ExLisper

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[–] ExLisper@linux.community -1 points 2 years ago

If the manufacturer is building cars according to the specs defined by the law how can he be sued? Also, what do you care if the manufacturer will be sued?

[–] ExLisper@linux.community 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Use chrome for government sites and Firefox for everything else.

[–] ExLisper@linux.community 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Do you actually know how often it occurs? Of course not. There's no way to tell because the people that decide it's "erratic race to hospital time" are not doctors so they have no idea if they are saving lives or just putting more people in danger.

Also, your old adage makes no sense here. Erratic driving is not something that you have stored in your basement and can take out and use in case of emergency. It's something people do all the time for no reason and it kill thousands of people every year. You're talking about it like racing to a hospital with a dying person was the main reason why people drive like crazy. It's not. It's insignificant % of all the erratic driving cases.

Again, I'm sure there are good reasons to oppose automatic driving patterns detection. This is not one of them.

[–] ExLisper@linux.community 7 points 2 years ago (5 children)

On the other hand I can think of many more cases when someone was killed by erratic driver. It kind of sounds like you're ignoring something occurring every day and focusing on fantasy scenario. It's obvious that eliminating even 1% of accidents caused by erratic drivers would save more lives than people racing to hospitals do.

I'm not saying that shutting off cars based on some AI analyzing your driving patterns is a good idea but you really need to think about another argument than "this one guy would probably die this one time".

Also, that's what ambulances are for. Fixing the ambulance service would be a better idea than hoping people will manage to race to hospitals without killing anyone.

[–] ExLisper@linux.community 3 points 2 years ago

Actually most conditions that are as debilitating as pregnancy would qualify you for sick leave or (if prolongled) disability. At least where I live. I understand sick leave is another issue in USA but denying care to pregnant women doesn't really solve anything here. In this case they are pretty much saying that even though pregnancy is not a sickness it shout still get people some limited protection.

[–] ExLisper@linux.community 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Of course, they would just shoot people.

[–] ExLisper@linux.community 6 points 2 years ago

AFAIK Minecraft is not like water, you can live without it.

[–] ExLisper@linux.community 3 points 2 years ago

A lot of tourists go to Rome you know. In Spain Burger king is usually full of tourists while locals eat tapas.

[–] ExLisper@linux.community 23 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Corporations are making more money as everyone suffers? Everything according to the plan then.

[–] ExLisper@linux.community 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I still don't understand why PDAs are no longer a thing. Make a phone a bit thicker, add ports, thumb keyboard... I remember being able to SSH to servers from my Zaurus and actually do things using the hardware keyboard. Or SSH to my n900 and install packages there. With android I just lost the interest. It doesn't feel like a personal computer anymore.

[–] ExLisper@linux.community 7 points 2 years ago

Yep, corporations denied us this feature long enough that most of us gave up and stopped trying. Sometimes I wish I was just another mindless consumer loving everything that's new and shiny instead of liking actually useful things...

[–] ExLisper@linux.community 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I never wanted kids but if I could get 40 hours off for having one I would have like 10. /s

Seriously, it's just 40 hours that most women will use once or twice in their lives and they get it for doing something exhausting, very painful and pretty dangerous. On top of that as society you actually need at least some women to do it. Are people really jealous about 40 hours of leave sprinkled on top of the shit experience that pregnancy is? That's some new levels of egoism...

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