Can do and convenient to do . Compared to Europe, the US infrastructure is pretty bad. Where I am, you have charging stations at each rest stop, for example. Friends have work parking with chargers as well. Yes, the US has. a lot of chargers, but how many are right off an interstate vs having to drive somewhere to find one? Friends who have EVs have two basic complaints: chargers are not near interstates and when you get there sometimes don't work or have a car using it as parking after a charge. The other is lack of charging at hotels, etc. so they have to find a charger where tehy are staying rather than be able to charge at the hotel. I understand hotel's lack of chargers, one I worked with looked into it but the upfront costs were prohibitive for 1, let alone two or three so they would never recoup the costs, plus give up valuable customer parking.

Walmart's partnership with Murphy USA and teh plans to add chargers can go a long way to fixing the first issue, given Walmart's presence in the US and having some locations near interstates as well as in more rural areas. The second is a tougher sell. Faster charging is helping as well

In the end, consumer perception is what drives the slow adoption, as well some real challenges and in some cases, the higher price for an EV version of a similar vehicle.

All I recall was it was a 4 door BYD

Certainly. It's a problem of cognitive dissonance, where new information disagrees with your preconceived ideas.

That depends on the US case. In Europe, there are often charging stations at rest stops along highways, so you can recharge and get a snack or meal; and driving distances are often shorter on trips. The US lacks a real infrastructure to allay range fears and vacation driving is often a longer average distance than in the EU. While I agree the range concerns are overblown, especially since probably 90% of teh daily driving is less than 50 miles, range and charging is not an issue; but th perception it is limits adoption.

Haven ridden in one I agree, and given the vehicle's cost it is quite impressive; the Chinese seems to avoid teh Korean/Japanese market entry of build tehm cheap/sell them cheap and once we get a foothold move upmarket in quality and price.

I recently rode in one with Uber. The quality was very high, and, given the vehicle's price, impressive. The Uber drive loved it for those reasons and teh low operational cost. If the US let them in it would be a bloodbath for Tesla and other EV's.

What I don't get is if he was that determined not to let CBP search his phone, for whatever reason, why not simply wipe it beforehand so a search would just yield a vanilla phone? He could always restore it later. CBP might be curious why it was in that state, but a simple security explanation that he wants to be sure no viruses are on it before he uses it in the US would be a logical explanation.

This. Any competent lawyer would tell you always specifically invoke your rights when questioned to protect yourself; or as was eloquently put in Bosch(?) "In a pickle, invoke the nickel..."

The willingness of most of the Republicans to accede power to Trump to not incur his wrath and thus protect their reelection chances will come back to bite them when the Democrats retake control. Many of them probably privately worry about ow the courts and Congress have vested a lot more power in the executive and what it means long term, but lack the courage to stop it. From all accounts, the Democrats are already plotting payback when they get in the majority. In the end, the politics of retribution are not good for the US, and there deserves to be a pox on both their houses. Even if Trump issues a lot of pardons, the Republicans have proven you can still make peoples lives miserable through investigations, even if there is little merit to the investigation; a playbook the other side can and likely will adopt.

Journalists on all sides of the issues should be worried about how the President is using the FCC to go after critics, because they could be next when the other side gets in office, especially if the courts let him.

As with any idea, execution is key. If it results in a real academic institution focused on space and brings together the scientific talent needed to properly train and teach students, it's a win. Personally, I'd make it an adjunct to the existing academies as they already are engineering/science oriented; making it a one or two year post graduate education program for those selected, along with select ROTC and civilians with undergraduate degrees. I wouldn't lt Hegseth get near anything more involved than deciding what Lego sets should be used...

After eating their own dog food they believed their own hype; and now they discovered that laying off people and hoping they left enough behind for the agents to understand what they did is not a winning plan. What until the AI discovers the executives have decided to no do that and so they dig through emails to find suitable blackmail to restore the plan.

Or simply debloat Brave...

That's why he said "That makes it usually cheaper to use a non-HEPA filter but a higher air throughput rate."

It's a tradeoff, like almost everything in life. Whether his "usually" is correct depends mostly on who wants to buy the system, and only they can tell.

I wonder who makes their cameras and what backdoors they may have; it’s an intelligence agencies wet dream: a potential adversary pays to install and maintain hour intelligence gathering tools.

You miss the point completely. The technology is there and unstoppable. Cutting down one company doesn't destroy the technology. Killing Napster didn't kill the technology, it just spread it around, decentralized it, then there were thousands of sites to control, and they never did manage to do that, did they? Killing Flock will do exactly the same.

Killing Flock won't kill the concept or the capability and more than demolishing Napster stopped music copying. I bet within 5 years, this scanning will be common in most dashcams and phone apps will be available.

Lashing out in anger without having a plan or knowing your target is juvenile.