HackerNews Summary (2023-05-16 01PM)

Source: Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” sees pedestrian, chooses not to slow down

Summary
The latest version of Tesla’s FSD beta software, version 11.4, released in April, appears to be making cars break traffic rules. Videos shared online showed Tesla’s self-driving cars not stopping for pedestrians at crosswalks. Such reckless behavior was the reason why the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration asked Tesla to recall 363K vehicles with the software in February.

Fact

🚶‍♀️ FSD Beta 11.4 software has algorithms to determine the car’s behavior around pedestrians.

🤖 The latest version enables Tesla’s self-driving cars to run on surface streets instead of relying on restricted-access divided-lane highways.

🚨 The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration asked Tesla to recall 363K vehicles due to safety issues concerning FSD Beta software.

💰 Tesla’s CEO, Elon Musk, believes FSD is “make or break” for his company and charges $15K for the option with each new feature declaration.

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Source: Hector Martin: “And while we’re stirring up hornet’s nests, I sho…”

Summary
JavaScript must be enabled to use the Mastodon web app, but there are native apps available for various platforms.

Facts

🔌 JavaScript must be enabled to use Mastodon’s web app

📱 Native apps are available for Mastodon on different platforms

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Source: What’s special about Erlang and Elixir?

Summary
Elixir is advertised as a dynamic, functional language that runs on the Erlang VM, which is known for creating distributed and fault-tolerant systems. However, the claims of these features being unique to Elixir and Erlang are debatable as other languages and systems can also provide similar functionalities.

Facts

👥 Elixir is a dynamic, functional programming language.

🖥️ Elixir runs on the Erlang VM, which is known for creating distributed and fault-tolerant systems.

🤝 “Distributed” systems allow for an application to be deployed across multiple machines.

👐 “Fault tolerance” pertains to the ability of a system to continuously operate despite isolated failures.

🔧 Elixir supervisors restart parts of the system that have failed and return to a known initial state that is guaranteed to work.

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