So. I do have to be honest here, and admit that I am getting quite discomforted by the growing feeling that I am not really sure what I am going to get when I vote in a Labour government.
I still strongly believe that Labour are the only realistic choice for the country now, and I cannot support the Tories. But in moves like the defection I do fear that Starmer is starting to look like the same boss as before, his pitch simply being that he’ll manage things a bit more competently.
Starmer is not going to be able to be all things to all people eventually. To govern is to choose. Will we get any kind of idea what choice that will be before we vote, or is that choice going to be made after the event? I do not really relish the idea of voting and not knowing what flavour of government I am going to get.
Is there a policy that if it's adopted would reassure you on this front? Or is it more of a 'tone' thing?
A very good question. I suspect more the latter. I think what I really want to see is Labour having an ambitious and hopeful plan for government that changes things. I get that they are worried about overcommitting, but I want to see that recognition that things aren’t working and that if they want to avoid continuing the decline they will have to put steps in place (even if they are baby steps) to start the recovery.
The country’s problems will not be fixed overnight simply by planning reform, as good a policy as that might be. We need some more meat on the bones, but also a real understanding that we need change. It’s what the country wants and needs, it’s time to emphasise that. It’s not just about the Tories being useless at governing, it’s the fact that their policies don’t work, and won’t work.
I feel the same really. It's just that being a party member, and also very anti-tory, my overriding desire is to see a big Labour win at the GE, and given SKS looks like delivering it I cut him lots of slack on his strategy and tactics at this point. Fwiw I'm quite hopeful about how he'll be once in power. I think he'll be more radical (in a good way) than people are assuming.
I think my next car will be a plug-in hybrid, but only because they no longer sell the non-hybrid version
Well that's hardly surprising. I will never have a hybrid nor an electric car unless I am priced out fuel. I won't be or very much doubt i will be driving in 2050.
AlphaFold 3 predicts the structure and interactions of all of life’s molecules
Introducing AlphaFold 3, a new AI model developed by Isomorphic Labs and Google DeepMind. By accurately predicting the structure of proteins, DNA, RNA, ligands and more, and how they interact, we hope it will help to transform our understanding of the biological world and drug discovery. ... In a paper published in Nature, we introduce AlphaFold 3, a revolutionary model that can predict the structure and interactions of all life’s molecules with unprecedented accuracy. For the interactions of proteins with other molecule types we see at least a 50% improvement compared with existing prediction methods, and for some important categories of interaction we have doubled prediction accuracy.
Those Apple VR headsets are going to obsolete really quickly.
Excited to share our new Nature paper! In this work, we propose a new display design that pairs inverse-designed metasurface waveguides with AI-driven holographic displays to enable full-color 3D augmented reality from a compact eyeglasses-like form factor... https://twitter.com/GordonWetzstein/status/1788239400025088501
Metasurfaces with features at optical wavelengths are very useful. They'll soon replace most conventional camera lenses, too.
I think my next car will be a plug-in hybrid, but only because they no longer sell the non-hybrid version
Well that's hardly surprising. I will never have a hybrid nor an electric car unless I am priced out fuel. I won't be or very much doubt i will be driving in 2050.
And someone born today will almost certainly never have a petrol powered car.
The reality now seems to be that Labour will hardly be the radical change the country needs. At least the Lib Dems want to change the system of government - major reform of the constitution including voting reform- what changes does SKS want to make, apart from the political brand in charge of the same old decay?
I think my next car will be a plug-in hybrid, but only because they no longer sell the non-hybrid version
Well that's hardly surprising. I will never have a hybrid nor an electric car unless I am priced out fuel. I won't be or very much doubt i will be driving in 2050.
How about ten years from now ?
Though you'll possibly be driven by, rather than driving a car.
I think my next car will be a plug-in hybrid, but only because they no longer sell the non-hybrid version
Well that's hardly surprising. I will never have a hybrid nor an electric car unless I am priced out fuel. I won't be or very much doubt i will be driving in 2050.
And someone born today will almost certainly never have a petrol powered car.
The reality now seems to be that Labour will hardly be the radical change the country needs. At least the Lib Dems want to change the system of government - major reform of the constitution including voting reform- what changes does SKS want to make, apart from the political brand in charge of the same old decay?
But think how different life will be when you watch PMQ's and he's stood on the other side of the table. Real change. Important change.
I can't say I'm impressed by Labour taking Elphicke but as she's not standing again Starmer probably thought 'wtf, why not?'
I’m shocked but it was probably worth it for Starmer as her statement was pure gold in terms of criticisms of Sunak .
It needs a pay off as it's pissed off a lot of his party
The vast majority of the public haven’t got a clue who Elphicke is and will just see Tory MP defects to Labour .
Yes, and he needs that to pay off because his party in Parliament etc do know who Natalie Elphicke is and some are less than happy. Personally I think he's fucked up big time but we will see.
AlphaFold 3 predicts the structure and interactions of all of life’s molecules
Introducing AlphaFold 3, a new AI model developed by Isomorphic Labs and Google DeepMind. By accurately predicting the structure of proteins, DNA, RNA, ligands and more, and how they interact, we hope it will help to transform our understanding of the biological world and drug discovery. ... In a paper published in Nature, we introduce AlphaFold 3, a revolutionary model that can predict the structure and interactions of all life’s molecules with unprecedented accuracy. For the interactions of proteins with other molecule types we see at least a 50% improvement compared with existing prediction methods, and for some important categories of interaction we have doubled prediction accuracy.
The headline is somewhat misleading; it's not quite there yet. And nowhere near predicting all the interactions. Though that's a task completely beyond AI-unassisted humans.
I can't say I know much about Natalie Elphicke and her politics but defectors aren't always the ones you would expect. When I was a Lib Dem, I knew members who were enthusiastic about the party but held views on various subjects which were, shall we say, "interesting".
Some were more anti-Conservative than pro-Lib Dem and had taken their opposition to the extent of joining another party whose raison d'etre was, as they saw it, beating the hated Tories.
My personal experience has been less exciting - my departure from the LDs as a member was a long time in coming but I didn't (and still don't) wish the party ill and they remain the nearest (of an imperfect bunch) to the Governmnet I would like to see in this country. The idea of jumping to another party has never occurred to me but that's not to say I don't find elements of what other parties say attractive and worthy of consideration.
I wish Starmer well if he becomes Prime Minister and why we should criticise his "big tent" when every successful Prime Minister has built a similar electoral coalition I don't know. Johnson's was 75% of the LEAVE vote and the 20% of REMAIN voters who were more terrified of Corbyn as Prime Minister than leaving the EU. Blair's was millions of ex-Thatcherite Conservatives who saw his administration maintaining the post-1979 concensus but without the sleaze.
I think my next car will be a plug-in hybrid, but only because they no longer sell the non-hybrid version
Well that's hardly surprising. I will never have a hybrid nor an electric car unless I am priced out fuel. I won't be or very much doubt i will be driving in 2050.
How about ten years from now ?
