Is it really safe to unleash 300hp daily drivers with instant torque and significantly greater weight to the general public?

That's another question, and not a dumb one at all! But still, while the product is what it is, there is still personal responsibilities in using it properly and safely. Otherwise we should ask regulators to just prohibit this kind of vehicles.

That ship has long since sailed. My college-age niece just bought her first car, which is a 2012 V6 Mustang with 305hp, naturally aspirated. I'm sure it's lighter, but that just makes it faster.

Oh their self-driving thing...Full* "Self" Driving (supervised)(see notes)(not liable for anything)

Sorry, I didn't remember what it was called. FSD, I think

>he's nerd-famous enough to not warrant an introduction

What is nerd-famous supposed to be. He's at the center of some subjective in-group that exists in your head?

To be fair, we are on hacker news. I did once use on of his programs, American Fuzzy Lopper (fake advertisement lawsuit incoming if its not american). So he is not nobody apparently

He wrote the American Fuzzy Lop fuzzer, which was extremely influential – pretty much put fuzzing on the map.

The point is that the annual number is often rather confusing from a reporting perspective.

And that an annual number is diluted and will only feed in slowly over time.

If we knew inflation was permanently at 5% from now on, a blend with 2% for 11 months and 5% for 1 month, is not informative.

They said: "12*0.4% is 4.8%. Inflation is running at an annualised 4.8%."

This is patently wrong.

Because it's 1.04^12?

Or are you addressing some other flaw?

No. What he's describing is like covering your face with your hands and thinking that you're invisible.

It might help obscure your physical address in public records and keep private companies from finding it as easily, but yeah, it's not going to keep the government-wide database from locating you.

You're on social media.

I get most of my news from NPR or BBC. I don't subscribe to either but I used to subscribe to Economist. It's still good but the writing style and tone is cloying.

I've been considering Financial Times to replace it.

I would like to plug for npr. If you listen to them, set up recurring donations to your local affiliate. They really do need your support. Local stations are at risk.

Bait used to be believable.

Tried this and now I'm senior dev.

Convoluted and unreasonable workarounds for a growing police state.

Please don't try to minimize the egregiousness of having your personal documents searched for the sake of security theater.

> Convoluted and unreasonable workarounds for a growing police state.

Well, those are _basic_ OPSEC for people whose life/safety/freedom would actually be threatened by a search ("good guys", "bad guys", it doesn't matter). If the only things threatened by a search are your pride/moral principles, then yeah, those might seem unreasonable.

> Please don't try to minimize the egregiousness of having your personal documents searched for the sake of security theater.

I don't know if that term has been coined before, but "privacy theater" is also a thing, and it is just as grotesque as the other theater.

I don't see anything convoluted it unreasonable in the suggestions the OP made. They're based on reality, irrespective of whether you like it or not.