[BigBubbleButt]

> It was hilarious to see most of HN treating that obvious nonsense as credible.

I remember it very differently. Maybe there was more than one post on HN, but it seemed like everybody was eviscerating him and basically calling him a fraud.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12840368

In fact, going through those comments now (I've only skimmed) I can't find anyone actually defending the guy.

[IshKebab]

Yeah but check when he first started: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12492566

> Surprised with all the skepticism here. It's not perfect but this guy is a hardware, software, and AI genius and this could very well speed up the self driving race by several years or even more

> Jailbreaking cars now? Good for him! Can't wait to see this in action.

> Go Go GeoHotz!

> Pretty exciting for sure.

> If it really works like they say and can be added to any car, that's pretty huge. I'd definitely buy one. I wonder what it takes to install it ...

There are lots of skeptical comments too - maybe 50-50. I think it was more positive on Reddit though.

[BigBubbleButt]

There's a difference between when geohot made an announcement that he's working on a hard problem like you referenced, and when he said he'd solved the problem (which would trivially make him a billionaire) but just couldn't be bothered to deal with regulation like OP mentioned.