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Do you not think it's common now? Maybe the reason why we don't have such a stigma towards it (in terms of worry being talked about surrounding legalization) is because the reports of stoned persons killing people is less common?

Do you feel like you could back up this fear with data, proving the fear reality, or do you feel like it might be a fear of the unknown?
So I currently live in Tennessee near where the incident took place (the vehicle owner is a relatively well-known spinal surgeon in Nashville) and I can tell you that the interstates in this part of the country are relatively desolate and do not present an attractive option for pulling over. Outside of the cities, there are miles between exits and the area is heavily wooded with little amenities nearby. After having driven on I-24 for a time, I can relate with the author when he states "I just wanted to make it home". If his car seemed "driveable" at the time, I too would've chalked it up to bad luck and tried to survey the damage at home rather than getting stranded on a interstate shoulder. Just a hypothesis offering some context for the basis of his decisions.
Flagged off the front page? The day news of the 3rd fire broke there were two stories that made it to the front page and between them both covered pretty much the entire working day.
As a person with HBP who actively monitors it, I can tell you this much. Sodium intake definitely affects my blood pressure. It goes like this, the higher my intake the shittier I feel. I'm not saying sodium is the main or only cause of HBP, it seems to affect some more then others, and there may be other underlining causes. But to call it a myth is downright ridiculous.
How about making it output video, with a rolling average over the previous N frames. Then you can experiment with having the brightness of a pixel impact how many frames are affected. For example, make brighter pixels have a longer impact to get light streaks, or have darker pixels last longer for a kind of hdr effect.
It follows us around forever. Any mistake or error you make will haunt you til the rest of your days.

I can't help but think that we've crossed that bridge, and that in the near future everything about anyone will forever be obtainable. Avoiding this situation will require collaboration around safeguarding individual privacy on a scale we haven't accomplished up to now.
Exactly. The tesla cars are just too delicate. You definitely can't have one without warranty. And I say this as an Elon Musk admirer.
For those questioning whether having and enforcing laws that protect cyclists may help:

In Germany, drivers are obligated to look back over their shoulder when they make a right-turn to make sure they don't run over a cyclist. This law is being actively taught, checked during the driver test, and enforced.

In Poland, a similar law was passed only 2 years ago. Driving a bicycle in Poland is considered more dangerous than driving one in Germany - cycle trip guides (that run through both countries) specifically mention that one should be much more careful around crossings and cars turning right in Poland.

Berlin, where I live, is quite close to Poland, so there are often polish drivers around. I'm careful in general, because there are enough inattentive German drivers... but once they've seen me because they've overtaken me, they will make sure not to run me over. Polish drivers, on the other hand, expect that the cyclist will give way in certain situations (i.e. they make a right turn across a bike lane) - because they have learned it that way in driving school and it works this way in their home country. Luckily, it always worked out, but I had several very close encounters with Polish drivers.

So, yes, having and enforcing laws to protect cyclists do help and increase safety.

(I may add that I don't hold a grudge against Polish people - in fact, most I've met are more easy going and less grumpy than the average German :-) I'm glad they passed this law recently and I'm sure the situation will improve in the long term).
> Without proper Trademark law, it is impossible to build up a "trustful" relationship between a company and its customers.

I disagree. This can still be achieved with the right (non legal) infrastructure to protect your brand i.e. an official Twitter account or domain name that can be used to identify the "legitimate" products from a company. It would be a much better tradeoff to the current cannibalistic nature of our current trademark laws that cripple the development of truly wonderful games like Pokemon Generations [1] while they milk the brand to death by regurgitating the same game with new Pokemon year after year.

[1] http://www.indiedb.com/games/pokemon-generations/news/change...
This would be the top comment on reddit.
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I am not implying that it did explode in a fireball. We see the evidence several times now that it was a controlled, escapable loss of property, which is an ideal worst-case. I was replying to the "what could have happened if" innuendo about combustion engines.
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Why doesn't it deploy over one's back?
I suspect the number of cars less than a year old that catch fire after striking road debris is vanishly small.

I have nothing other than anecdotes to support my claim, but those anecdotes are based on a little shy of a decade as a firefighter.
I find this to be an interesting point. I'd reckon the laws wouldn't change.

Pilots, who fly with autopilot still have to be attentive to potential failures within the system. I find it really fascinating that we'd hold cars to lesser scrutiny, because if these cars show up in the marketplace, and thousands or accidents are blamed on them, they could be set back by years, or worse, banned.
Is that truly armor?

I can't find what the base plate is made of, but I would be very surprised if it was "armor" as used in military vehicles.

