* Posts by etz

2 publicly visible posts • joined 27 Aug 2015

Google robo-car suffers brain freeze after seeing hipster cyclist

etz

The car behaved exactly as it should (ie. avoided hitting idiot, unshielded meatsack regardless of priority) , the cyclist should have ridden on.

Four way stops aren't common in the UK (I've never seen one), but are in other countries (South Africa, Australia). The rules are pretty simple: first come, first serve. Arrive at the same time, yield to the right/left as per usual. In the event 2 cars opposite arrive and one is turning across the other, the turner enters the junction and waits for the other car to go straight across. The turner then has priority over all other cars outside the junction. It's really simple, also way easier and fairer than all the idiotic roundabouts we have in the UK.

Scrapheap challenge: How Amazon and Google are dumbing down the gogglebox

etz

I have 2 smart tv's, but the functions are pretty abysmal on both. Slow and terrible to use. Input is pants. I use an old PC on the main screen, coupled with a Rii BT keyboard and trackpad, when I want smart functions. The second screen is basically for games consoles, so "smart" functions can come from the ps3/ps4.