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My neighbor's cat was in my backyard yesterday.
I had to throw something out in the garbage bin and I didn't see it.
It saw me though.
In complete panic it first jumped against the fence, ran to the other side and repeated the process.
It went from left to right, jumping against the fence every time, for about six or seven times.
I went back inside to give it some space, but then it just jumped against my bin, twice, and did not land on its feet.
After it relaxed a bit, it was able to jump on my bin and over the fence.
Poor thing must've had a headache after that 
Stupid cat has been living here for over a year and I've even petted it before
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Hah, I've got six cats (no I am not a crazy cat man, it couldn't be helped) and they've lived here for five years. A couple of them still leap in the air if I touch them when they're not expecting it, even though they must have been able to detect that I was right behind them.
Strange creatures.
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For me, there is a frequent, "now, we've discussed this. Stay off of there."
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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No - I knew you were crazy - that you talk to your cat proves it 
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Talking to cats brings bad luck[^].
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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Concerning cats: action speaks louder than words (meat in the bowl) 
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One of my absolute favourite films so no offence taken
"There are two ways of constructing a software design: One way is to make it so simple that there are obviously no deficiencies, and the other way is to make it so complicated that there are no obvious deficiencies. The first method is far more difficult." - C.A.R. Hoare
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... if Roboracing is anything to go by ...[^]
OK, who answered this one's question in QA - own up! 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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"How to make self driving race car?"
The difficult we do right away...
...the impossible takes slightly longer.
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"Plz convert this C++ self driving car code to Python" ...
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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I think I've seen that one, I think it was it titled "How To Break Out Of While Loop? URGENT!"
It went unanswered except for some comments saying they wouldn't do his homework and links to Google.
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Until they reach maturity its more like a demolition derby.
I'm not sure how many cookies it makes to be happy, but so far it's not 27.
JaxCoder.com
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My recently-purchased, nearly-new Skoda includes "lane assist", which gives steering guidance above 40mph, designed to stop you inadvertently wandering across lanes on the motorway. It's clever and it works fine under normal motorway conditions, and certainly encourages better use of indicators (there's no feedback if you've indicated you're changing lanes).
Today was the first time I've driven on the motorway after heavy rain. As the clouds parted and the sun dried out the carriageway, the dry parts were noticeably paler than the damp patches. Several times, landscape (hedges, fences etc) meant the "dry" line wasn't parallel with the lanes; the lane assist camera interpreted the colour change as a lane marking, and delivered a steering input that actively drifted me out of my lane into the next. Of course I noticed what was happening and overrode the input (you just exert more pressure in the opposite direction). But it really concerned me that my car would "choose" to effectively make an unannounced lane change simply because of a damp road.
This is in a mass-production vehicle and I guess other makes / models with lane assist would behave similarly. If it had been "self driving" rather than just the gentle "nudge" of lane assist, there'd have been an accident. I worry that it's rather too soon to contemplate fully autonomous vehicles on public roads.
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DerekT-P wrote: I worry that it's rather too soon to contemplate fully autonomous vehicles on public roads.
It definitely is, and that is why you, as a driver still, have to "assist the lane assist".
It will get at least another 10 years until AD is usable in full mode, and it will be complicated as long as manual and AD are coexisting on the road since humans are much more unpredictable than software.
For the moment - and I am working in the industry - we are on level 2,5 on the AD scale[^] - 2,5 has even settled in our jargon - and will be stuck there for a consequent amount of time.
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Well that's because REAL race cars only turn left.
NASCAR! 
I’ve given up trying to be calm. However, I am open to feeling slightly less agitated.
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Yes, even in the Netherlands gangs of children are demanding their share of sweets now.
In my sleepy home town a suspicious looking guy rang the doorbell and handed over a bag of sweets.
Gives this to the children when they come at 7:30 PM he whispered and then vanished in the dark.
After a long wait finally a gang of little monsters appeared half an hour too late, didn't want to sing a song, grabbed the sweets from my hands and left me standing baffled in the doorway.
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One of the benefits of having a solid front fence with electric gates 
OTOH we were walking the dogs when said band of monsters wandered our street, they refused the dog treats I offered.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity -
RAH
I'm old. I know stuff - JSOP
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Are you sure they were actually sweets, and you haven't just been turned into a drugs mule?
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Holy HalloWienerSchnitzel !
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I've bought into their advertising, but I'm lost in a couple of areas.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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