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“Polynomial spirals, or Spiro curves, the subject of my PhD thesis, fail to achieve this goal.”

Wasn’t your PhD thesis on attack-resistant trust metrics? At least I remember reading it.

Forbes recalculated the wealth of the richest billionaires to add back in what they gave to charity.

I have had the misfortune of having to get D&B numbers (for various Apple things). I believe is the source for lead lists where you start to get dozens to text and phone spam calls per day. Do not pay hundreds of dollars for this if you can at all avoid it.

No. They are by far the safest drivers in Santa Monica. Ideally we get to a point where human drivers are banned.

I was just dropping my kids off at their elementary school in Santa Monica, but not at Grant Elementary where this happened.

While it's third-hand, word on the local parent chat is that the parent dropped their kid off on the opposite side of the street from Grant. Even though there was a crossing guard, the kid ran behind a car an ran right out in to the street.

If those rumors are correct, I'll say the kid's/family's fault. That said, I think autonomous vehicles should probably go extra-slowly near schools, especially during pickup and dropoff.

Wasn't that Scott McNealy? (Though, if I recall your bio from previous HN posts, you'd know far better than me.)

Looking, you’re right. Those are regulated at the state level. But it does look like pretty much every state has a law.