Though you'll possibly be driven by, rather than driving a car.
Oh dear, don't make the same mistake Leon did. Over a decade ago, he said all truck drivers would be out of a job in ten years. He was hilariously wrong.
I am very bearish on autonomous driving - at least in the level-5 category, which is the really useful one. We're nowhere near it yet for most purposes, despite what Musky Baby says.
Without being specific the next 5-10 years might see the most exciting technological leaps in the history of humanity. Indeed we are seeing some already. Its an incredibly stimulating and privileged time to be alive, for all the many problems we face
I can't say I'm impressed by Labour taking Elphicke but as she's not standing again Starmer probably thought 'wtf, why not?'
I’m shocked but it was probably worth it for Starmer as her statement was pure gold in terms of criticisms of Sunak .
It needs a pay off as it's pissed off a lot of his party
The vast majority of the public haven’t got a clue who Elphicke is and will just see Tory MP defects to Labour .
Yes, and he needs that to pay off because his party in Parliament etc do know who Natalie Elphicke is and some are less than happy. Personally I think he's fucked up big time but we will see.
This won’t move a single vote for those that were going to vote Labour . And her trashing of Sunak on the borders is what Starmer wanted . Personally I wouldn’t have accepted her into the party but I’m not a duplicitous politician!
I think my next car will be a plug-in hybrid, but only because they no longer sell the non-hybrid version
Well that's hardly surprising. I will never have a hybrid nor an electric car unless I am priced out fuel. I won't be or very much doubt i will be driving in 2050.
How about ten years from now ?
Though you'll possibly be driven by, rather than driving a car.
Oh dear, don't make the same mistake Leon did. Over a decade ago, he said all truck drivers would be out of a job in ten years. He was hilariously wrong.
I am very bearish on autonomous driving - at least in the level-5 category, which is the really useful one. We're nowhere near it yet for most purposes, despite what Musky Baby says.
It's not the same mistake - if it's one at all. You're projecting back to predict ten years from now; that's definitely a mistake.
A Poor decision imo, by Starmer, it makes no difference electorally so why bother. All it will do is piss his base off, and in two years time he is going to need that base, he can win without her intolerant opinions.
I think my next car will be a plug-in hybrid, but only because they no longer sell the non-hybrid version
Well that's hardly surprising. I will never have a hybrid nor an electric car unless I am priced out fuel. I won't be or very much doubt i will be driving in 2050.
So, you'll keep your present car? Or possibly buy a new one this year or next? After that I think electric cars will be so much better, cheaper and more fun that fossil burners. For transparency, I'm driving a Golf GTE plug in hybrid which I bought secondhand for the 'plug in' bit rather than the 'GT' bit. It switches quite seamlessly from electric to petrol when the electric range is reached and you can notice by the driving experience becoming less smooth.
AlphaFold 3 predicts the structure and interactions of all of life’s molecules
Introducing AlphaFold 3, a new AI model developed by Isomorphic Labs and Google DeepMind. By accurately predicting the structure of proteins, DNA, RNA, ligands and more, and how they interact, we hope it will help to transform our understanding of the biological world and drug discovery. ... In a paper published in Nature, we introduce AlphaFold 3, a revolutionary model that can predict the structure and interactions of all life’s molecules with unprecedented accuracy. For the interactions of proteins with other molecule types we see at least a 50% improvement compared with existing prediction methods, and for some important categories of interaction we have doubled prediction accuracy.
The headline is somewhat misleading; it's not quite there yet. And nowhere near predicting all the interactions. Though that's a task completely beyond AI-unassisted humans.
It would be nice if an AI could give us a clue about the origin of a virus which caused a pandemic and about 7 million deaths
I think my next car will be a plug-in hybrid, but only because they no longer sell the non-hybrid version
Well that's hardly surprising. I will never have a hybrid nor an electric car unless I am priced out fuel. I won't be or very much doubt i will be driving in 2050.
And someone born today will almost certainly never have a petrol powered car.
I think my next car will be a plug-in hybrid, but only because they no longer sell the non-hybrid version
Well that's hardly surprising. I will never have a hybrid nor an electric car unless I am priced out fuel. I won't be or very much doubt i will be driving in 2050.
How about ten years from now ?
Though you'll possibly be driven by, rather than driving a car.
Oh dear, don't make the same mistake Leon did. Over a decade ago, he said all truck drivers would be out of a job in ten years. He was hilariously wrong.
I am very bearish on autonomous driving - at least in the level-5 category, which is the really useful one. We're nowhere near it yet for most purposes, despite what Musky Baby says.
It's not the same mistake - if it's one at all. You're projecting back to predict ten years from now; that's definitely a mistake.
No. I'm saying people were very bullish about the tech, which was not as promising as the hype at the time stated. I think we're still in the same position: people are investing billions in the tech, and although good progress has been made, it's still nowhere near the hype.
"You end up with the grotesque chaos of a Labour Opposition – a Labour Opposition – hiring taxis to scuttle round London picking up Tory MPs for photo sessions with the leader."
If Suella Braverman, Miriam Cates, and Mark Francois can all join Natalie Elphicke in defecting then I will be joining JohnO in sharing a bottle of bubbly on Saturday.
I think my next car will be a plug-in hybrid, but only because they no longer sell the non-hybrid version
Well that's hardly surprising. I will never have a hybrid nor an electric car unless I am priced out fuel. I won't be or very much doubt i will be driving in 2050.
How about ten years from now ?
Though you'll possibly be driven by, rather than driving a car.
What's the point of being driven?. Driving is a pleasurable experience.. unless you are driving a shite car that is. .. or spending hours waiting for an injection of electricity.
I think my next car will be a plug-in hybrid, but only because they no longer sell the non-hybrid version
Well that's hardly surprising. I will never have a hybrid nor an electric car unless I am priced out fuel. I won't be or very much doubt i will be driving in 2050.
How about ten years from now ?
Though you'll possibly be driven by, rather than driving a car.
Oh dear, don't make the same mistake Leon did. Over a decade ago, he said all truck drivers would be out of a job in ten years. He was hilariously wrong.
I am very bearish on autonomous driving - at least in the level-5 category, which is the really useful one. We're nowhere near it yet for most purposes, despite what Musky Baby says.
It's worth looking at some example drives with FSD 12.3.6. Admittedly it's California and I think it would have problems in English country roads and say Italy. However, version 12 is much better than the previous version and is improving all the time as the AI is trained on all the data from Tesla cars specifically edge cases. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVILrFldKVc
A Poor decision imo, by Starmer, it makes no difference electorally so why bother. All it will do is piss his base off, and in two years time he is going to need that base, he can win without her intolerant opinions.
You’d be surprised how forgiving Labour people can be when someone who they hated previously trashes the current PM and more especially his so called strong on borders policy . I never could stand Elphicke but , the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
A Poor decision imo, by Starmer, it makes no difference electorally so why bother. All it will do is piss his base off, and in two years time he is going to need that base, he can win without her intolerant opinions.
