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Elon Musk’s SpaceX will make its own laws on Mars: Report So.... Lord of the Flies or Beneath the Planet of the Apes?

Nah. It's the London Palladium. Finally, we'll get to see MUSK! The Musical.

Should have gone with the name Ottopilot - after the inflatable from Airplane.

Well we're just not looking at this from the right perspective, apparently. It's a "badge of honour". When life gives you lemons, make, er, bleach. ;)

Excellent news for simulation. The Porn Industry will be delighted.

Ah, the Internet. Where people go to over-react.

In case you're wondering, it's Droid for: "I hate my parents"

Tesla gets in trouble for using HAL 9000 for Sentry Mode, switching to Portal turret - Electrek So HAL 9000 is off limits and the same may happen with the representation of a portal turret. What's wrong with using an image of Starman's Spacex helmet reflecting scrolling computer code in its visor?

Great. More fake news, but now with flowers and dancing.

If you just want to save lives, then the law is great. If you need to find a balance between saving lives and livelihoods then the law is the wrong instrument to use.

Xenophobia has always been the most infectious of illnesses. Politicians of all nations are quick to spread it and populations are quick to catch it; the usual divide and conquer. Trump did say way-back-when that we would be "sick of winning" and it is sickening to realize what we allow...

Tesla Autopilot safety feature helps save cop running a red light - Electrek Would side-pointing radar help? Similar problem to another driver running a light. Except on either side. And sudden braking could cause problems for following vehicles.

You're right. It will be a long time before legislators are comfortable with any form of remote summoning. They will be too worried that the car will go full Mjolnir.

No you're not. This is better than dope/beer/daytime tv/scratching yourself. You love it here. In trying to find a balance between lives and livelihoods the law is a clumsy instrument. Negotiations would be a much better route but that would involve not treating people as statistics, which...

*Gasp* Oh no! You missed an "else". "That's the price that everybody else needs to pay in the interest of public health"