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• New note by bobjonkman 14 May 2022
  "A Supreme Court that doesn't give a damn what the public wants ... is exactly what a Supreme Court is for, actually." True enough. But elected representatives in government *are* supposed to do what people want, that's why they get elected. If they had fulfilled their obligations to actually represent the citizens' wants then the […]
• bobjonkman repeated a notice by clacke 14 May 2022
  RT @clacke People, not all people but most people, are angry about the wrong thing. I agree that Roe v Wade being canceled is a bad outcome. I agree that women should have the right to their bodies, but here's my possibly unpopular take: A Supreme Court that doesn't give a damn what the public […]
• New note by bobjonkman 12 May 2022
  It's the middle of May, I'm sitting outside in 28C weather, just 100km west of Toronto, and the Leafs are *still* playing hockey?
• bobjonkman repeated a notice by guizzy 12 May 2022
  RT @guizzy @vriska I would wait before celebrating just yet. Never underestimate the Leafs ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
• New note by bobjonkman 12 May 2022
  It seems the state-of-the-art for autonomous vehicles is worse than I thought. Still, with the number of bad drivers on the road now, replacing them with bad robocars is still likely to be an improvement.
• bobjonkman repeated a notice by geniusmusing 12 May 2022
  RT @geniusmusing @lnxw48a1 @bobjonkman They are still not ready or someone had interfered with their learning... :P Cars With Active Driving Assistance Tech Crash During AAA Test https://gizmodo.com/tesla-active-driving-assistance-autonomous-cars-aaa-1848916830 >Despite lofty performance promises from carmakers seeking an autonomous future, recent testing from AAA revealed “inconsistent performance” with more basic active driving assistance (ADA) that resulted in […]
• Favorite 12 May 2022
  bobjonkman favorited something by geniusmusing: @lnxw48a1 @bobjonkman They are still not ready or someone had interfered with their learning... :P Cars With Active Driving Assistance Tech Crash During AAA Testhttps://gizmodo.com/tesla-active-driving-assistance-autonomous-cars-aaa-1848916830 >Despite lofty performance promises from carmakers seeking an autonomous future, recent testing from AAA revealed “inconsistent performance” with more basic active driving assistance (ADA) that […]
• New note by bobjonkman 12 May 2022
  OTOH, when the self-driving cars have to make a trolley decision and decide to veer into a mailbox or a fire hydrant that's really me on a bicycle, then I'm blaming you.
• bobjonkman repeated a notice by lnxw48a1 12 May 2022
  RT @lnxw48a1 One thing I do with CAPTCHAs is to always include one wrong item in the "click all the boats/bicycles/traffic lights". After 3-4 rounds, it usually lets me in anyway, and whatever killer robot I'm training will waste bullets attacking mailboxes and fire hydrants and skipping people on bicycles and motorcycles.
• Favorite 12 May 2022
  bobjonkman favorited something by lnxw48a1: One thing I do with CAPTCHAs is to always include one wrong item in the "click all the boats/bicycles/traffic lights". After 3-4 rounds, it usually lets me in anyway, and whatever killer robot I'm training will waste bullets attacking mailboxes and fire hydrants and skipping people on bicycles and motorcycles.