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Tesla will enable automated freeway driving this summer
Tesla will enable automated freeway driving this summer
Chris Taylor reporting at Mashable:
So to recap: Tesla cars will start self-driving this summer, on freeways at least. (It seems likely that once we've gotten used to that notion, autopilot for the full ride will be unlocked.) Google could have done the same thing for us a few years back, if the company were not driven by perfectionism and relentless iteration.
This is interesting. Tesla, to me, has made Google look a little old school, in a bad way. What’s more disruptive? Waiting until you’ve perfected automobile automation everywhere, or enable what you’re confident you’ve done well?
Of course, a base Model S goes for $63,570 after the federal tax credit. So I won’t be automated-ly driving around any freeways for at least a decade (student loan reform, anyone?). But the fact that Tesla can enable automated driving with nothing more than a software update speaks volumes to where the industry is headed.
Jim Roberts joins Mashable as executive editor, chief content officer
Jim Roberts joins Mashable as executive editor, chief content officer
Jim Roberts on his new role at Mashable:
To some it might seem a bit of a departure. You might imagine a headline like: “Longtime New York Times and Reuters veteran forsakes legacy media for digital upstart.”
Interesting. Roberts is suddenly a living metaphor for the future.
Why You Need Several Versions of Your Resume
Why You Need Several Versions of Your Resume
Absolutely necessary.
Just like cover letters, every resume you send should be tailored to the recipient, highlighting the experience you have that’s most relevant to that company and integrating some basic research on the employer.
If you’re sending the same resume with every job application you’re doing it wrong.
Honda Launches National Campaign to Save Drive-In Theaters
Honda Launches National Campaign to Save Drive-In Theaters
Great idea but, more to the point, brilliant marketing.
CBS "Streisanding" itself among courts with CNET debacle
CBS “Streisanding” itself among courts with CNET debacle
CBS’s strong-arming of CNET on this front has the exact opposite of the intended effect: now that it is clear how much control CBS has and is willing to exert over CNET content, any reasonable court must consider the possibility that the corporation is as deliberate about what CNET is allowed to do as they are being about what CNET is not allowed to do. Stock manipulation is the one I’m really thinking about here, but perhaps there are others.
It’s poor management, poor lawyering, and broken logic.
Only crazy people don't use Facebook?
Only crazy people don’t use Facebook?
Zoe Fox, writing at Mashable:
Employers may suspect that an applicant’s absence from the social network means the account is so full of offensive material that it had to be deleted.
But what if I deleted my Facebook account because my friends’ accounts were so full of offensive material? Regardless, I certainly don’t want to work for someone who makes psychological judgments about me 1) without a relevant degree or experience making such diagnoses and 2) without any significant interaction with me.
Today’s job market, unfortunately, may leave some people without a choice: create and maintain a net-positive Facebook account or risk being overlooked for an interview. Then again, one study does not scientific fact make. And there’s my generally positive Twitter presence, for what it’s worth.