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If you want to be extra paranoid there's also a dropdown in the network tab which you can set to "offline." (Or in Firefox there's the browser-wide setting "File > Work Offline" but it affects all tabs.) Combine that with a private window which you close when finished so there's no possibility of the site saving something in localStorage and sending it next time you load the page.

Edit: forgot an important caveat that the setting in the network tab only works as long as you keep the devtools panel open. So the browser-wide setting may actually be more convenient.

Waymo has a working driver based on HD maps, but seems to be having trouble scaling. Tesla wants to make HD maps unnecessary, but hasn't yet proven that it can achieve self-driving that way.

I saw on your website that you're using an HD map approach, the "Aurora Atlas." How do you plan to solve the scaling issue with HD maps?

Since a heater's purpose is producing heat, instead of electricity (or mechanical work) like a heat engine, it doesn't have the same constraints on efficiency right? There's no reason it can't be close to 100% efficient.

So it seems like the rocket mass heater could definitely beat a resistive heater run off a central power plant, but I wonder how it compares to a heat pump run off a central power plant, since heat pumps can produce more heat (on the hot side) than the power used.

Emmissions attributed to corporations are ultimately used to produce the goods and services used by people. Corporations don't really consume resources, they transform them from one form to another to be ultimately consumed by a person. So reducing individuals' consumption of carbon-intensive goods or services is what's ultimately required, which can include shifting to similar things that emit less carbon (e.g. green energy). The change could be driven by either consumer demand, or public pressure or regulations on companies. The latter is a good idea, but that doesn't absolve us as individuals from the fact that our consumption choices matter.

How does it compare in terms of emissions to a natural gas heater, or a heat pump connected to a natural gas power plant?