radiorental

Two things

First, I said they're not as accessible.

Second, not all journeys are between cities. In fact...

I'm pretty sure every Nissan dealer that sells a leaf must operate a charging station. Granted they're not as easy to access at the supercharger network... but it exists.

20 year UX veteran here. It's absolutely unheard of for UX to be the final arbiter on marketing &/or development driven features.

To take your 3D touch example. I'll bet it went a little something like this; development said 'we can now detect pressure', leads (inc UX) brainstormed on ways to utilise the functionality. Then it's soley on UX to make it usable.

I've never been involved in a situation where I get to demand capabilities that hitherto did not exist. Nor have I ever held the power to stop-ship. We have varying degrees of touch on functionality as it evolves for sure but not the power you assume we have.

We don't live in a reality where any company, Apple specifically, says 'hey customers, we realised we actually got things right on the last release, please give us more money 'cos shareholders'

I don't disagree it can be done...

https://www.wired.com/2015/11/can-you-teach-a-coal-miner-to-...

I'm saying it can't be done at the current rate of change. There are just too many people caught off guard, compounded by technological & automation adoption too rapid for them to adapt.

I think you may underestimate the scale of the problem. Why so many people in the center of this country voted for a catchy tag-line on a baseball cap.

> frees up those who would have worked farm jobs to do higher-valued labor in the economy

That's the ideal, in reality too many of these people live in areas where there are no other opportunities. They are also often fed the line that the job can be brought back.

Put simply, we've observed generational shifts to higher-valued jobs in urban areas. A farmer, coal miner , etc who loses their job today is unlikely to re-skill & move to other industries

I believe you'll find that Ford at least is taking autonomous driving quite seriously. While Google & Tesla make good headlines, the investment in these fields is deeper & broader than you might think. For example, the #1 & #2 companies with the most advanced self-driving capabilities don't even make cars (o;

And those that do make cars rely on a single graphics card manufacturer (as far as I'm aware)

That's fine when your a startup but as the business matures you're approach much reflect the shift.

Not a random diver, it was someone who was a domain expert and dared to critique the proposed engineering solution from Musk.

You can draw a very short dotted line to all the automation they eventually had to rip out of the Model 3 production line.

On the plus side he's a visionary with a lot of cash. The downside is that his ego wont let him take advice from people he doesn't agree with.

The latter character flaw is a recipe for disaster if left unchecked over the long term. This move is good for Tesla.

Hazard Fraught is moving up the food chain in a number of tool lines. They're definitely filling that void.

The business model appears to be to sell reasonable quality tools and nail consumers with low quality consumables.

I avoid HF if I can but their new line of welders is getting rave reviews at a 1/4 the price of the American brands.

At this point, I would buy HF over Crapsman.

It's not a simple blame game. Whomever controls the product definition rules the roost.

E.g. good luck trying to be a developer at Microsoft 10 years ago in Balmer's 'embrace, extend, extinguish' model

That is to say, it's organisational dna that dictates who defines the product. Once the 'specs' have been written, hands are tied.

That's why there is alphabet, labs etc. The business is trying to diversify.

I'll see your Pittsburgh and raise you a Boston.

Was talking to staff at the rental counter in Phoenix. They said that they stopped buying hybrids when gas dropped back down and the fact that they were costly to maintain... (More moving parts).

Fleet sales were a big driver when gas prices were higher

Plus, hybrids are a gutless jack of all trades and master of none

IRL tracking is quite prevalent

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/mar/03/revealed-faci...

And it's not just high end retailers https://twitter.com/GambleLee/status/862307447276544000/phot...

Huh? The customer ('banks') asked and paid for this functionality. Not the other way around.

You make it sound like software engineers lobbied Bank CTOs to install this under duress

> What really makes space unique isn't space as such but that there is no real-world (real-space?) testing, no inspections after the fact or do-overs.

This is becoming less true today as engineering problems become more complex and simulation tools become more capable. Most automotive manufacturers have virtual models of their vehicles in testing long before the first nut meets it's bolt.

I don't work there but I do work at a place that supplies JPL with some of the tools they use to solve the problems you are interested in.

https://www.mathworks.com/company/newsletters/articles/bring...

If you parse the user community and external repos you will find specific code & models for some of those use cases

https://github.com/search?q=matlab+rover https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/?s_tid=gn_mlc

Do note that JPL also uses other tool chains, some open, with similar communities and repos. I'm not as knowledgeable to what extent they use these, ymmv (pun intended)

https://github.com/search?q=python+mars+rover

the fundamental point I would try to convey is that you can learn as they do - through trial and error via simulation.

Profane?

1. relating or devoted to that which is not sacred or biblical; secular rather than religious.

2. (of a person or their behavior) not respectful of orthodox religious practice; irreverent.

