Comma Three [video] • Hacker News Board

Re: Comma Three [video]

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Post by rgrmrts » Thu, Aug 05, 2021, 1:17 AM UTC

exogeny wrote: post #6

asimpletune wrote: post #5

I once had a chance to go to George's house for a party, and all I can say is I was totally floored. I don't think I've ever been around a group of people who were so smart and just cool in my life. When I left a part of me really wished that I had somehow met a group of people like this in college or something. Just really smart, cool people, and most of all good. Everyone there was a genuine, mission driven person…

I know he dropped out and certainly I'm biased as an alumnus, but that's exactly the kind of people I met in college at CMU. I like to think he, like I did, got a little bit of that spirit during many late, late nights in Wean Hall.

Plaid Parliament of Pwnage was a ton of fun too. I wished I had joined earlier and participated in more CTFs with those folks. I only actively participated in one, but it was such an awesome environment.

Re: Comma Three [video]

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Post by slg » Thu, Aug 05, 2021, 1:18 AM UTC

It is weird that the general opinion of Comma on HN appears to be positive while the general opinion of Tesla's Autopilot on here is generally more negative. It seems to me that all the complaints about Tesla including marketing, safety, and technological feasibility apply as much or more for Comma.

Re: Comma Three [video]

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Post by elevenoh » Thu, Aug 05, 2021, 1:21 AM UTC

stephc_int13 wrote: post #10

Glad to see some genuine tech startup trying to tackle hard problems. But I think Geohot should not try to mimic some of the silicon valley tropes. The communication is OK but sometimes borderline cringy…

He's authentic.

Recommended trying out authenticity sometime, if you can manage negative emotions around fear/vulnerability.

Then you'll more likely recognize it in others.

Re: Comma Three [video]

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Post by elif » Thu, Aug 05, 2021, 1:22 AM UTC

yao420 wrote: post #4

So it’s a high end camera and sensor system for your car to enable some driving assistance features? $2200 plus $24 a month is a little steep.

no sensor system and not a high end camera. it's consumer grade cellphone quality stuff. Single camera view single computer.

Re: Comma Three [video]

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Aug 05, 2021, 1:22 AM UTC

yao420 wrote: post #4

So it’s a high end camera and sensor system for your car to enable some driving assistance features? $2200 plus $24 a month is a little steep.

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Re: Comma Three [video]

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Post by fiddlerwoaroof » Thu, Aug 05, 2021, 1:23 AM UTC

simondotau wrote: post #16

Ambroos wrote: post #9

Having done a Seattle > SF > LA and back roadtrip with a Comma 2 back in March/April, this looks really cool. Even with the very modest hardware of the Comma 2, it effectively takes all the stress out of highway / stay-in-lane driving. In my Audi A3, the car's ACC handles the accelerator and brakes, and openpilot handles the steering. It made the trip a whole lot more relaxing. It was also just a whole lot of fun to…

> Autopilot in a Model Y … the way it disengages completely when you make even just a small correction is really annoying. Wait, so Autopilot disengages if you don’t apply enough torque to the steering wheel and disengages if you apply too much torque to the steering wheel? That doesn’t sound like an enjoyable autonomous driving experience.

I found Autopilot annoying until I got used to how it expects you to interact with it. At this point, it really isn’t too bad.

The nice thing is that a Tesla is always very clearly “under the control of Autopilot” or “under human control”. The downside is that it can be a bit frustrating figuring out how to convince Autopilot that you’re still paying attention (adjusting the the volume/cruise control, or briefly depressing the right stick is a lot less finicky than the torque sensor but you eventually get used to what the torque sensor wants.)

Re: Comma Three [video]

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Post by mcast » Thu, Aug 05, 2021, 1:24 AM UTC

asimpletune wrote: post #5

I once had a chance to go to George's house for a party, and all I can say is I was totally floored. I don't think I've ever been around a group of people who were so smart and just cool in my life. When I left a part of me really wished that I had somehow met a group of people like this in college or something. Just really smart, cool people, and most of all good. Everyone there was a genuine, mission driven person…

If you ever catch his live streams on Twitch it's interesting to watch how his brain works and how focused (yet distracted) he is coding.

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Post by yjamal2 » Thu, Aug 05, 2021, 1:24 AM UTC

Jh

Re: Comma Three [video]

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Post by blamazon » Thu, Aug 05, 2021, 1:26 AM UTC

slg wrote: post #22

It is weird that the general opinion of Comma on HN appears to be positive while the general opinion of Tesla's Autopilot on here is generally more negative. It seems to me that all the complaints about Tesla including marketing, safety, and technological feasibility apply as much or more for Comma.

I agree that Comma deserves much of the same scrutiny, but it’s not that weird that HN gives them more credit than Tesla. Comma is the hacker, open-source, upstart player in self driving space.

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Post by fiddlerwoaroof » Thu, Aug 05, 2021, 1:26 AM UTC

bko wrote: post #8

I happened to check today at what Tesla is driving for "Full Self-Driving Capability" and it's now $10,000. I was originally very interested in the feature, especially since it was available on a car that starts in the low 30s, but that price point seems way out of whack. I'm just glad there's some competition that's not tied to the car manufacturers. I can't trust modern cars to have an 2014 iPad quality touch scree…

They just released a $100/mo. subscription for the FSD features, but I think the more advanced FSD that supposedly can handle city streets has an additional feature flag that’s gated on your safety record or something.