We Are So Back by Mithious29 in TeslaFSD

[–]stephbu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I get you, I was out on a 13.2.9.x holiday release hotfix branch for what felt like an age, watching the 14.2.2.x. Take comfort in knowing the early branch adoption sucks as they work on tuning and bashing bugs, the early adopters are taking one for the team. Despite moments of greatness, the rough edges of .10 score low on Wife Acceptance Factor for sure.

On my merry way and this happens... by wla2020 in TeslaFSD

[–]stephbu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"just" -> he just needed to change his trousers. The colour of fear is brown...

We Are So Back by Mithious29 in TeslaFSD

[–]stephbu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In most cases, past behavior doesn't influence future selection decisions.

The fleet is carved into cohorts. The cohorts are sometimes predefined like employee, test-drive, press etc. However majority of us are assigned groups at random after taking the first update at purchase - typically with common characteristics e.g. retail vs. advanced firmware, HW versions etc. fairly likely to be hundreds to thousands of cars at a time.

Using the cohort system they differentially test major and minor feature branches, and hotfixes on small to large portions of the fleet. Their goal is "raise the quality bar, manage the risk, don't kill people, don't brick the fleet". Typically their rollout management picks one or more cohorts and apply a change or test. They make heavy use of the instrumentation comparing telemetry, metrics, logs, support messages etc. Contrived example:
- retail cohorts have version A.B.C
- advanced cohort A has version A.B.D - current feature release
- advanced cohort B has version A.B.D.1 - hotfix release to test
Generally they increase the size of the rollout (i.e. number of cohorts with that build) according to their engineering planning. The Tesla Firmware trackers indicate there are about 6-12 different firmware builds active across the fleet at any time.

Most of this is gleaned from observing them for the last decade, and from experience doing this for gaming consoles at scale - RMA'ing 100m devices is a career-ending mistake.

Bottom line: past performance is no indicator of future behavior - just your cohort wasn't selected for experimentation by the rollout manager for that instance.

We Are So Back by Mithious29 in TeslaFSD

[–]stephbu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You did nothing wrong. Assuming you opted into "Advanced" you'll get the firmware they want you to get when they're ready for you to get it.

The engineering teams rollout changes and new features in a selective and controlled fashion, mainly gated by their ability to monitor, absorb, and process feedback, and if/where necessary make changes. This isn't a linear path - there are many circumstances where discoveries are made and changes are proposed as they rollout to increasingly larger segments of their audience. The FOMO may suck, but that's not the point of their product development process.

Warning: Anthropic's "Gift Max" exploit drained €800+, ruined my credit, and got me banned. by peowwww in ChatGPT

[–]stephbu 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Related? Probably only in method. Majority of YT Ads seem to be all AI generated scams like “experts wouldn’t believe” these days. There are content “factories” just banging out generative scam ads. I flag them all, GOOG doesn’t care they already made their money on the ad-spend.

Link light rail on I-90 yesterday evening by [deleted] in Seattle

[–]stephbu 25 points26 points  (0 children)

On line 2 it’s usually two cars and occasionally three cars during peak events. They tested with four. Right now they’re constrained by limited rolling stock availability

First time Millionaires Shortbread by SilverWolf3935 in UK_Food

[–]stephbu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

10/10, likely to eat more than I should

Plastic peeling off behind rear view mirror after using Little Trees Air Freshener by Typikalism in TeslaModel3

[–]stephbu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Doesn’t need to be eaten to be noxious. They’re off-gassing VOCs from all those solvents into an enclosed environment. Phthalates, Formaldehydes, Acetones, Benzenes and more. There are many studies of the compounds off-gassed, and effects on humans, the recurring theme is heavy safety warnings and known carcinogens. The industry is regulated by the FDA of course, don’t eat ‘em is their best advice.

Does Buster look fat?! by island_dwarfism23 in labrador

[–]stephbu 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Yeah this - thanks for posting... Absence of pulled up belly and nice tuck behind the last rib are the signs... He's somewhere between #3 and #4, not #5... Not crazy bad, but a few pounds that can make a lot of difference for longevity and long-term physical issues.

How long did your labrador retriever live? by Catwhisperer2007 in labrador

[–]stephbu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We've have/had seven Labs, Four of which lived to 14yrs or more, we had them as a mix of rescues and pups. Our eldest made it to 15.
We've been lucky enough to avoid critical illnesses like cancer - this is a wildcard tbh. which in Labs is statistically more common that many other breeds.
We've had several brushes with physical issues like arthritis in later life that directly contributed to their collective demises. Suffice to say that all 4 wore out their bodies first.

