Although I have no idea what the NHTSA will do, it's clear that people are treating Tesla's autopilot as more than a driver-assistance system.
Hopefully in the future Tesla will add some additional checks to make sure the driver is actually using it as an assistance system instead of an auto-pilot. And when their auto-pilot actually becomes an auto-pilot they can remove those checks.
If this is their plan they aren't doing a very good job at executing it. Their mobile app is honestly outclassed by others. And their mobile web browsing experience is unpleasant to say the least. Each page takes a very long load time to load, despite it being a single page web app, and the load times cannot really be explained by what it is downloading, as other apps, and the desktop site, can load the same amount of data very quickly.
If the plan of trying to monetize mobile fails, I wonder who, or if, someone will just try to buy them out and try to do it better themselves. I am convenience that the reddit brand is very popular. The other day I started compiling something, and reflectively I alt tabbed and went to reddit, after realizing I was in the middle of doing something I closed it and got back to work, but I went their out of mussel memory - and I think that just goes to show how valuable their brand is.
Reflection is the concept of having a program have knowledge about it's own structure. Kinda like having your code look into a mirror.
A really basic example of this is having you code get a list of all the names of fields of a class. This would be very useful if you want to create a generic object serializer.
In the past I used this to create a framework that would generate a UI for you based on class definitions.
Reflection can also include being able to modify your own code structure during run time.
I am fairly sure you could rip it open if you really wanted too. I went to a Dave Chappelle show and he used something similar to this, the lock felt strong but it felt like you could rip it open if you really tried.
I actually really dislike forced updates. In theory they could be fantastic as you will always be up to date on security and any additional features you'd get. However in practice they seem awful as they often break your settings, add additional ads/restrictions, introduce bugs, don't apply correctly, and happen at the worst time.
Just because something is normal doesn't make it right. And just because something takes some telemetry data doesn't mean taking any data is ok. Microsoft has done just fine with windows without taking all this additional information, so I just don't understand the argument that they need it.
Also, I think windows 10 is closer to adware than spyware. I think it is adware as it sneakily installs itself, and it has ads.
Yep Kik is in Waterloo, and Waterloo is actually 70 miles away.
I've lived in both cities and I have never heard anyone refer to Waterloo being in the GTA. They are both very distinct cities, and even on good days it takes about 90 minutes to drive between them, and it is even worse during rush hour.
Hopefully in the future Tesla will add some additional checks to make sure the driver is actually using it as an assistance system instead of an auto-pilot. And when their auto-pilot actually becomes an auto-pilot they can remove those checks.