Thorny_Insight

@Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee

I prioritize ethics over optics even if it means facing criticism.

Sharing my honest beliefs, welcoming constructive debates, and embracing the potential for evolving viewpoints. Independent thinker navigating through conversations without allegiance to any particular side.

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Thorny_Insight,

Same here. Went to trade school, working at construction since I was 21, bought my first car around the same time, bought house at 25. Now at 30+ I got like 80k€ left on my mortage and no other loans. Around +50k€ in savings mostly invested into index funds. I could be doing better but I can’t complain. Recently started my own bussines so we’ll see how that goes.

My only friend I keep hearing the type of complaints from that I read about on lemmy every day went to photography school but is an aspiring painter/artist now instead. For some reason money’s tight and it’s because of capitalism apparently. Go figure…

Thorny_Insight, (edited )

Not even remotely accurate interpretation of what I said.

ChatGPT Answers Programming Questions Incorrectly 52% of the Time: Study (gizmodo.com)

The research from Purdue University, first spotted by news outlet Futurism, was presented earlier this month at the Computer-Human Interaction Conference in Hawaii and looked at 517 programming questions on Stack Overflow that were then fed to ChatGPT....

Thorny_Insight,

We only need to keep doing incremental improvements in the technology and avoid destroying ourselves in the meantime. That’s all it takes for us to find ourselves in the presence of superintelligent AI one day.

Thorny_Insight,

You can find out how different news outlets feel about a person by the type of pictures they use of them. Once you see it, it can’t be ignored.

Thorny_Insight,

The ultimate goal of this technology is to enable the blind to see, deaf to hear and the paralyzed to walk. Not that you can watch netflix in your mind.

Thorny_Insight,

Plenty new tech I’m curious about seeing evolving; self-driving cars, EVs, articifical-intelligence, VR/AR … Advances in medicine overall but especially due to Crispr. My new job as a self-employed contractor is both exciting and also stressful. It’s the start of the summer here which is also exciting to me.

Thorny_Insight, (edited )

This is just grasping at straws.

Before video games we were blaming rock music and Marilyn Manson for violence. This is just stupid. The only ones guilty here are the perpetrators and the society that failed to catch them falling in between the cracks and gave them easy access to firearms. There have always been people with murderous aspirations and always will be. The weapon of choise is just a tool and a force multiplyer. They likely would have used a tactical nuke if they had access to one. They didn’t so an assault rifle was the next best choise. Focusing on AR-15 is ridiculous. They’ll use what ever the best thing is they have access to.

Thorny_Insight, (edited )

Like Sam Harris says; Covid19 was just a dress rehearsal for a truly bad pandemic and we failed it miserably

Thorny_Insight, (edited )

I’m putting off buying solar panels onto my roof because I know that the longer I wait the cheaper they’ll get.

Thorny_Insight,

This all seems to assume I live in the USA which is not the case. Last time I had a solar panel company representative visit the vast majority of the cost was the equipment - the installation itself is rather quick. Obviously the price decrease is not going to last forever but so far it has been true. Also, this is just to highlight the fact that “deflation” does affect consumer behaviour in a negative way.

Thorny_Insight,

Knowing that something will cost less in the future does affect consumer behaviour in a negative way. That’s how it’s relevant.

Thorny_Insight,

There’s probably a good reason the vast majority of economists agree that deflation is bad for this exact reason. It’s not just my opinion - I’m not an economist and I doubt you’re either.

Thorny_Insight,

Maybe they hired her because of her voice’s the likeness to Johansson. It’s getting 90% of what they wanted but still being legal I’d think.

Thorny_Insight, (edited )

The cheapest flat pedals I can find which I then abuse for 3 years untill I buy new ones. I never quite figured out why people spend 60 euros on crankbrother pedals when I can get similar ones from Biltema that cost 15 euros and are 100 grams lighter.

Thorny_Insight,

It’s Russian. Doesn’t really matter how good it is, personally I would stay far away from it.

Thorny_Insight,

I always look at the price/kg. Makes no difference what size the packaging is, that price will always tell which one is the cheapest.

Thorny_Insight, (edited )

Mother seems more relevant when getting away from the family is what the article is all about. It’s quite neutral headline as they should be instead of loaded ones like the one you seem to be suggesting with the underlying anti-rich/-capitalist spin.

Thorny_Insight,

Like I said; there’s only so much you can test on a closed track. At some point you must start doing that in the real world. Pedestrians getting killed by experimental self-driving vehicles is not an actual issue we’re dealing with right now but more like a theoretical possibility of what could happen in the future. There are only a couple of such incidents recorded ever. That’s not a good enough reason to not continue with it.

What I mean by them now being the worst they’ll ever be is the self-driving technology itself. It’s constantly improving and the trend is towards better. The technology we have right now is the worst it’s ever going to be.

Thorny_Insight,

How could anyone know that? It just as well might.

It’s a fallacy to think we can build a perfect world where all bad things can be avoided. With all new technology comes downsides. We’re already losing 80+ a day in the US alone because we don’t have self driving cars. It’s far more likely for someone close to me to get killed by a human driver.

Thorny_Insight, (edited )

You don’t need to “jerk” the wheel. You only need to touch it gently. This is because level 2 is “hands on” system. Allegedly though even this will be going away with version 12.4 and from there on it’s only the cabin camera that’s monitoring you. It’s debateable wether this is a good thing or not. Makes it easier to abuse the system.

