zqps

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[–] zqps@sh.itjust.works 7 points 5 hours ago

Is there any phrase more meaningless than "pro-America"?

[–] zqps@sh.itjust.works 1 points 9 hours ago

Right, but that shit should be required by law, not bequeathed by US tech monopolists at a ridiculous fee.

[–] zqps@sh.itjust.works 25 points 9 hours ago

Yeah but I won't because I like dopamine.

[–] zqps@sh.itjust.works 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

With this paint job, in this environment? Maybe. Though IRL you would probably see it much clearer due to the lack of parallax effect on a 2D projection.

But if we're talking e.g. about a dark-ish barrier at knee height, your brain does a much better job to quickly recognize it as obstacle. Whereas cameras without depth perception would fail completely.

[–] zqps@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

You haven't seen what Teslas are in the news for lately?

It's not that crazy someone would put up a fake wall on some backroad to catch out inattentive Tesla drivers. Doesn't even need to be nearly as big and elaborate as this one. Any painted object would accomplish the same.

But the point of the video is that optical cameras are easily deceived, and Elon is lying to his customers that LiDAR is overrated and not necessary.