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I think you're suffering from not knowing what you don't know.
Let me make it a but clearer for you to make a fair answer.
Take a .25mw lidar sensor off a vacuum, take it outdoors and scan an intersection.
Will that laser be visible to the sensor?
is it spinning fast enough to track a kid moving in to an intersection when you're traveling at 73 feet per second?
You're mischaracterizing their point. Nobody is saying take the exact piece of equipment, put it in the vehicle and PRESTO. That'd be like asking why the vacuum battery can't power the car. Because duh.
The point is if such a novelty, inconsequential item that doesn't have any kind of life safety requirements can employ a class of technology that would prevent adverse effects, why the fuck doesn't the vehicle? This is a design flaw of Teslas, pure and simple.
But they do, there are literally cars out there with lidar sensors.
The question was why can't I have a lidar sensor on my car if my $150 vacuum has one. The lidar sensor for a car is more than $150.
You don't have one because there are expensive at that size and update frequency. Sensors that are capable of outdoor mapping at high speed cost the price of a small car.
The manufacturers suspect and probably rightfully so that people don't want to pay an extra 10 - 30 grand for an array of sensors.
The technology readily exists rober had one in his video that he used to scan a roller coaster. It's not some conspiracy that you don't have it on cars and it's not like it's not capable of being done because waymo does it all the time.
There's a reason why waymo doesn't use smaller sensors they use the minimum of what works well. Which is expensive, which people looking at a mid-range car don't want to take on the extra cost, hence it's not available
You’re bending over backwards to miss the point huh
So be clear about the point.
That’s like asking me to explain to you why 2+2=4
If you’re incapable of seeing how obtuse you’re being its either deliberate, or you’re mind numbingly dumb
i see so you don't know either, just trying to upset me, heh GL with that
what's your point again?
As a third party in this conversation: can you please re-read the conversation? It seems like you've misunderstood almost everything that was talked about
Nah, someone can actually articulate the problem clearly or I'm not going to deal. 20 brigading accounts saying I'm incapable is nothing more than a troll.
So far, I've just had people double back and be vague.
Your take on what’s happening here is funny… you’re not being brigaded, you’re not being targeted by one guy with a bunch of alts. You said something stupid and dickheaded, and tons of people are trying to point that out to you, but you’re doubling down on being dickheaded and stupid.
But no, it’s everyone else that’s wrong. Do yourself a favor and just stop replying to the thread.