You’d be surprised how forgiving Labour people can be when someone who they hated previously trashes the current PM and more especially his so called strong on borders policy . I never could stand Elphicke but , the enemy of my enemy is my friend.
Some of the briefings being given to journos by her new friends are ummmm less than friendly
A Poor decision imo, by Starmer, it makes no difference electorally so why bother. All it will do is piss his base off, and in two years time he is going to need that base, he can win without her intolerant opinions.
"You end up with the grotesque chaos of a Labour Opposition – a Labour Opposition – hiring taxis to scuttle round London picking up Tory MPs for photo sessions with the leader."
If Suella Braverman, Miriam Cates, and Mark Francois can all join Natalie Elphicke in defecting then I will be joining JohnO in sharing a bottle of bubbly on Saturday.
Maybe John McDonnell could join the Tories and restart his bromance with Michael Gove.
I think my next car will be a plug-in hybrid, but only because they no longer sell the non-hybrid version
Well that's hardly surprising. I will never have a hybrid nor an electric car unless I am priced out fuel. I won't be or very much doubt i will be driving in 2050.
How about ten years from now ?
Though you'll possibly be driven by, rather than driving a car.
Oh dear, don't make the same mistake Leon did. Over a decade ago, he said all truck drivers would be out of a job in ten years. He was hilariously wrong.
I am very bearish on autonomous driving - at least in the level-5 category, which is the really useful one. We're nowhere near it yet for most purposes, despite what Musky Baby says.
I was over-optimistic about self driving. I am always over-optimistic - but I wasn’t wrong. It is coming
You entirely dismissed the idea we would have reliable machine translation. lol
I think my next car will be a plug-in hybrid, but only because they no longer sell the non-hybrid version
Well that's hardly surprising. I will never have a hybrid nor an electric car unless I am priced out fuel. I won't be or very much doubt i will be driving in 2050.
How about ten years from now ?
Though you'll possibly be driven by, rather than driving a car.
Oh dear, don't make the same mistake Leon did. Over a decade ago, he said all truck drivers would be out of a job in ten years. He was hilariously wrong.
I am very bearish on autonomous driving - at least in the level-5 category, which is the really useful one. We're nowhere near it yet for most purposes, despite what Musky Baby says.
It's not the same mistake - if it's one at all. You're projecting back to predict ten years from now; that's definitely a mistake.
No. I'm saying people were very bullish about the tech, which was not as promising as the hype at the time stated. I think we're still in the same position: people are investing billions in the tech, and although good progress has been made, it's still nowhere near the hype.
It's a classic 99% technology (like speech recognition). It's easy to get to 99%, which makes you think you're nearly there... but the last 1% is really hard.
My Rivian's "self driving", aka Driver Plus, is pretty good. It's great for allowing me to change the track, or to remove the wrapper from a chocolate bar.
But the problem is that it's nowhere near good enough for me to sleep or to work. And if I'm not sleeping or working, then I might as well be driving. Otherwise I'm just going to be bored.
It's all about that last 1%.
And so far - if you want that last 1% - then you need the sensor crazy vehicles that Waymo use as taxis in Los Angeles. (And that in turn is a hard sell. Because a taxi driver's time is cheap. And those sensors are expensive.)
I think my next car will be a plug-in hybrid, but only because they no longer sell the non-hybrid version
Well that's hardly surprising. I will never have a hybrid nor an electric car unless I am priced out fuel. I won't be or very much doubt i will be driving in 2050.
And someone born today will almost certainly never have a petrol powered car.
That's change, that is.
One thing that is disappearing is manual transmissions. Between electric vehicles, hybrids of various types and conventional automatics, manuals must be just 20% or so of new vehicle sales.
I dont think either of my boys will ever drive one. No double declutching for them.
"You end up with the grotesque chaos of a Labour Opposition – a Labour Opposition – hiring taxis to scuttle round London picking up Tory MPs for photo sessions with the leader."
I'd say "spectacle" rather than "chaos", but otherwise very funny.
I think my next car will be a plug-in hybrid, but only because they no longer sell the non-hybrid version
Well that's hardly surprising. I will never have a hybrid nor an electric car unless I am priced out fuel. I won't be or very much doubt i will be driving in 2050.
How about ten years from now ?
Though you'll possibly be driven by, rather than driving a car.
Oh dear, don't make the same mistake Leon did. Over a decade ago, he said all truck drivers would be out of a job in ten years. He was hilariously wrong.
I am very bearish on autonomous driving - at least in the level-5 category, which is the really useful one. We're nowhere near it yet for most purposes, despite what Musky Baby says.
It's worth looking at some example drives with FSD 12.3.6. Admittedly it's California and I think it would have problems in English country roads and say Italy. However, version 12 is much better than the previous version and is improving all the time as the AI is trained on all the data from Tesla cars specifically edge cases. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVILrFldKVc
That's Whole Mars Catalog... a MuskyBaby/Tesla hype channel that I reckon just exists to ramp their shares. There are plenty of videos of FSD failing, as well.
I think my next car will be a plug-in hybrid, but only because they no longer sell the non-hybrid version
Well that's hardly surprising. I will never have a hybrid nor an electric car unless I am priced out fuel. I won't be or very much doubt i will be driving in 2050.
How about ten years from now ?
Though you'll possibly be driven by, rather than driving a car.
Oh dear, don't make the same mistake Leon did. Over a decade ago, he said all truck drivers would be out of a job in ten years. He was hilariously wrong.
I am very bearish on autonomous driving - at least in the level-5 category, which is the really useful one. We're nowhere near it yet for most purposes, despite what Musky Baby says.
I was over-optimistic about self driving. I am always over-optimistic - but I wasn’t wrong. It is coming
You entirely dismissed the idea we would have reliable machine translation. lol
You do have your bursts of over-pessimism tbf, for which PB braces itself.
On 8 May 2024, Elphicke defected to the Labour Party in reaction to what she described as the "broken promises of Rishi Sunak's tired and chaotic government".
She crossed the floor moments before that day's Prime Minister's Questions.[32] She was the third Conservative MP to cross the floor to Labour during that parliament, following Christian Wakeford in 2022 and Dan Poulter eleven days prior.[33]
Reflecting on the defection, Steve Baker, the Minister of State, Northern Ireland, commented on Twitter
"I have been searching in vain for a Conservative MP who thinks themself to the right of Natalie Elphicke.
One just quipped, 'I didn’t realise there was any room to her right.'"
Left-wing group Momentum said that Elphicke should have "no place in a Labour Party committed to progressive values and working-class people".
A Poor decision imo, by Starmer, it makes no difference electorally so why bother. All it will do is piss his base off, and in two years time he is going to need that base, he can win without her intolerant opinions.
I tend to think it doesn't matter strategically (rather than morally) either way other than to put the Tories into yet more disarray. Guessing it was planned before the locals as it could have been a rather useful distraction if had not done quite as well as they did. As it turned out, they didn't really need it. But adds to the turmoil in the Tory ranks and makes any recovery marginally less likely.
