Readit NewsPlus, it's ALWAYS easier/better to run v2 of something when you completely re-write v1 from scratch. The article could have just as easily been "Why Segment moved from 100 microservices to 5" or "Why Segment rewrote every microservice". The benefits of hindsight and real-world data shouldn't be undersold.
At the end of the day, write something, get it out there. Make decisions, accept some of them will be wrong. Be willing to correct for those mistakes or at least accept they will be a pain for a while.
In short: No matter what you do the first time around... it's wrong.
Also a lot of cars have a lot of limitations with comma.ai. Yes, you can install it on all sorts but there are limitations like: above 32mph, cannot resume from stop, cannot take tight corners, cannot do stop light detection, requires additional car upgrades/features, only known to support model year 2021. Etc.
Rivian supports everything, it has a customer base who LOVE technology, are willing to try new things, and ... have disposable income for a $1k extra gadget.
Yea, Tesla has some. But they aren't sharing their secret sauce. You can't just throw a desktop computer in a car and expect it to survive for the duration. Ford et all aren't anywhere close to having "premium silicon".
So you're only option right now is to build your own. And hope maybe that you can sell/license your designs to others later and make bucks.
I'm so happy to read this
Beware of what nailed the Meshtastic people: These chips don't have temperature dependent crystal oscillators. Transmitting more than a few milliseconds causing a temperature rise, throwing the clock off, causing transmission warpage, causing timing errors, causing transmission failures.
For the detailed run down, see https://cdn.sparkfun.com/assets/f/f/b/4/2/SX1262_AN-Recommen... page 14
> In the case of an SX1262 operating at +22 dBm in the US 902 – 928 MHz band, the frequency drift measured during the maximum LoRAWAN™ packet duration stays below the maximum limit, provided thermal insulation is implemented around the crystal during PCB design.
> At extreme temperatures (below -20 °C and above 70 °C), it is recommended to use a TCXO.
> For any other frequency bands corresponding to longer RF packet transmissions at +22 dBm, it is recommended to use a TCXO.
Also the ability to have a single script with deps using TOML in the headers super eaisly.
Also Also the ability to use a random python tool in effectively seconds with no faffing about.
Look, I don't hate Perl. It was my first real language beyond basic that I used for a long long time. But Perl's popularity peaked in the late 90s? Early 2000s? The failed Perl 6 adventure was about the time that people started fleeing elsewhere, like PHP.
I was shooting video of a car park exit last year. (I was trying to prove to the shopping centre owners that it was dangerous.) Mundane footage. Some lady drives out in her car and sees me. Winds the window down and starts on the you don't have the right to film me carry-on.
I politely informed her that, I'm sorry, but I do. She's in public. That's the law (in Australia).
Another fun one, while I'm here. C. 2010, we're shooting a music video in central Melbourne. We're on the public pavement. There's a bank ATM waaaay in the background. Bank security come out. Sorry mate, you can't film here.
We told them, we can. We're on public land. So they call the cops. We politely wait for the cops. The cops turn up.
"This sounded much more interesting on the radio", the cop says. They left us alone to finish the shoot.
> We told them, we can. We're on public land. So they call the cops. We politely wait for the cops. The cops turn up.
Heh. As a photog I've have plenty of similar run ins with people...but only when wielding an SLR (or similar). Was once standing on a sidewalk, saw a building that looked cool, took a picture. I'm more into architecture than people. Security comes out from the lobby to accost me. I very politely told them "Dude, I'm on the sidewalk, you can't do shit"
I also had the local transit agency threaten to call the cops on me for taking photos. Literally of just the platform and rails (without people) when I was trying to document the system for Wikipedia. Even though on their website it EXPLICITLY states that what I was doing was within their rules. Ignoring the fact that it was totally legal regardless.
That time I just (metaphorically) ran away rather than dealing with a belligerent station agent. Was what I was doing wrong? No. Was it legal? Yes. But did I want to deal with the transit police? Nope.
The thing that drives me batshit nuts is no one seems to care if you're taking a picture with a phone. The latest iPhone have megapixel counts in excess of many DSLR and mirrorless cameras. I can be way more sneaky with my phone. By using a DSLR type camera I'm being very public that "Hey, I'm taking a picture here" that should assure people, rather than scare them.