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Serious question: why is it hard to make small, anti-drone missiles? I assume it needs to only be within X distance of target and detonate to disable a drone.


Automated missiles at every public building, gathering, and billionaire's motorcade? What could possibly go wrong?


And it's also called "Autopilot" which sets an extremely different tone and expectation than other driver-assistance/safety technologies.


> And it's also called "Autopilot" which sets an extremely different tone and expectation than other driver-assistance/safety technologies.

Only to those not familiar with autopilot systems in aircraft.

It's like the use of "hacker" - here on this site it still (probably) has most of it's original meaning. To the rest of the world it means a guy in a ski-mask with a russian/chinese accent who's after your bank account.

Unfortunately most of the world thinks pilots in commercial aircraft turn on the autopilot and can then go for a sleep, so when they see "Autopilot" on a Tesla, they think they can do the same.


> most of the world thinks pilots in commercial aircraft turn on the autopilot and can then go for a sleep

They can go to sleep and the plane will continue to fly itself. However, if anyone found out they were sleeping heads would roll.

Autopilot electronics on a plane is trivial. Autopilot for a car is damn hard.


> Only to those not familiar with autopilot systems in aircraft.

Isn’t that most people?


>Unfortunately most of the world thinks pilots in commercial aircraft turn on the autopilot and can then go for a sleep

They can go for a sleep though.


Only if you're happy waking up to find you're about to plow into another large object at a high rate of speed.

The Pilot in Command is expected to sit in their seat and monitor the aircraft, surrounding airspace and the radios, and be ready to take control at a moments notice.

They can't go for a snooze without handing that over to another pilot first.


The same expectation applies to drivers of Tessa's Autopilot.


Can you share some of the design houses you are recommending or are aware of? Thanks!


Many metro areas have a handful of them, for example in Austin (in no particular order):

* http://www.austinelectronicdesign.com/

* http://www.technologykitchen.com/

* http://www.m3design.com

* http://www.concurrentdesign.com/

* http://www.produktworksdesign.com/

They all have their own specialties and pros/cons, but most of them deal with small startups to help bridge the gaps. As always YMMV so due diligence is required.



BUT what about the psychological value of _feeling_ like you're getting a deal, even if you aren't actually getting one?

E.g. People from this research actually experience more pleasure when they believe a wine is expensive: http://time.com/money/3846874/expensive-price-tag-cheap-wine...

> “Expectations truly influence neurobiological responses,” write the authors.


You lose a lot more than just fiber in the juicing process: http://nutritionfacts.org/video/juicing-removes-more-than-ju...


Not all processing is bad ...

"Studies show that like frozen produce, canned produce – provided it is free of added salt and sugars – has a nutrient value that is often as good as, if not better than, that of fresh produce."

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/27/really-the-claim-fr...


Once I connected my calendar I actually had trouble distinguishing my real meetings from the decoy meetings. Impressive and frightening.


:)


I'm surprised by the design of "her" avatar and the site. To me, the digital artifacts give it a slightly frightening and negative feel. Am I alone?


Reminds me of "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream". http://images.popmatters.com/misc_art/m/movingpixels-ihaveno...


It almost feels as though the "Developers! Developers! Developers!" Ballmer mantra is back! [0]

Microsoft has realized that it can't afford to lose anymore developer mindshare and it's creating some really spectacular results. This is a Microsoft I can be excited about!

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8To-6VIJZRE


HAProxy absolutely can support an HTTP response code health check, but in my experience out of the box it just makes sure the port (say 80) is open. I learned this once the hard way and will never make that mistake again... ;)


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