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by cynix 10y ago
If Wikileaks believe an organisation is bad, they would of course also think that the supporters of this organisation (the donors in this case) are bad. We can argue whether their initial belief is appropriate or not, but their actions appe
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by cynix 10y ago
Or one big door for the entire side of the bus…
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by cynix 10y ago
The video quality of iTunes or Amazon content are much, much lower than torrents though, due to more aggressive compression.
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by cynix 10y ago
Autopilot _should_ only be used on divided highways. However in practice it can be activated on most roads as long as there are lane markings. It's up to the driver to assess the driving conditions and decide whether it's safe to
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by cynix 10y ago
This was explained in the article. If some results for keywords "A B C D" do not exist in the results for keywords "A B C", then you know these results have been censored.
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by cynix 10y ago
The actual implementation only requires periodic, not constant, hands-on-wheel. Although it's in the driver's interest to pay attention constantly, as evident from this accident.
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by cynix 10y ago
> The core issue here is that Tesla is shipping a product called "autopilot", which gives the expectation that it is in fact an autopilot. An autopilot system is defined as a system that assists, but does not replace, the human
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by cynix 10y ago
> The problem is that it's not an autopilot… An autopilot is a system that assists, but does not replace, the human operator in operating a vehicle. Tesla's system does exactly this. > … and nowhere near autonomous driving…
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by cynix 10y ago
> "Autopilot" is understood to mean "the plane flies itself" by the general public. Just because people mistakenly believe something doesn't make it right. The general public once thought the Earth was flat, and
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by cynix 10y ago
The driver is compelled to keep their hands on the wheel by the relevant laws/regulations, not by the car, same as every other car manufactured in the last 100 years.
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by cynix 10y ago
> It's a problem that the feature is called "autopilot,"… Why is that a problem? An autopilot system is designed to assist, not replace, human operators. And that's exactly what Tesla's Autopilot does. > … but
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by cynix 10y ago
> Tesla's "autopilot" is just automatic lane keeping and automatic cruise control. And lane changing. But yes, they never claimed the current system could do any more than that. > Mercedes and BMW have been shipping tha
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by cynix 10y ago
Yes. Apparently Autopilot sees lane markings better than humans in heavy rain.
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by cynix 10y ago
Because, just like an airplane's autopilot feature requires an attentive pilot, this driver assistance feature requires an attentive driver.
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by cynix 10y ago
> on essentially the same level as a Tesla Actually, it appears to be nowhere near the level of a Tesla. http://mashable.com/2016/06/16/2017-mercedes-benz-e-class-fi...
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by cynix 10y ago
> These two things contradict each other. Why would Tesla be known by people that cannot recognize Teslas? It's not necessarily contradictory. I know Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati, etc are luxury sports car brands. But if one drive
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by cynix 10y ago
> Emoji file names, you guys. But are they 3x bigger?
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by cynix 10y ago
> I still don't see where you get a conflict copying the contents of a case-insensitive file system to a case-sensitive one. Because some apps create MyFile.txt and expect to be able to access it later by myfile.txt. Adobe's ap
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by cynix 10y ago
Yes they do.
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by cynix 10y ago
The page doesn't really explain what a "reasonable" warranty period is. For example, the $200,000 Model S comes with a shorter warranty (4 years) than a $15,000 Mitsubishi Mirage (5 years). Is that reasonable? Should I expect
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by cynix 10y ago
I think they're claiming that this particular failure is not covered by warranty.
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by cynix 10y ago
±8µs can be rather bad, e.g. for financial applications.
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by cynix 10y ago
Umm, I bought my license by doing exactly that — add to cart and fork over a few thousand dollars. I don't remember them doing any verification other than requiring a business email address.
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by cynix 10y ago
It's secret because the car doesn't tell you what's in an update until after the update is complete, and even then the release notes generally don't get updated unless there are new user-facing features or UI changes.
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by cynix 10y ago
Fun fact: this particular example won't work in Japan, where typical shoe sizes are around 25–29.
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by cynix 10y ago
Or, they always check the username for "user", but such a check only sometimes causes high CPU load.
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by cynix 10y ago
The car is designed to prevent collisions that can be detected by the sensors. This particular collision could not be detected by the sensors, therefore it isn't possible for the car to prevent it. Are you basically saying a bulletproo
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by cynix 10y ago
Agreed. Unfortunately it seems Tesla requires all control commands for the car to come from their servers through their VPN for security reasons, so the phone can't control the car directly.
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by cynix 10y ago
You can. But if you want it to be resolvable by everyone in the world, it needs to be added to the root servers, which are controlled by US DoC/ICANN.
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by cynix 10y ago
I don't think the car's logs are automatically transmitted to Tesla. They reside on the car, and Tesla can login remotely to view them if they have a valid reason to.

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