And how do I pay for a YouTube competitor that's libre or at least won't spy back without losing access to its monopolisticly large catalog?

Yes I know that Google just reported YouTube’s revenue is larger than Netflix’s. But I really don’t find anything interesting on YouTube. Every time I try to find an interesting tutorial on for me AWS, if it isn’t produced by AWS itself, it’s usually subpar and I end up just paying for it on Udemy or using my company paid Pluralsight.

What's crazy is that their adtech definitely knows how to categorise stuff down to super specific topics, yet they only use that internally.

It won't be Amish, but there'll be for sure people cherishing the old days when cars were simple/fun/different.

Eric Schmidt has mentioned they regretted not hiring more people during the (once in every 5yrs?) crisis that came before covid.

If AI improves efficiency so much why aren't companies pushing for 30-hour weeks?

It really seems it should. It's a quick distress signal, no time to ask the user how locked they want their phone to be.

> They could've cut a third of the movie and made the whole thing so much better.

I feel that way with Inception. That out of nowhere 30-minute snow action part dragged on forever.

I don't think it's marginal since accelerating the car needs way more energy than fighting loses due to wind and tyre resistance.

Also, a bad driver mis-breaking trips the cars behind into breaking too, which multiplies the energy waste and may also cause accidents through fatigue.

Mare experienced drivers will give you more leeway to avoid tapping the brakes with you, or simply go for a staring overtake.

One of the few things I really don't like about my Subbie is that it tries to help braking.

I'm all in for traction control and to some extent ABS, but braking hard and upsetting the car's balance when you don't need it is dangerous.

Is it one of those cars that alters the brake boost depending on circumstances?

That drives me nuts. When you put x amount of force into the brake pedal, you should know you're going to get y amount of deceleration. Don't double the brake boost just because you decided it's an emergency due to some opaque criteria.

> Is it one of those cars that alters the brake boost depending on circumstances?

No, it's just breaking a bit too hard for you while the panel beeps and has scary red lights pop (that you'll have a hard time reading).

If you are referring to the alert stage of the emergency braking system, triggering it should be rare if you drive reasonably well. It is also most likely a situation in which you could benefit from a little more braking force.

If you decide to swerve, the additional weight at the front will help you to initiate the turn, and good systems will then reduce the braking force at the right moment to give you the most traction when cornering.

I remember 2 events where the activation was completely out of place and felt it was endangering rather than protecting me.

- Driving from Tahoe to SF where the limited lane visibility due to the slope and a slight twist made the system think I was going to hit the car I was overtaking (from the 2nd and left-most lane). This really felt dangerous since it activated mid-turn and messed with the car's balance.

- The other event was a roundabout where a car yielding to get in behind plants jump-scared the breaking system. At 10-15 mph or so the unexpected breaking wasn't dangerous though, worst-case scenario you get rear ended at low speeds.

Beyond that, overtakes where you slow down as you return to your lane may trip the system, but those cases are fair even though the following distance they intend is a bit too cautious. I reckon my Mom would be holding the roof with both hands if she was there, but my Dad & siblings unfazed.

Yeah, most AEB systems I've used work quite well. I've had a couple false alarms (just at the warning stage) where I can at least understand why they happened from a system perspective, even if there was no risk.

I did find "normal" mode on the Model 3 was way too sensitive, but I set it to "late" and it's been fine ever since.

The balance between safe following distance and letting people cut in varies a lot by city. Maybe he learnt to drive elsewhere?

I remember being too aggressive when I got to the Bay Area, and learning how nice it was to be let into the lane I needed to avoid being forced on a 5mi U-turn. When visiting back home I was too nice and people told me so.

I've reached a balance. Aggressive enough not to be taken advantage of, but being nice to drivers in need, specially when it doesn't really change things for me, like when letting a driver in costs me nothing because of how bad traffic is.