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  1. Mr. Brooks
    And this idea that police officers are somehow gods that can't be criticized is part of what empowers the bad ones to trample all over citizen's rights. If the good cops, which are the majority, would help root out the bad ones, rather than defending and standing by them no matter what, it would go a long way towards improving police/community relations.
  2. Mr. Brooks
    I think some crimes are heinous enough to lose your voting rights. So, sure, I'll denounce it. With that out of the way, what does it say about a person who doesn't? Are you arguing that if someone does agree with Bernie on that issue, then they forfeit their right to criticize police misconduct? If so, why? I don't understand the connection.
  3. Mr. Brooks
    There is no rush. If anything, he's behind schedule. Even if he started his rehab assignment tomorrow, he wouldn't come off until May 16th. I'd guess we're still 10-14 days away from a rehab assignment, so he'll probably be back around May 28th or so.
  4. Mr. Brooks
    You don't think that Trump supporters should have to own every single thing he says and every issue he supports (which I agree with), but you don't mind making Bernie supporters own everything that he says or supports? Please explain why this isn't a double standard.
  5. Mr. Brooks
    How would he be forced to come here? He had a no full trade clause. Which he wasn't waiving to come here.
  6. Mr. Brooks
    What happens if they make the playoffs? Buxton never plays because they will be facing really good pitchers? I don't have a problem with many decisions Baldelli has made. I have a big problem with Buxton sitting the day before an off day.
  7. Mr. Brooks
    I don't see Detroit passing on Hockenson.
  8. Mr. Brooks
    Sure, but I don't consider either of those performances to be doing their job. It's okay to say someone didn't get it done tonight, let's hope he's better next time.
  9. Mr. Brooks
    If 5 runs in 6 innings is doing his job, then he won't have a job for long.
  10. Mr. Brooks
    Castro has an .823 OPS. How long does he have to be on probation for his injury ravaged 2018?
  11. Mr. Brooks
    They already do.
  12. Mr. Brooks
    This doesn't change that. He's a phone call away if there is an injury.
  13. Mr. Brooks
    Yeah, give the kid a chance with the best possible defense behind him. Unless Buxton has an injury, I don't get this at all. Isn't tomorrow an off day?
  14. Mr. Brooks
    I don't agree. With 4 days off between starts, I don't really believe that running hot or cold is actually a thing for starting pitchers. Just variation amongst their capable range that sometimes in small sample sizes looks like a trend.
  15. Mr. Brooks
    Kiriloff has 650 less milb plate appearances than Vlad does. I can see a case where he gets here in less plate appearances than Vlad did.
  16. Mr. Brooks
    I hope they aren't using the very small sample size of their last few starts to make the decision.
  17. Mr. Brooks
    Given Buxton's previous struggles, he's going to be getting a lot of days off if this is the reason. I really hope this isn't the reason.
  18. Mr. Brooks
    You forgot to sign it -SouthsideBilly...I mean -LifeLongTwinsfan.
  19. Mr. Brooks
    I do understand skepticism toward inevitable advances though, and I do think this one is inevitable. Before the train was invented, nobody had ever traveled faster than a horse could take them. When trains were in their infancy, many people, even doctors, thought that the g forces created by moving that quickly would kill a human being. Within 100 or so years, we went from nobody ever, in the history of mankind, traveling faster than 30 mph, to people traveling to space at 18,000 mph. When the ball gets rolling on something like this, it often moves much quicker than most people imagined.
  20. Mr. Brooks
    Agreed there. We are likely 20+ years away from 100% fully autonomous. So yeah, anyone already born will likely need to learn how to drive. The better question would have been, will your grandchildren have to? I think there is a good chance that anyone born in 2030 or later will be about as likely to ever drive a car as a teenager now is to ever use a payphone.
  21. Mr. Brooks
    I guess I don't understand why you think the technology being used would have difficulty reacting and adjusting to those conditions? It'd actually be better suited than a human, because it would see them from further away, and would analyze exactly how much clearance is needed to clear those ruts, rather than just making an educated guess like a human would.
  22. Mr. Brooks
    He says anyone who "relies" on LiDAR is a fool. That's a strawman, nobody does and nobody will. As I stated above, other systems like camera and radar (or in Tesla's case) ultrasonic sensors will also detect the washed out road. It's all about building layers of redundancy. Tesla replaces LiDAR with ultrasonic sensors. Of course an entrepreneur trashes the main difference between his technology and his rivals. That tactic dates back to Edison/Tesla, probably further.
  23. Mr. Brooks
    Yes, and no. It uses GPS to know where it is in a general sense. It has much more precise systems that adjust and compensate for it's actual exact location. Do you guys actually think all these smart people poured billions of dollars into this without asking "what happens if the GPS signal goes out?"
  24. Mr. Brooks
    Yes, it will know that. It already can do that. The mapping data that it does use, is preloaded onto the vehicles hard drive. It doesn't use satellite or GPS in real time, because obviously, as you said, that would be prone to outages. However, it doesn't rely on mapping data exclusively. Because maps have errors, and autonomous vehicles need to be precise. The technology it would use to know the road is washed out would be its LiDAR system. It would know the road is washed out before a human driver would. It could possibly also detect it via its radar system, and/or camera system, but the LiDAR system would likely detect it first. Edit: I should clarify, it does use GPS in real time, but doesn't rely on it for precision.
  25. Mr. Brooks
    I don't think autonomous vehicles rely on GPS. I think it's more scanning and mapping of where things actually are in real time than it is being programmed where things are supposed to be.
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