[paulddraper]

> The FUD around Rusting the kernel reminds me of similar sentiments surrounding autonomous vehicles

That, but in the opposite direction.

Decades of promises of self-driving cars. And still nothing able to drive without a driver.

There have been small improvements...cars that have autonomous abilities in some cases.

But overhauling the entire driving fleet of the world to use 5-year-old technology....it's not a realistic expectation.

There are smaller, more practical expectations.

[ben-schaaf]

> Decades of promises of self-driving cars. And still nothing able to drive without a driver.

Waymo have driven 20 million miles autonomously since 2009, and as of late 2020 claim 74,000 of those were done completely driverless. They're still a far cry from being common, but they're here and they're impressively safe.

[shakow]

But what is the “miles on straight-ahead, well-lit US highway” vs. “kms on random European regional road” ratio?

[paulddraper]

> They're still a far cry from being common

Sounds familiar