Benjamin Marten

Middle School Librarian, Readaholic, Unrepentant Nerd. Father of 4 girls. Future @Tesla owner. Play @LeagueOfLegends as TheBlackLancer

[Benjamin Marten @MartenBenjamin]

⁦@GIPoliceDept⁩ 😁 https://t.co/znOtFdzd8v

[Siqi Chen @blader]

apple sherlocked 1Password today, so i'd like to remind you that your Apple ID is only as secure as your carrier.

if you have 2FA on and get SIM swapped, attackers can lock you out of it PERMANENTLY.

last month it happened to me. make sure it doesn't happen to you: 🧵

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Starship Flight 4, with many improvements, aiming to launch on Thursday!

The main goal of this mission is to get much deeper into the atmosphere during reentry, ideally through max heating.

[Benjamin Marten @MartenBenjamin]

⁦@GIPoliceDept⁩ Tesla Cybertruck police cruiser https://t.co/LgZ3EIkx6Q

[Benjamin Marten @MartenBenjamin]

⁦@GIPoliceDept⁩ Tesla police fleet is saving taxpayers $80k per year on fuel costs https://t.co/bZ45JZ2j95

[Benjamin Marten @MartenBenjamin]

⁦@GIPoliceDept⁩ Anaheim police department electrifies its patrol fleet with upfitted Tesla Model Ys: 'These vehicles will enable officers to respond swiftly to incidents' https://t.co/3YwmMC5Yej

[Benjamin Marten @MartenBenjamin]

@GIPoliceDept All around amazing fellow!! 🦸‍♂️

[Whole Mars Catalog @wholemars]

If someone tells you Mercedes "Level 3" DrivePilot is more advanced than Tesla FSD, they are either clueless or lying to you.

Mercedes DrivePilot:

1. Only works on certain models of the top end S class and EQS with special hardware. So only some versions of their most expensive car support it, or almost no cars. By contrast any Tesla built since October 2016 can run FSD.

2. Only works on pre-mapped highways in California or Nevada. By contrast Tesla FSD works on any road, highway or city streets across North America (and soon, Europe and China)

3. You must be in a traffic jam on the highway traveling under 40 miles per hour. By contrast FSD allows you to go up to 85 miles per hour.

4. You must have a vehicle right in front of you to follow, if they pull too far ahead you will be asked to take over. By contrast FSD does not require a lead vehicle.

5. You must have clear lane markings — if they are faded you will be asked to take over. By contrast FSD works without any lane markings.

6. Only works in good weather — if it's rainy, foggy, sun shining directly at car, etc you will be asked to take over. By contrast FSD works in a wide range of inclement weather conditions (but of course has limits too)

7. Only works in the daytime. Does not turn on at night. By contrast FSD works 24 hours a day.

8. You have to click ok to accept the first time you turn it on per drive. By contrast FSD just turns on without requiring you to click ok

9. DrivePilot still has a driver monitoring system that will beep at you / ask you to take over if you do anything that is not allowed (like leaning too far back)

10. You may be asked to take over at any moment for any reason and need to be ready to do so within 10 seconds.

11. If you don't take control, the vehicle will come to a dead stop in the middle of the highway

12. DrivePilot cannot handle interchanges or change lanes. By contrast FSD can handle lane changes and interchanges completely automatically. Mercedes can do lane changes in Level 2 mode, but in Level 3 mode you need to do them yourself. You will always need to pay attention to make sure you don't miss the exit

13. "Don't think of it as a fully automated do everything for you sytem. It's more like Level 2 enhanced, but enhanced in a really impressive way"

14. Relies on HD mapping to function. Mercedes needs to build and maintain these maps or the system will not work. The system does not work anywhere the maps don't go, such as city streets.

15. System is so reliant on maps to tell the car where to drive that they have to account for things like continental drift

16. When the system asks you to take over, you're sent back into manual driving mode — all lane keeping is turned off

17. Once it goes out of its operating conditions, you are liable again. So, for example, if someone changes lanes and there's no longer a lead car in front of you the system suddenly turns off, stops in the middle of the highway, and you're liable again "so it's always good to pay attention, even when these systems are on" (so what is the benefit exactly?)

18. Because mapping is so expensive to maintain, it costs $2,500 a year. By contrast FSD costs only $1,200 a year. It does so much more for less than half the price, and works on any Tesla.

19. No way to retrofit DrivePilot onto a car that doesn't have the LIDAR etc

20. "I came away from my time with DrivePilot a bit mystified. It's clear that developing this system was a complicated endeavor, with all the added sensors and complexity and while it was on I have to say it worked pretty flawlessly. But with the operating conditions being so narrow, I couldn't shake the thought of 'is this all worth it?' from my head. Even trying to film this video was difficult, as the vehicle would hand control back just as we were getting going especially with that low 40 mph speed threshold. And if I were paying $2,500 a year to use this system and it wouldn't stay on, I would find that pretty frustrating"

It is crazy and sad that people are being so misinformed about important safety technologies that could save or change their lives. If anyone tells you this system is more advanced than anything else out there, they are either a moron or a liar.

[Nebraska Schools eSports Association @NSeSA_esports]

Congratulations to our Division 1 Rocket League Teams!
1st Place - Westside @Westside66
2nd Place - Lincoln High @LHSLinks
3rd Place - Lincoln East @easths
4th Place - Grand Island @GISH_Islanders

[Benjamin Marten @MartenBenjamin]

I’m so proud of these Ss! They have worked hard all season, placing 4th at state for Rocket League! Way to go team!

[Benjamin Marten @MartenBenjamin]

.@gishesports plays against westside in the #nebraska state #RocketLeague @NSeSA_esports tournament @GIPublicSchools https://t.co/BxmWgKIbei let’s go!

[Benjamin Marten @MartenBenjamin]

@RoyShilkrot I was using this video https://t.co/cBhagsuvUc to translate using the url source plugin, I got it to work with the new body, but when it has no text to translate it returns “please send text to translate” I’ve tried a few different prompts, but I can’t get it to stop

[Benjamin Marten @MartenBenjamin]

@SpaceX When you watch it from the screen you forget how tall it really is!!

[SpaceX @SpaceX]

Starship re-entering Earth's atmosphere. Views through the plasma

[Timothy Shanahan @ReadingShanahan]

My state is banning instructional practices or how to look like you are teaching effectively
https://t.co/jCNpZGuX7L

[Benjamin Marten @MartenBenjamin]

@GIPoliceDept “The switch of our entire fleet to EVs will equate to hundreds of thousands of dollars in savings,”

[TheTeslaLife @TheTeslaLife]

Appalachian State University Police in North Carolina selects #Tesla as its first #EV’s added to its fleet of patrol cars https://t.co/X1lGwpqF38

[TheTeslaLife @TheTeslaLife]

Appalachian State University Police in North Carolina selects #Tesla as its first #EV’s added to its fleet of patrol cars https://t.co/X1lGwpqF38

[Benjamin Marten @MartenBenjamin]

@troyhunt 😂 so true

[Benjamin Marten @MartenBenjamin]

@GBH @MisterRogersSay @levarburton @FredRogersPro Two of my heroes!

[Benjamin Marten @MartenBenjamin]

⁦@GIPoliceDept⁩ electric police cars could save thousands a year! https://t.co/K3KMZiIc35