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12:10 AM

Can Mercedes-Benz Active Brake Assist help prevent collisions? | Veritasium Episode #2

They say right at the end the driver can override the safety systems for example by accelerating again... i wonder if any drivers would panic and accidentally hit the accelerator in an emergency thus both not braking and overriding the autobrake?

Bob

1:29 AM

hi

@Burgi 🎶can't wake up🎶

RogUE

2:01 AM

@FMLCat Only if that system works :p

Mercedes Auto Brake Fail

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Journeyman Geek

3:31 AM

If you have a good chunk of time over the weekend features.propublica.org/ibm/… and propublica.org/article/… are worth reading

(the first is an article of age discrimination and firing practices at IBM, the latter's an article about how they sourced the story)

FML Cat

@RogUE To be fair, that's an 8 year old model

Also, to be fair, as you can see from the Mercedes demo video, they only test their AEB against balloons, it's not calibrated to detect metal cars.

Journeyman Geek

solution! External airbags!

FML Cat

ULTIMATE ANTI CRASH - Fifth Gear

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When they test it against a model with metal frames to simulate a car's radar reflection, the Mercedes fails repeatedly

XKCD

4:07 AM

Do I just leave money in my mailbox? How much? How much money do they need, anyway? I guess it probably depends how the economy is doing. If stocks go up, should I leave more money in my mailbox or less?

Bob

4:23 AM

@XKCD lol

FML Cat

Shit me too

Journeyman Geek

5:09 AM

@Bob thingiverse.com/thing:1943171 .... ;p

Bob

5:37 AM

@JourneymanGeek wha

bwDraco

5:49 AM

oneplus3:/ # ping www.fierydragonlord.com
PING www.fierydragonlord.com (23.92.20.40) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from li650-40.members.linode.com (23.92.20.40): icmp_seq=1 ttl=48 time=257 ms
64 bytes from li650-40.members.linode.com (23.92.20.40): icmp_seq=2 ttl=49 time=270 ms
64 bytes from li650-40.members.linode.com (23.92.20.40): icmp_seq=3 ttl=48 time=283 ms
64 bytes from li650-40.members.linode.com (23.92.20.40): icmp_seq=4 ttl=49 time=252 ms
64 bytes from li650-40.members.linode.com (23.92.20.40): icmp_seq=5 ttl=48 time=272 ms

(from Hong Kong to Linode US East on SmarTone HSPA+)

Michael Frank

just spent 2hrs 40mins in traffic to drive 60km home.

omg...

At home for 20 minutes then got a call out to go back into the city. :|

That Brazilian Guy

6:07 AM

I'd rather be sleeping right now.

It's 3:07 AM and I have to work todaymorrow

bwDraco

6:26 AM

> todaymorrow

lol

Bob

7:14 AM

hi

bwDraco

7:48 AM

lo

djsmiley2k

8:02 AM

o/

user226528

\o

morning

Woof

D:

8:56 AM

morning

user226528

@Burgi Good morning. Any weird dreams from last night? ;)

Burgi

none that i remember

djsmiley2k

rubbish sleep then

you were waking up at 11pm iirc

as I was going to bed

@FMLCat yes.

djsmiley2k

1:19 PM

Police chief said Uber victim “came from the shadows”—don’t believe it

Looks like we maybe right @FMLCat

that camera footage is hugely 'off'

bwDraco

1:34 PM

...and it looks like I have a compelling case for Death Wish Coffee. I have a tight schedule next week after returning to New York and I need to quickly overcome jet lag. The extra caffeine will be necessary.

It will not be used all that much, so it'll be kept in an airtight container for extended storage.

amazon.com/dp/B006CQ1ZHI

Y U NO ONEBOX

munchies.vice.com/en_us/article/gvm8yq/…

djsmiley2k

@bwDraco just buy some pro plus?

bwDraco

I'd rather have actual coffee.

djsmiley2k

you're making an excuse to buy something you want. It's amusing to watch, I thought I'd give you a valid alternative.

bwDraco

Heh.

