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Cake day: October 4th, 2023
  • JordanZ@lemmy.worldtoNews@lemmy.world•US interest in electric vehicles surges as gas prices jump amid Iran war
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    23 hours ago

    I remember this cause I was living in a place where gas topped $5 a gallon. The federal minimum wage was $5.85 for the first half of that year. Basically my first and last hour of work was really just paying the gas to get to/from work. Running $5 through an inflation calc and that would be about $7.59 today.

    My parents bought a Lincoln Navigator during that time…🤯 The dealer understandably was super motivated to get rid of it. It gets ~12 mpg around town. A bit after those price hikes they started pumping oil like crazy though and prices hit rock bottom around $1.60 though. That likely caused the mass purchasing of giant SUV’s again.

  • JordanZ@lemmy.worldtoPrivacy@programming.dev•Federal Surveillance Tech Becomes Mandatory in New Cars by 2027
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    7 days ago

    If the AI determines you’re impaired (blood alcohol ≥0.08% or showing fatigue), it can prevent ignition startup or limit vehicle speed.

    That should go well for my drives across -20F(-30C) degree areas. That first option could literally get someone killed at worst or cause some interesting problems at best. You’re tired and want to fill up before heading to the hotel? Now you’re stuck at the gas pump.

    False positives are going to be rampant. I remember the face tracking cameras that didn’t work at all for anybody that wasn’t Caucasian. I’d imagine there is going to be tons of lawsuits from accessibility groups when it misidentifies perfectly alert people due to some abnormality.