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andyh2··on Openpilot – open-source self-driving agent
Of that long list, what do you think Tesla owners value the most? ACC+Lane Keeping (what openpilot does) is the answer: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D4y0Fb7XsAEKhFh.jpg
andyh2··on Show HN: Affiliate link management made easy
Very cool. How will this compare to VigLink and SkimLinks?
andyh2··on Apple has acquired Workflow, an automation tool for iPad and iPhone
Congrats Workflow team!
andyh2··on Universities have turned over hundreds of patents to patent trolls
I'm a UC Davis student. Agreed, our previous chancellor was not a model public servant. We need a chancellor who can solicit tons of money and has a decent character.

If you're a California resident, UC is a deal compared to private and out-of-state public options. UC guarantees free tuition (grant, not loan) for in-state students with family income under $80,000.

On the other hand, out of state and international students pay full ticket and subsidize the rest of the students.

The real rip-off for UC students is in the large class sizes and inexperienced lecturers and grad students at the podium. Large research institutions are having a lot of trouble ensuring quality of education as enrollments increase and student bodies diversify.

andyh2··on Can computers become conscious?: My reply to Roger Penrose
I believe the broadest consensus defines consciousness as having a subjective experience.

What's unclear, and some deem impossible, is how we can externally detect consciousness. A machine could act and respond in a manner indistinguishable from humans but still be unconscious.

andyh2··on Affiliate links on Reddit
VigLink's value to Reddit is likely in the ability to tag a very long tail of non-Amazon merchants.
andyh2··on Uber rolls out facial recognition in China
A new market for jibjab.com!
andyh2··on To Protect His Son, a Father Asks School to Bar Unvaccinated Children
Can confirm, I grew up near the area described in the article. USC has some 2010 data [1] on religious beliefs in Marin. None of the popular belief systems are known for discouraging immunization. Anecdotally, Marin has quite a large alternative medicine following which may explain the high opt-out rate.

[1] http://crcc.usc.edu/resources/demographics/marin.html

andyh2··on Hello, this is an extortion email
http://botmasterlabs.net/ This is the official site.
andyh2··on Study Suggests Link Between Dread Pirate Roberts and Satoshi Nakamoto
Article says they "will publish a paper Sunday."