I think that should very much depend on the severity and the statistical impact of the bug. As long as the long doesn't raise the deaths-per-mile-driven number above what humans would be doing, I would say it would be ok to just leave it running and just update once it is fixed.
The goal is to get cars driving better than humans (which btw they already do by a huge margin, even with the fsd beta). so disabling the autopilot because of a potential bug would be condemning a lot more people to death than leaving it in. Interesting variation of the trolley problem i guess
I wonder if there would be a way to make an argument that would appeal to the public just the same: We can't add backdoors to encryption because it would endanger our children!
I tested it out for about 7 mins before uninstalling, because i use alfred extensively so I will give any competitor a try.
This feels like alfred without namespaces and a more cluttered UI. I don't like that there are "plugins"; alfred's workflows are way more customizable and accessible. some plugins are "pro" (paid). it feels way more "closed garden"y than alfred.
maybe because of my engineering mindedness, but I personally prefer namespaces like alfred supports. this "natural language" take was a bit confusing, specially since anything could be interpreted in multiple ways (no namespace identifiers) and multiple plugins could handle it. this requires far more mental effort to use and filter the responses than alfred, and also feels significantly laggier probably due to it doing so much simultaneously (loading icon flashes often and I'm on a mbp).
I think it could work for people that don't know that alfred exists yet want a similar tool. It certainly is pretty, and besides the laggy UX, the UI seems pretty well polished.
It's definitely a trade-off. I am betting that for some users, the discoverability and simplicity of typing natural language wins out over syntax that needs to be learned - but it's not for everyone.
It does support fuzzy matching, so you could always type "rmt" in place of "remind me to" and so forth.
In addition to supporting search, it supports natural-language commands.
You can use it like Spotlight (type to search), but then you have options beyond just opening - you can move files, or complete reminders, or create events. Or you can use it closer to Siri (but with a keyboard), and type in a natural-language command.
actually it's even simpler: don't let humans drive. Even today's rudimentary driverless systems are already vastly superior to humans in terms of events per mile driven. (i.e. pedestrians killed)
While this is an interesting idea, I'm not sure such an approach is going to work long term. This establishes that nothing outside of the project has an impact on the project itself. To make a rather extreme example (Godwin says hi), if Hitler picked up coding, a code-of-merit based project wouldn't object to him contributing to it, while most of the code of conducts I've seen would not. So it really comes down to: where do we draw the line?
>This establishes that nothing outside of the project has an impact on the project itself.
1. Clause 11 does. Let's abstract the example of the social pariah you gave, since as you pointed out, Godwin's already got your number. Let's say we were talking about the sub-human degenerates, the utter voids of moral thought and character, the unforgivable scum, that are pro-skub. Now, while I hate them as much as any upstanding conscientious person does, I have to grant that this code of merit does not give them a remit to advance their hideous philosophy through the use of the software (as long as the society they are in is civilized enough to ban all of the actions we hate these people for).
2. It is not a given that a private or open-source software project has the social duty to ferret out secret pro-skubists. If I, for example, were to allow my neighbors the use of my lawn for social events, am I responsible for validating that none of the, in their heart of hearts, secretly desires the spread of that plague upon our species? Should I conduct a personality test on a fellow before holding the door for him, to ensure that I never help one of these vile cretins?
3. Even if this "person" is known to be pro-skub, are we obligated to refuse them any access to our community? If one of them, like the proverbial monkey at the typewriter, can cease his endless spewing of nauseating ideology to write valid helpful code, am I under a moral obligation to refuse it? If so, why? As long as they keep their disgusting opinions out of the professional space in which said code is offered and judged, I can isolate them in my mind as a code fountain and think nothing more of them. And if they do so dare to proselytize their villainy, this code of merit gives us the authority to remove the post-haste.
4. On a strategic anti-skub level, I disagree that total shunning accomplishes a useful objective. Ideally, we want the to understand that they are wrong people with bad opinions. Refusing any interaction with them will not accomplish this, as they will simply be led into more extreme pro-skub echo chambers that reinforce this twisted, amoral world view. How will they ever be led to the righteous path, if every guide shuts the door in their faces?
>if Hitler picked up coding, a code-of-merit based project wouldn't object to him contributing to it, while most of the code of conducts I've seen would not. So it really comes down to: where do we draw the line?
There's no need to draw the line. As long as Hitler writes good code and behaves well on project's mailing lists, issue trackers etc., I would have no problem with him being a project member.
I would draw the line relative to the project interest. People are not bad or good. Only acts are bad or good, and even in this case it may depend on the point of view.
If a pedophile or any other kind of criminal provide a pertinent pull request, I will accept it. Discussions in the project must be respectful and professional.
Pedophilia is not criminal (in "civilized" countries), it's just a sexual orientation. What you might be thinking of is child abuse. Please don't confound those two, because being a pedophile is neither a choice nor does it make you a child abuser, nor is all child abuse done by pedophiles.
edit: lol, downvotes for this? Really? I'd really be curious how those downvotes correlate with support for CoCs.
Discussions often go down this road, and it leads to nonsensical arguments like "well Hitler didn't like fox hunting, and Hitler is bad, therefore fox hunting is good".
There is nothing morally wrong with Hitler contributing code to a project, provided there's nothing morally wrong with the impact that code has.
Most of the argument around CoCs is along the lines of "Hitler wants to exterminate people like me, therefore I don't feel safe being associated with this community, therefore Hitler should be excluded to make the community more inclusive."
Maybe the answer is that there should be less "community" around a project, and the work should speak for itself.
(I wonder how quickly someone will misinterpret my words as a defence of bigotry or National Socialism…)
Why would you want to stop someone you see as bad from contributing to something you see as good? If that was the only good thing he was able to do, why not encourage him and help him?
It doesn't help to shun people just because you don't like them or what they do instead of helping them, persuading them, and encouraging them to grow.
If Hitler wanted to join my code project, I'd try to help steer him in the right direction and teach him to contribute something worthwhile.
So, the solution to that would be to exclude him from the project, because while you fear the consequences of rejecting PRs from him, you see no risk in rejecting him outright as a person?
i actually like it as well. not too unpopular after all it seems. sure, some things are a bit ugly, and language development is largely controlled by a single company (intersystems), but especially working in healthcare you can't get around it. And it does certain things quite well.
