I've only been paying attention since 1990 but every single time a feature they don't offer "is stupid" until they offer it.

Even when I liked the company this Cluster B behavior always bothered me.

If there's an example of "that's a really nice feature our competitor has but we don't offer it yet" I haven't seen it.

The closest I can think of was offering WebObjects for Solaris. Not sure if that ever shipped or we just had a beta. I bailed from that Healthcare IT team when the CIO pulled funding for two-phase commit among disparate patient medication systems with the rationale "even if medication errors kill someone it'll be cheaper to settle the lawsuits than pay for the license." Enough people left that they outsourced and everybody still hates that replacement system.

I learned too late that MBA's don't care about quality.

We could put a mylar mirror at L1. They did it to increase insolation of Mars in KSR's trilogy, but you could use the same idea to reduce it. It's theoretically possible to do it with modern tech, though we certainly won't as it would require cooperation

> everything you do has fucked the consumers

Say more ... how has suing to end the Play App Store monopoly 'fucked consumers'?

Let them do their thing.

I remember in High School the Camaro guys couldn't stop talking about how their Camaros were better than Mustangs but the Mustang guys never felt the need to denigrate the Camaros.

It's a matter of nature.

unrelated: Tailscale is so fooked today:

https://www.bleepingcomputer.c...

Some people here may need to panic right about now.

I've transported a lot of that type of stuff in a minivan, using a tarp to keep it clean. Also you can put the Xmas tree on the roof rack. Those micro bed pickups can do basically one potentially relevant thing that a van can't, which is carry a fridge upright. Usually though you can get free delivery for something that expensive. I guess if you buy a lot of used refrigerators they might be handy?

It's where almost everything on Amazon comes from. (Albeit often in quantity from their other site Alibaba.)

My first boss in tech used a Kinesis keyboard. He blamed his severe carpal on emacs.

"They also have to certify these app stores, they aren't just going to let anyone set one up and start distributing malware or pirate streaming apps."

Yeah, you have to put those apps on their app store so they can benefit.

I joke slightly, though they have distributed malware before.

Conspiracies are the norm and not the exception. The wealthy meet in private clubs and offices and discuss how we will live our lives for their benefit. Are you new?

True. Many are much bigger assholes.

It's not illegal to make and sell a similar product with a similar name. Retail stores are filled with them. This doesn't make the App Store good, it isn't, it's crap. But it also means that they don't have any duty to prevent those apps from existing. They may chase them off the store if enough people complain, but only because people are complaining and it's cheaper than some other approach.

Ford didn't even make the version of the F-150 Lightning which should have existed. The tradesman version didn't offer the big battery as an option! You could only get the fully loaded model with it. This is presumably because they couldn't get enough batteries to sell all the models which should exist, so they reserved the big packs for the most expensive models, since nobody would buy those models without the big battery.

Instead, you plainly proved that you don't get it.

This functionality is good for both V2H and V2G. If you don't want to do V2G, don't! You can still do V2H. If these acronyms confuse you, then you aren't sufficiently educated to participate in this conversation. If they don't, then your comment is inexplicable.

I got a 7.6kW generator for $550. It's just open frame and loud AF. If you have gas heating appliances it's more than adequate, if not then it isn't.

To do a legal permanent install, yeah. But you physically could turn off the main breaker, connect a generator to a branch circuit (perhaps on a sub-panel) and run the important things in the house that way. Lock out the main breaker (with an actual lock, preferably) and turn off any unneeded circuits for safety. Use a breaker at the inlet panel sized for the branch circuit wiring. I have nothing like this connected, but I do know for a fact that it's a viable strategy if you don't get carried away with what you try to run.

It works the same way, you need to buy and install additional equipment to do the cutoff if you want to do V2H. These days there's hardware which can live between the meter and panel that does it, so it doesn't physically require a new panel — though it may statutorily if your locality hasn't caught up to reality. But if the system is designed correctly (which is a big assumption and probably unwarranted given that we're discussing Ford) you can also use the same functionality to run a jobsite without needing more equipment.