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0 pointsonion2k7y ago0 comments

You cannot reasonably call people in house all at the same time, and continue to risk their lives as they "don't upgrade".

That's how it worked for all the cars before Tesla, so... Yes you can.

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tehlike7y ago· 2 in thread

"thats how we did it before" is the number one inhibitor in the name of progress.

Remember your windows pre updates. Full of security holes and no way to patch, or bugs that linger and create problems that could never be fully eliminated.

Let me tell you something you didnt think of. Imagine i am doing my diligence before releasing a software but didnt fully factor in all the unknowns in the process. It happens, shit breaks all the time, right? Now imagine instead of uncontrollably calling everyone in house, i start 1% roll out, and gather data, find some problems with that investigate and push the real fix. See the efficiency gains? I prevented the chaos of 99% of cars, and i did somrthing data driven

Good luck on that without an ota.

onion2kOP7y ago

It happens, shit breaks all the time, right?

When people are relying on software for their safety, no, it doesn't. Bugs in critical systems for things like planes and cars are rare because going faster kills people. Using 1% of your users as tests is fine if you're making a website but much less fine if your new code means they might die.

tehlike7y ago

Real life disagrees with you. It is a simple math: roll out a safety update to everyone manually and have no idea on the real life performance, or roll out slowly and get the data.

Bringing cars in house makes no improvement over what i am proposing.

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