I would guess shielding or impact protection are better, more objective terms to describe it. And yes, it will probably be stronger than in a gasoline car because of the fire risk.
What do you expect to happen? To the extent that the battery is compromised, the water is mostly going to make it short to itself, and it isn't as if a raging battery fire is going to be a better situation for the apparently trapped occupant (the only time the immediate car environment is particularly troublesome).

(The linked manual specifies using water to cool the battery and discusses observation procedures to limit the risk of re-ignition...)
I did much the same thing in Australia for nigh on 18 months. Good thing is, in the outback you can pull up pretty much anywhere, drive a little into the side of the road, watch the spectacular sunsets and go to sleep. Bad thing is, there are lots of brown snakes (deadly, but diurnal) and scorpions (very painful, nocturnal). In the big cities, I camped out near university campuses and truck stops for access to bathrooms etc. Most seaside towns have "surf livesaver" clubs with showers, sometimes with hot water. You could of course just swim in the ocean. I also fashioned a shower out of a hose that I would attach to the taps in public toilets if I was desperate for one. I miss that lifestyle.
I think the job situation in Istanbul is more complicated if you don't speak Turkish. My Singaporean gf (native English, excellent education) had a lot of trouble finding office work in Istanbul. I believe Turkish is spoken throughout most companies.

Just as you say, after Istanbul every city feels empty and lifeless!
The law is not the end-all-be-all for moral debate, and he raises a reasonable point.
I very clearly mentioned in my original comment that there are other studies that show no effects. My point was and still is that if there are some studies that show negative effects and some studies that show no negative effects, the latter do not (for me at least) cancel out the former. It is entirely possible that there are negative effects that are not picked up by some studies. The fact that the FDA believes that MSG is "generally recognized as safe" does not guarantee it is safe. To use my previous example, the FDA also used to believe that trans fats were safe.

So all my comments have been logically consistent with each other and my actual honest opinion. Thus they are quite undeserving of your half thought out response.
Zurich is VERY expensive.Switzerland is expensive in general.
How about some emergency equipment electric power dischargers? You could discharge huge amounts of energy in the form of steam. Just include a collapsible nozzle to direct the steam into the sky. Maybe this could be built into fire trucks?
Great point. I feel like your highlighting the core issue this is bringing up: worker autonomy.

IMO, why wouldn't you want more worker autonomy than less when it comes down to knowledge based crafting? We see innovation as the key to success in reality, yet managers and executives FEAR it I say!
I suspect people are using granddaddy more often for emphasis, as in "the king of a social networks--Facebook", not describing how old they are, since that comment was followed by details on how big Facebook is.

Not saying I like it, but that's what I took it to mean.
Here's an interactive Ulam spiral with adjustable parameters.

http://bl.ocks.org/syntagmatic/5070320

Open it fullscreen, lower the size and increase the "max" variable to render more numbers. If you've got a Retina display, the size goes down to 0.5 to take advantage of that. You'll see the long diagonal lines mentioned in the article.
I think so. There's a big difference between coding every day and coding all day. Sometimes I only get one or two commits in. I spend the rest of my time running, rock climbing, reading, and socializing. Not having a TV or Netflix subscription really helps my productivity.

Also, I want to write software. If I didn't, doing it every day would take phenomenal willpower.
The Tesla Model S may have provided clearer information, but presumably all that would've happened if you hadn't stopped would be that your car would've been a total write-off. In the case of the Tesla Model S this was actually the best case scenario, and they're portraying the fact that this was only a spectacularly fiery total write-off and no-one was injured as a victory.
1. not mourning but stating a fact and also successfully got people to comment and provide feedback.

2. as an uninformed participant, even if 9/10 are deemed irrelevant information any incremental and relevant information will be beneficial in my decision-making. I have my own opinion but opinions are usually just that. Opinions formed through ignorance when there are market participants willing to provide insight in order to help me better prepare for what's to come is a naive way to attack this problem.

I simply asked for advice. Insight. I know when to pull the trigger and know how to pull it. I just want to know before I pull the trigger, do I have as much information to form my own opinion. When you don't know enough to even form you own opinion, then what good does going with instinct do?
In the company I work for, it is mandatory. 1 or 2 hours per week. Choose your subject among those we need to master and take time to read, think and get better.
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This was noted two days ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6692051

This is a general trend though: Tesla's overreach regarding the NHTSA rating was on the front page for more than a day, whereas NHTSA's statement regarding Tesla's misinterpretation was not even on the front page for a few hours.
You should probably stay off the roads then. The good news is the data suggests the roads will become safer as more states legalize (stoned drivers are vastly more cautious than drunk drivers).
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>Yes, normal combustion engines catch on fire, but they don't explode in a fireball when they hit debris on the highway (there is absolutely nothing rare about hitting debris on the highway).

