I drive long trips all the time.
put the nozzle in, get it running, us the rest room.
That actually takes about 5 minutes, though my trip timer may be including driving into the gas station.
When I was married, any stop took far longer. (That's not why I'm not married now)
why do people seem to want Tesla to fail?

The FCC comment system was written over 50 yrs ago. Back when a senator might actually understand.
Neither party in congress understands the problem now.
Bunch of Friggin Idiots. Blind leading the Blind.
I was tempted to give a history lesson, but this isn't the audience.

SO:

garbage in
garbage out.

Sadly this was posted by an Anonymous Coward. Few will ever see it. The default is to view at +1. cowards post at 0. Took modding for me to learn that.
It points out yet again people are mistaking open source with security.
You'd think after heartbleed a few would have caught on.

For IBM, yes. They do, but only for the parts they support. They buy support for the rest.
I work for a software manufacturer. We internally support the libs that we ship with our products. Usually this just means getting the latest source drops and building them. When there's been a problem we could solve it in our code, but being able to debug into the lib code was the only way to find it.
For major system components, and packages that aren't part of our product, we buy support.
For the average company, there's no way it's cost effective.

I'm 52, and still programming. Not planning on stopping any time soon.
Keeping up with current trends is a must. My strengths are knowledge of C++, system programming, and the ability to work in large complex systems.
There are a lot of things I've learned, that are valuable, and not taught anymore.

A be reason for the age issue is younger workers in general tend to be cheaper. But then again, sometimes you get what you pay for ...

I use the same system. Every "computer" in the house has a battery. Laptops, table, smart phones.
Much simpler than trying to manage a UPS.

I'm a contract programmer. I got my current position through an agency. They got the contract, do the negotiating, and take a cut. Where I work there's no way in without going through an agency. It's part of the business, and the cost of doing business.
I've looked into 10x. This isn't the first / post about them. They were swamped for a year from the last one. Likely to happen again.
They manage to stay in the press. Free advertizing can't hurt.
Not a bad business model to have more business than you can handle, and do as much as you can.

You need to learn to pack light.
Don't bring what can be acquired locally.
Concentrate on getting a GF while you're there.

might be more fun ....

Hybrids have been around officially for over 200 years, unofficially 5000.
It's called selective breeding. It's been going on since man discovered agriculture.
Hybrids loosing effectiveness in subsequent generations, is a well known problem. It's not something engineered in by man. Mother nature is a bitch,

This isn't Monsanto enforcing a patent for their GMO seeds, that do spread that gene.
These are hybrid seeds, with no GMO genes. They've just been carefully selected.
Many hybrids are mules. Look at seedless grapes. The desired hybrid can't reproduce.

The post is a bit skewed, the text for the link to the story tells the story. The author has an agenda.

nice post, now if you had logged in more than a handful would see it
I mod often, and read at score:-1. posting not logged in gets you a score:0, the default, and many don't know how to change it is 1.
/. skews to those willing to own their comments.
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The feds sure seem to be leaking a lot of things in the run up to the elections on Tuesday.
Ferguson.
George Zimmerman going to a fed grand jury [orlandosentinel.com], where a witness has suddenly "remembered" something:
>Following Zimmerman's acquittal on a murder charge, Taaffe has reversed his position and now says that he believes Zimmerman was motivated by race the night he followed then shot Trayvon in 2012.
>Taaffe cites a phone conversation he had with Zimmerman in the days following the shooting but before Zimmerman was arrested and charged with second-degree murder.
>When originally interviewed by federal investigators in the weeks following the shooting, Taaffe did not tell them about the phone call...

The lawyers.
nope.

the whole system has become shit.
We need a better septic system.

A boat load of federal crimes (maybe a helicopter load). A lot of people (police and local officials) deserve to go to jail.
There are too many he said she said. Unconfirmable statements, only muddy it further. Unless an insider blows the whistle, the guilty will walk.
A really nasty federal grand jury could put the screws on those who deserve to be punished. They might have to dig into their retirement fund to pay for legal advice. Some pain, less than what most of them deserve. The ones simply following orders don't need a lawyer. The truth, my boss told me to do this and I believed him/her, should protect them. They didn't commit a crime. Don't kill the messenger.
Perhaps the idiot at the FAA that accepted this may pay. Probably not fired, but at least enough damage to make someone else think twice before accepting a sack of bull$#1t.

I should have looked it up. Given the naivete of the sheriff I assumed it was a rural county.
Having looked it up. Joe Arpaio is likely to have a difficult time when it comes to re-election, if he runs. He has a lot of problems.

The former County Lawyer has been disbarred.
That jackass is financial road kill.
There is no insurance for this kind of judgement. The county is on the hook. They are worse than broke, since this judgement spans bankruptcy.
That county is dead. The residence of the county are legally responsible for the debt.
Their home values are in the dumpster, and paying for the privilege.
Nice to see the legal system work.
I'm not being sarcastic, the people that have the most to loose are paying, as it should be, for a change.

will anyone learn?

The fools are yelling for an Ebola Czar.
Perhaps filling the position of Surgeon General would be simpler. Controlling the spread of disease is one of the functions of that office.
But, approving the the candidate for the office would require the Senate to actually do something.