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   Jonty Wareing (jonty@chaos.social)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 02:03:59 JST Jonty Wareing

   Things I regret: Looking at github issues for the open-source self-driving car conversion kit.

   Thousands of people use these things on public roads.

   https://github.com/commaai/openpilot/issues/34346

   • Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: and snacks like this.
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     Jonty Wareing (jonty@chaos.social)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 02:03:56 JST Jonty Wareing

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     The most damning evidence I've ever seen for "this device is only used by single people":

     If you have a passenger they *also* have to be looking at the road or it sets off the "pay attention" alarm.

     Or they can put their head on the dashboard.

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     Jonty Wareing (jonty@chaos.social)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 02:03:57 JST Jonty Wareing

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     Candidate for understatement of the year: "This can be a safety issue if a driver is misled into thinking that steering is occurring"

     scriptjunkie and Rich Felker repeated this.
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     mischievoustomato@0.5dollah.click's status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 02:45:35 JST mischievoustomato

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     @jonty le foss quality

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 18:09:07 JST Rich Felker

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     @jonty Suicide by airbag mode. 🤦

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     Rich Felker (dalias@hachyderm.io)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 18:11:53 JST Rich Felker

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     @Floppy @jonty "It blows my mind that..."

     ...someone sells a car that exposes steering control on CANbus. That's criminally negligent.

     It's criminally negligent for the steering wheel not to be rigidly mechanically coupled to the rack and tie rods.

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     James Smith 💾 (floppy@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 18:11:54 JST James Smith 💾

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     @jonty it blows my mind that someone sells a device that sticks onto the windscreen, and people plug it into their car's CANbus and let it drive them around.

     10,000 users on the roads, and a disclaimer that says "THIS IS ALPHA QUALITY SOFTWARE FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES ONLY. THIS IS NOT A PRODUCT. YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR COMPLYING WITH LOCAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS. NO WARRANTY EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED."

     I'm beginning to think humans were a mistake, let alone computers.

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     James Smith 💾 (floppy@mastodon.me.uk)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 18:11:55 JST James Smith 💾

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     @jonty what the actual fuck have you found‽

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     Jonty Wareing (jonty@chaos.social)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 18:11:57 JST Jonty Wareing

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     you had ONE JOB

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     Jonty Wareing (jonty@chaos.social)'s status on Wednesday, 15-Jan-2025 18:11:58 JST Jonty Wareing

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     Honestly the funniest thing I've seen this year. I know it's only mid-January, but still.