Agreed entirely, but the government proposal as described in that article seems unlikely to help. They want laws that will address the highly unlikely case of causing death or injury by dangerous dri… (View Post)

Yes; in general people are terrible at assessing risk and don't approach it from a perspective of assessing risks impartially and statistically in each area of their life. We overestimate risks where… (View Post)

I think that misses out a significant factor -- what are the other people, and especially your immediate boss, like? An otherwise mundane job with a group of friendly people who all get along can be … (View Post)

Yes, if heavy snow in winter means "online teaching" rather than "free day off" a key part of our childhood experience will have been lost... (View Post)

It's not apparently *that* time critical. The report says that flight plans have to be filed four hours in advance, and that this means that if the software falls over there is a 4 hour buffer of alr… (View Post)