JonKramer, CIS-HET @JonKramer@social.cleverlibre.org

@SNerd , maybe it's because I have flown a plane, and know what an aircraft autopilot is. It lightens the workload, and allows the piolets to focus on other things than keeping the plane in it's lane. It won't close the doors, taxi the plane, check for damage, monitor the engines, or take off and land the plane, although there are some systems that can take off and land planes... Calling the tesla system "autopilot" is totally fair and inline with what a plane has.

And it works better than the typical human driver.

I have preordered an electric car, and it will come with a https://www.comma.ai/ system.

@SNerd , so your primary complaint is what it is called? You overlook that you are about 1/10th as likely to get in an accident with 'autopilot' running, which means it is demonstrably safer than a human driver. And not in a small way. You skip over that and your complaint is the name??

I will look at the data, and not care if it is called 'anal sex' or anything else. Call it 'the only way you make it home alive', and I;m fine. Because I have 1/10 the rate of accidents with it on. I want there to be insurance discounts, and possibly government mandates to use it, under ANY name. Because it saves lives. And whatever makes it sell better, I am in favor of.

@SNerd , why do you call it dangerous? What do you think of the other systems in competing car brands?

"0.18 accidents per million miles
New data released in its Impact Report show that Tesla vehicles with Autopilot engaged (mostly highway miles) had just 0.18 accidents per million miles driven, compared to the US vehicle average of 1.53 accidents per million miles.Apr 27, 2023"

https://thedriven.io/2023/04/27/accident-rate-for-tesla-80-lower-than-us-average-with-fsd/#:~:text=New%20data%20released%20in%20its,1.53%20accidents%20per%20million%20miles.

@chameleon_muse on the good side, is I have this weird tomato that is about the size of a medium blueberry that I think is well established. And should reseed itself.

@bruce My 8-ball says the same damn thing! WTF does that even mean???

@theropologist No one got tine for dat.

@chameleon_muse , every single one of my heirloom tomato seedlings died this year. I am so disappointed.

@olimould , that is masterful!

When I post, feel free to challenge me. I have no doubt I hold ideas that are wrong. I don't know which ideas those are, or I would change my POV. But I know, based on my past, that I am not right all the time. Just be honest, sincere, and logical and we will get alone swimmingly.

@freemo Text is not the best way to convey complex issues. Ya, it's OK to disagree, as long as everyone is arguing in good faith, and I don't even need to assume you are.

@freemo , because the game is already fixed, and we don't get to stop playing. So cheat a bit, to make it more fair.

@freemo , and to make it more clear, my position that is, is the King was too soft. I am more of a Huey Newton fan.

@freemo , It's just playing the odds. I am not sure what objectively can be done to address 400 years of history. The system has too much momentum. I don't think there is any objectively more efficient way to address the problem of racism, except with "reverse" racism. At some point in the future, there may be. But with current conditions, I just don't see an alternative. This might explain my position a bit better:

https://jemartisby.substack.com/p/the-letter-from-white-clergymen-that

@freemo like I said, I agree in principle. But a history of being punched in the face by society should bump someone up a bit on those lists. And can reasonably be a deciding factor.

That being said, I doubt Biden is qualified to make these choices. I want to see some outside agencies weighing in.

@freemo ya, Harris is awful. Zero doubt. She shouldn't be on that list... but she "was that little girl" too. And being on that list, Jerome or Shnikwa is more likely to viscerally understand the issues.

@freemo , EVERYONE on that list has either created a horrible record, or otherwise been abusive. The ones who are on that list who have brown skin got there because the current system has required them to be 'tough on crime'. There is no avoiding this. We can dismiss all minorities who have not had to make their mark this way, and maybe let the next generation address the problem... But that just perpetuates appointing those white men who didn't have to prove they were tough on crime by being outspoken jerks to their own.

It's a tough choice.

@LadyDragonfly , and the "IA" is shorthand for "CIA". it's all a phycological warfare campaign to make the USA Marxist!!! /s

@freemo , I understand your argument, but the guys who advocate for Hitler were not on that list.

@freemo , also, just making those lists means you are qualified to do the job. We don't need (or want) to demand the manager of the local Kroger has a PhD in economics.

@freemo , because they are most likely to have a person history, experience, with the problems that face the lowest castes in our society, and possibly the most sympathy for them. It's just the odds.