In two years Starmer will be the first Labour PM not named 'Tony' to win an election who was born since the end of the First World War and will have earned a significant amount of goodwill from all Labour supporters who don't pine for Jeremy Corbyn (who'd find a reason to hate him) due to that fact. He'll then either disappoint them or pleasantly surprise them. Whether he parked his morals for a week's good defection headlines will be long forgotten as she's not standing next time.
"Today has been one of the most hugely damaging to Labour since the 1980s."
Never knowingly understated.....
Especially as Elphicke specifically stated in her piece that Starmer has accepted Brexit which I would suggest will infuriate a large number of labour supporters who are remainers in large numbers
I think my next car will be a plug-in hybrid, but only because they no longer sell the non-hybrid version
Well that's hardly surprising. I will never have a hybrid nor an electric car unless I am priced out fuel. I won't be or very much doubt i will be driving in 2050.
How about ten years from now ?
Though you'll possibly be driven by, rather than driving a car.
Oh dear, don't make the same mistake Leon did. Over a decade ago, he said all truck drivers would be out of a job in ten years. He was hilariously wrong.
I am very bearish on autonomous driving - at least in the level-5 category, which is the really useful one. We're nowhere near it yet for most purposes, despite what Musky Baby says.
I was over-optimistic about self driving. I am always over-optimistic - but I wasn’t wrong. It is coming
You entirely dismissed the idea we would have reliable machine translation. lol
What about relative optimism? Eg what comes first iyo - self driving cars or a proper hard right government?
I think my next car will be a plug-in hybrid, but only because they no longer sell the non-hybrid version
Well that's hardly surprising. I will never have a hybrid nor an electric car unless I am priced out fuel. I won't be or very much doubt i will be driving in 2050.
How about ten years from now ?
Though you'll possibly be driven by, rather than driving a car.
I dont get the issue. I drive a hybrid (not a plug in, so ‘mild’). Essentially a really efficient petrol car (56 mpg for an Auris estate). The drive system is all electric, so no gears, really smooth. Engine charges the batteries. It can do about 8 miles on full charge, but it’s not designed fit that.
They deserve to be imprisoned for their fashion choices.
A married couple have pleaded guilty to carrying out a string of “dine-and-dash” incidents in Wales, leaving restaurants more than £1,000 out of pocket.
Bernard McDonagh, 41, and his wife Ann, 39, admitted leaving five restaurants without paying and racking up a total bill of £1,168.10, Swansea magistrates’ court heard.
They face the prospect of prison when they are sentenced later in May 2024.
Bernard McDonagh, wearing a pink polo shirt with a grey tweed blazer and navy trousers, covered his face with his hand as he entered the court on Wednesday morning. Ann McDonagh similarly covered up her face with her parka coat hood and hand.
"Today has been one of the most hugely damaging to Labour since the 1980s."
Never knowingly understated.....
Especially as Elphicke specifically stated in her piece that Starmer has accepted Brexit which I would suggest will infuriate a large number of labour supporters who are remainers in large numbers
Starmer pretty happy to have his Brexit polished I would imagine.
I think my next car will be a plug-in hybrid, but only because they no longer sell the non-hybrid version
Well that's hardly surprising. I will never have a hybrid nor an electric car unless I am priced out fuel. I won't be or very much doubt i will be driving in 2050.
How about ten years from now ?
Though you'll possibly be driven by, rather than driving a car.
What's the point of being driven?. Driving is a pleasurable experience.. unless you are driving a shite car that is. .. or spending hours waiting for an injection of electricity.
I would rather read, or sleep, or look out of the side of the car, or even catch up on PB, than have to expend effort on driving.
I think my next car will be a plug-in hybrid, but only because they no longer sell the non-hybrid version
Well that's hardly surprising. I will never have a hybrid nor an electric car unless I am priced out fuel. I won't be or very much doubt i will be driving in 2050.
How about ten years from now ?
Though you'll possibly be driven by, rather than driving a car.
Oh dear, don't make the same mistake Leon did. Over a decade ago, he said all truck drivers would be out of a job in ten years. He was hilariously wrong.
I am very bearish on autonomous driving - at least in the level-5 category, which is the really useful one. We're nowhere near it yet for most purposes, despite what Musky Baby says.
I was over-optimistic about self driving. I am always over-optimistic - but I wasn’t wrong. It is coming
You entirely dismissed the idea we would have reliable machine translation. lol
It really isnt coming for the simple reason the first time an autonomous car mows down a pedestrian it will be halted and in the courts for 5 or 6 decades deciding who's fault it is.
I think my next car will be a plug-in hybrid, but only because they no longer sell the non-hybrid version
Well that's hardly surprising. I will never have a hybrid nor an electric car unless I am priced out fuel. I won't be or very much doubt i will be driving in 2050.
How about ten years from now ?
Though you'll possibly be driven by, rather than driving a car.
Oh dear, don't make the same mistake Leon did. Over a decade ago, he said all truck drivers would be out of a job in ten years. He was hilariously wrong.
I am very bearish on autonomous driving - at least in the level-5 category, which is the really useful one. We're nowhere near it yet for most purposes, despite what Musky Baby says.
I was over-optimistic about self driving. I am always over-optimistic - but I wasn’t wrong. It is coming
You entirely dismissed the idea we would have reliable machine translation. lol
It really isnt coming for the simple reason the first time an autonomous car mows down a pedestrian it will be halted and in the courts for 5 or 6 decades deciding who's fault it is.
The car companies will persuade MPs to settle that in their favour in legislation.
FWIW, a WaPo reporter investigated the used electric car market in the US, and found many, including one at $2100. You don't get much car for that price, granted, but it might be enough of a car for someone who needs it for short trips, once or twice a week.
And the used electric cars going for, say, 10K in a few years, might actually be good deals for many families.
"You end up with the grotesque chaos of a Labour Opposition – a Labour Opposition – hiring taxis to scuttle round London picking up Tory MPs for photo sessions with the leader."
I'd say "spectacle" rather than "chaos", but otherwise very funny.
Chaos = unsteady state of (as yet) remaining Tory MPs and their (as yet) Leader and (as yet) PM.
They deserve to be imprisoned for their fashion choices.
A married couple have pleaded guilty to carrying out a string of “dine-and-dash” incidents in Wales, leaving restaurants more than £1,000 out of pocket.
Bernard McDonagh, 41, and his wife Ann, 39, admitted leaving five restaurants without paying and racking up a total bill of £1,168.10, Swansea magistrates’ court heard.
They face the prospect of prison when they are sentenced later in May 2024.
Bernard McDonagh, wearing a pink polo shirt with a grey tweed blazer and navy trousers, covered his face with his hand as he entered the court on Wednesday morning. Ann McDonagh similarly covered up her face with her parka coat hood and hand.
"Today has been one of the most hugely damaging to Labour since the 1980s."
Never knowingly understated.....
Not really - Elphicke's defection will be forgotten in a week.
She's not seeking to be Labour candidate for Dover - Labour have a seemingly good candidate in place and on the current polling will take the seat comfortably.