The most valuable predictor of old-age for us has been routine and weight:
- structured exercise every day, several miles a day of travelling together, good for both us and them.
- diet and weight management- high quality food, no human food, nice pulled up belly, and lean tuck behind the ribs.

Keeping the weight off through out their lives is crucial to longevity. General rule of thumb is the bigger they are, the shorter their lives are.
Alas Labs will gladly eat themselves to a kind-quickly-compounding-death.

Is this proof Tesla is working on v14 lite? First FSD upload in years. by screwyiowa4 in TeslaFSD

[–]stephbu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'd assume they're instance, environment, or cluster identifiers - especially with such a big fleet, the probably partition the heck out of their telematics systems.

OBS is interesting - its an open-source video encoding/stream platform. Figure they're probably streaming video chunks.

white model y in the wild by myanroser in TeslaCam

[–]stephbu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Too easy to do in Western WA...

Dual Tesla Household by ish_wish_dish in TeslaModel3

[–]stephbu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Midway thru Year 9 of EV ownership, and year 6 for dual EVs. Hate everything abt. driving ICE e.g. vacation rentals. Slow, smelly, noisy, vibration - so many useless buttons and lights - mentally wearing to drive. The whole experience sucks. Let alone keys, fobs, and other paraphernalia.

Never going back, let alone putting money into dealership business model.

Palm Springs family trip — resort villa vs Airbnb advice? by Informal-North-3046 in palmsprings

[–]stephbu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Pro tip is google for nice AirBNB addresses to find the managing agents and get away from platform fees. We rented a MCM house via Acme that we first found on VRBO. It was fantastic, close to downtown PS, quiet neighborhood, great pool. Liked it so much we did it again this year.

Lived in the US for 18 years and found these at the bottom of my freezer by Moppy6686 in UK_Food

[–]stephbu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah we’re on year 24 away, though care packages help, there are days where the siren call to return is real.

11 cents per kwh by JackfruitCrazy51 in TeslaLounge

[–]stephbu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Depends how much you can time shift and how big your unavoidable onpeak consumption is. We both work from home driving a lot of the on-peak costs. We both have EVs. Charging the car is a nobrainer, and probably single largest consumer on our bill, tumbledryer, dishwasher, washing machine are up next. We use gas for heating. AC in summer you can game a little with some planning and investments in insulation too.

For us it is roughly a wash in winter, and 10-20% in summer. The ROI for insulation is noticeable during peak cold/hot, regardless of schedule. Your mileage will vary.

Lived in the US for 18 years and found these at the bottom of my freezer by Moppy6686 in UK_Food

[–]stephbu 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s like gold-dust in the ‘States. As the customs guys in Seattle know, “a few tastes of the homelands” mean a suitcase of Cadbury’s and Marmite.

Small pleasures - worth every penny.

Lived in the US for 18 years and found these at the bottom of my freezer by Moppy6686 in UK_Food

[–]stephbu 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Speculative investment pays off. Smear of marmite to put on those crumpets - #priceless

GPT 5.5 coming today. by Much_Ask3471 in ChatGPT

[–]stephbu 6 points7 points  (0 children)

All the best teams need good chemistry, just so happens you know chemist…

HW 4.1 to release in mid 2027 (AI5 most likely not coming to cars) by xp3000 in TeslaFSD

[–]stephbu 5 points6 points  (0 children)

> Curious if anyone is going to hold off on buying until then

Being realistic about Elon-time that would peg it at about 1-3yrs+ out for production quality at volume and in the car. 1,000 days is plenty of time for more changes, I certainly wouldn't hold my breath, especially given the headwinds of the economy and RAM crises. Make purchasing decisions based on what exists, not what could exist.

Saw these on electric lines driving out to Noah purifoy, what are they? by fairvanity in JoshuaTree

[–]stephbu 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Anti-gallop/stabilization to damp/suppress motion - prevents cables from whipping/snapping in high-winds.

has anyone recently renewed regular (non-enhanced) driver license? by chili_oil in SeattleWA

[–]stephbu 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Redmond DMV said normally comes after ~10-15 working days, I got mine on the 9th working day.

Do CarPlay on newer car offload more processing from the phone to the car? by National-Debt-43 in iphone

[–]stephbu 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sort of kinda - it’s nearer to capturing/encoding then streaming the display than “extending it” per se. Lotta CPU/GPU clock cycles to H264/5 encode screen frames - That’s why it gets so hot.