Journeyman Geek

;p

He has a point there

djsmiley2k

1:46 PM

I do the same thing. <shrug>

Most humans do, I guess.

However, how quickly are you actually going to use a bag up.

Because if not quickly, you want a good storage container...

and those are also expensive :/

urgh my brain is goin to mush now

this week has been long.

Journeyman Geek

tbh, I personally don't see the point of being too precious about consumables

stuff's best fresh

djsmiley2k

well yes

but sapending $money on stuff, then wasting it, :(

bwDraco

2:03 PM

@djsmiley2k We can reuse containers that Nestlé uses for their Taster's Choice instant coffee. The glass jars they now use are airtight.

(have a bunch of these jars on hand)

Burgi

2:24 PM

@bwDraco are you still in china?

bwDraco

Hong Kong.

Will be returning on Monday.

Burgi

are you buying any cheap electronics while there? :)

bwDraco

lol

Not really.

rahuldottech

GUYS

GUESS WHAT

Bob

you got a new girlfriend?

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Burgi

2:35 PM

not sure about the US but for the UK, buying electronics in the middle and far east is waaaaaaaaay cheaper than buying them here

even after import tax

rahuldottech

MONKEYS CAME BACK. And they... Uhm... made love on my terrace. More than two of them. I got it on CCTV. Will upload proof if this gets 15 stars.

Bob

*clears stars*

rahuldottech

@Bob I wish

RogUE

@rahuldottech You have a CCTV on your terrace?

Burgi

@rahuldottech we don't need to see monkey porn

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rahuldottech

2:41 PM

@RogUE yes, since we live on rooms on the terrace and my dad has threatened to physical harm us several times, so for protection

See chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/118?m=43473716#43473716 for a map I made during previous monkey attack

@Burgi it's more like dark figures moving in weird ways, but ok

RogUE

Burgi

@rahuldottech maybe he has dispatched the monkey assassins

he can't quite afford the winged versions yet

rahuldottech

@Burgi they broke the professional code, then

bwDraco

@rahuldottech Please don't post it. This sort of content will get you suspended without warning, possibly extending into the main site.

It may even get you or SEI into legal trouble.

Burgi

2:58 PM

@bwDraco wait what?

i don't think seeing animals have sex will land anyone in legal trouble....

at least as long as you aren't participating...

yeah but not legal trouble

bwDraco

Heck, this is the sort of thing that could get you suspended network-wide.

(reposting deleted message)

Burgi

actually they might accept it on Biology

bwDraco

Hmm...

Burgi

biology.stackexchange.com/help/dont-ask

they don't ban monkey sex questions

bwDraco

This is not the same as actually posting a video of sexually explicit content.

Burgi

3:09 PM

thats a grey area as it could be relevant for the anthropology or something

you wouldn't call the BBC's planet earth show "sexually explicit"

FML Cat

@Burgi It's explicit if they show the penetration close up!

Otherwise it's just soft (animal) porn

Burgi

i think a question like "these monkey's had sex on my terrace in front of the rest of the troop. what is the social mechanism that allows lesser primates to have sex in public where as in humans it is frowned upon?" is probably fine

lol

FML Cat

Humans are prude

Just about every other animal has sex in public

I think a better question would be when and why humans stopped doing it in public

Burgi

@FMLCat have you been out at night in newcastle? ;)

FML Cat

@Burgi No, but I passed through it once on the overnight bus

Burgi

3:17 PM

it was a cheap joke

allquixotic

c

FML Cat

!!s/it was/Newcastle is/

ChatBot John Cavil

@FMLCat Newcastle is a cheap joke (source)

djsmiley2k

@Burgi Because most animals also engage in rape...

