foxtr0t

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by foxtr0t 6y ago
>Most lost water for some stretch of time and some still don't have it. This is extremely problematic. Power going out for periods of time less than 48 hours is one thing, losing water from the utility is a problem 3rd world countri
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by foxtr0t 6y ago
I have a similar but slightly different take. Though it was announced with tons of media hype and attention, this project seemed doomed to fail from the outset. Amazon, JP Morgan, BH may be giants in their own industries, but they're r
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by foxtr0t 6y ago
I keep coming back to this in my head, thinking about how superficial this counterpoint is. Sure, if your requirement is that you pass regulatory muster, then lighting is "simple" in that you can buy an off the shelf bulb, socket,
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by foxtr0t 6y ago
Audi, BMW, GM, Ford dedicate entire teams to lighting, so no, a random engineer could not handle it solo.
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by foxtr0t 6y ago
Let me help you. I offered "Lights" as a design requirement unique to vehicles with respect to phones. Without any explanation it leaves the door open to a surface level counter point "Phones also have lights" that requi
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by foxtr0t 6y ago
Especially hilarious given I left the "lights" bullet (with zero explanation as the last item) as fool's bait. It was gloriously taken.
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by foxtr0t 6y ago
Agreed 100%. Though even Sandy's conclusions are that they're saving at the margins here. It is revolutionary in the sense that they're design and manufacturing techniques are unique, but they don't lead to orders of mag
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by foxtr0t 6y ago
If you're asking this question seriously, I have to ask a clarification question: what are we actually talking about? Are we comparing just certain aspects of production of the whole thing? If you think about this from an engineering p
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by foxtr0t 6y ago
I was waiting for the Muskians to swoop in and spread their nonsense. Guess what? I drive a white model 3 long range AWD and I love it. I'm still 1: an engineer with 10 years of hardware experience and 2: skeptical of every ounce of BS
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by foxtr0t 6y ago
Despite becoming more similar in recent years, the cell phone supply chain is still very different than the automotive supply chain. The number of parts/unit differs by an order of magnitude and so does the size and weight, not to ment
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by foxtr0t 6y ago
Having an android and an iphone and had two vehicles with both AA and CarPlay, I can confirm that android auto is a much better experience than carplay.
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by foxtr0t 6y ago
Eagerly awaiting a response from all the Muskian know-it-alls when Apple confirms their hardware/software relies on LIDAR.
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by foxtr0t 6y ago
Yes yes, wishing shame on another is beyond the pale. Seriously, wishing someone feels regret, shame, embarrassment isn't incompatible with forgiveness. Learning difficult lessons, especially from harmful mistakes, is the only way soci
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by foxtr0t 6y ago
There was a lot of scientific information about psychedelics from the 50s and 60s. Illegalization and stigmatization of psychedelics was largely political and antagonistic towards the scientific community that was doing actual research. Als
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by foxtr0t 6y ago
People with means tend to locate in tax havens, not places that have good amenities. Presumably with sufficient resources, you can produce any sort of amenity you'd like.
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by foxtr0t 6y ago
How many times can SV, SF, the Bay Area, California die? How many of these articles will be written? How many 400+ comment meltdown threads about the end of Silicon Valley will we see? Our economy is cyclical, so is the technology industry,
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by foxtr0t 6y ago
You clearly don't frequent the WSJ opinion section. Try searching for "site:wsj.com california" on Google and let us know what you get. Dig a little deeper and you'll find that what's actually happening is the Murdo
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by foxtr0t 6y ago
Detroit is an interesting comparison, it is hard to imagine right now, but I won't count anything out completely. Obviously the factors there were very different. Detroit collapsed because consumers went elsewhere, not the labor. Edit:
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by foxtr0t 6y ago
I expect Detroit at the very least.
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by foxtr0t 6y ago
I'm a pretty pessimistic individual, at least my wife tells me so, but I am actually very optimistic about California and the Bay Area. I think COVID will end up being the kick in the pants it needs to start dealing with many of the pr
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by foxtr0t 6y ago
San Francisco, the city in a perpetual death spiral. The number of bad "SF's gonna die!" takes on HN/twitter is so absurd I now read them with a "So bad it's good" type mindset. The number of times WSJ opi
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by foxtr0t 6y ago
That actually isn't totally true. Approximate methods, in the formal sense, require a guarantee that they perform within X of the optimal solution. Not all NP-hard problems have polynomial approximations and the methods shown here are
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by foxtr0t 6y ago
Stepping back though, you do make that hardware choice when you select a service from an IaaS. The actual selection is hidden from you, though. It is a tradeoff where the industry has overwhelmingly come out on one side. I think it's t
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by foxtr0t 6y ago
This article may be poorly written, but if you actually read through the whole thing, it makes some brilliant points: 1. IaaS providers are incentivized to create services that lure you with managed solutions that seem like a great deal on
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by foxtr0t 6y ago
They'd certainly have a lot of very angry customers who were promised this was unnecessary and other OEMs would drop LiDAR. If it turns out that more accurate depth perception is necessary for L3 AVs, every Tesla owner with "FSD&q
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by foxtr0t 6y ago
Object detection is mostly solved though, right? I don't think anyone is advocating using LiDAR for detection. It is used to accurately model depth and then localize the vehicle and surrounding objects/vehicles. The "floating
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by foxtr0t 6y ago
Would you recommend starting AV development in Manhattan for safety, then?
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by foxtr0t 6y ago
Agreed, Tesla made these decisions in 2014(ish) which was way before it was clear that convolutional neural networks would not give satisfactory depth perception and therefore localization without some major breakthroughs that just haven&#x
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by foxtr0t 6y ago
My own prediction based on the fact that almost all other AV programs are using LIDAR, costs are decreasing with scale /R&D, and Teslas localization looks shotty at best. As costs continue to drop, its going to be tough for the com
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by foxtr0t 6y ago
As the AV space continues to mature, it is becoming increasingly clear to me that Waymo made some good choices: 1. Prioritizing safety over everything has kept regulators far away and there haven't been any mishaps that I'm aware

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