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peteriszaon GPT-4o

Can anybody help me try the direct voice feature? I can't find the button for it. Maybe it's not available in Europe yet, I don't know.

peteriszaon Claude 3 model family

Can you change the names/numbers/genders and try a few other versions?

peteriszaon Sora: Creating video from text

holy ....

peteriszaon Our next-generation model: Gemini 1.5

you can buy their stock if you think they'll make a lot of money with their tech

peteriszaon Tesla facing another massive recall – affecting 2.2 million vehicles

Honestly, I can't remember that darling phase because I have only been following Tesla since 2019. When was it? I remember reading about Tesla fires (which are in fact rarer than ICE fires), I remember my coworkers telling me Tesla's going bankrupt because Elon Musk smoked weed, etc.

By the way, by portraying Tesla as worse than the others, I didn't mean it explicitly in the article. More like the fact that Porsche, Hyundai, etc. didn't get the same treatment from the media for facing the exact same problem which then they couldn't even fix. (And also not mentioning this tiny detail that the icon-problem is not unique to Tesla.)

I know this is only one piece of news. However, I see this as an overarching pattern. I saw so many low-quality articles about Tesla that I even stopped reading the news completely for a while! I can show you many. If you are interested, here's a recent one: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-07/tesla-sol.... This, again, while technically true, is awfully misleading. Tesla had one car sale in South Korea in January 2022, 2023 and now 2024. This is because there are no incentives for EVs in January, which is why people wait until February to buy in the country. It is paywalled, but I am sure the truth, which invalidates the article's very reason for existence, is buried deep somewhere at the end. Or is it?

peteriszaon Tesla facing another massive recall – affecting 2.2 million vehicles

Here's what I replied to: 'Tesla was still forced into making the fix.'

Tesla is clearly better here than the others, but the media portrays it as if it was worse.

The media is so biased against Tesla it is not even funny. This is a problem. This is why the "Tesla vs. others" frame is worth discussing. The fact that others had the same problem but couldn't fix it is indeed a very important detail.

Also, instead of discussing the processes at Tesla, don't you think we should be discussing the processes in the media? Because this article is so misleading, it makes people believe the opposite of the truth. What about the quality of the other articles about other things? Are they any better?

peteriszaon Tesla facing another massive recall – affecting 2.2 million vehicles

All your points have been defeated.

1. You said this icon problem suggests bad process control. Turns out Tesla's process control isn't worse than Porsche's process control, and Porsche produces the highest quality cars. In fact, it is better because Tesla fixed the problem and Porsche couldn't.

2. You said Tesla was forced. Turns out no manufacturer was forced to fix this.

End of debate.

peteriszaon Tesla facing another massive recall – affecting 2.2 million vehicles

Good question. I wonder what you think. Why does this so often get highlighted so strongly as a "tesla vs. everybody" frame?

peteriszaon Tesla facing another massive recall – affecting 2.2 million vehicles

Many Ford, GM, Kia/Hyundai and Porsche cars on the road today have this exact same "dangerous" issue. Instead of recalling the cars, they filed an inconsequential non-compliance petition so that they don't have to fix it.

Only Tesla could fix it. GM, Porsche, Kia/Hyundai and Ford couldn't. Their cars remain "dAngErOUs".

Source: https://youtu.be/480yxR_kmIg?si=dThdJD2_QceCyF_E&t=161

peteriszaon Tesla facing another massive recall – affecting 2.2 million vehicles

Porsche Taycans still have this "danGeRouS dEfEct" today, and Porsche doesn't fix them. Where's the article?

Source: https://youtu.be/480yxR_kmIg?si=dThdJD2_QceCyF_E&t=161

Dangerous defect my ass...

peteriszaon Tesla facing another massive recall – affecting 2.2 million vehicles

Regarding the media: this update is not newsworthy. Just like how you didn't know about Porsche's petition, you shouldn't know about this software update either.

If they wanted to write an article about it anyway, it should be about how Tesla managed to fix an issue no other automaker could fix.

peteriszaon Tesla facing another massive recall – affecting 2.2 million vehicles

How old is the Taycan? Less than a decade.

How old is the Model S? More than a decade.

Which one managed to fix the icon problem? The Model S.

What did Porsche do about this "safety problem"? Nothing.

What did the media suggest? That Teslas are unsafe.

Why did I spam the comment section? Because I want more people to see an objective comparison instead of just the sensationalism of these articles.

Why am I shilling for Tesla? Because I think it is a good company.

Explain not being forced -- I think you understand. They could have filed that petition like all the others. Conclude that it doesn't pose risk and just not fix it. (Btw I think the old icons were better.)

Regarding the old vs. new tech analogy -- exactly! Tesla can (and does) remotely make their cars safer. And not just icons but crash safety as well (see the linked video). This is a huge safety benefit.

