What does this thing do? The sales page doesn't help much either "The comma 3X is custom hardware designed to live in your car, and purpose built to run openpilot." What is openpilot??
It's really not hard to just search "openpilot" and click the first link. There's also a link at the top of the comma.ai website that links to the same page.
openpilot is an open source advanced driver assistance system that works on 300+ car models of Toyota, Hyundai, Honda, and many other brands.
Automated Lane Centering
Adaptive Cruise Control
Lane Change Assist
Driver Monitoring (no wheel nags)
Can drive for hours without intervention
Open source and developed on GitHub
It is an advanced driving assistance system. It kind of drives your car for you (lane centering, basic obstacle avoidance, and adaptive cruise control all without you have to touch the wheel or the pedals) as long as you’re looking forward and paying attention to the road.
They have demonstrated full self driving capabilities with a car driving “itself” to Taco Bell. I have a comma3 and have never had much success with that feature. The car drove itself very slowly and seems to just weirdly creep through stop signs. I think the last time I tested that was over a year and a half ago, so it may have improved.
I use mine only on the highways. I noticed for long trips (6+ hours), I can drive longer distances in one go and not feel as fatigued when I reach my destination. As an example, a 10 hour trip to visit family (11-12 hours including stops) I can do by myself in one day with the comma device instead of stopping halfway, or splitting driving time with someone else. For shorter trips (3-6 hours), I arrive to my destination with more energy than when I drive without these features. I am also able to focus more on potential obstacles further down the road than without it.
I think my device has already paid for itself thanks to a couple year period where I had to do that 12 hour trip I mentioned a couple times per month. Plus it is a really nice dash cam.
> How can you be confident the system is at least as reliable with the concerns you are less focused on?
That's my current heartache with my Comma: it does a stunningly shitty job about decelerating into brake lights ahead, choosing rather to keep accelerating (or I guess keeping speed) and then slamming on the brakes as it gets a few feet from the car. OT1H, it's never actually put me in danger, OTOH I don't want "next time" to be the bad luck
Not only does that make me super nervous, it's also a rear-ending risk (since the poor Comma can't see what's behind me)
I haven't worked up the nerve to build and flash one of the 18 quadrillion forks onto my Comma; I've heard some of them are better, but that some word is doing a lot of work
> They have demonstrated full self driving capabilities with a car driving "itself" to Taco Bell. I have a comma3 and have never had much success
I'm surprised you've even had any success. Are you a Comma Prime subscriber or something? Because mine absolutely gives no shits about red (or yellow!) lights, stop signs, "danger, sharp curve ahead," nothing. If it's the open road, lucky me. If there's the slightest decision to make, best to disengage
The US government made them tie their hands behind their back a few years ago, NHTSA tried to shut down the company so they rebranded their then Comma 2 as a dashcam that might be able to drive your car.
I'm in the UK and you absolutely get ads on kindles unless you have a very old device or bought the ad free model(TBF all kindles sold outside of Amazon at Currys, JL etc are always ad free).
Last I checked, about three years ago, any place selling kindles online (UK/Ireland) had small-print next to them stating that an internet connection and additional fee was required to remove ads.
> A majority of adults (61%) reported experiencing undesired weight changes since the start of the pandemic, with more than 2 in 5 (42%) saying they gained more weight than they intended. Of this group, adults reported gaining an average of 29 pounds (with a typical gain of 15 pounds, which is the median).
> The pandemic has been great for my personal health
Have had exactly the same experience: walked and cycled more (and progressively faster); eaten better home-cooked food (presumably adding less fat, salt and sugar than city-center lunch food); enjoyed the fresh air of open windows and a balcony instead of the stultifying atmosphere of an air-conditioned office; and generally rested, focused and felt better than ever.
Went back to the office last week buckling under the drive from senior colleagues to get back to “normal”.
Now have a cold and a mild chest-infection.
I'm a third one. I lost 15 pounds from March-August of last year, but a lot more in fat. Then I went back to work (teacher) and it got harder to keep it up. Cue summer break this year and I was down another 20. I'm literally in the best shape of my life, and it's honestly all due to the pandemic as odd as that sounds to say.