At some point we got confused between consent, and being in a private environment with another resulting in consent

I blame the victorians

Burgi

#MonkeyMeToo

djsmiley2k

3:19 PM

they'd have stuff like a woman couldn't be in a house with a man, unless it was his wife, or another woman (his wife) was also present.

FML Cat

A woman being in my house implies consent? Cool!

Burgi

> In Edinburgh today a street cat sexually assaulted a cleaner....

FML Cat

Consent to what exactly?

@Burgi I wasn't assuming consent to sexual assault, jesus you pervert

Boris_yo

@bwDraco My printer has been disconnected from cartridges for about a week... Should I get rid of cartridges or is there a potential damage I caused to printer by keeping without cartridges for a week?

@djsmiley2k I kept Brother MFC Inkjet without cartridges for a week. I wonder if I caused it damage.

FML Cat

@Boris_yo No

I've left shit for months to years

> etcd, [is] type of database that computing clusters and other types of networks use to store and distribute passwords and configuration settings needed by various servers and applications.
etcd comes with a programming interface that responds to simple queries that by default return administrative login credentials without first requiring authentication. The passwords, encryption keys, and other forms of credentials are used to access MySQL and PostgreSQL databases, content management systems, and other types of production servers.

!!doublefacepalm

ChatBot John Cavil

3:28 PM

FML Cat

who designs this shit and how do they get jobs

Bob

@FMLCat I ... why?

/r/onejob

like, that sounds like literally the only reason it exists

bwDraco

@Boris_yo The cartridges are probably okay. When you reinstall them, though, you may need to run multiple cleaning cycles, though, which will consume large amounts of ink.

FML Cat

> Collazo also said etcd maintainers should consider changing the default behavior to require authentication.

bwDraco

Be sure to use the nozzle check function to determine if it needs to be cleaned.

Bob

3:31 PM

oh so just sometime misusing it

FML Cat

"should consider" "default behaviour" "require authentication"

Understatement of the century for a password manager

Boris_yo

@bwDraco It does not have nozzle check...

bwDraco

Wat.

The printhead might be toast if you left the cartridges out for this long.

Canadian Luke

FML Cat

@CanadianLuke Ableist crap Who's to say people undergoing mental health treatment aren't entitled to reliable wifi?

Canadian Luke

3:38 PM

@FMLCat They're covering their own ass, in case one of your personalities decides to sue

FML Cat

Canadian Luke

-.- How true...

bwDraco

@Boris_yo The ink has probably mostly dried up. The MFC-240C is pretty old and I doubt replacement printheads are going to be easy to find or worth the money.

Boris_yo

@bwDraco Magenta and Cyan leaked while being transported...

Ink check shows minimum amount of ink available...

bwDraco

sigh

I'd probably just get a new printer at this point.

Boris_yo

3:44 PM

New MFC machine? This one still has FAX and scanner.

bwDraco

I would not want to run a decade-old inkjet printer whose printhead may be damaged due to having no cartridges installed for an extended period of time.

@Boris_yo Yeah.

Boris_yo

You would also get wireless MFC?

bwDraco

Fax and scanner are still pretty common, last I checked. Wireless is now a common feature as well.

Any brand preference? It's getting late here in Hong Kong.

Canadian Luke

I like my Samsung

FML Cat

I like my Epson

And my Samsung

bwDraco

3:56 PM

HP here. Surprisingly problem-free.

Canadian Luke

URGENT ticket
> UserX cannot log in. Might be his/her mouse
>
> Solution: Plugged in keyboard. Keyboard types now. Mouse was working fine

bwDraco

You lost me at "URGENT".

Boris_yo

@bwDraco You are from Hong Kong?

bwDraco

IT support must be fun...

@Boris_yo Traveling. We're heading back to New York on Monday.

Boris_yo

@bwDraco Typically before installing new ink cartridges should one shake them?

bwDraco

4:09 PM

I was born in the US to naturalized foreign-born US citizens.

