Reason077

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by Reason077 2mo ago
My favourite by far is Proposal F - Jan Robert Dünnweller. A sort of retro-modern design with a more restricted use of colour, like you suggest. This one really pops and is quite unique. The others, for the most part, aren't necessaril
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by Reason077 3mo ago
I look forward to seeing how Kraft Heinz brands will be integrated into future Star Wars titles. The Mandalorian could turn out to be a fan of Kraft Dinner, for example, and prepare some in the galley of his N-1 Starfighter. Except of cours
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by Reason077 3mo ago
Apple’s head office for all of Europe is located in Cork, Ireland. They are not averse to building offices in places you might not expect. It’s not some “paper HQ” for tax purposes, either - they have over 6000 employees there and are easil
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by Reason077 3mo ago
As a “night sky enthusiast”, as opposed to a real astronomer, Starlink and other satellites do not bother me much. There’s certainly more of them than there used to be, but the satellites aren’t bright enough to affect your eyes or distract
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by Reason077 3mo ago
Wanaka, in the South Island of New Zealand, still has pretty good views of the night sky. You can see an awful lot more stars than you can from major cities. But even here it’s under threat: a recent new retail development on the edge of th
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by Reason077 3mo ago
I bought the original iPad 2 on the day it was released (which was just after the Fukushima earthquake in 2011). Still have it. Still use it occasionally to play retro iOS games. Still runs great on its original battery and iOS 6. Still con
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by Reason077 3mo ago
Elon Musk himself used to be quite anti-AI, often saying that it was an “existential risk to humanity” or more dangerous than nuclear weapons. He seems to have changed his mind now that he owns a major AI company.
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by Reason077 3mo ago
> ”the only remaining conclusion is that some car manufacturers don’t have AI yet.” This suggests the supply of AI is too limited, and there isn’t enough AI to go around. Solution: build more AI data centres.
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by Reason077 3mo ago
Just because something is written in T&Cs doesn’t make it okay. Consumer laws have precedence over T&Cs.
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by Reason077 3mo ago
> ”Revocation should come with full refunds.” Of course it should. If Sony are not doing that then it sounds like grounds for a class action? I remember when Google shut down Stadia. To their credit, they automatically refunded everyth
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by Reason077 3mo ago
China is adding 10 Australias worth of new solar generation every single year (315 GW of new solar installed just in 2025 alone). Half of all the entire world’s solar is deployed in China.
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by Reason077 3mo ago
> ”Remember Australia has over 10x the rollout of solar than china (per capita of course).” China is adding around 10X Australia’s total installed solar power generation every single year. Half of the entire world’s deployed solar is i
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by Reason077 3mo ago
> ”Took me a long time to realise that "Written In Ghost Text" wasn't actually the text I was meant to be reading, and that was only the decoy message.” Wait, what? Seriously? That’s the only text I can see. Am I an AI?
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by Reason077 3mo ago
OK. But it's essentially the same concept. Just that auto hold will go a step further and apply the park brake to hold the car in position indefinitely rather than just for a few seconds. There have been many deaths over the years wher
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by Reason077 3mo ago
Cars have had that feature ("hill hold assist") for 20+ years now. Even longer for high-end models. There can't be all that many vehicles left on the road that don't have it. Besides, you could make such an argument for
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by Reason077 3mo ago
The camera was not actually used initially. With the old Autopilot software, attention monitoring was (and still is?) exclusively done with steering wheel torque sensors. Our camera got enabled when we purchased the FSD upgrade. I do agree
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by Reason077 3mo ago
In Europe it does. ADDW is required in all new vehicles, including Corollas.
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by Reason077 3mo ago
In my experience (Tesla), attention monitoring works well even when I'm wearing sunglasses. The camera can still see my eyes even through dark polarised lenses. It may depend on the sunglasses, however - other people report problems wi
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by Reason077 3mo ago
> ”Rivian … following Tesla and refusing to support it.” Actually, Tesla is apparently planning to add CarPlay support via a software update. It hasn’t happened yet, as apparently it’s been waiting on a new feature from Apple which wil
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by Reason077 3mo ago
Droitwich is famous for its 213m Long Wave radio transmission towers. Once the tallest structures in the country and now set to be decommissioned as the BBC shuts down its Long Wave service after 90+ years: https://hackaday.com&#
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by Reason077 3mo ago
Some very steep price rises here! I would have thought with Apple’s scale they would have much of their memory purchases locked in to long-term supply contracts that would insulate them somewhat from the market, but I guess that isn’t the c
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by Reason077 4mo ago
It is indeed known to have issues at railway crossings: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47783427 AFAIK, there's no issue with bridges that cross roads, however. It will just ignore a road that's above or belo
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by Reason077 4mo ago
Oh, I absolutely agree. Ideally Telsa would dump the old Autopilot stack and put all cars (that have the hardware to support it) on a free version of FSD, nerfed so that it's roughly feature-equivalent to Autopilot. That way everyone w
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by Reason077 4mo ago
The article only mentions Autopilot, but half the comments here are talking about FSD.
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by Reason077 4mo ago
I get the impression that it kind of comprehends the world as a horizontal plane. It’s focused on objects on the surface and isn’t looking for hazards coming from above. Could that be improved? Sure! Is it a priority for them? Maybe not…
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by Reason077 4mo ago
I don’t know about laws, but Teslas automatically record and save everything in the event of a collision. My brother was hit by another car while driving a Tesla a few years ago and it was very easy to retrieve video from the Tesla’s camera
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by Reason077 4mo ago
The garage door I can certainly believe. Its AI brain just won’t be trained to look for that sort of thing. I’m surprised about the red lights and animals, however: ours seems very cautious around any kind of live animal on the road, even b
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by Reason077 4mo ago
There are very few (if any?) known deaths caused by FSD accidents. Note: it’s important to distinguish between Autopilot and FSD here. “Autopilot” is Tesla’s old assisted driving stack that comes free in most vehicles and has had no signifi
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by Reason077 4mo ago
That’s right. Because at some point, the volume of AI-generated posts and comments on sites like Hacker News or Reddit will overwhelm the ability of humans to read them all. So the only reasonable way for humans to participate will be to ha
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by Reason077 4mo ago
> ”it’s surely cost competitive to just hire a human to do all those things.” The cost of labour varies hugely in different parts of the world. The cost of hiring someone in Switzerland is on the order of 100X more expensive compared t

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