Jim Smith

Water, UVA, and low-frequency sound

[David Moss @DavidMoss]

@DavidMoss, @DevinOlsenn, and @Scotsrule08 are proud to announce that we have successfully completed the world’s first Canada coast to coast fully autonomous drive!

We left Horseshoe Bay Terminal in Vancouver. BC 4 days & 21 hours ago, and now have ended in Halifax, NS at the Tesla Showroom

(3,760miles/6,051km)

This was accomplished with Tesla FSD v14.3.3 with absolutely 0 disengagements of any kind even for all parking including at Tesla Superchargers.

[Jim Smith @jas2165]

@JonBbC_TechGeek I don’t have that experience. With the exception of highway driving, it is almost unusable for me. I can’t drive more than a mile or two without an intervention of some sort. Worst thing is that it often drives 6-12 mph in a 25 mph zone. Sometimes it just stops entirely.

[Jim Smith @jas2165]

@TeslaJoy @lost_in_la V12.3.6 was much better than 12.6 for driving. 12.6 is unusable for me except for highway driving.

[Brian Krassenstein @krassenstein]

BREAKING: STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT OBAMA AND MRS. OBAMA

The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.

Federal law enforcement and immigration agents have a tough job. But Americans expect them to carry out their duties in a lawful, accountable way, and to work with, rather than against, state and local officials to ensure public safety.

That’s not what we’re seeing in Minnesota. In fact, we’re seeing the opposite.

For weeks now, people across the country have been rightly outraged by the spectacle of masked ICE recruits and other federal agents acting with impunity and engaging in tactics that seem designed to intimidate, harass, provoke and endanger the residents of a major American city. These unprecedented tactics—which even the former top lawyer of the Department of Homeland Security in the first Trump administration has characterized as embarrassing, lawless and cruel—have now resulted in the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens. And yet rather than trying to impose some semblance of discipline and accountability over the agents they’ve deployed, the President and current administration officials seem eager to escalate the situation, while offering public explanations for the shootings of Mr. Pretti and Renee Good that aren’t informed by any serious investigation—and that appear to be directly contradicted by video evidence.

This has to stop. I would hope that after this most recent tragedy, administration officials will reconsider their approach, and start finding ways to work constructively with Governor Walz and Mayor Frey as well as state and local police to avert more chaos and achieve legitimate law enforcement goals.

In the meantime, every American should support and draw inspiration from the wave of peaceful protests in Minneapolis and other parts of the country. They are a timely reminder that ultimately it’s up to each of us as citizens to speak out against injustice, protect our basic freedoms, and hold our government accountable.

[Jim Smith @jas2165]

Interesting story about the resume of UVA's new president. https://t.co/eEhGqzQ8QJ

[Jim Smith @jas2165]

@t3_sla @Teslaconomics Boy I agree. It’s unusable compared to 12.3.6. I can’t help thinking Elon is deliberately sabotaging 12.6 to get people to upgrade to a HW4 car.

[Jim Smith @jas2165]

@LJMBAU I am more and more upset. As an HW3 owner who paid $12K for FSD, it is disappointing that FSD has significantly gotten worse from v12.3.6 to the current version 12.6. Right now, for routine driving around town and back and forth to work, it is unusable for me.

[Jim Smith @jas2165]

@ohhanxiety Annabel

[Jim Smith @jas2165]

@nikkharris It does this all the time on my HW3 Model Y! It looks like I’m drunk!

[Jim Smith @jas2165]

@excelduru Thurston

[Larry Sabato @LarrySabato]

Congratulations to MIT on its rejection of Trump's corrupt education compact. JUST SAY NO, TOO, @UVA!

"MIT rejects Trump administration deal for priority federal funding" https://t.co/rT6DhqdJV2

[Larry Sabato @LarrySabato]

JUST SAY NO to Trump’s corrupt compact! Colleges like @UVA must NOT trade more money for academic freedom. Don’t betray Thomas Jefferson. We’re watching.
https://t.co/ViIpTpNV6p via ⁦@nytopinion⁩

[The New York Times @nytimes]

In @nytopinion

“Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of health and human services, is endangering the health of the American people now and into the future. He must resign,” Senator Bernie Sanders writes in a guest essay. https://t.co/RTvGe0z28W

[Jim Smith @jas2165]

@jonbbc It generally works well but it often goes so slow on residential roads that it is unusable there.

[Jim Smith @jas2165]

@DrTeslaFSD @SawyerMerritt I can’t speak for HW4 drivers on FSD V. 13, but 12.6 on my HW3 MY is unusable on residential roads. This is the worst version I’ve had in 2 years. Very frustrating. I have a service appointment I 2 weeks to see if Tesla can help.

[Jim Smith @jas2165]

@SawyerMerritt 12.6.1 and 12.6.3 are unusable to me on residential roads. The car drives about 9 mph in 25 mph zones, often stopping completely for no reason. Today it crossed a double yellow line and drove on the wrong side of the road

[Jim Smith @jas2165]

@wholemars It’s an amazing piece of software but I still rarely can drive one way between home and work (6 miles) without one or more interventions.

[Jim Smith @jas2165]

@FSDdreams @Tesla_AI @aelluswamy All the time on roads with speed limits of 25 mph.

[Jim Smith @jas2165]

@theapplehub Much worse

[Jim Smith @jas2165]

@LivingMuskDream @TeslaAndDoge I am on 12.5.4.1 in Charlottesville, VA. Model Y/HW3. I have an intervention about every 5-10 miles. Lately the problem is lane selection at intersections. I have to intervene because I’m not going to let it into the left turn only lane if I need to turn right or go straight.