The Atlantic | Neal Stephenson’s Most Stunning Prediction
The sci-fi legend coined the term metaverse. But he was most prescient about our AI age. By Matteo Wong
oh my. the... motorized pedestrian truck driver klaus. haven't seen this gem in some time.
Have you heard of “pedestrian controlled” trucks
they are called forklifts and they are around for quite some time now 😆
point A and B are already known for each route, so more of the route could be “hardcoded”
yeah, and it is all good until there is any kind of non-standard situation on that road.
luckily for truckers, i think that truly self-driving cars are further into the future than their proponents would like you to believe.
this is (wants to be) commercial service operated by private business and has no relation to your government and how it handles healthcare.
Why I think this is dystopian: the rich are spending their money to fly their pets on private jets instead of, I don’t know
the rich are already spending their money on flying their pets private; this article is about scheduled service, which is exact opposite of private flying.
putting your dog into cargo space of an airplane is a lottery that may not end well: there have been stories where the dog was left on tarmac in extreme temperatures and died from overheating, even when its owner paid some premium package that promised to handle the dog with extra care, for example.
so while we should definitely think twice if we need to use the airplane for a week long vacation we will spend drinking margaritas by the hotel pool, if i were offered a job across the ocean, being able to get my dog with me and being sure she survives the trip would be a deal-breaker for me.
what is notable here is it seems to me that at this point it is project that exists in a dream of some marketing expert who knows more about hipster bulls..t than dogs, so we will have to wait if the service actually lifts off the ground to see how it looks in reality.
from the article:
Before boarding, dogs will be treated to calming pheromones, music and colors they like best.
right, dog's favorite color... 😂
there could easily be one foldable kennel on board for such occasion. also - muzzles.
because blocked is considered good and federated bad... i assume.
might be. might also be miui thing, i don't know.
the fact remains that (android does x) does not equal to (some subset of android does x)
edit: seems the function was added in adroid 12 - https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/06/uk-police-blame-android-for-record-number-of-false-emergency-calls/
which means that as of right now it is available to 60% of android users - https://gs.statcounter.com/android-version-market-share/mobile/worldwide/
Which Android version are you on?
10 qkq1.190910.002
Right, correcting your incorrect information is "weird flex". What are you, five?
On my Mi Max 3 it does not work as well. In "configure buttons" section of menu there is no call emergency number action, neither is there press [any button] five times trigger available. So clearly the function your phone has is not universal. What a wild world do we live in!
i would guess these would be last. the garbage cans are not on the highway, they are in potentially hard accessible places, where some maneuvering and judgement may be required.