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    1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 26 Mar 2019

      Something I wish existed: a mobile app that dynamically calculates the probability you're about to crash your car, based on your speed, the history of the piece of road you're on, the weather, the time of day, accelerometer data, etc.

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    2. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 26 Mar 2019

      Version one just tells you about dangerous bits of road. I occasionally find myself on a bit of road that's palpably dangerous. I bet some 100 yard stretches have 1000x as many crashes per car as others. It would be helpful to be warned about these.

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      Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 26 Mar 2019

      Obviously it would not display the probability as a number, but rather beep and/or glow red or something when it crossed a threshold.

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        1. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 26 Mar 2019

          Since probabilities would vary a lot more than your course was unpredictable, it would sometimes be able to warn you eerily far ahead of time. If it was good enough, there would be times when it would go off as soon as you got in your car.

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        1. Halifax FLIR’d‏ @halifaxbeard 26 Mar 2019
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          Do you want a self fulfilling prophecy? Because that’s how you get a self fulfilling prophecy.pic.twitter.com/3CmICpMzPL

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        1. Matthew Donlon‏ @Mattdonlon 26 Mar 2019
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          Ah excellent, a distraction when you least need it, great idea Paul !!

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        2. Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 26 Mar 2019
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          I did in HS but I don't remember it well. Did it talk about something like this?

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        2. wr‏ @babarganesh 26 Mar 2019
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          my actual guess is that without a smoothing algorithm it would be useless (the probability is very spiky, changing faster than your reaction time).

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        3. wr‏ @babarganesh 26 Mar 2019
          Replying to @babarganesh @paulg

          but in terms of a UI, the real world model for this is a passenger who screams at you because they are afraid your driving is going to kill them, so imitate that.

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        2. Pithy Pragmatist‏ @PragmatistPithy 26 Mar 2019
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          Pithy Pragmatist Retweeted Ryan Holiday

          Who needs an app when this single tweet solves your problem?https://twitter.com/ryanholiday/status/1110610619185745926?s=21 …

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          "Do everything as if it were the last thing you were doing in your life." Marcus Aurelius
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        3. Rafael‏ @sohakes 26 Mar 2019
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          How?

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        1. Aatif Awan‏ @aatif_awan 26 Mar 2019
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          Beeping is more effective than a visual stimulus. When someone is not paying attention to the road, whether lost in thoughts, distracted by something else or dozing off, your mind can still pick a sound associated with danger

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