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oeuhoenth··on Tesla Engineer Says Musk Overstated Tesla Autopilot Reality
Having dedicated tracks solve a lot of problems for autonomous vehicles.

Governments already claim a monopoly on roads in most places. Imagine if those roads had some sort of cheap embedded track that a number of vehicles could latch onto. Then you just need some sort of computer to coordinate the vehicles using the track, and understanding where the vehicles are on the track.

oeuhoenth··on U.S. adds just 266,000 jobs in April, far below expectations
I obviously wasn't privy to all the details, but some of the situations she described was that after last March they furloughed (laid off? not sure) a lot of people that they subsequently couldn't get to come back when demand improved.
oeuhoenth··on U.S. adds just 266,000 jobs in April, far below expectations
This was a prepared food supplier that serviced a major fast food chain.

It's work in a hot environment where you have to wear pretty significant PPE all day. Very uncomfortable, manual labor.

oeuhoenth··on U.S. adds just 266,000 jobs in April, far below expectations
You're getting down votes, but my ex is in HR, and says that as soon as the very generous unemployment came out she had dozens of people quitting. A lot of people prefer unemployment to menial jobs.
oeuhoenth··on Burning Man: The Ascent of D H Lawrence
reader-mode is the best thing to happen to web browsers.