I think that's just a Safari feature. Safari > Preferences > Websites > Auto-Play

"Stop Media with Sound"

I personally have all videos blacklisted, and I white list a few sites.

Could be. For me, the video didn't even appear. Just a blank space on the page -- is that a components of this feature?

I don't think self driving cars will ever have a low enough barrier. You need data to train the cars, and you need a lot of data.

Google is mining millions of captchas for their self driving cars, they could publish their algorithms for it too, but unless you have access to all that beautiful training set, it wouldn't be much of use.

I have no idea how lyft or uber is going to get that much data, maybe potentially buy paying drivers more to stick sensors on their cars to collect insane amounts of data? But it's gonna be a tricky thing to get right

Probably because WaPo is owned by Amazon/Bezos

What's a good book for Quantum Computing? When I took Aaronson's class last semester I got so wrecked by everything, and it just felt like everything was so conflicting from many different resources

I learned from a coursera course some number of years ago. It was actually quite good. (This should also give you the correct impression that I am not an expert here and you should take my suggestions with a grain of salt.) I think it was this one: https://www.edx.org/course/quantum-mechanics-quantum-computa... (Taught by Aaronson's advisor.)

To add to the answer already given, keep in mind that it depends on what you want to learn.

Theory from the point of view of physics (as in, less focus on algorithms, but some focus on building hardware): see Preskill's notes or Chuang&Nielsen's book.

I would suggest quickly skimming them once before trying to read them cover to cover.

And some lighter online introductions might help as a first step.

You definitely will need very good knowledge of college level linear algebra (linear operators, basis, diagonalization, eigenvalues).

$14 is really low for programming in TX. Interns in (Houston/Dallas/Austin) get paid more than that. I think you just to look what's actually there, especially in the heath and energy business.

I know $14 is low, but I was trying to get my foot in the door. I will not live in Houston again. I'd be willing to live in Austin or Dallas, but I need an offer to be able to move.

I think location matters the most

You should try posting to the UTCS page if you want to get some new grads

My mom works for Mercedes and she's been telling me (She's really tech-y) they really wanna use Blockchain/Smart contracts to help validate someone before they purchase a car. Essentially before you buy a car, you need to verify you have the credit, cash, etc.. whatnot. She says that Diamler/Mercedes think they could make this a lot smoother with smart contracts and what not.

Would it be used for an internal system, or for contacting credit score companies, banks, etc?

I believe internal for dealerships to use. Again, she's not very tech-y so I'm not entirely sure.

*she's really NOT tech-y, my mistake

Interesting enough, over the summer at Microsoft, they were actually switching out for the 4k TVs. It wasn't that bad tbh. Definitely different. The Surface Books couldn't handle it very well (they didn't have GPUs) but the work stations did great.