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Gentoo Tesla – T2 Edition

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Re: Gentoo Tesla – T2 Edition

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Post by jeena »

deegles wrote: post #63
jokr004 wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>Even if the media subsystem is running on dedicated hardware, the fact that it's networked with the rest of the car means that there's still a risk of it being used to gain access to other components. I don't think anyone was claiming anything contrary to that, just that replacing the software running the media dash isn't going to fubar your car.

But it might fubar your warranty... "Your honor, we were not responsible for that AutoPilot crash because the driver did an unauthorized modification of the car's software!"

This should be handled like we handle replacing the breaks in your car if you do it yourself.

Re: Gentoo Tesla – T2 Edition

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Post by jeena »

542458 wrote: post #25
wille92 wrote: post #16

I'm all for rooting my phones, media devices, gaming consoles...but I think I'd stop short of rooting my car. I think back to the Toyota electronic throttle control system bugs--we can hardly trust manufacturers to develop robust automotive software on their own, long before rooting and customization are thrown into the mix. The media system modded in this post _should_ be completely separate from the "brains" of the…

I wonder what happens when you get into a bad crash, somebody decides to sue, and it comes out that your car was running modified software. Would you be exposing yourself to any liability?

I guess it's like if you replace the breaks yourself.

Re: Gentoo Tesla – T2 Edition

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Post by gjolund »

Hemera- wrote: post #65
gjolund wrote: post #2

Dude you are my hero. I look forward to the day that I can sit in my car with my friends, smoking something, watching a movie, and letting the self driving vehicle wander around LA while we look for interesting places to stop and explore. I would never use my couch again. Edit: If tesla begins making showers I may not even need an apartment.

Thanks :) This has been a really fun hobby :D

Really inspiring work. I have always loved working on cars, and the potential to marry that with my profession is exciting.

I'm really looking forward a future where I have ownership and control over my cars operating system to the same degree that I own the engine in my camaro.

Also, I apologize for automatically defaulting to you being a he-dude and not a she-dude.

Which is exactly equal in impressiveness.

Re: Gentoo Tesla – T2 Edition

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Post by emilw »

jxy wrote: post #3

"I think the real question is whether this Tesla's daily driver will be Vim or Emacs…" Apparently we have long passed the era when making coffee was something novel for Emacs. Now is the time for M-x drive

Let me just :qa! this discussion.

Re: Gentoo Tesla – T2 Edition

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Post by extrapickles »

aidos wrote: post #61
stagger87 wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This was my favorite read, https://users.ece.cmu.edu/~koopman/pubs/koopman14_toyota_ua_...

Thanks! That picture of the ETCS board has just reminded me of a time my friend gave me a tour of the Mclaren F1 workshop – he worked on the testing team. They'd just spent a couple of weeks tracking down an issue where the engine had misfired during one of the races (like, once or twice). Turns out that the tracks on one of the control circuit boards were a tiny bit too close and there had been an arc. I couldn't be…

Since they are limited to 5 engines per season[0], they were probably very worried that the fault could lead to the loss of an engine. When I did racing, for even the most minor of faults/errors/"that's odd", large amounts of effort were put into correcting the fault if it was on the list of "If this broke, we lost".

[0]: http://www.formula1.com/content/fom-website/en/championship/...

edit: grammar fix

Re: Gentoo Tesla – T2 Edition

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Post by jmclean »

xiphias wrote: post #70

Finally something interesting I read here on HN from a girl in IT. She's the one other girls should be proud of and looking at as a role model, not the feminists.

I'm disappointed to see a comment like this here. To treat 'feminists' as a monolithic bloc, mutually exclusive from meaningful contributors to IT, is insulting to those of us who try to be both.

Women in tech face real challenges, including but not limited to casual condescension towards the people fighting for change.

I'm proud of her too, and I'm sure she's exactly the sort of role model that a feminist would have in mind.

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