk there may not be time
Provolone is better here than cheddar
It’s so weird - looking back on so many weekends, thinking “huh, I didn’t have a beer or anything “.
Now I want to goto a self checkout and ring up a dozen bananas individually while blocking the camera
A couple years ago, I accidentally walked out without paying. I did slide my credit card but didn’t pay attention to what happened. I thought I was done and left, but apparently it didn’t actually work. A minute later they chased me down, but they just let me come back and pay. No big deal.
I don’t know if it was because I was cooperative, or claimed innocence or was white
It’s also helpful that I have notification on for that card. I proved to myself immediately that the charge didn’t work and it was just me not getting paying attention
Maybe. the police “function” is necessary: it’s the implementation that can be harmful.
Next time some homeless person is pulling out his hunting knife to try to steal my dog, I want there to be a police presence that can handle it. However all too often that police presence does not serve public safety but instead causes harm