Considering this has been Broadcom's recent mid-term business model I bet their projections were pretty accurate, as they were informed with data from less public/controversial acquisitions where they've done the same thing. Just to companies you've never heard of that make parts for companies that you have.

Yes. Or it's not fit for its stated purpose.

And as you have figured out, it can't be done. Which means this is not worth doing for its stated purpose. Which means it's for a differeent reason. What do you think that reason could be?

How embarassing for you. You just keep digging the hole and proving my point. Are you so lacking in self awareness?

You should feel shame for posting something demonstrating your complete and total lack of ability to see issues in anything other than black and white. This type of "discourse" is exactly what you've been trained to use to turn off your own brain by whatever media you're consuming. It's not helpful and it make you look like a fool.

Ate a lot of paint chips as a child, eh?

Yep, still have the XP running - it's only function is for an old Epson scanner that they won't update the drivers for but that's it.

Tesla is already in trouble due to profound incompetence.

Ah, forgot I was on slashdot, home of black and white thinking. Cool story, all wrapped up in a neat bow. If that's what gets you thorugh the day sure....let's all say (to you) it's just that simple and they were all in on it.

It's clear you've not driven something like that are are just doing the 'ol slashdot "I can figure this out from first principles".

You're not gonna see what's to either side of you when you're parked in between two other trucks or SUVs. When you're backing 8 foot of bed and 4 feet of back seat out of a parking spot before your head is in a position to see LEFT AND RIGHT you're just hoping nobody is coming/somebody sees you.

They back into spots because you need to be able to SEE to pull a 24 foot truck out of a spot. Backwards doesn't give you that visibility.

That's a very strange take. What the auto manufacturers did was not at all conspiring: they reacted to the legislation and rules in place in a rational manner, by making the choice that made the most money. Elections have consequeces.

Good observations, though I am Gen X so after a childhood of editing config.sys to get retail games to run on the PC I have an incredibly high tolerance for putting up with that nonsense.

It's not clear how you can possibly think "if we take the worst people out of prison the rest of the prizoners will have better outcomes" without making the half step into understanding "our prisons aren't being run properly if prisoners like that are causing such problems for other prisoners."

I'm a busy man. I'm also a lazy man. Could someone tell me if this is cheaper or more expensive than a desktop gaming PC with the same stats?

Additionally, the way it's phrased, as a "bet," is implicitly skeptical.