As an adult I finish more games. I have more patience and there's a lot of things that are better today than when I was a kid (level scaling/difficulty scaling is definitely one, and so is the art).

But I miss storytelling. I miss game mechanics that worked really well but we're based on the limitations of the hardware and software available at the time. I miss having to explore because there were no walkthroughs or guides or anything.

So I think perhaps gaming has gotten better, but my experience with gaming isn't as good now as it was when I was a kid because I have something to compare it to and it can't beat my nostalgia.

I'll do you one better. Our laws about lobbying need a significant overhaul, so that's at least part of the problem. But also it can be more than one thing at a time.

Yeah I saw the article about that. I factored it into my belief that Tesla is at least partially liable but I also couldn't remember granular details. Thanks for bringing it up.

I'll have a look. Thank you!

I feel like the strictly enforced cell phone laws are also strictly enforced in America. I think it really is just down to how big vehicles are here and how bad the sight distance is in those larger vehicles, combined with municipalities not investing in infrastructure that prevents or mitigates crashes and pedestrian fatalities. There was recently an article about a town that did do this and hasn't had a pedestrian fatality in like a decade here in the US and I think that's proof of what I'm saying.

I hadn't heard this specifically, but I am interested if you've got a link?

They are wrong but there is a grain of truth to this. NTSA regulations about fuel efficiency and emissions are part of the reason that car manufacturers made vehicles bigger and more expensive. It is significantly harder to meet emissions standards and fuel efficiency standards in the US in a sedan or small compact car and on top of that car manufacturers know that people aren't generally buying compact cars for $80-150K so it's a win win for them. It's greed, and them gaming the system in order to use the fact that larger vehicles aren't beholden to the same emissions standards or fuel efficiency standards. So car companies convinced consumers they don't want small cars, that instead they want SUVs and trucks and perhaps crossovers. And they lobbied to game the system and to continue pocketing money doing it.

https://www.distilled.earth/p/the-loophole-that-made-cars-in-america

Not every government employee is a Trump stooge.

I agree with you, but I think both Tesla and the "driver" should be liable. Tesla should be liable for how they market their vehicles "self driving" features. The driver for not making a reasonable attempt to prevent an accident.

Depends on jurisdiction. In the States, some States allow more than one party to be liable. But others are single liability States.

But basically, if you market a product as being able to do specific tasks and the person using the product uses it that way, and it kills someone or harms them, I think it comes down to who is the person or entity who's actions directly lead to the event/could have been forseen to lead to such an event. Tesla has a lot of data on their vehicles and every day there seems to be a new report about what they knew about the safety of the "self driving" features. Specifically things like repainting the lines on roadways to get the results they wanted and potentially fabricating data or modifying it to present their vehicles as having specific capabilities. But that doesn't mean the driver is off the hook.

So for instance the person behind the wheel could argue that they didn't know that the vehicle could act on its own to leave the roadway and crash into a home because it's marketed to have safety features to prevent or mitigate a collision. And the court would have to decide if they indeed had time to slam on the brakes or take over the wheel. If they did have time and they didn't do anything to try to prevent the crash they are definitely on the hook.

Hell to the naw. To the naw naw naw.

He can't design himself out of a paper bag. He also can't define either of those two words, so your point still stands.

You left reddit because you didn't like the users. I left reddit because I didn't like the corpo BS and the company trying to monetize what the users built. We are not the same.

If you want the things you posted about to be different, go roll your own.

Forced myself to socialize.

Maybe I'm not perfect but at least you have a good day.

It won't be a slow deflation. That BB will press against the valve stem and that tire will be flat in a couple of minutes at most. I'm not suggesting you do it to all 4 tires either. Just one would do in almost every scenario.

Don't collected the valve stems. That's property damage and it's illegal. Instead, buy a box of valve stem caps and a box of small BB's. Glue the BB's inside the caps and swap them out with the ones already on the nuisance car (tape the old ones to the tailgate so you aren't stealing), and go on about your day. It's gonna take them awhile to figure out why their tire keep deflating because nobody checks the caps, and it takes less than 30 seconds the bend down and "tie your shoe".

They're gonna be double blind alright.

It's crazy that we have to tell people that a punch to the eye can cause serious damage, but here we are.

Are you lost?