That is not true. Here's a case of a car catching fire after being hit by cardboard boxes.

http://www.ksl.com/?sid=25850334

The Tesla in the story was hit by a tow hitch looks like this. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-A22JVrgZjqY/TzKFRNPUN1I/AAAAAAAADh...

I find it very surprising that you think it's common for cars to run over things like that on the road and keep going. I or the people I know have never driven over something like that.

From Wikipedia:

>Road debris is a hazard[5] that can cause fishtailing and damage like a flat tire or even a traffic accident with injury[6] or death. Road debris can cause loss of control crashes, rollover crashes, or penetration of the passenger compartment by the debris.[1][7]

>Released in early 2013, NHTSA data for 2011 showed over 800 Americans were killed that year in vehicle collisions with road debris. Mississippi, Wyoming, Arkansas, Kentucky and Louisiana were the top five states for these crash deaths to most likely occur. Also in 2011, New York and Massachusetts saw significant increases in road debris-vehicular crash deaths, unlike other big, populated states.[8] In 2004, a AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety study revealed that vehicle-related road debris caused 25,000 accidents—and nearly 100 deaths—each year

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road_debris#Effects
I had the opportunity to witness a live demo of this API during Steel City Ruby Conf 13. I create new objects without a second thought, but it was just so awesome to see an actual flying drone and know that it was created with the following code:

drone = Argus::Drone.new
That went over my head. What do you mean?

When making a risotto I might use 100g of parmesan cheese, which can amount to ~8g of MSG according to the internets, plus eat tomatoes on the side. That's the equivalent of 12g of Ajinomoto, I can't imagine adding that much to any dish.
Google tries to crawl pages that might exist
The Google bot has recently started randomly crawling pages, specially for profile and news pages e.g. /profile/<random_name> or /news/<random_id>

Neither the profile or news path prefix are used in my site's urls.

Some examples random names were “BobHope” and “suitcase_murphy” these aren't included or related to the site in question at all.

I'm not complaining this is just an observation, has this happened to anyone else?
Ah, so this was just lifted from the webpage source?
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> old Subaru Justy whose floor pan had been rusting for years

Now, if Tesla S floor pans never rust, then I'd agree with your conclusion.
I think the fundamental difference UK versus USA, is that it is very hard to inflame passions in the UK about abstractions. Concrete examples of abuse are needed to arouse our ire, and we only get angry at the actual abuse, not the potential for it. So for example, we get more annoyed about police undercover spies having sex under false pretences, than about the fact that there were police undercover spies in peaceful protest groups (despite the fact that is clearly egregious overkill and bad for democracy).
With all due respect to lobster_johnson but I think that you are just in love and blinded by the complexity of Puppet.

I have used Puppet in production in my 2 previous jobs and once I found Ansible that was like why puppet could not be as simple as Ansible. With Ansible, you do not have to draw or understand any freaking graphs of dependency and the only logic is the order of tasks you list them in yaml files and the order of how you include yaml files in runbooks. I think that a first grade student will easily be able to understand the order of how tasks are going to be executed. In comparison to Puppet, in order to achieve the right order of executions you will need to write all these require and what not. At the end of the days, a lot of people are going to be so mad at themselves because puppet fails them in the best possible ways.

Don't dismiss something too quickly as poor man's puppet solution where Ansible users are laughing to the banks because we save tons of times with Ansible and finish our works in PREDICTABLE fashions 100% of the times with little sweat. You can go ahead and spend all your times with your fancy graphs of dependency and write puppet modules that you and only you will understand. We, Ansible users, will not face with such problems because a new or veteran Ansible user will be able to understand the exact same things as how the automation of our tasks will be.

And I do not know if puppet's documentation is the problem or not and I do not think that is the case. There have been plenty books and articles written about puppet and people should be able to read them and become better at that. I personally bought 2 books on Puppet, read ways to many articles written on the web about puppet and at the end of the day it is not only because of the DSL, dependency nightmares, complexity in getting a master/slave environment up but because puppet has tried to make something better but on the other hands make other things way more too complicated than needed.

