VegasKL

VegasKL t1_ja5jqa2 wrote

>I am not surprised at all. Considering how interconnected everyone is there really isn't a way to "cut Russia off".

Pretty much. Except for maybe very poor nations, it's impossible to isolate them as all they need is a beachhead somewhere where they can then bounce their connections all around (to hide said beachhead). In Russia's case, that could be a satellite connection to another country or even some form of line of sight connection over a border. Just to name a very few.

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VegasKL t1_j96ymhz wrote

It shouldn't be an issue of training data anymore, Tesla uses a lot synthetic (3d generated) data now so they can train the same exact scenario with a ton of variables swapped out over and over again. Nvidia (IIRC) did a presentation on the tech.

Remember, they also had this issue with box trucks if I remember correctly.

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VegasKL t1_j96xz98 wrote

>SuperCruise

That's also different technology afaik. I think GM maps various roads with lidar vehicles and then those maps get loaded into the vehicles for cross-referencing to their position -- done this way so they don't have to have a bunch of LIDAR units on the vehicle processing in real time. They likely have some forward facing LIDAR or Radar (or both) units.

Elon wants to be cheap and do it solely with cameras.

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VegasKL t1_j1b48td wrote

A lot of these companies are just tightening their belt early in preparation for a 2008 level recession as to not be caught off guard.

If we don't get that, they'll start hiring again once they can't keep their current employees working 1.5 their work (to cover for the people they laid off). A lot of times with layoffs the workload doesn't significantly go down, they just burden the people who kept their job with the "be happy you're still employed" line.

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VegasKL t1_j1b3ira wrote

It's bad news "from the perspective of the economy" .. a healthy economy has a certain amount of unemployment, and growth.

When trying to cool it off to correct it, seeing more growth on top of it can be seen as a negative.

To the average person, it's seems like good news. We're living in very confusing times -- economic growth = bad, low unemployment = bad, massive layoffs in some industries yet still low unemployment = bad.

The problem is, it's not the wallet of the citizens, inflation is being driven by companies arbitrarily raising their prices (or reducing costs, features) because "everyone else is doing it." There's a reason some countries have a Windfall tax, so the government can step in and say "look here f***heads, you're gouging everyone."

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VegasKL t1_j1b2o6n wrote

Yeah, it's always kinda odd (jk) how we seemingly have a major scandal or economic event which precedes a large recession, and the Dems pull us out of it.

It's almost like deregulation doesn't work over the long term for the economy as a whole, it just makes those industries rich until they collapse everything.

I guess the Dot-Com bubble could be attributed to Dems, but that might be from a lack of regulation (or slow moving regulation).

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