mcot2

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by mcot2 4y ago
Not really. Streaming services like NetFlix are much easier. With Apple TV there is a universial search between all of the various services. Running a large media server can actually be pretty costly on power bills these days.
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by mcot2 5y ago
They should have to provide a justification for why they are removing them. Many of those episodes are with some of my favorite comics such as Bill Burr. Why did they remove them?
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by mcot2 5y ago
I’m surprised you are not using a typewriter.
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by mcot2 5y ago
A heat pump can be air source or geothermal and you can use them to create hot water for a hydronic system or forced air (ducted or non-ducted). So not all of those will create the same noise levels. As they can be virtually any size and no
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by mcot2 5y ago
Get yourself a FLIR (the phone attached ones are not that expensive) and check for yourself. It is a great tool.
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by mcot2 5y ago
I wish more municipalities would mandate tighter homes with good ventilation. Recently when searching for a new home it was so dishearting to see brand new developments where the homes had standard insulation, bad orientation for things lik
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by mcot2 5y ago
Adding on to this the energy usage of my multi-head heat pump system has been quite surprising when it drops below freezing. I have a Mitsubishi unit which is rated down to something like -15F however below 32F it uses enough energy to get
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by mcot2 5y ago
Netflix with all their cash still has basically nothing for live news/talk shows and sports. It’s bizarre.
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by mcot2 5y ago
Not really. I buy youtube tv because I still want certain channels but I like the strraming aspects like not using a standard aweful cable box, watching from anywhere and from any device and the unlimited cloud dvr (which makes commercials
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by mcot2 5y ago
This is pretty much my experience. A lot of people testing it are in city centers with lots of complex things going on. For the most part in suburbs or smaller cities the driving is a lot more straightforward and it is already quite good th
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by mcot2 5y ago
To clarify, any adaptive cruise system in deployment at that time.
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by mcot2 5y ago
Correct me if I am wrong but the approach used by most in the DARPA challenge was lidar using pre-mapped routes and heavy use of localization. If the route changed significantly I think those cars would have trouble. I belive Teslas approac
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by mcot2 5y ago
Many studies have shown (and basic physics suggests) that the survivabity of accidents goes way up with vehicle weight all other things being mostly equal. https://www.iihs.org/topics/vehicle-size-and-weight
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by mcot2 5y ago
There are several tangible benefits if you drive near a lot of Teslas on autopilot in a highway setting. Besides the advantages of adaptive cruise control (constant speed and set follow distance) it is adding safe lane changes where it alwa
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by mcot2 5y ago
Its not clear to me that a general purpose autonomous car can be developed in a vaccum as you mention. Tesla has all the resources in the world to test with their own drivers on closed loops and using simulations however they choose to go t
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by mcot2 5y ago
I don’t know the specifics of that incident but it should be exceedingly rare. I would like to know more about it and will try to find out more.
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by mcot2 5y ago
It does work quite well already and each release is getting better. I’ve done several city drives with zero interventions. As long as you are attentive it is very safe.
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by mcot2 5y ago
On the contrary phantom braking for me was almost always caused by the radars and especially with overpasses in front of you.
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by mcot2 5y ago
You will have basic autopilot which can also phantom brake. It is not as bad as it seems and was possibly worse when they used radar. As long as you are attentive to the system it is not a big deal.
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by mcot2 5y ago
It is not possible in the current state so the point is moot. Seeing how it works first hand I am a firm believer in the vision only approach. I do think one day this will be possible with Vision (cameras) only.
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by mcot2 5y ago
Because I don’t view it that way as an actual user of the system. I know I am still in full control of the vehicle as is any driver using it. Merely tapping the brakes is hardwired to return control to the driver. The system also has many c
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by mcot2 5y ago
It is possible and it has already happened with the Uber incident (even with that car having a saftey driver).
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by mcot2 5y ago
They have already done a hardware upgrade to my car from HW2.5->3, the nivida based solution to their own custom silicon. The $10,000 (now, $5000 when I bought it) includes all hardware upgrades.
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by mcot2 5y ago
They do and it is easily googled. https://www.tesla.com/VehicleSafetyReport
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by mcot2 5y ago
The FUD is unreal.
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by mcot2 5y ago
I think it is a calculated risk to get to autonomy faster and thus save lives.
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by mcot2 5y ago
At that time the system was merely lane keep with adaptive cruise control. Any system would have had a similar result at that time.
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by mcot2 5y ago
I don’t think they even really have a traditional marketing department. The beta release notes are probably something you should check out. Latest: Improved object detection network architecture for non-VRUs (e.g. cars, trucks, buses). 7% h
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by mcot2 5y ago
Actual user of the beta here. Happy to answer any questions that are honest. My opinion is let the technology develop in the open, warts and all.
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by mcot2 5y ago
There are thousands of people using the beta safely. Try actually delving into the numerous communities online discussing the beta rather than being swayed by influencers.

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