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Until they reach maturity its more like a demolition derby.
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27.
JaxCoder.com
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My recently-purchased, nearly-new Skoda includes "lane assist", which gives steering guidance above 40mph, designed to stop you inadvertently wandering across lanes on the motorway. It's clever and it works fine under normal motorway conditions, and certainly encourages better use of indicators (there's no feedback if you've indicated you're changing lanes).
Today was the first time I've driven on the motorway after heavy rain. As the clouds parted and the sun dried out the carriageway, the dry parts were noticeably paler than the damp patches. Several times, landscape (hedges, fences etc) meant the "dry" line wasn't parallel with the lanes; the lane assist camera interpreted the colour change as a lane marking, and delivered a steering input that actively drifted me out of my lane into the next. Of course I noticed what was happening and overrode the input (you just exert more pressure in the opposite direction). But it really concerned me that my car would "choose" to effectively make an unannounced lane change simply because of a damp road.
This is in a mass-production vehicle and I guess other makes / models with lane assist would behave similarly. If it had been "self driving" rather than just the gentle "nudge" of lane assist, there'd have been an accident. I worry that it's rather too soon to contemplate fully autonomous vehicles on public roads.
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DerekT-P wrote: I worry that it's rather too soon to contemplate fully autonomous vehicles on public roads.
It definitely is, and that is why you, as a driver still, have to "assist the lane assist".
It will get at least another 10 years until AD is usable in full mode, and it will be complicated as long as manual and AD are coexisting on the road since humans are much more unpredictable than software.
For the moment - and I am working in the industry - we are on level 2,5 on the AD scale[^] - 2,5 has even settled in our jargon - and will be stuck there for a consequent amount of time.
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Well that's because REAL race cars only turn left.
NASCAR! 
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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Yes, even in the Netherlands gangs of children are demanding their share of sweets now.
In my sleepy home town a suspicious looking guy rang the doorbell and handed over a bag of sweets.
Gives this to the children when they come at 7:30 PM he whispered and then vanished in the dark.
After a long wait finally a gang of little monsters appeared half an hour too late, didn't want to sing a song, grabbed the sweets from my hands and left me standing baffled in the doorway.
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One of the benefits of having a solid front fence with electric gates 
OTOH we were walking the dogs when said band of monsters wandered our street, they refused the dog treats I offered.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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Are you sure they were actually sweets, and you haven't just been turned into a drugs mule?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Holy HalloWienerSchnitzel !
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I've bought into their advertising, but I'm lost in a couple of areas.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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You have to pay to be advertised to?
I'll give that a miss!
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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Griff, griff 
What I mean is that when they rolled out their product, they were all about droplets costing $5 month (making it very affordable to spin up test machines and websites). I have a product I need to migrate to a modern architecture, and every time I try to do something on DO, I leave $5/month behind at a high rate of speed....
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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RIP Sean Connery,
I'm shaken, but not stirred.
The James Bond of them all.
Let's not forget his penultimate role as Zed in Zardoz.
I'd rather be phishing!
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I saw this, this morning. Sad. 90 years old.
RIP James.
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R.I.P.
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27.
JaxCoder.com
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we just lost 007
Caveat Emptor.
"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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Well, I am his red headed bastard step child, so nothing to fear. The secret slacker is here.
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"If we don't change direction, we'll end up where we're going"
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Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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I thought I would be the only one who remembered Zardoz, I'm bloody sure SC would be happy to forget it.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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who can forget that red diaper.
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The last movie he played in was The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen from 2003.
That movie got bad reviews and a lot of hate, but I really like it.
The bond of my generation was Pierce Brosnan, but I've seen all of his too.
I had to google Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez although it sounded familiar, those were fun movies too (especially for Christopher Lambert movies)
And let's not forget his roles in The Untouchables and In the Name of the Rose, also great movies.
He was also the father of Indiana Jones, good stuff
RIP to a legend
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Sander Rossel wrote: The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen
I liked this move too. It was entertaining and that is how I approached watching it.
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R.I.P.
Patrice
“Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler.” Albert Einstein
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