No one is making any claims about how fast Mercedes Drive Pilot should go. Your accusation is disingenuous. I’m simply stating that it can’t go over 40mph. That’s pretty slow for a vehicle that can drive autonomously only on highways.

Thorny_Insight,

Okay well I was wrong about having to turn the wheel. I’m not lying - I just didn’t know. I’ve watched hours and hours of content of people driving with FSD and I haven’t ever seen them having to do that so I didn’t know it was a thing.

Anyway, that’s allegedly going away with V12.4

Thorny_Insight,

Why do you need to be such a dick about it? Just because I’m interested in self-driving technology doesn’t mean I’m a Tesla fanboy. That’s ad-hominem. No other brand (that I know of) makes a car you can buy that’s capable of doing what Tesla’s FSD can do. That’s why it’s the brand I most pay attention to. If you think there’s some other manufacturer I should look into more closely then by all means link me a video about it.

I already daily drive my dream car and the “smartest” feature it has is anti-lock brakes. While it would be nice to test drive a modern EV I however have no interest in buying one nor could I even afford it.

Thorny_Insight, (edited )

We’re good. I tend to fall victim to the snide remarks from time to time myself as well.

To me “Full Self Driving” is just the name of the software. I’ve been perfectly aware from the day one that it’s not actually capable of full self driving. That’s a quite tired argument that I’m not interested in debating. I can however still aknowledge that Tesla has been intentionally misleading in their marketing of it.

People have different definitions for what “full self driving” means to them and by my definition Teslas are more or less capable of this. If not “full”, then atleast self-driving. It’s not a system I’d trust my life with but the car is capable of driving itself from point A to point B often without driver intervention so to me that fits the definition.

Also you’ll see Tesla isn’t the best by a long shot.

Then who is? Waymo self-driving taxies might be more capable at this moment but that’s not something you can buy. Mercedes Drive Pilot is extremely limited and I’d argue less capable than FSD not to even mention their level 2 driver assistance software which is complete garbage. If there’s a car that you can buy which does self-driving better than Teslas then I’d really like to know about it so that I can look into it more. As demonstrated above; I have no issue admiting I’m wrong when proven otherwise. I’m not in any way emotionally invested into Tesla or Elon. This just is the kind of subject where no one so far has managed to convince me I’m wrong. I truly believe that the current version of FSD is the best self-driving software currently available to consumers.

Thorny_Insight, (edited )

Are you sure you’re actually aware of what the current version of FSD is capable of? Because when I try to find videos demonstrating the self-driving on those other brands they’re only using the highway assistant (which Tesla calls autopilot) and thus only driving on highways and not in the cities at all. I really struggle to find videos of anyone comparing FSD to the brands you named and I’m assuming it’s because there literally is no compareable system on any of the competition and Tesla is just so far ahead. The only other company with car that has similar capabilities is the Waymo’s highly modified Jaguar I-Pace but that’s Level 4 self-driving taxi that you cannot buy. Tesla FSD is level 2 but in reality they’re not very far off despite Tesla only using cameras (and radar on hardware 4 Model S and X)

Here’s a video comparing Tesla Autopilot (not FSD) to Mercedes Driver Assistance (not Drive Pilot). The video starts by showing the “official ratings” for those systems and according to them the Mercedes should be significantly better. However the real world test tells quite a different story. Mercedes 44 driver interventions versus 0 on the Tesla. And they’re still only driving on a highway.

You said you drove at 244kph legally so I’m assuming you’re from Germany. FSD is not available there, only the less capable Autopilot of which’s basic version comes with every Tesla. FSD is paid software and much more capable.

Thorny_Insight, (edited )

But but the rains sensors and…

No, we’re talking about self-driving.

FSD is literally the name of the self-driving system that’s been available on Teslas for years. There’s FSD and there’s Autopilot. They’re different systems. You live in Germany and thus have never tried FSD because it’s not available there—only in the USA. You’re talking about Autopilot; I’m talking about FSD. You can disagree all you want about whether it is actually “Full Self-Driving,” but that’s still the name of the system. Having a discussion about it is impossible if you just plug your ears and deny its existence. That is just cognitive dissonance on steroids. Full Self-Driving (Supervised) is a Level 2 driver assistance system available for Teslas in the USA only, and it’s MUCH more capable than Autopilot.

The existence of a system more advanced than Tesla’s FSD on a car you can buy would be a really big deal, and there would be a ton of videos comparing it to a Tesla on YouTube. Just link me such a video that’s less than 3 months old and shows both city and highway driving, and I’m ready to admit being wrong again.

Being blinded by hatred doesn’t make you any more honest in your judgment than being a fanboy. You’re both just as biased. It’s ridiculous how angry this all gets you.

Once more: Full Self-Driving (Supervised), previously known as Full Self-Driving (Beta) but commonly just called “FSD,” is the USA-exclusive, subscription-based self-driving software available on Teslas. It’s one of three different versions of self-driving systems that Tesla offers. The others are Autopilot and Enhanced Autopilot. Autopilot comes on all Teslas and is just a highway assistant; it’s the one you’ve tried. You clearly have no idea how capable FSD nowadays is, and you refuse to figure it out because you’d have to admit being wrong. Confidently wrong.

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