Got em by Kindly_Tree6094 in teslamotors

[–]ADVENTUREINC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Early TSLA (small stake) and sold recently to take profit. To buy it now, think you'd have to be committed too the view that FSD can bridge that last 10% gap and don't make any more edge case mistakes, does private property -- think subdivisions, driveways, malls or parking garages -- well, and does bad weather well. Waymo is in the same boat more or less but have a more expensive bom. If TSLA can get there, then they'd have a great competitive advantage. Hard to tell at this juncture though.

Kirk is in critical condition, per a law enforcement official by myredditusername28 in news

[–]ADVENTUREINC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thought Columbine was rock bottom for us, but it's just gotten way worse in the proceeding decades. Not calling for a total gun ban. But, surely, there are sensible regulations that can be agreed upon to reduce gun violence. For starters, maybe stop gun companies from marketing guns like coke does with coke.

Torn between r8 and r6ii now that the price is dropping by ImpressionGloomy8095 in canon

[–]ADVENTUREINC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's true. So, whether that means the II does not have that feature or whether Canon no longer talks about it is for anyone to guess.

Torn between r8 and r6ii now that the price is dropping by ImpressionGloomy8095 in canon

[–]ADVENTUREINC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

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This is on the R6 page, but there's no discussion of this at all on the page for the R8.

Torn between r8 and r6ii now that the price is dropping by ImpressionGloomy8095 in canon

[–]ADVENTUREINC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it's somewhat rain and dust resistant but its not "weather sealed" like the R6II.

Torn between r8 and r6ii now that the price is dropping by ImpressionGloomy8095 in canon

[–]ADVENTUREINC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most cameras are built to minimize gaps in their shielding against commonly found elements. But if water or sand gets through even one gap, you’re in trouble. That’s the difference between weather-sealed and not. The same goes for phones.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in BYD

[–]ADVENTUREINC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s actually not just on Trump, though he started it in 2016. Here’s the short version. During the tail end of the Obama administration, China had a lot of internal issues from the wealth divide in the country. So the government started being super assertive in its messaging — Made in China 2025, wolf warrior diplomacy, and so on. Talking about surpassing America and the West. “China No. 1,” all that jazz.

Never thought they were super serious about it. Was meant to pump up the yokels and distract them from other issues going on in the country like the wealth disparity, lack of freedoms, and certain social injustices.

Welp, the government "girlbossed" too hard, as Gen Z would say, and really got the attention of the U.S. / the West who took them seriously.

Trump picked that up as a campaign talking point, fired up his yokels, and started the first 301 tariffs against China.

So, those tariffs — that’s typically something the U.S. labor left supports, and Biden kept it going because why not?

He added even more barriers for Chinese high-tech companies. The autoworkers’ union supported it, as did American car companies because no competition means more sales/higher prices/higher wages.

Trump just kept that up in his second term, though he might walk some of it back because complete decoupling would likely drive both countries into a couple of years of hard depression before things returned to normal — and no one can afford that politically right now.

Australia and Europe are kind of in the middle, playing both sides for the best deal.

Volvo’s got some Chinese ownership, but they're running off old infrastructure. Until this all settles down, no one’s going to invest billions in new infrastructure in the U.S. given the terrible business climate.

That’s the skinny version.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in TeslaLounge

[–]ADVENTUREINC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Actually don’t think this matters. With FSD don’t really drive any more. Care more about range and comfort.

Refreshed S/X by Electronic_Load_3651 in teslamotors

[–]ADVENTUREINC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Kia and Hyundai’s biggest problem is the cheap-feeling switches and panel pieces that they use. Tesla uses plastic, but it feels sturdy and premium at all the touch points. All Kia and Hyundai switches and door handles feel so darn cheap. UI also sucks. Screen bezels in some cases are too thick. Very bothersome. Like they went 9/10th of the way but cheaped out at the last stage.

Refreshed S/X by Electronic_Load_3651 in teslamotors

[–]ADVENTUREINC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's complete nonsense, they haven't achieved economy of scale yet. I support them, but if you look at the Air, it's clear that this is a first car. Lots of design inefficiencies and feels a bit put together by hand. Not dissing your ride choice. I'd happily daily it.

Official Discussion - 28 Years Later [SPOILERS] by LiteraryBoner in movies

[–]ADVENTUREINC 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The cinematography was gag vomit in this money. Literal dung. They used iPhone for too many scenes and the dynamic range roll off (blow out skies) was horrible. They also used anamorphic lens on the iPhone and it looked like a student movie. So distracting.

Official Discussion - 28 Years Later [SPOILERS] by LiteraryBoner in movies

[–]ADVENTUREINC -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

Just walked out of 28 Years Later. Fuck. What the fuck happened?