3. treat (something sacred) with irreverence or disrespect.

That all said, I wouldn't go as far as to say profound. Just insightful commentary distilled from experience.

Fake reviews aside, it's core to Amazon.com's business model. Given Amazon's success I infer that a lot of consumers in general research products by going through reviews.

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2009-10-15/amazon-tu...

> Also, what if I know I will only need an expensive item for 3 months?

Can you give an example?

Often? citation needed.

> and are unsure of how it will actually perform

I'm sorry, this is argument (and I hate to be hyperbolic on HN) is simply laughable from both how consumers actually make purchase decisions on the whole and also from a business model.

"I'm not sure if a 3D printed part will work if I wanted a custom cell phone holder for my car?"

2 seconds later, looks like it can: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fgbxgz5S2dc

Modern consumers have grown accustomed to leveraging collective knowledge shared on various internet sources. They watch youtube reviews, read trusted review sites, take online courses.

For example, within a few minutes you can ascertain the pros and cons of the various VR headsets available on the market. You can understand the limitations of the tech in general. All without having to rent the equipment.

Then, in my experience, after having performed research they go try the tech out or just purchase it outright.

"But I only want to print a few things out" Then you just paid how much in rent for what you could get for a fraction off the shelf?

> I want to try but don't want to fork up the cash for

see pretty much every point in the original comment but specific bad tech habit use.

If you're not really sure you need this stuff then you don't need it. Plain and simple.

If you don't have the disposable cash to pay for it outright then you can't afford it anyway.

With that all said you can try out the three examples you cite at your local Best Buy, Microsoft Store, Maker Space, Home Depot, etc etc.

If the argument is that you're in rural Idaho without access to this stuff then the business model is broken.

A couple of things to take into consideration with the autotaxis. We have the potential for a hybridization of taxi-bus.

Dynamic routes based on individual demand, grouping together a small number of people into a quick access people carrier. E.g I want to go right across town, you have a shorter journey that roughly overlaps my route, the vehicle will deviate slightly to pick you up.

The second thing to consider is the opportunity for mass-transit level control of autotaxi fleets (or all cars in a glorious future where everything is awesome(tm)). Optimsing the merging and cross traffic flows beyond what traffic lights do today.

And to peel another layer off this nostalgia trip.

Ok, lets suppose rats aren't dragging pizza home in the city anymore [1]

While the people that ran and frequented the "back-alley restaurants and shops, dive bars and ice cream parlors" might be busy raising kids and saving for retirement, there's a new generation of people doing the same carefree shit we all did when we used to be cool.

What was Harvard Sqr became Davis which is now Malden.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPXUG8q4jKU

These are not the cows you are looking for

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSlGQpvl_IA

I'd question the accuracy of the data. I grew up in the largest fishing port on the west coast. Curious to see what was in the bay I was dismayed to find boats listed that were lost elsewhere and wrecks I fished on not listed at all.

Something I'm pondering..

If advertisers can't reach me then why should I be concerned what they collect about me?

I do not see any ads, I use gmail and gcal. Genuine question - I understand I'm still 'the product' as far as they're concerned but it's a broken loop if they don't get my eyeballs. Help me understand anything I'm missing.

I'm currently not motivated enough to move out of google products.

Who is to say it did not turn on it's LED and the owners did not happen to be looking at it.

With that said, my Sonos Alexa has a tiny LED but does respond with an audible tone when the keyword is heard.

That is... when it's not randomly laughing https://www.theverge.com/circuitbreaker/2018/3/7/17092334/am...

I clearly stoked that passion based on the wide variety of reasons one should or should not change based on time, distance or otherwise. And no two reasons appear to be the same (o;

With some egregious appealing to authority.. I will say that as someone who performs oil changes on our daily driver Honda Element, a 1987 VW camper (when it both had the original engine and the new ford Zetec engine it currently runs on) as well as my 2001 BMW motorcycle, 1970s cub cadet lawn tractor and the Harbor Freight engine I transplanted on to the snowblower...

I have never once encountered a ceased sump plug or stuck oil filter. Ever.

I'm not saying the monkey at Zippy-lubers wont strip a plug because he was busy texting his girlfriend at the same time. But I've pulled parts of engines that hadn't see action for decades. This is not a reason for a 6 month schedule

The only advice I've seen, and oddly enough it's not been mentioned in this thread so tack it onto the list of oil change folklore, is acidic buildup due to oxidization and the timeframe on that is roughly a year.

Could be (3) for the karma. However, if true why invite the curious eye of a Three Letter Authority who might be interested in Russian ordinance.

That said, the poster said that the IT guy was fired and locked the server room. The only curious part of that tale is that he said the room was locked 2 months ago. I know of no server room with a broken AC unit that can operate that long.

[edit] this is the Czech Rep, that could explain a few things.