I have an account for my business so that someone else wouldn't take the username. Figured there would eventually be a reason why I'd want to post, but that hasn't happened very often.

Just came here to say this. Mitch Hedberg's thoughts on donuts come to mind.

As long as you don't drive more than ~300 miles at a time and charge at home, you'll probably only use a supercharger a couple times throughout the life of the car when you go on a road trip or drive to the other side of the state. Obviously a few exceptions, but for 99% of people it's all that is needed.

A buddy of mine worked at Yahoo about ~10 years ago and one of his coworker engineers worked on the most boring/basic coding projects. He had maybe half a dozen patents to his name and was worth tens of millions but decided of all places that Yahoo was where it's at. I'm sure the money was good, the free lunches are nice, etc... but there is always something more than just the money. No idea what it was there though...

So much this. As soon as the adults moved to it, the younger people wanted out.

It will only change when even the highly-paid tech staff can no longer afford it or suffer some other major issues (traffic in Palo alto.. sheesh.. but still just an annoyance).

Agreed. A 70"+ tv, a basic sound system, and the ability to pause to go take a leak beats movie theatres any day. Plus, the options of cheap beer, dog in lap, and many other things that would never be possible. Let the theatres die.

It's been years since I've even looked at them. The last one I used was for work and nearly a decade ago. Is there anything special about these now?

I will never finish all the games I already own. Why should I add to that list with games I'm paying just a couple dollars to "rent"?

Just the facts maam.

Isn't AI taking over the reading of x-rays and things such as mammograms? If not, I have a feeling in 20 years it will be and bad readings will be a thing of the past.

I am guessing that it doesn't take much effort to come up with slight alterations of molecules that will be bad for people/animals to ingest. Even L/D isomers of the same drugs can have quite different effects. That being said, this AI should never be allowed to be hooked up to a molecule creation device of any sort.

What is the government trying to distract us from this time?

A standard vessel can carry ~5000 cars. Assume a low price of $50k per car and this means $250 million of cars were lost. Mercedes had $169B revenue last year, so this vessel lost .014% of a year supply of Benz equivalents.

Until it is all roadways and all-scenarios, it's just hype and a PR tactic that is too complicated. The last thing any benz driver wants is to have another list of things to remember and plan around... roads which he can or can't use this feature on.