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Comment Re:Two minor bumps? (Score 2) 41

You realize that all rear wheel drive vehicles are towed "backwards" and are not really that rare of an occurrence? Regardless of that, if the car thinks that the towed vehicle is coming at it and it decides to drive into it head on because it failed to predict where it is going is a huge problem.

Comment Re:It is in their interest to mention this... (Score 1) 73

Have you never seen covered parking lots before? They are quite common in Houston. The parking places are covered and the aisles are not. They work very well, and I have thought it would be a great place for solar panels, two birds with one stone kind of thing. I do not know if putting solar panels on top would be profitable, but your concerns about cost of constructing above cars or safety seem unwarranted.

Comment Re:So effecitvely... (Score 3, Informative) 154

Ford and GM do not operate their own dealerships. They are all owned and operated by a third party, which is how the country has worked for a very long time. EV manufacturers tried selling direct to consumers, but were not allowed in many states. SO, they started opening their own dealerships owned by the manufacturer which pissed off the third party dealerships. The dealerships lobbied to get this law to protect the way things have been working.

Comment Re:Compensating for decades of... (Score 1) 20

I can understand your point of view, and in most big cities there are lots of place that everything is walkable, but a lot of our "ugly, unpleasant" places were designed specifically because we want space. I like living in a suburb where I do not hear what movie my neighbor is watching even if it is loud. I like being able to walk through my neighborhood and not have stores and restaurants everywhere, almost like living in a park that you have to take a bus to get to.

Comment Re:Guess who won't be using Spotify? (Score 1) 172

Well, almost half of their subscribers are paid (and they are the real target of the service) and are not going to leave because of this change in the ToS. The ad supported option only exists to advertise the paid service as I believe they lose money on the free subscribers even with the few ads they play. So, if you are blocking their ads, they really don't want you anyway, something about them having to pay for each song they stream, and there is no chance you will start a paid subscription.

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