Deltapoll a little better for the Conservatives this week but all within Margin of Error - still a 17 point Labour lead and the numbers almost identical to the More In Common poll earlier in the week.
No obvious sign the local elections have had much impact but early days yet.
I think my next car will be a plug-in hybrid, but only because they no longer sell the non-hybrid version
Well that's hardly surprising. I will never have a hybrid nor an electric car unless I am priced out fuel. I won't be or very much doubt i will be driving in 2050.
How about ten years from now ?
Though you'll possibly be driven by, rather than driving a car.
Oh dear, don't make the same mistake Leon did. Over a decade ago, he said all truck drivers would be out of a job in ten years. He was hilariously wrong.
I am very bearish on autonomous driving - at least in the level-5 category, which is the really useful one. We're nowhere near it yet for most purposes, despite what Musky Baby says.
I was over-optimistic about self driving. I am always over-optimistic - but I wasn’t wrong. It is coming
You entirely dismissed the idea we would have reliable machine translation. lol
When did I dismiss that idea? I'm not dismissing the idea that it *may* happen; or that autonomous cars may happen. In fact, I hope they do. But not in the sort of stoopid hype-driven fever-dreams you suffer from. They're much further out than the hype-merchants say.
(And I'd be dubious about 'reliable' in your comment above.
I think my next car will be a plug-in hybrid, but only because they no longer sell the non-hybrid version
Well that's hardly surprising. I will never have a hybrid nor an electric car unless I am priced out fuel. I won't be or very much doubt i will be driving in 2050.
How about ten years from now ?
Though you'll possibly be driven by, rather than driving a car.
Oh dear, don't make the same mistake Leon did. Over a decade ago, he said all truck drivers would be out of a job in ten years. He was hilariously wrong.
I am very bearish on autonomous driving - at least in the level-5 category, which is the really useful one. We're nowhere near it yet for most purposes, despite what Musky Baby says.
I was over-optimistic about self driving. I am always over-optimistic - but I wasn’t wrong. It is coming
You entirely dismissed the idea we would have reliable machine translation. lol
It really isnt coming for the simple reason the first time an autonomous car mows down a pedestrian it will be halted and in the courts for 5 or 6 decades deciding who's fault it is.
The car companies will persuade MPs to settle that in their favour in legislation.
Hmmm I doubt it imagine the headlines from oppositional dailies..."Governement grants autonomous car companies 00 status....licence to kill"
This is starmer taking scalps and gutting the tory party. Total domination. It is pure spectacle. The MP in question will not be running in the GE and does not represent any faction in the party. If I were Sunak, I would begin worrying about how many more defections will be coming. It should become really ugly.
By the way, I called the risk of galloping defections from con to lab in one of my first posts here on PB this winter. I will see if I can find it.
I think my next car will be a plug-in hybrid, but only because they no longer sell the non-hybrid version
Well that's hardly surprising. I will never have a hybrid nor an electric car unless I am priced out fuel. I won't be or very much doubt i will be driving in 2050.
How about ten years from now ?
Though you'll possibly be driven by, rather than driving a car.
Oh dear, don't make the same mistake Leon did. Over a decade ago, he said all truck drivers would be out of a job in ten years. He was hilariously wrong.
I am very bearish on autonomous driving - at least in the level-5 category, which is the really useful one. We're nowhere near it yet for most purposes, despite what Musky Baby says.
I was over-optimistic about self driving. I am always over-optimistic - but I wasn’t wrong. It is coming
You entirely dismissed the idea we would have reliable machine translation. lol
It really isnt coming for the simple reason the first time an autonomous car mows down a pedestrian it will be halted and in the courts for 5 or 6 decades deciding who's fault it is.
The car companies will persuade MPs to settle that in their favour in legislation.
Hmmm I doubt it imagine the headlines from oppositional dailies..."Governement grants autonomous car companies 00 status....licence to kill"
Liability's also an issue. When (and it will be a 'when') an MCAS_style issue occurs, or when the ML algorithm f**ks up, who is responsible for the deaths? The car owner? The driver? The manufacturer? (*). And as it is a ML system, how easy is it to go back to work out *why* it did what it did - which can be non-trivial in many systems.
(*) ISTR Volvo have accepted that they will be responsible, but have other manufacturers?
Likely Starmer reckons the left-wing splits and entryists are going nowhere. Based on this week at least he seems right. Galloway back to condemning homosexuality, and so-called Greens screaming Allahu Akbar to cheer on the Hamas fightback.
I called these events in my very first post and since in March
"Wow the first poll after the budget has the tories 28% behind at 18% I wonder if discipline can be maintained in the tory party or if events overtake Sunak and the conservatives just crumble before summer. I mean if I were an MP I would begin to think about defection to save my skin.... they are clearly holed below the… in We need more bureaucracy – politicalbetting.com Comment by Cleitophon March 8"
"Sunak's hand could be forced if there is a sudden defection of red seat MPs or a spliter group insist on forming a new party on the right. in My guess: Sunak will wait until 2025 for the election – politicalbetting.com Comment by Cleitophon July 2023"
I think my next car will be a plug-in hybrid, but only because they no longer sell the non-hybrid version
Well that's hardly surprising. I will never have a hybrid nor an electric car unless I am priced out fuel. I won't be or very much doubt i will be driving in 2050.
How about ten years from now ?
Though you'll possibly be driven by, rather than driving a car.
Oh dear, don't make the same mistake Leon did. Over a decade ago, he said all truck drivers would be out of a job in ten years. He was hilariously wrong.
I am very bearish on autonomous driving - at least in the level-5 category, which is the really useful one. We're nowhere near it yet for most purposes, despite what Musky Baby says.
I was over-optimistic about self driving. I am always over-optimistic - but I wasn’t wrong. It is coming
You entirely dismissed the idea we would have reliable machine translation. lol
It really isnt coming for the simple reason the first time an autonomous car mows down a pedestrian it will be halted and in the courts for 5 or 6 decades deciding who's fault it is.
The car companies will persuade MPs to settle that in their favour in legislation.
Hmmm I doubt it imagine the headlines from oppositional dailies..."Governement grants autonomous car companies 00 status....licence to kill"
Liability's also an issue. When (and it will be a 'when') an MCAS_style issue occurs, or when the ML algorithm f**ks up, who is responsible for the deaths? The car owner? The driver? The manufacturer? (*). And as it is a ML system, how easy is it to go back to work out *why* it did what it did - which can be non-trivial in many systems.
(*) ISTR Volvo have accepted that they will be responsible, but have other manufacturers?
And good luck to them trying to explain that running over a couple of pedestrians meant a probable less death count than swerving the other way into incoming traffic.
Autononomous driving when it gets there will probably be safer all round. However when it does fuck up and it will expect the lawsuits to bankrupt companies especially in the us.
Good question by Cathy Newman. "What does it tell you about Keir Starmer's Labour Party that you can find a place for Natalie Elphicke but not Diane Abbott"
They deserve to be imprisoned for their fashion choices.
