I concur with this. Tesla is often held up as the prime example for bad no-button UX by people who mostly do not drive a Tesla. They are an easy target. But the truth is they do it well, to the point where if you are trying to flame Tesla this way I'm going to assume you don't know what you are talking about. GP may technically own a Tesla but it's clear they are not the driver and have a grudge.

Buttons are good, but so is Tesla's system.

To answer GP's other question:

First off they are not super awkward; they are just different. They are trivial to learn and if you still find them confusing after the first successful attempt I'm not sure I trust you behind the wheel of a vehicle. Second, it's common knowledge they did this for aerodynamics.

The real question is why they made them electronic-only. Maybe they shouldn't have. I assume it was partly for cost savings. As to why they use electronics at all, I've always thought maybe there were safety opportunities there, like automatically opening the doors in some situations, but admittedly I'm not aware of any such scenario (other than the anti-dooring feature, which delays the door opening when a bike comes by, I think?). Regardless they are not the only company who went down this path (Rivian being another). And I'm sure in their models for China (if not everywhere else) you'll see a revision on that soon.

Me too. I miss a lot of what made early theaters special: crowded rooms, decorated auditoriums. A lot of people like the recliners but I think they take away from the experience, making it feel like you are in a sparsely populated room even when most of the seats are filled. A rush to refill concessions at intermissions is another one of those experiences that may not be obviously desirable, but I think it would add to the atmosphere. And it would sell more concessions to boot. Win / win.

Simple solution: mirrors on the other side pointing away from Earth! :D

We either need defense contractors or we don't. We don't need them? Then we should be protesting in the streets to get rid of them. But I don't see many people doing that (and when we do protest, it's against how our government chooses to utilize their services, not necessarily the entities themselves), so the consensus therefore seems to be that they serve *some* good purpose, at least in part.

So then, if they are good enough to keep around, why shouldn't we buy a Game Boy from them? To say we shouldn't strikes me as hypocritical.

"China's Ministry of State Security Trains Military Officers to be Double Agents"

The timescale make this a "who cares" story. I will be surprised if it takes that long.

This is fantastic, and is one step closer to my ultimate desired outcome: make the purchase and sale of user data illegal. So much of the decline of the web can be pinned on the collection, misuse, purchase, and sale of user data.

GP had a point with this one.

I believe this is true. But it won't necessarily happen soon, or even in California. Just... eventually. I think once there is a real success somewhere you'll see a snowball effect. Right now all cities are in somewhat of a transportation equilibrium, but if some city's neighbor gets *successful* high speed rail while they don't, they run the risk of losing relevance. ("Successful" is the operative word. Mass transit is not an automatic win.)

Good post.

Even in the case of a far more efficient algorithm, the gigantic data centers may likely be a way to create a differentiated version of AI with superior capabilities
The counterpoint would be that we may reach a threshold beyond which 'superior' has less meaning

You aren't going to see EV charging stations unless you look really hard; they are mostly piggy backing on the back side of parking lots.

Road tripping in ICE cars is a no-brainer, compared to road tripping in an EV where planning is required. For EV road tripping you pretty much always need to use a route planner, which is easy in a Tesla but not necessarily easy in other cars. For some people that's a deal breaker and that's fine. Not for me though. The overall improved experience is worth it, especially for daily commuting.

I love road tripping in my Tesla in spite of the challenges, but I will say there are some annoyances. My parents' house is in a dense suburb, yet the Superchargers there always have a wait time. So I need to start bringing an extension cord and leeching off their 110v plug, or I need to plan to charge up before I get into their area.

People like Hank Green downplay the need for range, and I understand their argument, but I doubt people like that road trip very much. Coming from ICE cars that have 400+ miles of range AND gas up in seconds to an EV with 300 miles of range and *special needs* is nothing to sniff at. You need to be ready.

The best tip for convenient road tripping is to choose destinations with EV chargers.

The article lists "lack of training" as a contributor. For me the opposite is true. Mandatory bad training is a huge de-motivator. The training is bad, and forcing me do the training is usually bad. I am not most people though, and can only speak for myself. I find myself filling dual roles as an individual contributor and a manager, and the manager part is the one I would drop in a heartbeat if I could. Dealing with other peoples' problems? No thanks.

Cynical and misleading. The version of FSD available to consumers still to this day requires supervision, and it's miles better than the version that was available back in November 2023 when this accident happened. That accident was 100% the fault of the driver.

Where are my mod points when I need them? In the age of LLMs the need for developer testing (or maybe developer scrutiny over tests written by the LLM) is going to outweigh the need for LLM use.

So don't buy an electric car if you're in an apartment that doesn't have chargers?

Americans have been poo poo'ing EVs since day one with rationalization after rationalization, and the result is that China is RAPIDLY taking over the automotive world.

If true this is a petty, immature, and self-destructive stance for people claiming moral outrage. Tesla serves a greater purpose than lining Musk's pockets.

Let's destroy everything good when there's someone involved who we don't like.