It's a shame IMAX isn't that advanced.

I've got 800w sound system in something the size of an NES cartridge. I run three of those for surround sound off my computer.

If only sound codecs allowed for vertical positioning of audio. I'd add a fourth amp and roll 8.1 out the corners of the room.

"led to no changes to the law"

I thought the DMCA was the result of that whole debacle.

"TI already produces huge amounts of ICs in Texas"

The QC in Texas must be absolute ass. One customer of mine uses a 10-pin LED driver IC from TI on the BOM. The piece of shit blows itself out fresh off the reel one out of every roughly 20 times. You aren't even pulling a full fucking amp at 48V and this thing rockets off the board, taking traces and pads with it.

No, there isn't a short. On the boards where the pads and traces survive, replacing the IC (usually) fixes the issue.

"Then you do this "battery swap" and get a *used* battery pack that's been god knows where. "

This is what ISO documentation standards are for.

"How many of you made a working drone at 17?"

We were making fly by wire RC planes as pre-teens in the 80s.

If it can do the 4 basic operations of arithmetic without using much of any power, you could have a simple solar calculator that pretty much never ever needs batteries and can run in some of the lowest light conditions possible if you just gave it a few caps to charge.

Perhaps you idiots should make yourselves aware of the dangers of the products which you buy before you whine about them doing things THEY DO BY RAW FUCKING NATURE.

Go back to school and learn about fucking lithium chemistry.

or your bank got made outside the identified batch of serials.

signed, ISO-compliant QA tech

These are past warranty, and in some cases the pack is nearly a decade old.

Zero reason for a recall that I see and I am pretty strict when it comes to lithium batteries.

A limp vine?

If thought were actually used, half of the very common problems would not be a problem at all.

Instead, the focus is on making new features and not fixing broken garbage.

And the software is so bloated now that what used to run fine on a 4th-gen i3 barely runs at all, now.

Enshittification already hit Discord and it hit it HARD, and that's why I quit paying for nitro.

"Here where I live they have some kind of "semi automatic" (no idea how it is called) where you switch gears "manually" but do not need a clutch,"

It's called a CVT.

"I choose knowledge."

Then read a fucking book.

Let's see AI redefine the power cord.

"Major cities are already mandating EV-ready installs in new builds and funding curbside and shared charging. You’re describing a temporary rollout delay like it’s divine prophecy. Spoiler: it’s not."

Where the fuck is that power going to come from if the power plants aren't being built?

Curbside charging? Have you ever met a fucking meth addict before? That station will be GONE.

"There isn’t?! Are you high, or just deeply incurious? Walmart. Target. Kroger. Whole Foods. Safeway. Meijer. Literally hundreds of grocery locations across the country have chargers."

Not a single one of those in my area has chargers - instead that space is for delivery pickup. This is southern California.

"The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law includes $7.5 billion for EV charging. States are installing fast chargers right now. Companies like GM and Ford are building gigafactories, signing Lithium deals, and deploying networks. This isn’t hypothetical—it’s a national retooling effort in real time."

No it isn't, when the very first fucking thing you need to consider (and has not been when you read the plans) is baseload generation, which is not being built out for anything except AI bullshit.

" Infrastructure money is already flowing. Projects are already breaking ground. But I get it—it’s easier to predict failure than to acknowledge progress you haven’t bothered to Google."

Actually, as someone that does contract geology work - I've been to those ground breakings. Nothing's happened afterwards. Do you know how long it takes to actually prepare land to make a suitable building site? Hint: 6 months minimum, and that is under conditions so favorable as to basically not be able to be found since the 18th century, as any area with such conditions has already been settled upon. Now days, you're looking at a year minimum for settling after laying pipe and power, IF you're doing things right. See: Florida for plenty of abject sinkhole failures caused by neglectful rapid construction practice.

Don't get me started on the western Brightline track to Vegas - that's an abject failure in the making, and that's supposed to be HELPFUL distance transport.

"You “guarantee” it? That’s adorable."

Pay attention to the leaders in the market - Toyota. they started the Hybrid train - they're moving away from it. They came up with just in time lean manufacturing, they're moving away from it. When Toyota sees the writing on the wall, you should likely listen.

But i'd bet top fucking dollar you don't work in this industry in any capacity - I do. I design the lighting systems you find in modern ICE and EVs. I'm pretty knee-fucking-deep in the mess. Meanwhile, your ass is saying to Google shit. I tell you, sir, get your fucking ass in the industry and educate yourself before you spout off.