Interesting Links for 21-12-2024

[andrewducker]

1. Unionist parties to pull Stormont Brake for first time

(tags:politics NorthernIreland europe uk doom )

2. Doctors Without Borders exposes Israel's campaign of total destruction

(tags:genocide israel palestine )

3. Waymo Autonomous Vehicles Are Safer Than Latest-Generation Human-Driven Vehicles

(tags:driving automation safety )

4. Poll: Scottish Independence support at 59% if Scotland ditches monarchy

(tags:scotland independence monarchy )

5. Elon Musk Took $190 Million Away From Kids With Cancer

(tags:ElonMusk cancer children )

Comments

[ninetydegrees]

5) The Snopes article explains in details, with sources, what they mean exactly. That title is a bit sensationalist though not really untrue either.

[movingfinger]

Mileage numbers on "self-driving" cars should be viewed skeptically, as they spend a lot of time driving empty at night around the blocks of the quieter outer neighborhoods of San Francisco in order to clock uneventful, traffic-less, pedestrian-less miles.

[bens_dad]

That is interesting to know.

Is there anything quotable confirming this, or is this from personal knowledge ?

[calimac]

3) Self-driving cars may be, on average, safer than human drivers - though I'm not trusting anything that comes from the car manufacturer's own website - but when they do cause accidents, they are real grotesque things that no human driver would commit.

I'm not counting self-driving vehicles as safe, nor am I in favor of letting them loose on public streets, until that caveat ceases to be the case.