Kevin Pettitt

Enthusiastic practitioner of disruptive technologies, Salesforce Consultant, Photographer, Dad, not necessarily in that order. My car is a bot. I am not.

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View of the solar eclipse from a Starlink satellite on orbit

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@sashayanshin 9. Convenience - Did you know that you can't heat/cool your garage parked gas car before a trip because it will fill your garage with poisonous fumes?

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And my initial favorite new capability is that auto park actually works for me now. Hat tip to @dillonloomis

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Finally getting my promotion to supervisor. #fsd

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@tesla_raj @avcustomwraps If you're going for that Fire Chief vibe I guess it's...perfect. Seriously though I'm not loving it from this angle at least - would like to see more pics.

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@TeslaJoy Here's what I see given I am a verified account:

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I just upgraded to Full Self Driving v12.3 from v11 and put together this little before and after video to highlight a couple of major issues v11 had navigating my suburban Virginia neighborhood. Did v12.3 do better? Thanks for watching!

Thanks @elonmusk, @Tesla_AI

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@WifeDirtyTesla When it’s too slow in a situation just goose the accelerator a bit until you’re where you want. It might take a couple such “hints” to stick but it should stick. Auto speed enabled.

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It’ll double or better whatever the current rate is. This is the first version of FSD in over a year of having it that I actually find usable for just driving around to run errands. The nags are reduced and it’s smooth enough that my backseat passengers don’t realize I’m not driving. Perfect? No. But the hype is real.

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@TeslaJoy Put close to 100 miles on MY driving v12.3 in N. Virginia this weekend and never saw that. Closest thing was in residential neighborhood (no lane markings - 4 car wide street) where it drove a bit further right than I might but still a few feet from curb. Felt very human like.

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Used FSD 12 the last 2 days in N. Virginia and saw the opposite behavior on red light approach. Slowed down early and closed the last 50 feet at a crawl. Seemed to be using regen. Car was sometimes too slow but a little accelerator and it would stick at new speed (using Autospeed).

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@WifeDirtyTesla @DirtyTesLa I think I put more FSD miles on the board the last 2 days with v12 than in the previous year with v11. #actuallyusable

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@thejefflutz @Tesla_AI Just took the same screenshot but the car is out with the teenager tonight so no v12 for me yet. I’ll video my LAST v11 drive before updating just to highlight the dumb things the car still does in my suburban neighborhood before it’s too late. Certainly won’t be boring though.

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Amazing how close in 1994 this BBC piece about a newly emerging "Internet" came to predicting our current reality. Of course, I couldn't have seen this from the US back then, so thanks Internet! 🤯 https://t.co/YwGJNLpytz

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@SawyerMerritt I'm looking forward to getting 12.3+ here in the Northern Virginia suburbs where 11.x has just never been usable for regular driving. There are a couple of "easy" intersections I have to navigate on a grocery run that it just can't get right no matter how many times I intervene.

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This looks so good. More than kenough (sorry).

The Fall Guy | Official Trailer 2 https://t.co/qYpcEUeXJt via @YouTube

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#ThrowbackThursday

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Many of my long time friends may remember this little "SpeedGeeking" presentation of mine from back in the day. Delivered in "David Letterman Top 10" style every 5 minutes for an hour while intoxicated conference attendees rotate around a big hotel ballroom between . Fun times...

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Ok, new career plan. I want to be a SpaceX Emergency Chute tester when I grow up.

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Teams test the new emergency chutes from the pad 40 crew tower in Florida