by Andy Quayle | Oct 23, 2025 | Generally Cool Stuff
Date: Friday, October 24, 2025Location: Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA Pittsburgh may have once been known for its steel, but today, it’s the city’s bright minds that forge the future. On October 24, that innovation will take center stage as Pittsburgh...
by Andy Quayle | Oct 23, 2025 | Generally Cool Stuff
In the great saga of self-driving ambition, Tesla has now rolled out FSD (Supervised) version 14 — a software leap (or at least a very determined forward shuffle) that the company says substantially upgrades its autonomy stack. According to commentary, v14 brings: A...
by Andy Quayle | Oct 23, 2025 | Generally Cool Stuff
“Common People”: A Satirical Study of Class, Culture, and Pretending to Care Few pop songs have ever dissected social class with such flair and ferocity as Pulp’s “Common People.” Released in 1995 at the height of the Britpop movement, the song is a rare hybrid — part...
by Andy Quayle | Mar 8, 2023 | Generally Cool Stuff
It’s here, folks – Tesla’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) 11.3 software update has finally arrived, and it’s causing quite a stir in the automotive world. This latest update promises to bring Tesla’s autonomous driving capabilities closer to reality than ever before, and...
by Andy Quayle | Jul 17, 2017 | Generally Cool Stuff
[A guest post by Bob Hand] If you pay any attention to social media, you’ve likely noticed a resurgence of complaints regarding the elimination of regulations concerning “net neutrality” — the principle that internet service providers (ISPs) should not be allowed to...