Brian Acklen

Here for thoughtful discussion about Artificial Intelligence, and cybersecurity in government.

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@butala_aryan @SDembraski Can confirm it’s still there on 14.3.3

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@ethanmckanna @PongVamos @RtaxiTracker Have the unsupervised rides expended to all (or more) of the published Austin service area? Or are is the service just unavailable outside that limited unsupervised geofence?

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@FrunkToTrunk @SawyerMerritt @JeebsTX @Tesla I think the answer is since the $59k truck is selling at low margins they already had way more interest w/o advertising than Tesla wanted. Hence Elon immediately saying it would only last a week. This gets tons on the road where visibility drives more sales at a higher margin

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@AustinAirport Which checkpoint do I use for Touchless PreCheck? Flying out in the morning and it's the first time I'll be using that. Don't see that called out on your website.

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@LamarMK Early non-FS truck 43K VIN October ‘24 build had PCS replaced 3 weeks ago at about 27k miles. It’s not just the very early builds.

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@The_Alanyst @SawyerMerritt 2nd and Congress

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@BeardedTesla I have a 43xxx vin truck made in October’24. One of the first non-FS. PCS went out a few weeks ago. Speculation there was something in a software update that made them fail. Who knows?

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@NotATeslaApp I’ve got a 43xxx VIN October ‘24 build and had PCS go out 2 weeks ago and had it replaced.

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@MarcoRPi1 I stayed at this hotel at the end of January and these looked just about ready to go.

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@teslascope I had weird issues signing in last night on my home (Google fiber/wifi) network but it worked if i turned off WiFi and used the mobile network or connected my Mac to a hotspot.

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@SDembraski Also a member of the blue-wrapped Cybertruck gang and I've had a lot of interactions like you describe. Almost to a person they enjoy it after riding in it even if the aesthetics are just too much for them. And very often hear "The blue actually makes it look good!"

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@jamesdrou @ethanmckanna No rain in Austin today. Sunny and 74 degrees

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@SDembraski This seems to be related to Park Assist taking a little while to load after the truck isn’t driven for a while. Definitely something they’ll be able to fix.

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@DirtyTesLa I JUST had this happen to me in Tyler, Texas. Turned into the parking lot of the supercharger, but then went the wrong direction away from the chargers. Never had this issue with this charger before.

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@DirtyTesLa @SDembraski I’ve driven (well ridden) from Austin to Vicksburg today and the performance on the interstate is impossible to overstate. You really do have to to use it to understand.

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@ethanmckanna I saw 2 of their validation vehicles Friday evening in Pflugerville so I think another expansion north is imminent. May coincide with the removal of safety monitors and (hopefully) a boost in the number of vehicles

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@ethanmckanna Probably smarter to market it that way rather than as an Uber replacement since they can’t anywhere near meet demand yet.

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@chuckcook @Tesla I can't believe everyone is missing that this is how Tesla will solve the problem of "How does the cop know if I was driving or the car was?" That data will be there if it's needed. Maybe a button that saves it when you get a ticket or accident.

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@ethanmckanna It sure seems like they are aiming for the 14.3 branch to start unsupervised in their robotaxi markets. If they deploy 14.2 point releases at about the same quantity and rate as they did 14.1, yeah looks like it could slip to early next year.

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@ethanmckanna On 14 yeah even have a case it has consistently handles a “Road Closed to Thru Traffic” where it will slow down, with its blinker on like it’s going to turn, then re-route when it realizes it can’t get all the way through. The road isn’t blocked, just the sign.