A married couple have pleaded guilty to carrying out a string of “dine-and-dash” incidents in Wales, leaving restaurants more than £1,000 out of pocket.
Bernard McDonagh, 41, and his wife Ann, 39, admitted leaving five restaurants without paying and racking up a total bill of £1,168.10, Swansea magistrates’ court heard.
They face the prospect of prison when they are sentenced later in May 2024.
Bernard McDonagh, wearing a pink polo shirt with a grey tweed blazer and navy trousers, covered his face with his hand as he entered the court on Wednesday morning. Ann McDonagh similarly covered up her face with her parka coat hood and hand.
Not sure what the point of prison is with this one. Compensation (5x the bills?), community service and a threat of prison for further offences combined with national shaming seems plenty.
Seems to be a lot of pearl clutching re Elphicke . Am I happy no , I wouldn’t have admitted her to the party . It’s a blatant appeal to white van man and the Red Wall . But I understand why it was done but I’d much rather in future any Tory MPs defecting were more easy to stomach
Seems to be a lot of pearl clutching re Elphicke . Am I happy no , I wouldn’t have admitted her to the party . It’s a blatant appeal to white van man and the Red Wall . But I understand why it was done but I’d much rather in future any Tory MPs defecting were more easy to stomach
You'll be singing the Red Flag when Suella Braverman and Mark Francois defect.
I think my next car will be a plug-in hybrid, but only because they no longer sell the non-hybrid version
Well that's hardly surprising. I will never have a hybrid nor an electric car unless I am priced out fuel. I won't be or very much doubt i will be driving in 2050.
How about ten years from now ?
Though you'll possibly be driven by, rather than driving a car.
What's the point of being driven?. Driving is a pleasurable experience.. unless you are driving a shite car that is. .. or spending hours waiting for an injection of electricity.
I would rather read, or sleep, or look out of the side of the car, or even catch up on PB, than have to expend effort on driving.
I enjoy driving too.
But 23 hours a day I am not driving. My car is the second most expensive thing I own and owning it is a massive waste of resources. And other people's parked cars are cluttering up the streets. Autonomous cars which turn up when we need them and go away when we do not can make us richer and our lives more pleasant. Also, I like drinking, and needing to drivr inhibits this. Also, many people e.g. my 14 year old daughter, for whom I have taken three hours out of my day to drive her to climbing and back - cannot drive. Extending mobility beyond the 70% of us with a driving license or the 65% with access to a car has to be a good thing.
I think my next car will be a plug-in hybrid, but only because they no longer sell the non-hybrid version
Well that's hardly surprising. I will never have a hybrid nor an electric car unless I am priced out fuel. I won't be or very much doubt i will be driving in 2050.
How about ten years from now ?
Though you'll possibly be driven by, rather than driving a car.
Oh dear, don't make the same mistake Leon did. Over a decade ago, he said all truck drivers would be out of a job in ten years. He was hilariously wrong.
I am very bearish on autonomous driving - at least in the level-5 category, which is the really useful one. We're nowhere near it yet for most purposes, despite what Musky Baby says.
I was over-optimistic about self driving. I am always over-optimistic - but I wasn’t wrong. It is coming
You entirely dismissed the idea we would have reliable machine translation. lol
It really isnt coming for the simple reason the first time an autonomous car mows down a pedestrian it will be halted and in the courts for 5 or 6 decades deciding who's fault it is.
The car companies will persuade MPs to settle that in their favour in legislation.
Hmmm I doubt it imagine the headlines from oppositional dailies..."Governement grants autonomous car companies 00 status....licence to kill"
It will be about limited liability, ultimate responsibility for safety lying with the operator, commissions caused by the random human factor, etc.
And the car companies are plenty able to buy commentators in the papers, the same as companies have done to defend fossil fuels and what have you.
I think my next car will be a plug-in hybrid, but only because they no longer sell the non-hybrid version
Well that's hardly surprising. I will never have a hybrid nor an electric car unless I am priced out fuel. I won't be or very much doubt i will be driving in 2050.
How about ten years from now ?
Though you'll possibly be driven by, rather than driving a car.
Oh dear, don't make the same mistake Leon did. Over a decade ago, he said all truck drivers would be out of a job in ten years. He was hilariously wrong.
I am very bearish on autonomous driving - at least in the level-5 category, which is the really useful one. We're nowhere near it yet for most purposes, despite what Musky Baby says.
I was over-optimistic about self driving. I am always over-optimistic - but I wasn’t wrong. It is coming
You entirely dismissed the idea we would have reliable machine translation. lol
It really isnt coming for the simple reason the first time an autonomous car mows down a pedestrian it will be halted and in the courts for 5 or 6 decades deciding who's fault it is.
The car companies will persuade MPs to settle that in their favour in legislation.
Hmmm I doubt it imagine the headlines from oppositional dailies..."Governement grants autonomous car companies 00 status....licence to kill"
It will be about limited liability, ultimate responsibility for safety lying with the operator, commissions caused by the random human factor, etc.
And the car companies are plenty able to buy commentators in the papers, the same as companies have done to defend fossil fuels and what have you.
They deserve to be imprisoned for their fashion choices.
A married couple have pleaded guilty to carrying out a string of “dine-and-dash” incidents in Wales, leaving restaurants more than £1,000 out of pocket.
Bernard McDonagh, 41, and his wife Ann, 39, admitted leaving five restaurants without paying and racking up a total bill of £1,168.10, Swansea magistrates’ court heard.
They face the prospect of prison when they are sentenced later in May 2024.
Bernard McDonagh, wearing a pink polo shirt with a grey tweed blazer and navy trousers, covered his face with his hand as he entered the court on Wednesday morning. Ann McDonagh similarly covered up her face with her parka coat hood and hand.
Not sure what the point of prison is with this one. Compensation (5x the bills?), community service and a threat of prison for further offences combined with national shaming seems plenty.
The woman has also admitted a few instances of shoplifting as well. She may well end up inside.
Seems to be a lot of pearl clutching re Elphicke . Am I happy no , I wouldn’t have admitted her to the party . It’s a blatant appeal to white van man and the Red Wall . But I understand why it was done but I’d much rather in future any Tory MPs defecting were more easy to stomach
You'll be singing the Red Flag when Suella Braverman and Mark Francois defect.
As long as they do and publicly admit the right-wing excesses of their previous life and accept the Starmerite road to world domination...
I think my next car will be a plug-in hybrid, but only because they no longer sell the non-hybrid version
Well that's hardly surprising. I will never have a hybrid nor an electric car unless I am priced out fuel. I won't be or very much doubt i will be driving in 2050.
How about ten years from now ?
Though you'll possibly be driven by, rather than driving a car.
Oh dear, don't make the same mistake Leon did. Over a decade ago, he said all truck drivers would be out of a job in ten years. He was hilariously wrong.
I am very bearish on autonomous driving - at least in the level-5 category, which is the really useful one. We're nowhere near it yet for most purposes, despite what Musky Baby says.