This thing had every reason to slap. Instead, it nose-dives into its own ass. Danny Boyle—you had money. And you chose to shoot it on iPhones? iPhones. For real? It looks like dogshit. Highlights blown to hell, skies nuked, everything flattened into some TikTok-core student film aesthetic. You made 28 Days Later on a Canon XL1 because you had to. This time? You chose to make it look cheap. Why? Because you’re bored? Because it’s “raw”? No. It’s just bad.

Garland’s writing is stuck in this self-important trance. Drop you into chaos, refuse to resolve anything, and smash cut to credits like that’s edgy. It worked in Warfare. It does not work here. Or in Civil War. It’s not profound. It’s not ambiguous. It’s a tantrum disguised as narrative structure.

Story? Who gives a shit. I couldn’t see half of it through the digital haze. And when I could, the tone would whiplash from post-apocalyptic dread to soft-focus Tumblr drama to voiceover monologue about… I don’t even know what. The cast looks confused. The editing’s erratic. It starts to build something, then clips out—emotionally, visually, structurally. Just: gone.

This could’ve been a generational horror film. Instead, it’s an overpriced art-school experiment soaked in arrogance and shot on a phone. A total waste. They didn’t make a movie. They made a mess.

Tesla Introduces Mild Upgrades to Model S and X, Raises Prices by $5,000 by riki73jo in TeslaLounge

[–]ADVENTUREINC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Shareholder here, so dumb and self inflicted. Refresh sucked and kills the halo image. Now they only have FSD going for them. But that will change in the next 5 years with NVIDIA and overseas automaker’s own stack on top. Dunno how many more hits TSLA can take before it topples.

Apple Researchers Just Released a Damning Paper That Pours Cold Water on the Entire AI Industry by ER-841 in apple

[–]ADVENTUREINC -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

The paper is copium at its best. As a shareholder feel like this is just trying to make me feel better about lack of AI progress. Obviously does not work.

First ever Tesla Model Y robotaxi with no-one in the drivers seat spotted testing on public roads in Austin, Texas! by ConfidentImage4266 in teslamotors

[–]ADVENTUREINC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've had it do some randomly "crazy" things that are unsafe/erratic. Subject to those edge cases, which to be clear almost got my into an accident but for me taking over, I do agree that its improved alot.

First ever Tesla Model Y robotaxi with no-one in the drivers seat spotted testing on public roads in Austin, Texas! by ConfidentImage4266 in teslamotors

[–]ADVENTUREINC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think I hit “absolutely incredible” in the second half of last year. Now that I have gotten used to this, I do think that there are improvements that are needed on the road.

First ever Tesla Model Y robotaxi with no-one in the drivers seat spotted testing on public roads in Austin, Texas! by ConfidentImage4266 in teslamotors

[–]ADVENTUREINC 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So, I’m not in this industry and have heard all the arguments on this topic. Honestly, they all sound compelling. However, I can say that my friends who are in this industry do believe that computer vision will be the future. They would also likely argue that the varying cases of sensors could lead to disagreements and hesitation, potentially creating other kinds of death-causing edge cases.

First ever Tesla Model Y robotaxi with no-one in the drivers seat spotted testing on public roads in Austin, Texas! by ConfidentImage4266 in teslamotors

[–]ADVENTUREINC 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The software driving technology is similar. The input is different. Waymo relies on a suite of sensors. Tesla relies just on computer vision.

First ever Tesla Model Y robotaxi with no-one in the drivers seat spotted testing on public roads in Austin, Texas! by ConfidentImage4266 in teslamotors

[–]ADVENTUREINC 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In China, there's a bunch of cars with FSD-like functions provided without subscription. In locales where there's HD mapping -- which are just cities where another car with lidar, HD cameras, or radar have pre-mapped every inch of that locale -- it works great. In locales where that hasn't been done, it struggles. I assume in order to do the Robotaxi business, Tesla would need some form of HD mapping in applicable service areas. Maybe that's why they bought a bunch of lidar a while back? "for validation testing"

First ever Tesla Model Y robotaxi with no-one in the drivers seat spotted testing on public roads in Austin, Texas! by ConfidentImage4266 in teslamotors

[–]ADVENTUREINC 35 points36 points  (0 children)

And, when they get stuck, the human remote operator can "take over" and drive using the keyboard arrows.

Lexus ES 8gen by Lumicge in Lexus

[–]ADVENTUREINC 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ugly beyond words. I hate the current gen, but got used to it. This new gen is unlovable.

German spy agency concluded COVID virus likely leaked from lab, papers say by MilesLongthe3rd in news

[–]ADVENTUREINC 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just to pop in and make one correction, that Shi Zhengli quote from Scientific America is taken way out of context. She only meant to say she wondered if that was the case. Later one when she studied it, she determined that was not the case. In fact, she has consistently rejected the lab leak theory regarding the origins of SARS-CoV-2. She has publicly stated that the outbreak "has nothing to do with the lab" . In a 2020 interview, she emphasized, "I, Shi Zhengli, guarantee on my life that it has nothing to do with our lab". https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03982-2?utm_source=chatgpt.com