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by kvogt 12y ago
Kyle here, Cruise CEO. It sucks when press (or even our own marketing) give well-meaning people like you the wrong impression. We need to fix this. The positive impact self-driving cars will have on society far outweighs any desire we hav
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Cruise (YC W14) is hiring a recruiter to help with driverless cars(jobscore.com)
1 points by kvogt 12y ago
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Cruise (YC W14) is hiring robotics engineers to build self-driving cars(jobscore.com)
1 points by kvogt 12y ago
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Cruise (YC W14) is hiring robotics engineers to build self-driving cars(jobscore.com)
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Cruise (YC W14) is hiring robotics engineers to build self-driving cars(jobscore.com)
1 points by kvogt 12y ago|0 comments
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Cruise (YC W14) is hiring robotics engineers to build self-driving cars(jobscore.com)
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Cruise (YC W14) is hiring robotics engineers to build self-driving cars(jobscore.com)
1 points by kvogt 12y ago
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Cruise (YC W14) is hiring robotics engineers to build self-driving cars(jobscore.com)
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Cruise (YC W14) is hiring robotics engineers to make self-driving cars(jobscore.com)
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by kvogt 12y ago
Yes, most people who have used this code in recent years have had to make heavy modifications and fix several bugs to get it working properly. It's mostly really great stuff, but it was written rather hastily.
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by kvogt 12y ago
While some automakers have lane keep assist on the market, in most cases it just vibrates your steering wheel or, at best, lets your hand wander away from the wheel for up to 15s and only on mostly straight roads. Cruise is meant to operate
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by kvogt 12y ago
Agreed. Was simply trying to demonstrate that we're far too comfortable with the consequences of unsafe driving. In any other circumstance we'd all be up in arms.
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by kvogt 12y ago
We 3d scan the cavities in the driver's side footwell, design brackets in CAD, then manufacture them mostly out of 3d printed polycarbonate and aluminum. They bolt directly onto the existing components and are tucked away behind the t
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by kvogt 12y ago
We do not make cars, and very few of the NHTSA regulations or FMVSS apply to this kind of product (at least for now). My point is that we recognize our own testing, regardless of its thoroughness, is not enough.
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by kvogt 12y ago
We use our own actuators to control your steering wheel, gas pedal, and brake pedal. It's designed to work on any car, regardless of whether it has any drive-by-wire capabilities.
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by kvogt 12y ago
Mercedes-Benz has a very nice product, but it's not hands-free. There's a huge difference.
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by kvogt 12y ago
There is a fatal virus in the US that claims 3,000 people every month. And it's a nasty one. It's the #1 cause of death for teenagers. That virus is called a car accident, and the fact we're complacent with that is what sc
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by kvogt 13y ago
At Cruise (San Francisco), we're taking the pain out of your commute. How? By making your car drive itself. We're hiring machine learning experts, machine vision experts, and smart hackers. Also looking for a mechanical enginee
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by kvogt 13y ago
Very clever. It's Amazon-style checkout for any retail site.
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by kvogt 14y ago
Way to go Michael, Ammon, and Guillaume!
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by kvogt 15y ago
San Francisco, CA. Remote ok, but you're always welcome in the office. Full time. Justin.tv has iOS applications with over 15 million downloads, and we're looking for a talented engineer to be the lead developer on these apps. Yes, you c
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Live feed of SOPA protest in SF(justin.tv)
6 points by kvogt 15y ago|0 comments
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by kvogt 15y ago
5 years ago it was four dudes in a two bedroom apartment trying to run a reality tv show. Web frameworks were the least of our problems, especially since none of us knew any Ruby or Python to begin with.
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by kvogt 15y ago
Hey guys. This was my call, so I guess I should explain. I'm typing from my iPhone, but here goes: Our site is over 5 years old, and if you've followed Justin.tv at all, you know it's been pivot city. All of those pivots have left their
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by kvogt 15y ago
We spent quite a while playing with live video broadcasting from mobile phones at Justin.tv. The fundamental problem is that your Facebook friends are very rarely sitting on their newfeed during the 2-3 minutes you happen to be broadcastin
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Safe Cracking Robot v2(kvogt.com)
7 points by kvogt 16y ago|0 comments
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by kvogt 16y ago
congrats justin and team!
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by kvogt 16y ago
Fb connect on main signup form, regular signup a click away: signups down ~15%. Well-designed main signup form w/ fb connect as an option: signups up 8%. 30k new users per day, data statistically significant. Ymmv.
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by kvogt 16y ago
http://www.thisistheonlyone.com Made a site in college to sell a T-shirt for $1,000,000. Didn't work. But I did make $40 off an MIT professor who bet me I wouldn't try it.
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by kvogt 16y ago
yep, it was on justin.tv: http://www.justin.tv/startuplessonslearned/b/262672510

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