I was over-optimistic about self driving. I am always over-optimistic - but I wasn’t wrong. It is coming
You entirely dismissed the idea we would have reliable machine translation. lol
It really isnt coming for the simple reason the first time an autonomous car mows down a pedestrian it will be halted and in the courts for 5 or 6 decades deciding who's fault it is.
Autonomous vehicles have mowed down lots of pedestrians in the US.
And yet they continue to proliferate (albeit slowly).
Seems to be a lot of pearl clutching re Elphicke . Am I happy no , I wouldn’t have admitted her to the party . It’s a blatant appeal to white van man and the Red Wall . But I understand why it was done but I’d much rather in future any Tory MPs defecting were more easy to stomach
You'll be singing the Red Flag when Suella Braverman and Mark Francois defect.
I don’t think parties ever refuse defectors . The “I’ve seen the light and realize now my old party is utter crap “ is not to be sniffed at . It’s a bit more complicated with Elphicke as she has more personal baggage related to her ex-husband .
I think my next car will be a plug-in hybrid, but only because they no longer sell the non-hybrid version
Well that's hardly surprising. I will never have a hybrid nor an electric car unless I am priced out fuel. I won't be or very much doubt i will be driving in 2050.
How about ten years from now ?
Though you'll possibly be driven by, rather than driving a car.
Oh dear, don't make the same mistake Leon did. Over a decade ago, he said all truck drivers would be out of a job in ten years. He was hilariously wrong.
I am very bearish on autonomous driving - at least in the level-5 category, which is the really useful one. We're nowhere near it yet for most purposes, despite what Musky Baby says.
I was over-optimistic about self driving. I am always over-optimistic - but I wasn’t wrong. It is coming
You entirely dismissed the idea we would have reliable machine translation. lol
It really isnt coming for the simple reason the first time an autonomous car mows down a pedestrian it will be halted and in the courts for 5 or 6 decades deciding who's fault it is.
Autonomous vehicles have mowed down lots of pedestrians in the US.
And yet they continue to proliferate (albeit slowly).
Well the us is used to death, isnt it 30k a year road casualties, plus mass shootings etc
A Poor decision imo, by Starmer, it makes no difference electorally so why bother. All it will do is piss his base off, and in two years time he is going to need that base, he can win without her intolerant opinions.
I tend to think it doesn't matter strategically (rather than morally) either way other than to put the Tories into yet more disarray. Guessing it was planned before the locals as it could have been a rather useful distraction if had not done quite as well as they did. As it turned out, they didn't really need it. But adds to the turmoil in the Tory ranks and makes any recovery marginally less likely.
In two years Starmer will be the first Labour PM not named 'Tony' to win an election who was born since the end of the First World War and will have earned a significant amount of goodwill from all Labour supporters who don't pine for Jeremy Corbyn (who'd find a reason to hate him) due to that fact. He'll then either disappoint them or pleasantly surprise them. Whether he parked his morals for a week's good defection headlines will be long forgotten as she's not standing next time.
The mutual loathing of Blairites and Corbynites is intense. When Jezza was in charge the Blairites preferred a Tory government and worked for that outcome. Now it's roles reversed and the same with the Corbynites. They want the Tories to win. They're working for the Tories to win. I've got zero patience with it.
Good question by Cathy Newman. "What does it tell you about Keir Starmer's Labour Party that you can find a place for Natalie Elphicke but not Diane Abbott"
I think my next car will be a plug-in hybrid, but only because they no longer sell the non-hybrid version
Well that's hardly surprising. I will never have a hybrid nor an electric car unless I am priced out fuel. I won't be or very much doubt i will be driving in 2050.
How about ten years from now ?
Though you'll possibly be driven by, rather than driving a car.
Oh dear, don't make the same mistake Leon did. Over a decade ago, he said all truck drivers would be out of a job in ten years. He was hilariously wrong.
I am very bearish on autonomous driving - at least in the level-5 category, which is the really useful one. We're nowhere near it yet for most purposes, despite what Musky Baby says.
I was over-optimistic about self driving. I am always over-optimistic - but I wasn’t wrong. It is coming
You entirely dismissed the idea we would have reliable machine translation. lol
It really isnt coming for the simple reason the first time an autonomous car mows down a pedestrian it will be halted and in the courts for 5 or 6 decades deciding who's fault it is.
Autonomous vehicles have mowed down lots of pedestrians in the US.
And yet they continue to proliferate (albeit slowly).
"Today has been one of the most hugely damaging to Labour since the 1980s."
Never knowingly understated.....
Not really - Elphicke's defection will be forgotten in a week.
She's not seeking to be Labour candidate for Dover - Labour have a seemingly good candidate in place and on the current polling will take the seat comfortably.
Deltapoll a little better for the Conservatives this week but all within Margin of Error - still a 17 point Labour lead and the numbers almost identical to the More In Common poll earlier in the week.
No obvious sign the local elections have had much impact but early days yet.
In support of Roger, I think he is disputing MoonRabbit's point that this is the worst day for Labour - not claiming so himself.
Good question by Cathy Newman. "What does it tell you about Keir Starmer's Labour Party that you can find a place for Natalie Elphicke but not Diane Abbott"
I don’t think parties ever refuse defectors . The “I’ve seen the light and realize now my old party is utter crap “ is not to be sniffed at . It’s a bit more complicated with Elphicke as she has more personal baggage related to her ex-husband .
As I remember from pre-coalition and alliance days, defectors were very often more trouble than they are worth. The payoff is the publicity boost at the time; the trouble and price come later. Labour is OK provided the Dover MP doesn’t want anything, hasn’t been promised anything, and intends to keep a low profile and serve out her term.
This is starmer taking scalps and gutting the tory party. Total domination. It is pure spectacle. The MP in question will not be running in the GE and does not represent any faction in the party. If I were Sunak, I would begin worrying about how many more defections will be coming. It should become really ugly.
By the way, I called the risk of galloping defections from con to lab in one of my first posts here on PB this winter. I will see if I can find it.
We've often talked about the voters having less tribal identity, and so larger swings in voting intention being possible. But your post makes me consider that MPs are people too, and so they also may have a weaker tribal identity, and large numbers of defections may be more likely than in the past.
Elphicke is on the right of the Conservative Party so seems a strange defectio indeed, especially as she has said she will not stand for re election in her marginal seat anyway. Perhaps she feels joining Labour will distance herself from her former Tory MP ex husband, whose seat she inherited after his conviction for sexual assault
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Metasurfaces with features at optical wavelengths are very useful. They'll soon replace most conventional camera lenses, too.
That's change, that is.
The reality now seems to be that Labour will hardly be the radical change the country needs. At least the Lib Dems want to change the system of government - major reform of the constitution including voting reform- what changes does SKS want to make, apart from the political brand in charge of the same old decay?
Though you'll possibly be driven by, rather than driving a car.
Personally I think he's fucked up big time but we will see.
And nowhere near predicting all the interactions. Though that's a task completely beyond AI-unassisted humans.
