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[–] 116 points 4 months ago (11 children)

Expecting people to not sabotage the rolling death machines "too high a bar"

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    [–] 63 points 4 months ago (3 children)

    I guess necessary bike safety gear needs to include a brick

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  • [–] 14 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I actually have a small but bright orange hatchet (I spray it to help keep rust off it and also to make it super easy to spot from the other side of my campsite) I keep on my bag, mostly for Camping, but I use the same bag when I'm on my bike.

    I've started keeping it on, and have seemingly had less people giving me shit when I'm biking through town.

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    [–] 49 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    AI companies: Our AI is so powerful, it could take over the world if we don't regulate it

    Also AI companies: Bike lanes scary

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  • [–] 44 points 4 months ago*

    Well, if Waymo can't comply with proper street conduct, its services should be banned from public roads until they are ready and capable of complying with them.

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  • [–] 38 points 4 months ago

    So it's a dead end technology then? Got it. Get em off the road.

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  • [–] 29 points 4 months ago (1 child)
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    Dude, expecting fucking HUMAN drivers to respect bike lanes is too high a bar.

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  • [–] 16 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    no problem, don't expect me to respect driverless taxis then

    I can fuk a car up pretty good, so they'll learn how to "respect" me at least

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  • [–] 15 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    They don't respect bike lanes...

    Do they respect bricks?

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    I wonder if they respect the ceramic from a broken spark plug… apparently it’s sharp enough to easily shatter tempered glass… so I’ve heard

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  • [–] 14 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    Won't succeed here in the Netherlands then

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  • [–] 14 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

    Totally out of curiosity as I ask a lot of questions. I’m assuming these also have to be roadworthy. Can they drive with a light out or a damaged or a missing windscreen wiper?

    What kinda damage would take these out of action for small period? Or cost the most in terms of repair?

    Also if one had a ‘I support Palestine action’ sticker on it, would it be considered a car displaying a terrorist message?

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    These cars aren't looking through the windscreen. They're covered in sensors and probably use LIDAR system to navigate. They see in the dark and through fog.

    It's fairly obvious where the sensors are located looking at the car. And because these cars are dumb as hell, it takes relatively little to disrupt their ability to tell the difference between say, a person the car has to stop for, and a cardboard cutout of Scott Bacula. Or a traffic cone, as another user mentioned though that particular exploit may have been patched out by now.

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  • [–] 13 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    People parking to drop others off or make deliveries is the most common use of bike lanes by cars/trucks. Why would I expect Waymo to be different? Thanks for saying it out loud, though?

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  • [–] 11 points 4 months ago

    That's a shame. Back to human drivers then.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Drivers don't respect the bike lanes either, in many cases. At least the driver-less cars won't veer into the bike lane on purpose or throw things at bikers, both of which I have had happen to me.

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    We need a word for the singularity event when AI becomes more humane than fuckwits.

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  • Personal injury lawyers:

    don’t mind if I do

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago

    To be fair human drivers don't respect bike lanes either.

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago

    Do be evil, an hero will destroy you

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    If that's too high a bar, then robotaxis are not viable.

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