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19 points by icapulet2 4 years ago · 26 comments

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maxharris 4 years ago

This is a stunt by Green Hills Software, a maker of embedded operating systems and programming tools. You might be interested to know that they initiated a public relations campaign decrying the use of Linux as insecure:

https://lwn.net/Articles/83242/

Here's an article by the very same Dan O’Dowd: "Linux: unfit for national security?" https://web.archive.org/web/20040912190752/http://www.ghs.co... https://web.archive.org/web/20040916074333/https://www.ghs.c...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Hills_Software

guardiangod 4 years ago

Dumb stunt-

has a critical safety malfunction on average every 8 minutes;

has been on the market for at least 6 months;

has never been recalled.

Have they tried Ford's self driving system on the Mach-E, and see how it auto-disengages when a highway curved more than what the system can handle? Would that count as a critical safety malfunction?

I'd never use FSD in its current state, but FSD had plenty of recalls by way of version rollbacks.

  • tyrfing 4 years ago

    None of these systems are "self driving", and Tesla is the only company I've seen falsely advertise their system as capable of such. Ford's BlueCruise, for example, requires the driver to watch the road, and seems to be pretty accurately advertised: https://www.consumerreports.org/driver-assistance-systems/fo...

  • waffle_maniac 4 years ago

    FSD needs a permanent recall. I don't consent to alpha software being used on roads.

    • ben_w 4 years ago

      I appreciate the sentiment, especially given the types of failure mode, but the stats (such as they are) indicate the cars are safer with it switched on than without it.

      To the extent that it’s possible to know anything, it looks like it makes cars less unsafe.

      • icapulet2OP 4 years ago

        The data comes from Tesla, not from third party investigators. The minimal data from third parties, like Consumer Reports, says it's shit outside of highway use (which is the safest kind of road to travel on already).

      • waffle_maniac 4 years ago

        It looks like that because they only release FSD to Tesla cult members that know the software is dangerous. Once they start rolling out to lower safety scores (i.e. normal people) the suicide missions will begin.

    • spiderice 4 years ago

      Why do you think your consent is necessary or relevant? You do consent, by driving on the roads with them.

      "I don't consent to sharing the road with large SUVs"

      Did I just make large SUVs illegal?

      • ben_w 4 years ago

        > You do consent, by driving on the roads with them.

        That’s not how consent works. Implied consent doesn’t override explicit refusal of consent.

        > Did I just make large SUVs illegal?

        No, but you could reasonably infer that you want them to be made so.

accountLost 4 years ago

Some context:

https://dawnproject.com/full-self-driving-cars-software-at-i...

natch 4 years ago

If this meets their condition of being from a Fortune 500 company (?) then their non-responding website is eligible to win. I wonder what OS they use to host it.

natch 4 years ago

These people's reading comprehension is atrocious.

Tesla's FSD does not exist yet. A beta product is not the same as a product. Yes one can pre-pay for the product and get some features now, but actual FSD is simply not here yet. By "actual FSD" I mean something that is non-beta and actually does full self driving, in case that needs to be spelled out. Boy.

  • CharlesW 4 years ago

    > Tesla's FSD does not exist yet.

    Someone should tell Telsa!

    "The complimentary FSD computer upgrade for owners with Full Self-Driving capability is now available."

    https://www.tesla.com/support/full-self-driving-computer

    • ben_w 4 years ago

      Quite a lot of people have told Tesla to choose a better name for the feature, precisely because the name implies greater capabilities than the it actually has.

      It’s good, but it’s not good enough for that name to not be misleading.

    • natch 4 years ago

      Cute, but having the "capability"...

      as in, will be capable of FSD in the future when the software is ready...

      ...does not mean that the functionality has come out of beta.

      • kjreact 4 years ago

        Where does it say on Tesla’s official FSD page that it is still in beta?

        Also why would I assume that the software is only ready in the future when it says “The complimentary FSD computer upgrade for owners with Full Self-Driving capability is now available.”

        What part of “available now” is meant to imply it’s ready in the future?

  • TigeriusKirk 4 years ago

    I agree with a lot of your points, but the source of the confusion is Tesla.

    They can make things much more clear and take the marketing hit, but they choose not to do so.

    • natch 4 years ago
      • sidibe 4 years ago

        I don't follow is this video about Tesla fans reactions to criticism?

        The marketing for FSD has been quite clear that your car will drive itself completely soon. Just check out the years-old video on tesla.com/autopilot claiming there is someone in the drivers seat only for legal reasons

        • natch 4 years ago

          Tesla haters complaining about this are like the guy at the end of video. If you don’t like the website, just don’t visit it.

adolph 4 years ago

Look at those "Additional Rules" including:

  * You may only use contest hashtags with Tweets relevant to the hashtag topic.
bushbaba 4 years ago

Simple McDonald’s froyo machines :D

osrec 4 years ago

I assume this is sarcasm?

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