I can't say I know much about Natalie Elphicke and her politics but defectors aren't always the ones you would expect. When I was a Lib Dem, I knew members who were enthusiastic about the party but held views on various subjects which were, shall we say, "interesting".
Some were more anti-Conservative than pro-Lib Dem and had taken their opposition to the extent of joining another party whose raison d'etre was, as they saw it, beating the hated Tories.
My personal experience has been less exciting - my departure from the LDs as a member was a long time in coming but I didn't (and still don't) wish the party ill and they remain the nearest (of an imperfect bunch) to the Governmnet I would like to see in this country. The idea of jumping to another party has never occurred to me but that's not to say I don't find elements of what other parties say attractive and worthy of consideration.
I wish Starmer well if he becomes Prime Minister and why we should criticise his "big tent" when every successful Prime Minister has built a similar electoral coalition I don't know. Johnson's was 75% of the LEAVE vote and the 20% of REMAIN voters who were more terrified of Corbyn as Prime Minister than leaving the EU. Blair's was millions of ex-Thatcherite Conservatives who saw his administration maintaining the post-1979 concensus but without the sleaze.
I am very bearish on autonomous driving - at least in the level-5 category, which is the really useful one. We're nowhere near it yet for most purposes, despite what Musky Baby says.
They are playing into SKS hands.
You're projecting back to predict ten years from now; that's definitely a mistake.
Or possibly buy a new one this year or next?
After that I think electric cars will be so much better, cheaper and more fun that fossil burners.
For transparency, I'm driving a Golf GTE plug in hybrid which I bought secondhand for the 'plug in' bit rather than the 'GT' bit. It switches quite seamlessly from electric to petrol when the electric range is reached and you can notice by the driving experience becoming less smooth.
Admittedly it's California and I think it would have problems in English country roads and say Italy. However, version 12 is much better than the previous version and is improving all the time as the AI is trained on all the data from Tesla cars specifically edge cases.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVILrFldKVc
You entirely dismissed the idea we would have reliable machine translation. lol
My Rivian's "self driving", aka Driver Plus, is pretty good. It's great for allowing me to change the track, or to remove the wrapper from a chocolate bar.
But the problem is that it's nowhere near good enough for me to sleep or to work. And if I'm not sleeping or working, then I might as well be driving. Otherwise I'm just going to be bored.
It's all about that last 1%.
And so far - if you want that last 1% - then you need the sensor crazy vehicles that Waymo use as taxis in Los Angeles. (And that in turn is a hard sell. Because a taxi driver's time is cheap. And those sensors are expensive.)
I dont think either of my boys will ever drive one. No double declutching for them.
Not holding my breath.
On 8 May 2024, Elphicke defected to the Labour Party in reaction to what she described as the "broken promises of Rishi Sunak's tired and chaotic government".
She crossed the floor moments before that day's Prime Minister's Questions.[32] She was the third Conservative MP to cross the floor to Labour during that parliament, following Christian Wakeford in 2022 and Dan Poulter eleven days prior.[33]
Reflecting on the defection, Steve Baker, the Minister of State, Northern Ireland, commented on Twitter
"I have been searching in vain for a Conservative MP who thinks themself to the right of Natalie Elphicke.
One just quipped, 'I didn’t realise there was any room to her right.'"
Left-wing group Momentum said that Elphicke should have "no place in a Labour Party committed to progressive values and working-class people".
Doesn't any new member have to agree to the list of aspirations/key policies on some kind of card (used to be all that Clause 4 stuff)?
Does Ms Dover agree with any of it????
Never knowingly understated.....
In two years Starmer will be the first Labour PM not named 'Tony' to win an election who was born since the end of the First World War and will have earned a significant amount of goodwill from all Labour supporters who don't pine for Jeremy Corbyn (who'd find a reason to hate him) due to that fact. He'll then either disappoint them or pleasantly surprise them. Whether he parked his morals for a week's good defection headlines will be long forgotten as she's not standing next time.
Why not drive one of those?
A married couple have pleaded guilty to carrying out a string of “dine-and-dash” incidents in Wales, leaving restaurants more than £1,000 out of pocket.
Bernard McDonagh, 41, and his wife Ann, 39, admitted leaving five restaurants without paying and racking up a total bill of £1,168.10, Swansea magistrates’ court heard.
They face the prospect of prison when they are sentenced later in May 2024.
Bernard McDonagh, wearing a pink polo shirt with a grey tweed blazer and navy trousers, covered his face with his hand as he entered the court on Wednesday morning. Ann McDonagh similarly covered up her face with her parka coat hood and hand.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/05/08/dine-and-dash-mcdonaghs-admit-fraud-swansea-court/
And the used electric cars going for, say, 10K in a few years, might actually be good deals for many families.
"We have conversations with all sorts of people who want to come and support the party" said the spokesperson.
(Via
@AdamBienkov
She's not seeking to be Labour candidate for Dover - Labour have a seemingly good candidate in place and on the current polling will take the seat comfortably.
Deltapoll a little better for the Conservatives this week but all within Margin of Error - still a 17 point Labour lead and the numbers almost identical to the More In Common poll earlier in the week.
No obvious sign the local elections have had much impact but early days yet.
(And I'd be dubious about 'reliable' in your comment above.
By the way, I called the risk of galloping defections from con to lab in one of my first posts here on PB this winter. I will see if I can find it.
(*) ISTR Volvo have accepted that they will be responsible, but have other manufacturers?
"Wow the first poll after the budget has the tories 28% behind at 18% I wonder if discipline can be maintained in the tory party or if events overtake Sunak and the conservatives just crumble before summer. I mean if I were an MP I would begin to think about defection to save my skin.... they are clearly holed below the…
in We need more bureaucracy – politicalbetting.com Comment by Cleitophon March 8"
"Sunak's hand could be forced if there is a sudden defection of red seat MPs or a spliter group insist on forming a new party on the right.
in My guess: Sunak will wait until 2025 for the election – politicalbetting.com Comment by Cleitophon July 2023"
Autononomous driving when it gets there will probably be safer all round. However when it does fuck up and it will expect the lawsuits to bankrupt companies especially in the us.
But 23 hours a day I am not driving. My car is the second most expensive thing I own and owning it is a massive waste of resources. And other people's parked cars are cluttering up the streets.
Autonomous cars which turn up when we need them and go away when we do not can make us richer and our lives more pleasant.
Also, I like drinking, and needing to drivr inhibits this.
Also, many people e.g. my 14 year old daughter, for whom I have taken three hours out of my day to drive her to climbing and back - cannot drive. Extending mobility beyond the 70% of us with a driving license or the 65% with access to a car has to be a good thing.
https://x.com/drwhopodcasters/status/1788266872468619305?s=61
And the car companies are plenty able to buy commentators in the papers, the same as companies have done to defend fossil fuels and what have you.
And yet they continue to proliferate (albeit slowly).
https://road.cc/content/news/auriol-grey-manslaughter-conviction-overturned-308257