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The ridesharing systems (like uber pool and lyft line) are meant to alleviate that utilization problem. Zipcar has no experience with the complex logistics automation work for ridesharing that Uber and Lyft are doing, nor do they have a large enough userbase to make that ridesharing system viable and competitive.

Is this not just an underdetermined question?

Isn't the loss of objectivity just a result of the question having more degrees of freedom than it does constraints, and the subjectivity just comes from picking which constraints to assume? Doesn't a well defined goal turn that question into a positive question?

A simpler example could be, "is it better for me to build a bridge over a highway out of cardboard or out of steel?"

It's superficially normative but becomes a positive question as soon as you define the constraint that a bridge that no one needlessly dies while walking across is better than one that kills people.

At that point all of these questions become scientifically approachable, although some are likely still hopelessly complex, as soon as you assume an axiom like, "it is best to maximize the ratio of well being over conscious suffering."

What that axiom should actually be is likely a nearly unapproachably complex amalgamation of philosophy, but it seems more reasonable to work with something than assume that there is no right answer, especially when we seem to be rapidly approaching the point of needing to have software systems make quick ethical decisions.

I can't find a better source, but sci-hub's wikipedia page [1] says that new articles are accessed through educational institution proxies and then stored in libgen for future access.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sci-Hub

I've only used Ableton, FL and Reason, so there could be something I'm missing, but doesn't Reaper support vsts? How could the ecosystem for plugins possibly be weak?

Is it unrealistic that the gigafactory will create a near-monopoly on batteries for self-driving cars?

They're going to own about half of the world's battery production capacity at ~30% reduction in cost per kwh over current production. Plus they're planning three more factories.

Selling core tech to other car companies seems like a lucrative long term move.

Isn't that just a classic example of the broken window fallacy?

http://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/08/broken-window-fal...

I'm not at all an expert, but from my limited perspective this looks like a problem that blockchain could potentially help with in the future.

It seems like someone could implement an open source system of smart contracts that automatically pay out healthcare costs and distribute expenses in a transparent and agreed upon way. The organization could have an extremely decreased overhead compared to a physical company because it would need almost no staff or infrastructure, and if everyone can see the source for how money moves as well as the distributed ledger for how spending works it would be highly corruption resistant while still allowing for security of doctor-patient confidentiality due to the encrypted nature of blockchain.

Of course it would by default being extremely susceptible to external abuse, would have a ton of complexities in interfacing with the healthcare system, and wouldn't be viable until/unless blockchain and related tech matures and gains mass market acceptance.

I could be totally wrong about the approach, but I'm really hopeful for the tech world to be able to make a dent in this mess. Hopefully some people with more experience have better ideas.

I also had this error after getting the second office. The game itself is great though.