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TL;DR Nonsense "study"

A study for real world risks based on a videogame, of all things? Its impossible to directly map the experience of being behind the wheel in real life to a game, and the article doesn't even mention whether it's an actual simulation (like beam.NG), game-like (as in Assetto Corsa), or plain arcade fantasy (GTA, Need for Speed) OBVIOUSLY people are gonna play games in a more fun/different way under the influence They even admit that inhaled usage showed little to no consistency in driving difference Bias disclaimer: I stopped consumption some time back


"Participants got behind the wheel of a driving simulator equipped with everything you’d find in a real car – from the steering wheel to the pedals and dashboard. A large touchscreen, similar to those found in newer vehicles, allows for music to play and text messages to come through. Three oversized monitors provide 180 degrees of visual coverage to create a realistic, immersive driving environment."

Seems pretty clearly a simulator, they use that word several times.


Still a simulator is not going to replicate the mind set of actually driving a vehicle. It probably helps a little bit that the participants are high, but still it’s not even close.


racing drivers train on them. So I'd say they get pretty close.


The point is that there are many kinds of driving simulators. Some are better at simulating than others.


As if voting changes anything beyond the color ("red"/"blue") of the paid-off figurehead in power Voting hasn't been anywhere remotely close to real since the 20th century


No offense, but why doesn't anyone suspect these types of posts to be some corporate data farming?


Although I'd like to read and respond to the reply made by Emre_Ozkan, it is unfortunately [flagged] and [dead]

Quite disappointing whenever I see this type of...of censorship, would this be considered??? I am sure there are many interesting perspectives and this is not the first occurrence of burying comments and/or responses that I have observed as a longtime lurker


It's the first comment from a new account so probably caught in some kind of spam trap.

You can vouch for comments (possibly depending on level of account karma) if you click through to the comment alone.


For a single tab? I wonder how much the telemetry takes up...


Truly intriguing! A core2duo+4GB RAM in 2026?!?!!!

Can you elaborate on your experience? I can't imagine 20tabs being smooth on 8GB with the modern "web" being whst it is today, let alone 4GB! Unless there is only text files and plain HTML in those 20 tabs???


Canadian geese, invasive pests? American white buff geese, who get ran out by aforementioned?


Please define "invasive" in the context of [birds who flew over there by themselves]. That's a natural process, fyi.

"Invasive" is usually reserved for cases where species hitch a human-facilitated ride, and then invade native species/ecosystems.


Maybe it was meant as humor rather thsn a jab or insult?


It really is true... Die a hero or live long enough to become a villain

Somebody please kill this cancer

We need open-source+extensible and maybe a federated BLOCKS-focused building/game platform alternative (ie LEGO rip) with the best legal team possible so it can blow up without worry


Free our boi he's no arsonist


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