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Submission + - Automobile Dealer Association bans Privately Owned Teslas from Car Show (thedrive.com)

NitroWolf writes: A group of Tesla owners is claiming discrimination by the operators of the 2019 Kansas City Auto Show and the Automobile Dealers Association of Greater Kansas City (ADAKC) after they were forced to remove their electric cars from an enthusiast display on the auto show floor. The issue? The owners believe the fact that Tesla circumvents the traditional dealership model and sells directly to consumers angered someone at the dealer group—and the evidence seems to back them up.

Comment Microsoft set the web back over a decade with IE6 (Score 2) 427

Microsoft and IE6 set the web back over a decade (throw in some Adobe Flash to add insult to injury) and Microsoft wants to whine about fair?

What they should do is say "Hey, we did the same thing 20 years ago and it was a mistake. We are sorry for being such assholes and screwing the entire world with regards to HTML. We see Google is apparently doing the same thing, and while it's karma coming to bite us in the ass, it doesn't mean it's good for anyone, so maybe someone other than us, since we are biased and anything but above reproach, should look into it."

While I disagree with what Google may be doing if it's intentional just to break Edge, I can't anything but joy in seeing Microsoft get fucked in the exact same way they fucked the rest of the world 20 years ago. I know I should be more angry, but I can't get past the fact that Microsoft is crying about being bullied the same way they bullied everyone else. So someone else needs to take the reigns on this and drive the discovery and corrective action (if possible).

Comment Re:"Counterfeit products" ??? (Score 1) 139

could ultimately help law enforcement and intelligence agencies track the origin of ... counterfeit products and other goods

Where can I get one of these (presumably) affordable 3D printers capable of printing high-enough quality to be able to pass any attempt at counterfeiting as an original product!??!

Counterfeit Etsy products of course.

Comment Re:Whole lotta money going on... (Score 0) 144

This... I never would dream of taking a Taxi if I can avoid it. I don't mind Uber at all. Taxis are garbage.

Maybe in places like Manhatten, etc.. where it's just dense population they work and you can hail them on demand, but less dense places where you have to call and wait for a Taxi, no way. But then again, Taxis in Manhatten are miserable pieces of shit in every aspect, so I still prefer Uber.

Comment Re:But how much energy is used by traditional fiat (Score 0) 161

The US Government spends about $1 BILLION per year alone just creating the currency. That's just one government, creating paper money. That doesn't include other governments. That doesn't include all the banks and their server farms, that doesn't include ANYTHING that is required to USE that money... that's just to create the paper money. In one year.

Tell me again how you doubt it?

http://mentalfloss.com/article...

Comment But how much energy is used by traditional fiat? (Score 0, Troll) 161

So I get it, bitcoin is using massive amounts of energy to power it. But how much energy is used by other currencies? Both in the creation and the destruction of the currency? It costs a lot of money to maintain paper bills and coins. Keep them in circulation, etc... Then there is the processing cost of storing & transport of those physical goods. You need to factor those in to the cost analysis when comparing fiat to bitcoin, and not just say "bitcoin is using power lol!"

Yes, it uses power, but so do fiat currencies, and I'd wager they use about the same amount in their lifecycle as bitcoin does.

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