In the slow motion video, I saw of the practice, the door was cushioned by towels. When the ball hit the window, the ball bounced off, and the door bounced open a couple inches.

The reason the ball broke the window on stage was the window was held in a much more rigid frame and there was no place to flex.

That said.....

Most trucks sold in the US use tempered glass for the side windows. If you throw a ball at them, they are going to shatter into a thousand pieces, and the ball is going to end up in the drivers lap.

In this case, the ball was not able to penetrate.

There are several high end cars that have adapted similar technology, where the side windows are made of the same time of glass the front windshield is composed off.

This is done for two reasons:

1. Car burglaries of Cybertrucks, may be less common, because the thieves have a harder time getting through the windows.
2. In a vehicle extrication situation, fire departments will have to use techniques similar to removing the windshield, to get to the people in the vehicle.

My hope is that, with that big windshield, the glass is tough enough to resist rock chips.

Its a 3400 lb payload capacity. I don't know where you got 300 from.

I grew up in Idaho, in cowboy country.

Everyone had a pickup, but I never owned one.

Didn't like the fuel bill. Just borrowed one from a friend when I needed one, 3 or 4 times a year.

But now, its an electric vehicle. Fuel bill, isn't going to be a big issue.

I also worked in a machine shop. I know what 301 stainless steel is. I am very familiar with this product and its properties.

The reason the truck is so flat sided is that you can not press 301 SS, 3mm thick on a press. You can't make it have all the nice curves and swoops of a normal vehicle. So you score it, and fold it.

I bought it because I appreciate good engineering. I bought it because after 3 years of owning an electric vehicle, I never want to go back to an ICE vehicle. I bought it because it makes a statement. No one will ever see it and not know what it is. I bought it because it has a big roomy cabin, for my day to day driving. The handful of times in my life when I need a pickup, I will have a nice bed, with lots of storage room, to be that truck.

I bought it because I don't have a farm or a construction business, but still want a truck.

thats what I ordered too

Writing my PhD dissertation in 2 years, my fear is it will win an Ignoble.....

Add to this, is that after 10 half lives, they are gone

So in 80 days, the I-131 is gone

In 288 years, the Sr-90 is gone

In 301.7 years, the Cs-137 is gone

Gone as in, they have decayed into non-radioactive elements.

The basic premise is that in about 300 years, the nuclear fuel has the same level radioactivity as the fuel had before it entered the reactor. Making it relatively safe to handle.

Plutonium has a half-life in hundreds of thousands of years, but it is an alpha emitter. Safe to handle, unless you eat it. Which is why we don't recycle our fuel pellets. The EPA realized that intact fuel pellets don't leak radioactive materials into the environment

I have my BS in IT from WGU

Good
1. It was cheap, possible to pay for it with just a Pell Grant
2. Collected lots of Certs
3. Learned a lot of self discipline. A WGU degree feels like an exercise in Independent Study. I had guidance, I was given the material. I knew the standards I had to reach, but I had minimal contact with instructors. I attended a live webinar less than 5 times. I really learned how to learn

Bad
1. I missed the lectures. I don't think I learned some topics to the depth they deserve

I did my Masters Degree from WGU too.

I am now working on my PhD in IT from a more traditional school, but doing it online. It is a really small school, but the Blackboard process, with having to post weekly on a topic feels forced, but does make me think about the topic every week. A PhD is all about learning how to do independent research and original thinking. I am still in my first term but I feel like I am going to enjoy this process. The professors are going to help me take a deeper dive into all my topics.

Basic rules to qualify for Free E-Filing

1. Military
2. Disabled
3. Qualify for EIC
4. Over 62 years old

The rules about income can vary from year to year. I think last year, it was $60k income

An open source project sounds reasonable, but

The annual changes to the tax code are major. It would be an annual effort to have tax experts get trained on how the tax code has changed, then they have to work with the coders to implement the changes so that the software continues to produce accurate returns.

An Open Source Project would have to limit it self to certain types of tax forms. Maybe, 1040EZ or 1040 Short Form, for the effort to be reasonable.

A government owned software project would be better in the long run. The Government would certify the software as accurate, and if it wasn't, users wouldn't be held liable for compliance. Intuit provides this now, if the software produces a bad return, Intuit is liable for any mistakes, caused by their code. How would an Open Source Project provide similar liability protection?

This is classic rent seeking behavior. It is the quintessential problem with American Capitalism. Companies lobbying for government policies that help them make money.

Or in this case, Government policies that keep the company in business. The hidden free filing landing page is just dirty pool

I have used Intuit for years, but they never ever offer the free option as the best version for you, even if you qualify.

I just got an MBA in IT Management. Best I can say about it is it improved my Project Management knowledge. It gave me a better big picture look at how IT integrates into an company organization.

But, I only paid $10,500 for the whole degree.

He is more of a sociopath than a psychopath

He would probably make a good CEO

humans are more tribal than we often admit to ourselves.

Religious congregations are often about finding a 'tribe' to belong to
Political parties are larger tribes

Humans adopt the group think of their tribe, so that they fit in and are accepted

Racism is tribal too. Defeating it is often about getting people to rethink about what tribe they belong to, ie American instead of "white american'

Immigration debates could be looked at as tribal. One side trying to protect their 'American' tribe. The other side trying to protect the tribe of 'the human race'

Its all about fitting in and belonging, so that we feel safe.

I have been a regular soda drinker for years.

In January, based on my bloodwork, I knew my doctor was going to tell me I had Type 2 diabetes.

I immediately stopped drinking soda. Haven't had one since then.

My A1C number has changed from Type 2 diabetes range to Normal since then. I have lost 45 pounds. My doctor says if I continue on my current trajectory, in one year, she will un-diagnose me as a Type 2 diabetic.

I have more energy, I am more active. Don't think I will ever drink another soda.

Trailer parks aren't built in flood plains for "some reason"

They are built there because the land is cheap (because of flood plain), and the landowner can get a decent return on his space rent.

More desirable land is too expensive for trailer parks.

Homes being built in flood plains have to do more expensive foundation work, to get the home above the flood plain, but same rules don't apply to temporary structures, ie trailer homes.