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In places like Manhattan I expect people will learn they can just walk in front of them which will basically re-write the rules of right of way on the streets and highways allowing pedestrians, cyclists, scooter users, etc. to claim rights of way. It has the potential to greatly increase traffic co...

It’s hard to imagine a future where self governing cars have carte Blanche to just mow people over and get away with it. If they do, perhaps we could carry car-disabling firearms to fire upon any autonomous vehicles before they kill us. Maybe a new business venture will provide wireless scrambling ...

In places like Manhattan I expect people will learn they can just walk in front of them which will basically re-write the rules of right of way on the streets and highways allowing pedestrians, cyclists, scooter users, etc. to claim rights of way. It has the potential to greatly increase traffic co...

Also, it is substantially easier to design a self-driving vehicle that is constrained to a few square miles of one urban area with staff available to extract vehicles from pinches. I have some questions how self driving tech will work out in dense urban areas with pedestrian culture. Drivers that h...

.... None of us have the capability to drill our own oil and refine it into gasoline in our backyards and farms. .... Actually, when I was a child, a farmer in our congregation DID refine his own oil, and sold it as well (but maybe not gasoline - I just remember the oil). (His main business was a d...

As a "car guy" myself (and as far back as I can recall), and also someone who participates on half a dozen different automobile forums, the majority opinion among such people (and it isn't all just men, either - there are some really sharp "car ladies" too) is that since the manu...

First thought: Jesus was assuring them of certain facts (that is, certainties), but on the other hand acknowledging that the path laid out for him was not an easy one.

I approve this message. Be wise, some will say all mental health struggles can be solved by rebuking the devil, or applying more discipline and some will say they can all be resolved with medication. But remember Jesus commonly didn't distinguish between the spiritual and the physical, his healing ...

It looks like alcohol may have played a role in this incident but there is plenty of video evidence on YouTube that modern people have foolish ideas about wildlife. I once was traveling with a friend from Hong Kong and we had to slow for a herd of deer. I had to lock the door to keep him from getti...

I didn't even get to bed before I repented of laughing about this. (Time in the shower is often a time of reflection for me.)