DrunkEngineer
@DrunkEngineer@lemmy.world
- Comment on Front Brake Lights Could Drastically Diminish Road Accident Rates 2 days ago:
Risk Compension predicts that drivers would simply use this new information to drive more aggressively, negating any possible safety benefits.
- Comment on German court sends Volkswagen execs to prison over Dieselgate scandal 1 week ago:
The point is that the US has gathered enough evidence to get indictments against them. Germany has access to that same evidence and has very similar laws that were violated – but has done basically nothing.
- Comment on German court sends Volkswagen execs to prison over Dieselgate scandal 1 week ago:
The Board had discussions about how to stonewall California. US prosecutors have filed charges but Germany won’t extradite.
They are all guilty as fuck.
- Comment on German court sends Volkswagen execs to prison over Dieselgate scandal 1 week ago:
Despite what the headline says, no execs went to jail. The two who were punished with jail terms were middle management.
Martin Winterkorn, the CEO, will probably avoid any serious consequences.
- Comment on Did you know you can track elons jet from mastodon? 1 month ago:
“My friend is trying to convince me that any contractors working on the uncompleted Death Star were innocent victims when the space station was destroyed.”
- In One Colorado Town, People Experiencing Homelessness Can Sleep in Their Car — if They Have a Jobwww.nytimes.com ↗Submitted 1 month ago to aboringdystopia@lemmy.world | 15 comments
- Comment on Samsung CEO Jong-hee Han has died 2 months ago:
- Comment on [deleted] 2 months ago:
“Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” - George Carlin
- Submitted 2 months ago to aboringdystopia@lemmy.world | 9 comments
- Comment on A new study found adaptive traffic signals powered by big data reduced peak-hour travel times by 11% in China’s 100 most congested cities – saving 31.73 million tonnes of CO₂ annually. 3 months ago:
Yes, and such intelligent systems can also optimize for pedestrian traffic,
In the US, these types of “intelligent” systems almost always degrade pedestrian traffic quite severely.
- Submitted 3 months ago to aboringdystopia@lemmy.world | 3 comments
- Comment on The Cybertruck Appears to Be More Deadly Than the Infamous Ford Pinto, According to a New Analysis 3 months ago:
I believe 4 of the Cybertruck fatalities were from a single crash. While the truck may indeed be dangerous, there is hardly enough data yet to draw conclusions.
- Comment on Switzerland authorizes removable PV plant on railway track 8 months ago:
While I know things are generally more expensive in Switzerland, $685,000 is crazy expensive for just 18 kW (48 panels).