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Re: Comma Two Devkit

#91

Post by ehaisnfn »

awal2 wrote: post #39
rvz wrote: post #11

If there is anything about Comma.ai that I have seen beyond the hype of self-driving cars, I see this as substance, unlike the rest of them AI self-driving cars (Except Tesla). The idea to turn your existing car into self-driving rather than spending $$$ on a new one makes sense for those saving money. Comma.ai is for cars what Linux is for PCs, meaning that you use open-source software and a hardware kit to make you…

When somebody installs Linux on their computer without knowing what they are doing they might make break their computer. When somebody tries to install after-market self-driving equipment in their car without knowing what they are doing they could easily kill people.

That's really a bullshit comparison. It either works, or it does not. That's quite literally the same as oem systems. It either works, or throws an error and does not.

Re: Comma Two Devkit

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Post by dyeje »

iMuzz wrote: post #19

Quick bit of feedback for any Comma employees lurking: It took me a very long time to realize that this was a self-driving solution for existing vehicles. The hero just says "Driven over 6 million miles" and then a "Buy Now". When I scrolled down and looked at the product and read: > We’ve added an infrared camera to provide 24/7 driver monitoring, an integrated panda, a custom cooling solution, and an OBD-C port wit…

Yea I had to come to the comments to figure it out.

Re: Comma Two Devkit

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Post by ehaisnfn »

steakin wrote: post #36

"comma two is designed for permanent installation in your car." Okay, what's it do? "We’ve added an infrared camera to provide 24/7 driver monitoring, an integrated panda, a custom cooling solution, and an OBD-C port with power supplied directly from the car." Great, so it monitors cars... For what? Quick movements? What's a panda? I'd be interested if I knew what it was. "comes with three free months of comma prime"…

George (geohot) won't listen to anyone, much to the detriment of comma

Re: Comma Two Devkit

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Post by ehaisnfn »

StavrosK wrote: post #73
enragedcacti wrote: post #68

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yup! https://github.com/commaai/openpilot-tools/raw/master/steer.... If your car is in this list: https://github.com/commaai/openpilot#supported-cars then it definitely works and you can use these tools to control it https://github.com/commaai/openpilot-tools If it's not in that list then the rough heuristic is whether or not your car has some sort of existing driver assist features e.g. Adaptive Cruise Control, Lane…

I love you, this is amazing and I am going to get right on it. Hopefully I won't crash my car in the process.

Remote control is a banned topic for safety reasons

Re: Comma Two Devkit

#95

Post by tedunangst »

Fricken wrote: post #79
etaioinshrdlu wrote: post #16

Comma.ai represents a strange attitude towards life in which you try to turn hard, serious problems (like self-driving), into trivial problems (write some Python and run it on Android phones and plug it into your car!) and try get away with it. It only has a chance of working if you are cool enough in SV such as geohot. I interviewed there once and it was extremely off-putting how clear their demand for fast progress…

When did Comma.ai claim they were doing self-driving?

What are they doing?

Re: Comma Two Devkit

#96

Post by throwawaymath »

selectodude wrote: post #55
aza05001 wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seriously. The website does a pretty crappy job at explaining what the product actually is.

I think that's sort of by design. The NHTSA shut down their ability to sell in the US a few years ago. This seems to be some sort of stealth method to sell it again using the same sort of trick pharmaceutical companies use where they don't have to tell you any warnings if they don't actually tell you what the thing does. https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/28/comma-ai-cancels-the-comma...

> Hotz tweeted from the official Comma.ai account that rather than providing the requisite response, the company would instead be cancelling Comma One entirely, and turning its attention to “other products and markets,” since Hotz says that the prospect of a life “dealing with regulators and lawyers… isn’t worth it.”

...Wow. Maybe don't develop autonomous driving tech then?

Re: Comma Two Devkit

#98

Post by lettergram »

iMuzz wrote: post #19

Quick bit of feedback for any Comma employees lurking: It took me a very long time to realize that this was a self-driving solution for existing vehicles. The hero just says "Driven over 6 million miles" and then a "Buy Now". When I scrolled down and looked at the product and read: > We’ve added an infrared camera to provide 24/7 driver monitoring, an integrated panda, a custom cooling solution, and an OBD-C port wit…

Came here to say the same thing! Very difficult to understand what this actually is.

Re: Comma Two Devkit

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Post by geofft »

selectodude wrote: post #55
aza05001 wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Seriously. The website does a pretty crappy job at explaining what the product actually is.

I think that's sort of by design. The NHTSA shut down their ability to sell in the US a few years ago. This seems to be some sort of stealth method to sell it again using the same sort of trick pharmaceutical companies use where they don't have to tell you any warnings if they don't actually tell you what the thing does. https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/28/comma-ai-cancels-the-comma...

As I understand it, "the NHTSA shut down" is a serious approximation of the story. They marketed aftermarket self-driving kits while not getting any regulatory approval, and when the NHTSA sent them a letter saying "So, uh, what's this thing you're selling? Can we meet?" they immediately chose to shut themselves down instead of meeting.

Re: Comma Two Devkit

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Post by [deleted] »

alpb wrote: post #63
iMuzz wrote: post #19

Quick bit of feedback for any Comma employees lurking: It took me a very long time to realize that this was a self-driving solution for existing vehicles. The hero just says "Driven over 6 million miles" and then a "Buy Now". When I scrolled down and looked at the product and read: > We’ve added an infrared camera to provide 24/7 driver monitoring, an integrated panda, a custom cooling solution, and an OBD-C port wit…

Count me in as well. I came here to make that comment. I've had to scan the entire website and still cannot find a reference to a simple term like "self-driving" anywhere in the website. It seemed like a dashcam that warns the driver.

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