Yes, the laptop class accrued many benefits during the past 18 months. It's no wonder that by and large this group doesn't want to go back.
That being said, a mild cold is nothing compared to the stress and pressure and exposure that everyone else lower on the totem pole has been subject to while supporting your comfortable WFH arrangement.
Most likely depends on the kind of person you are, since obesity definitely was not curbed during the pandemic.
But yes, as someone who has been working remote even before the pandemic, I have had a similar experience. It's great being able to exercise between tasks, fast for most of the day, and overall have more control over my schedule. If I ever have to work in an office again, I know I will gain a minimum of 10 lbs. Group lunches, the desire of management to have you be there even if there's no meetings, no real ability to exercise during the day without being a weirdo, and commute time would take its toll. For me, that environment is evil.
"without being a weirdo" -- Seems like shyness or shame is preventing exercise? Someone at my last job actually went jogging every lunch where the weather allowed. She wasn't perceived of as weird, just dedicated and others thought "Wow! Good on her!"
Ehh, like the other poster I think this is company culture dependent.
I've certainly worked places where exercising at lunch would get you labelled as anti-social. Of course, this is the same place that would cause snickers and thought people were "weirdos" for being vegetarian or even ordering healthier options of food.
I'm assuming the situation worked out to where she had access to a shower/space to change that didn't add significant time? That feels pretty dependent on the company, office locale, and availability of amenities.
> Seems like shyness or shame is preventing exercise?
No.
EDIT: LOL, I submitted that before finishing my thought.
It's just been my experience that people frequently remark on differences in the workplace and I just get tired of frequently explaining my habits to never gain anything from it.
I had a very similar experience. Pre-covid I would (according to my phone) walk 50-60 km a week mostly be just going about my day to day business. During covid I struggle to break 20km a week despite actively trying to go for walks.
I got a new job right as the pandemic started and also unfortunately stopped commuting by bike.
That combined with the uncertainty of even being near people outdoors for a few months killed the rhythm I had for mountain biking, hiking, and climbing. It took me about 9 months to adjust my food intake for this, and as a result I gained 15 pounds.
Luckily in the last three months I've gotten back on to a good active hobby schedule and adjusted my diet a bit and I'm just a few pounds above where I was!
I'm not the OP, but I seem to be getting good results (strength gain and fat loss) from a combination of dieting, beginner calisthenics and a bit of weight lifting on the side (dumbbells / kettlebells at home).
If you stay in a calorie deficit and eat enough protein, you can lose fat and gain muscle at the same time which is nice :)
Cardio seems to be good for overall health so I do a bit of that too sometimes, but I don't think it's strictly needed for fat loss.
Some form of exercise and a sustainable diet is all that's needed really. If you do both of those things in any way, you'll be way healthier than the average person.
Just checked and it isn't accurate for citizens of Pakistan. For instance it says, "visa is required for Israel". Pakistan doesn't recognise Israel therefore they can't even apply for a visa.
The website is accurate - a visa is required- but oversimplifying things. It's certainly possible, but it requires jumping through hoops. Essentially you have to "hop" through a third country.
The speed it already has. There's practically no friction in space, so any speed it picked up from its engines and gravitational slingshots is kept. Newton's first law.
that's a good point. It's impossible to measure the effect of this on the Voyagers because they still constantly fire attitude control thrusters to align themselves to earth. The noise on the speed from those firings is too much to distinguish solar radiation pressure.
Actually they can measure this with great precision. Consider how they were able to isolate the "Pioneer Anomaly" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pioneer_anomaly), an extremely tiny amount of deceleration caused by radiation from the reactor.
If they can measure the drag caused by radiation, you can bet they can account for solar effects.
Also worth noting: The thrusters are fired very infrequently. According to that page, the Voyager missions required constant adjustments but the Pioneer system is spin stabilized.
That's exactly the problem. Because Pioneer was spin-stabilized, it didn't need to fire thrusters, so the noise wasn't there and the anomaly could be measured. Voyagers aren't spin-stabilized, so they have to fire thrusters quite frequently. That makes it impossible to measure a small enough effect on them.
To me this just looks like a generic dashcam