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I'm a native english speaker but don't really have a marine background. I also read it as the father/son somehow going overboard.

It's written by the Garmin PR team - their headlines are as intuitive as their device UIs!

This article is much better: https://www.readersdigest.co.uk/inspire/life/how-a-fisherman...

> had the Garmin technology been less intuitive for an unfamiliar boater in a stressful situation — this story could’ve ended so much differently

This line made me look at the URL and realize I was reading an advertisement.

Anecdotally, people are much more likely to have violent episodes when using alcohol than psychedelics. I'd be surprised if relevant scientific studies didn't support these observations.

> Personally, I’d rather be surrounded by a group of alcohol abusers than a group of psychedelics abusers.

Can you elaborate a bit on this take? We've all seen how far people abusing alcohol can go. Where as the worst I see from psychedelics users is that they can struggle to talk about anything other than how've they've somehow figured out the universe and that everyone should take psychedelics.

San Francisco's budget for homelessness is over 500 million per year. If that isn't enough money to address the problem in one city we clearly need radically different solutions.

I feel it's destructive for people to hold this incorrect belief. People living into their 60s and 70s was very common for all of recorded history. By ignoring this, modern people are less incentivized to criticize and challenge their modern lives and the societies we live within.

He clearly states that extra sensors "contribute noise and entropy into everything. And they bloat stuff." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W1JBAfV4Io

Essentially that trying to utilize multiple sensors cripples any progress (given that resources will never be infinite).

I actually do live in the Bay Area and spend a lot of time in San Francisco. I applied for the Cruise waitlist well over a year ago but have not been accepted. I've tried to organize with friends who have access but we rarely have a reason to go the Richmond or Golden Gate Park after 10PM. The coverage area is very limited.

I'm impressed that they're actually offering driverless rides on SF streets, but my point stands. The cars operate only on the slowest streets at the quietest hours. Any problem they encounter is handled by remote operators.

I'm not outright dismissive of self-driving cars. I truly want them to exist. I don't even own a car and dislike being behind the wheel. I just don't buy into infinite hype pushed by a revolving door of charlatans.

Also I do have a modern VR headset and celebrate the technology. But, to make a similar comparison, the metaverse "ready player one" vision is not within our lifetimes.

I think you're mistaken. There are still massive technological challenges. I have seen nearly no evidence that current self-driving car technology is even remotely close to matching the ability of a novice human driver. Sure while the "don't crash into things" algorithms may generally be fine, these systems seem to frequently deadlock in completely mundane situations. They also seem dependent on remote operator assistance when encountering non-ideal conditions, greatly limiting their maximum speed.

If anything, legislation and social acceptance has moved faster than the technology. That's the opposite what many of us observing this space expected 10 years ago.

At this point I'm starting to have doubts about whether the full dream of self-driving cars will even be realized within my lifetime.

"Aerial" isn't directly related to airplanes. It means in the air. Unless you consider low earth orbit outside of the atmosphere, which is somewhat debated.

I've obsessively played Factorio since 2014, probably logging over a thousand hours in it. I found Shapez a lot more finicky and overall way less fun. The challenges and progression in Shapez are mundane, the theme is abstract, and the UI and performance do not compare to the brilliant work done in Factorio. For what feels like a weekend project flash game, Shapez is very well done. But it doesn't compare to a project that's seen a decade of development from an incredibly talented team.

Another commenter mentioned Dyson Sphere Program, which is quite similar and also an impressive effort from its team. It introduces some refreshing differences for a seasoned Factorio player but doesn't yet have enough content/longevity.

HOTD is so refreshing after the disappointing final seasons of GoT. I didn't have high expectations for it but it's been some of the best television I've seen years.

> House of Dragon ... created by suits strictly from a financial or business point of view and have absolutely no soul to them.

This doesn't apply to House of the Dragon. They've done a great job adapting and expanding upon the source material. It does not feel soulless. These are rich worlds created by talented authors who've dedicated their lives to building them out. Audiences are happy to see these worlds explored further.

When I search "sodium nitrite pure" on Amazon the first page of results all are sodium nitrate. For the actual "nitrite" listings, my points stands. There are no weird recommendations.

Looking at listings for pure sodium nitrate, I don't see any of the "frequently bought together" suicide kit items they mention. When I search for "suicide" there's a "Suicide and Crisis Lifeline" banner shown:

  Call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
  You're not alone. Confidential help is available for free.

The lawyer's thread is wrong. Sodium nitrate is used in aquariums. I've purchased similar lab-grade chemicals for use in mine.

I think it's totally fine for Amazon to sell lab-grade chemicals regardless of whether there's a common household use for them. I've personally bought chemicals like this for use in an aquarium.

It makes absolutely no sense to blame neutral 3rd parties in someone's suicide. If Amazon's "frequently bought together" feature suggested anti-vomiting agents and a book discussing suicide techniques, that's a pretty unfortunate and I'd really like to see a screenshot proof, but doesn't change the fact that person likely had acquired all the information they needed independently. These personal injury are grifters preying on grieving families.

Their claim that "Amazon is a serial killer" is one of the most ridiculous and hyperbolic things I've read in a while.

They also apparently posted the n-word in company chat and redirected all internal tools to a graphic shock image. Nice kid indeed.

Psychedelics are not a street drug. The majority of people struggling with addiction use crack cocaine, crystal meth, and opioids. Those are not decriminalized (technically).

uBlock Origin has no problem blocking them. I thought domain-proxied ads were pretty common.

This article really doesn't provide any insights into map generation or explain any interesting implementation details.

Anyone considering investing in Regetti should take a look at the company's negative reviews on glassdoor. They paint a picture of a highly disfunctional organization struggling with behind-the-curve tech driven on hubris and the ego of its founder. Some people note the irony of him being married to the famous Uber whistleblower while creating a corporate culture that's comprable to early Uber in many ways.

Rigetti investors are trying to dump this mess onto retail. Be cautious.