I think Obama was one of our better presidents, but the government loaning Solyndra $535 was WRONG. Conservatives are right about some things, and one of them is that the government should not be picking winners and losers in business, because that inevitably leads to corruption as the best way to compete becomes bribing the government to pick your business.

1) I did not suggest anything. I noted the problem was the minimal cost and theorized about what would happen if that cost was higher. You jumped to a conclusion that I did not make.

2) If I were to suggest something, I would suggest that the state charge the police to use the item and send the money to pay for legal aid attorneys for indigent defendants.

I'm sure AI could _definitely_ design another Ford Pinto!

I think that's the real problem. People get so excited over things before they even examine it.

Three of the gas-powered vehicles I've ridden in have caught fire and burned the the ground.Three! I've never seen an EV catch fire. (I suspect all three were due to busted fuel lines leaking onto hot exhaust.)

Actually no, I think Li-Ion is a bad idea, and I am waiting for Sodium-Ion batteries before I buy my EV. In the meantime, I have a couple plugin hybrids. Do I think the Cybertruck was a stupid idea? Absolutely.

The anti-vax people will find a way to ruin this for everyone else.

Just like they managed to kill a US soldier and get about 200 of them sick simply by changing the rules so that the soldiers do not have to get vaccinated.

This is about the 5th time I remember someone saying they found 'signs' of alien life, and it never is.

I had a jacked-up pickup actually hit me where the lanes were merging together, because he literally didn't see my Honda. The weird thing is it was San Francisco, and it was a black guy in a Bubba truck.

Years from now, people will wonder why they ever put touchscreens in vehicles... and interface that forces you to LOOK AT THE SCREEN to use it! For most people, voice recognition would be lot more safe.

"If you don't like the way I drive than stay off the sidewalk!"

I think a huge part of the problem is that people feel invulnerable in their gas-guzzling tanks, so they feel like they don't actually have to pay attention to where they are going. Which leads to incidents like the soccer mom who simply wasn't paying attention as her huge SUV wondered left, across the oncoming lane, and up onto the sidewalk to kill a pedestrian. She though interacting with her own kid was more important than watching the road.

When I worked for Oracle, their technical people were actually really good. However, their marketing and sales people were scumbags. Unfortunately, I was doing custom programming for their marketing department...

I'll have to disagree with you on that. What matters for reproducible builds is that the person performing the build has power to set the seed.

Yes, this is exactly what we wanted. Thanks for bringing it to our attention.

Note, this vehicle has all the luxury options too, they just do not come as part of packages, you can put whatever you want in it.

Decorations (wraps instead of paint)
Fancy lights
roof racks
Fancy audio gear
fancy seats
Tablet mounts to give you back that entertainment system