Poor you my friend for only seeing one tree in a forest. I know that a lot of people are reluctant to change because they have invested heavily in the times, money, efforts in something like puppet and they simply do not want to give puppet up. It all boils down to whether you ask yourself if you could do something better and question the norms. It does not mean that something has been around for many years is the best thing and it does not mean because you use it I have to use it too. We all have choices and we all want better things than that shiny thing on the pedestal.
If any shopify folks still reading this, have you had any issues with your bank refusing to do business with merchants that accept bitcoin? Been hearing that new bitcoin companies are having problems along these lines, due to increasing FDIC scrutiny.
Unless I'm missing something, all the examples in that PEP are first-order. There's no discussion of what the semantics is in the higher-order case. Pyret's annotations are perfectly well-defined and draw on a long history of research of getting these very subtle cases right (starting with Findler and Felleisen's ICFP 2002 paper). There's much more to this than just syntax.
This is one of the most annoying things I've experienced! You can nuke all these emails if you add the "Unsubscribe" keyword to your filters.
Yes, that was my impression. If he hit one like the one I have for pulling a large travel trailer, it is a bit larger than the one in your picture, and probably weighs about 25 lb. I wouldn't expect many cars to hit that thing without taking some potentially serious damage. example: http://imgur.com/8Fa0CVf
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It can also be seen as an economic goal, and that some in the Western business environment might actually be jealous of the exit visa policy.
Works great until that group includes, even if by proxy, someone from IRS IT.

Have you ever dealt with any of them? I suspect not, for it's in my experience unforgettable, and unique compared to every other governmental IT person I've ever dealt with.

See this diagram drawn from the first set of hearings:

I have no idea what HHS's computer systems role in this is ... well, tracking, I suppose. Healthcare.gov is for managing enrollment in plans; does it's remit even include knowing who has what at the moment?

"SSN" is I assume the Social Security Administration, and I also assume is to verify citizenship.

IRS in theory has all the relevant income data and is the non-criminal enforcer.

Equifax is also used for income verification, suggesting IRS isn't up to delivering all that's needed, or not reliable enough. Not part of the government, fortunately!
+1. +1,000,000 if I could.
a) The way you stated it implies that it is ALWAYS an accident, never a crime.

b) The article claimed so.

> “We do not know of a single case of a cyclist fatality in which the driver was prosecuted, except for D.U.I. or hit-and-run,” Leah Shahum, the executive director of the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition, told me.
Of course they are, facebook handles petrabytes of data. Their infrastructure will fall apart without such projects.
Seconded. It's also a great city, nice and green, busy and supportive tech scene (monthly meetups and conferences) and thanks to the festivals in August the best shows and artists from around the world will be on your doorstep for a great night out. Add in what Glasgow has to offer (eg great live music gigs) a mere 50mins by train away for even more plus points.
Fair enough, and definitely agree with not making something you wouldn't use. (The "most [existing] stand-alone tools aren't flexible enough" problem is, however, one of the reasons why there's so much room to do better...)
Not sure about the startup scene here, but the major tech employers I know about in Bozo are RightNow/Oracle, Zoot and Montana State University. Keep in mind, though, that one doesn't move to Montana for the salary. Also, real estate in the Gallatin valley is expensive compared to other places in MT. I moved back to MT (grew up in Butte) 2 years ago and while the salary isn't great, it beats the hell out of Los Angeles traffic.
And furthermore they've always been unusually aggressive in protecting what they perceive/claim to be their IP rights. They tried to sue rentals stores and Game Genies out of existence even before the Super Nintendo was a thing.
If the water is flooding the battery compartment and basically shorting between every positive and negative terminal of every cell simultaneously inside the armored battery compartment, I very much doubt this puts someone walking near the car at risk of themselves becoming a short circuit.

Please think a little about the geometry of the situation.

EDIT: Okay, physics challenged people out there: electricity tries to take the shortest route of least resistance. Please use reasoning more sophisticated than: "Water! Electricity! Oh Noes!"
This is related to a broader international anti-slavery campaign, as the exit visa system is essentially the instrument for enforcing wage slavery in Qatar. cf. recent Guardian articles related to the world cup construction:

http://www.theguardian.com/global-development/video/2013/sep...

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/25/revealed-qatars...
Hey Paul, I worked there a couple of years ago -- 2 mins from the Copper Tower -- but came back to UK, reluctantly. I'd come back at the drop of a hat.

I tried to get things going when I was there, particularly at the Málaga tech park.

I'd love to know what's going on.
You ever seen Amsterdam traffic? Lots of cyclists ignore red lights etc, etc, etc, and yet for some odd reason that's not considered an excuse for just running them over with your car.

I totally get the American argument in favor of the right to bear arms, but at least that's based on the assumption of responsible gun ownership.

When it comes to cars however, any sense of responsibility seems to go out of the window. Cars and bicycles aren't equals, a car is a heavy piece of machinery that can kill a grown man in an instant. The driver of a car has a much, much greater responsibility to the safety of those around them.
Yeah. Notice that these fires have mostly been from damage to the front of the battery pack, well away from where the fuel tank is in other cards.