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AI certainly has a place but it's the poorly trained AI that most consumers will ever interact with. I hope Audi remembers the cloud outages and the grief that they have already cause for people and businesses worldwide. Much like Just-in-Time parts delivery to car production assembly lines in Germany, that has caused shutdowns when there is an accident on the A-Bahn and no one is going anywhere for hours, placing all your eggs in one basket is a recipe for disaster. For instance, VW's total transition to EVs is not going so well, nor is GM's, Ford's, Stellantis or most other car companies. Even Tesla sales are falling off noticeably.
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Everyone adds Ai to any media release but it appears like BS. The reality of the Audi release is using virtual PLCs to control individual machines on a local high speed network linked to local central supervisory computer that may have some AI features no cloud AI as far as I can tell in direct machine control. Apart from virtual PLCs nothing new here. Not sure how they get TUF certification for virtual safety in the event of a network failure but I presume it must be possible
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There have been a lot of Leftwing crazy policies from the prior administration like a "Secure Border" that allowed 12+ MILLION illegals to enter the country. My take is 81 Million voters voted against this invasion. IMO, it's time to shut down government overreach.
They also did not get all manner of "benefits" at the expense of the existing residents.
You can have open borders or a welfare state. Trying to have both at the same time creates big problems.
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The U.S. also did not have an "immigrations system" in place to regulate who enters the country after proper vetting.
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No they stole their "benefits" from the existing residents just like some accuse current economic migrants of doing. The immigration system back then was to throw out the immigrants by force of arms ( bows and arrows) but unfortunately the immigrants were better armed than the residents.
You can always argue history whether it be 1 year ago or 250 years ago to make a point but it does not justify the present
You can always argue history whether it be 1 year ago or 250 years ago to make a point but it does not justify the present
Yes, Europeans conquered the western hemisphere, as well as Australia, from people who were far more primitive, and then proceeded to build a civilization in those places. The pre-existing residents had every right to try to repel the invaders, but obviously didn't have the means. We do have the means to repel the current invasion, and failure to do so will result in considerable damage to the civilization we've built.
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In the second picture, the fool is on the wrong side of the road
Think about this for a moment. Can that scenery be from any country that has left-hand traffic?
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The UK is wrong in this case. RHD = Blue, LHD = Red
Most of the civilized world drives LHD. Notably, the UK also recognizes the superiority of LHD because that's how all nautical traffic is routed, y'all just stubbornly refuse to conform with the rest of the world when it comes to vehicular traffic.
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If one were to drive in the left seat, how is one to unsheathe one’s sword for combat?
Show me a video of how one could possibly wield a sword with any level of effectiveness at all from any sort of automobile, and I'll concede that singular point. I'll even generously allow the use of a convertible.
Fact is, hanging your arm over the door won't allow any appreciable range of motion, plus you have to control the vehicle at the same time. Mounted swordsmanship always involved an intelligent animal doing half the work for you - the horse - so you could focus on "the other guy". Cars don't have that advantage, and they're bigger, less agile, and mostly restricted to improved surfaces. Horses also don't come up to your armpit - the entire upper body of a rider is completely unfettered by the horse so they have full range of motion in their arms.
Are you folks in the UK being attacked by your car audio system or flat screen? Can a sword fix that issue?
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