"I can also download some JavaScript through that same pipe and execute it locally. But it should never be more than an extension of that page."

What's a page?

"But it should have no ability to open its own connections and negotiate its own encryption with third parties. It should have no concept of the outside network beyond the server from which it came."

That would work great with websockets. Won't be asking you for architectural advice.

It appears you don't even know what flash was. Replacing it took far more than CSS.

/. trying to contribute to a douchebag's monetization. We getting Doctorow promotion every week now?

That's not how capitalism works. Any excuse to raise prices will be exploited, electricity is not a free market.

They do now. Hell, some of them are compromised by the operators.

But I also don't know what mean by an agent being compromised by design. An AI agent is software that uses AI. I don't see how an agent is inherently compromised, but at the same time it's got a turd at it's core.

Flood the zone with shit, the gold standard of modern life. It only matters that the rewards are greater than the consequences.

Meh, the least of Aptera's problems. The Aptera is an expensive, low function, unsafe unrepairable two seat car that is at best 20% more efficient than a Model 3. The 3 wheels lets it skirt safety regulations, probably it's best "feature".

"Even if a car *only* got 20 miles from solar a day that's still more than many people commute meaning they never have to charge."
That's true whether the panels are on the car or on the home. Putting panels on the car only allows the battery to be reduced but Aptera hasn't done that since a car needs more than 20 miles of daily range. Panels on the home provides a superset of what Aptera provides.

Also, it should be understood that the Aptera consumes power at 10x the rate than the panels produce it. It is in NO WAY a solar powered car, it must have a sizable battery.

"There are plenty of places around the world where the concept could work fantastically well. "
But not as well as other obvious concepts that predate Aptera.

"Aptera's problems seem less to do with the concept and more to do with their fundamental inability to build a frigging car."
Or engineer one. Aptera knows gimmicks and aerodynamics, they do not know cars or BEVs. Their commitment to hub motors was really telling and it explains why they can never be successful. Aptera was more interested in lying than admitting that they didn't know how to design a car.

"Nobody wants to hear this because this is a forum full of old farts and we don't like change and we want to keep driving our cars and our SUVs."

We don't want to hear it because it's a pathetic lie, refuted countless times already.

Yes, and you assume Aptera was driven by environmental impact at all. It was not. Aptera originated as an aerodynamic idea among college students. They originally wanted to sell very cheap ICE cars, mileage was a way to low operating costs. For Aptera, it is the shape of the car that is the beginning and end of the thinking at that company. Environmental impact is just a marketing strategy, and the evil has already set in. Pervasive dishonesty is already clear, starting with the claim that it is a solar powered car which it certainly is not.

The Aptera is NOT a solar powered car (by their own private admissions), the Aptera was conceived as an ICE car, transitioned after a long trail of tears and bankruptcy to a BEV, then had solar panels bolted on very recently. Aptera is a very traditional BEV that can benefit from solar, just like all other BEVs can. The difference is that the panels are on the car, the worst possible solution.

And those solar panels, if you buy the optional maximum number, provide UP TO 40 miles a day, typical will be less and far less with the standard configuration.

Even worse, the Aptera is a 2 seat car with extremely low function and gets by through avoidance of safety regulations that apply to typical cars. Even with its radical design and low drag profile, it achieves only 6 miles/kWh, not a lot greater than a Model 3 which has far greater function (and likely safety).

The Aptera is a technically interesting project but a commercial dud, it sucks as a car and is barely differentiated as green transportation.

"Imagine a world where anyone can rapidly prototype an idea, and feedback loops are measured in hours -- not weeks. That's the future we're building."

No it's not. It's the present you're demanding of your employees in order to put more money in your pocket.

"But these problems are 100% the fault of parents."

No, parents have the responsibility but they are not to blame for social media. We are all to blame for this because we accept ineffective government and ridiculous identity politics.

Depends on how the energy is used. But even if so, what's the point? This is /., there is an assumption that readers know how entropy works.

Consumers haven't had a say in a long time. It's been so long since companies had functional support many adults do not even realize it. Call screening became pervasive decades ago. There is never recourse for the small guy, only now lying about prices is fair game too.