Well, sure, if you can raise capital then go for it. But if I'm burning savings trying to bootstrap that is just riskier than enjoying a salary with some risk of job loss.
Ummm, it is actually active with ADAS anywhere? Certainly not in the US.
>The EX90's LiDAR enhances ADAS features like collision mitigation and lane-keeping, which are active and assisting drivers. However, full autonomy (Level 3) is not yet available, as the Ride Pilot feature is still under development and not activated.
That's likely closer to reality now, but that's not counting the cost for R&D to add it to the car, any additional costs that come with it besides the LIDAR hardware, plus the added cost to install it.
All of that combined is probably closer to $1k than to $140.
And, again, that's - what - 10 years after Tesla originally made the decision to go vision only.
It wasn't a terrible idea at the time, but they should've pivoted at some point.
They could've had a massive lead in data if they pivoted as late as 3 years ago, when the total cost would probably be under $2.5k, and that could've led to a positive feedback loop, cause they'd probably have a system better than Waymo by now.
Instead, they've got a pile of garbage, and no path to improve it substantially.
Not all LIDARs are equal. Just because BYD is spending $140 on a LIDAR system does not mean it's the same quality as the Waymo system reported to cost $75k almost a decade ago, or, especially, the same quality as the ones in use today.
They might be!
But I doubt it.
I don't know enough about Tesla's cameras, but it's not implausible to think there are LIDARs of low enough quality that you'd be better off with a good quality camera for your sensor.
Again, I doubt this is the case with BYDs cameras.
But it's still worth pointing out, I think.
My point is, BYD's LIDAR system costing $x is only one small part of the conversation.
I would say a $140 LIDAR system that’s currently being used in production cars [somewhere] is better than a $0 non-existent LIDAR system. Pair a cheap LIDAR system with some nice cameras and perhaps you can make up much of the difference in software.
It goes very slow and it doesn't need to work with high resolution or long distances. It has plenty of time to average out noise.
Solid-state LIDAR is still a fairly new thing. LIDAR sensors were big, clunky, and expensive back when Tesla started their Autopilot/FSD program.
I googled a bit and found a DFR1030 solid-state LIDAR unit for 267 DKK (for one). It has a field of view of 108 degrees and an angular resolution of 0.6 degrees. It has an angle error of 3 degrees and a max distance of 300mm. It can run at 7.5-28 Hz.
Clearly fine for a floor-cleaning robot or a toy. Clearly not good enough for a car (which would need several of them).
You maybe know this already, but there are a couple sites that will handle the calling around for you. It is kind of ridiculous I spend more on the site than on the actual meds, but I just don't see another way for now.
I did not know this indeed. But, of course, that means signing up and spreading your medical info even further. (Plus, in some cases, more money)
For folks who are also looking, the search term "adhd meds call around service" seems to work. I'd list URLs, but I haven't used any and don't want to endorse.
For flights, I don't even try to "download" videos on the apps I do pay for anymore. I've been burned too many times by blurry downloads or videos refusing to play. I just find a copy elsewhere and use VLC.
Like payment processors threatening the largest game platform on the planet for decades would, right?
There are no legal protections, it needs to be fixed at the government level with payment neutrality policies. Steam has hundreds of millions of users and couldn't fight it. Itch had to go nuclear and kill every single NSFW game ever put on their platform, likely affecting millions.
1. Blocking coinbase would be anti-compeitive behavior which are totally different laws.
2. Valve is not publicly traded so we cannot do a detailed comparison, but all indications show Playstation is a larger gaming platform than Steam. Steam is not "the largest game platform on the planet".
3. Yeah I agree that strong legal regulations for the payment processing industry would be good. I think a public electronic payment processing system would be better, and wide adoption of a crypto-currency based solution would be the best. My trust in governments and central banks to handle monetary policy is very low. My trust in private for-profit companies to handle payment processing is even lower. It's one thing to do well over a few decades, and another thing to do well over a several centuries and real economies operate on a very long timescale.
4. It's disappointing that we treat NSFW as such a taboo.
The present behavior of payment providers show a present lack of economic value to overcome the pressure against supporting these businesses, meaning the present necessity is not met.
Chase was really weird about doing a chargeback for me when a restaurant charged me a second time under a different name a month after my visit. It took several phone calls and they eventually credited my account but they would not do a chargeback. Two identical charges a month apart. I could show that I wasn't even in the same state for the second one.
Yeah the frequent advice to just do a chargeback as a consumer protection action is out of date. It is quite hard to get a bank or CC company to do one now even if you have solid evidence you're in the right. I don't really know when this changed, I guess over the last 5-8 years.
Going over their head can turn into a pretty sticky situation, because your skip might actually do something, and you might still be working for that manager.
Also, this is a tricky job market. I ran into a similar situation years ago, tried to fix it, and ended up just switching companies since it was a smaller outfit and I fell out of love with the project.
I think the safest thing for you to do, is to try and secure a transfer, or if you have to, a new job outside the company. This took me months, it might take some time. So be ready to knuckle down if you gotta.
On your way out, tell your skip what's going on, and how much you like the project and the mission. Maybe, just maybe, they'll fix the management problem and invite you back.
I'm not doing this, but my friends and I link our Plex boxes so we can see sports in different regions. If you can get enough of them going you should be able to see every NFL game. Too bad baseball is mostly on cable.
I'm probably not going to do a write up like this guy, but I'll probably start pulling together my Plex box soon. I don't care about live TV too much, but some shows, sports and news stuff it is better to see live.
Kodi was ok, but kind of clunky on my chromecast. I used VLC for a long time to play off a network drive but it's kind of buggy and a little annoying to control.