I think only Tesla and BYD have the level of vertical integration that makes it possible to improve the drive/crash characteristics over the air. Others rely too much on suppliers. Car manufacturers usually don't have access to the proprietary firmware running on parts that they get from suppliers.

peteriszaon Tesla facing another massive recall – affecting 2.2 million vehicles

Tesla wasn't actually being forced. In the past, other automakers like Ford, GM, Porsche and Kia/Hyundai ran into the exact same problem. They just filed an inconsequential non-compliance petition to NHTSA because this issue is so minor and it would have been too expensive to fix --- for them. Source: https://youtu.be/480yxR_kmIg?si=dThdJD2_QceCyF_E&t=161

peteriszaon Tesla facing another massive recall – affecting 2.2 million vehicles

Tesla wasn't actually being forced. In the past, other automakers like Ford, GM, Porsche and Kia/Hyundai ran into the exact same problem. They just filed an inconsequential non-compliance petition to NHTSA because this issue is so minor and it would have been too expensive to fix --- for them. Source: https://youtu.be/480yxR_kmIg?si=dThdJD2_QceCyF_E&t=161

peteriszaon Tesla facing another massive recall – affecting 2.2 million vehicles

Tesla wasn't actually being forced. In the past, other automakers like Ford, GM, Porsche and Kia/Hyundai ran into the exact same problem. They just filed an inconsequential non-compliance petition to NHTSA because this issue is so minor and it would have been too expensive to fix --- for them. Source: https://youtu.be/480yxR_kmIg?si=dThdJD2_QceCyF_E&t=161

peteriszaon Tesla facing another massive recall – affecting 2.2 million vehicles

Tesla wasn't actually being forced. In the past, other automakers like Ford, GM, Porsche and Kia/Hyundai ran into the exact same problem. They just filed an inconsequential non-compliance petition to NHTSA because this issue is so minor and it would have been too expensive to fix --- for them. Source: https://youtu.be/480yxR_kmIg?si=dThdJD2_QceCyF_E&t=161

peteriszaon Command line interface guidelines (2021)

One of my favorite CL use-case is pizza ordering. We had a script for it in college, something like this:

# pizza --cheese

Ordering...

Success.

#

peteriszaon Tesla facing another massive recall – affecting 2.2 million vehicles

By the way, Tesla wasn't actually being forced. In the past, other automakers like Ford, GM, Porsche and Kia/Hyundai ran into the exact same problem. They just filed an inconsequential non-compliance petition to NHTSA because this issue is so minor and it would have been too expensive to fix --- for them.

Source: https://youtu.be/480yxR_kmIg?si=dThdJD2_QceCyF_E&t=161

peteriszaon Tesla facing another massive recall – affecting 2.2 million vehicles

Tesla wasn't actually being forced. In the past, other automakers like Ford, GM, Porsche and Kia/Hyundai ran into the exact same problem. They just filed an inconsequential non-compliance petition to NHTSA because this issue is so minor and it would have been too expensive for them to fix. They also concluded in their petition that this issue doesn't pose any risk on the driver.

Source: https://youtu.be/480yxR_kmIg?si=dThdJD2_QceCyF_E&t=161

peteriszaon Tesla's week gets worse: Fines, safety investigation, and recall

Tesla wasn't actually being forced. In the past, other automakers like Ford, GM, Porsche and Kia/Hyundai ran into the exact same problem. They just filed an inconsequential non-compliance petition to NHTSA because this issue is so minor and it would have been too expensive to fix --- for them.

Source: https://youtu.be/480yxR_kmIg?si=dThdJD2_QceCyF_E&t=161

peteriszaon Tesla facing another massive recall – affecting 2.2 million vehicles

software manufacturing?

peteriszaon Tesla's week gets worse: Fines, safety investigation, and recall

Here's more info on how this solely UI-related recall affects the interface: https://twitter.com/DriveTeslaca/status/1753302155275157637

Incorrect Font Size on Warning Lights/FMVSS 105: https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2024/RCAK-24V051-8380.pdf

peteriszaon S.F. says incidents by Cruise, Waymo driverless taxis are ‘skyrocketing.’

Why? If it is already safer than human drivers (as they claim), training and testing are both okay. Not even just okay, but a good thing!

peteriszaon S.F. says incidents by Cruise, Waymo driverless taxis are ‘skyrocketing.’

Anyone care to explain why they downvoted this?

peteriszaon S.F. says incidents by Cruise, Waymo driverless taxis are ‘skyrocketing.’

I think they are training and not testing. I might be wrong, but if I am right, the use of public roads is a necessity. This is how AI works, I guess.

peteriszaon NotebookLM: An AI Notebook

When I read the title, I thought it was a notebook

peteriszaon I Will Not Eat the Bugs (2021)

Eating bugs is not some radical new thing that noone has ever tried. Just go to a market in Southeast Asia and you will see.

peteriszaon A 286 running like a 386? (2021)

Today, AI is where a similar experience can be found

peteriszaon LlamaIndex: Unleash the power of LLMs over your data

Thanks

peteriszaon LlamaIndex: Unleash the power of LLMs over your data

Holy sh.t! I didn't know that.