@Boris_yo Yes, but gently.

djsmiley2k

@Boris_yo I doubt it.

bwDraco

(or at least that's the case with my HP cartridges; the manual says you're supposed to gently shake them a few times in the direction parallel to the ink outlet before you insert them)

djsmiley2k

@bwDraco I love 'urgent' tickets

they get asked additional questions.

Because I immediately think you're trying to do something you shouldn't be doing :D

Boris_yo

Hmmm... How to provide value to the world and extract money?

- Go to IT, it's in demand
- Go milk cows
- Go be a shepherd

djsmiley2k

Invent new buttcoin.

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Boris_yo

4:15 PM

Yeah, crypto-currency. Very crypy.

bwDraco

Hey look, an ICO! *invests $x into new coin*

Boris_yo

People make good returns though... But will it have real-world value to pay rent and buy food?

bwDraco

That's what some investors have been doing lately. Blockchain has been so insanely hyped that people are blindly buying into new coins regardless of whether it's a sound investment.

Boris_yo

If you have cash you can afford to lose it could be a good idea to give it a try...

Boris_yo

4:33 PM

@bwDraco I saw it's possible to clean printer heads by getting solution with syringes. Saw YouTube video about it.

user226528

I have an HP Photosmart C4183 which doesn't have a color cartridge at this time. Its scanner does not work.

user226528

Any ideas?

user226528

Huh! It worked!

user226528

Well, now I know what to do next time: Complain about it here.

user226528

Of course, I am using a Windows Store app called Windows Scan (by Microsoft) instead of built-in Windows component.

djsmiley2k

4:49 PM

:D

Canadian Luke

@bwDraco Do you play a game called Operation New Earth?

user226528

"Operation New Earth"? Sounds ominous. Sounds like one those new world order stuff.

Canadian Luke

Different planet, but yea

user226528

Ah. That makes it less like the new world order crap.

Canadian Luke

Oh

I just guessed

user226528

4:54 PM

i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/0e_NbXUVHTk/sddefault.webp

user226528

Looks like StarCraft and Command and Conquer have had formative effect on computer games.

user226528

Computer games resources look either like Tiberium or minerals from StarCraft.

user226528

5:28 PM

So, I finally found the answer to my ffmpeg question.

user226528

It appears not every valid x265 command line switch is a valid encoder parameter.

user226528

So, tune and preset are not encoding parameters, though they are valid x265 command line switches that cause x265 set a large number of encoding parameters wholesale.

user226528

Valid encoding parameters are those that appear in the MediaInfo dump.

user226528

To sum it up: pass goes in x265-params list. tune and preset become ffmpeg switches.

djsmiley2k

7:04 PM

but did any output disappear?

user226528

@djsmiley2k "Output disappear"? What do you mean?

djsmiley2k

the thing the other day

with the guy saying the output was odd

user226528

Oh, yeah. That. Remember all the stories you said about customers not being careful with ... lose wires and stuff? Well, this time, this guy was not careful enough. He was accusing me of not giving him the whole out, having failed to realize I had added a -v 15 switch.

user226528

It was the whole output.

user226528

He was expecting the behavior of a different set of switches.

djsmiley2k

7:11 PM

well now we know

tho i don't udnerstand

user226528

@djsmiley2k What the hell? I knew from the beginning. I told him so.

user226528

I think he was angry because an ffmpeg banner was not included. These ffmpeg guys are known for having a Hall of Shame, in which they shame everyone who uses their open-source code without giving them credits... But they are so aggressive, they sometimes accuse innocent people.

user226528

In one case, the was the developer of MediaCoder that had used ffmpeg in his project and had given it credits. But then, they had shamed him for changing the ffmpeg code and not having published the changes. (That's part of the license.)

user226528

Of course, the developer swore he didn't change the code; he had only added proprietary NVIDIA code alongside ffmpeg.

user226528

But I am not a developer. Just an end user who used the -v 15 switch.

That Brazilian Guy

7:46 PM

@FMLCat Speak for yourself, I never stopped!

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