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Comment Re:Fable can't be that great... (Score 1) 41

My goodness you're a lot of fun. You're telling me that you've never spent any time on anything that was ultimately a waste of time? And that you hated every second of it? Or maybe you did it for the sole purpose of seeing if it could be done, and enjoyed doing it?

Lighten up man. You sound like my ex when I'd play video games that she thought was a waste of time better spent being productive. My reply was: "Waste of time? That's the entire point of video games: spending time on something I'm having fun doing."

Comment Re: Crap (Score 1) 238

Toyota. Something appears for me too. Hitting "continue" doesn't get rid of it any faster than ignoring it, and it goes away after a few seconds. So I just ignore it. I typically start the car and then put on my seatbelt, so by the time I'm ready to actually drive, it's gone.

My previous Toyota did this too. Why have a "continue" button that doesn't do anything?

Comment Re:Who? (Score 1) 103

And the EV version sold poorly compared to the traditional F-150 so that is a lesson too.

But they do have the Maverick for people who want smaller trucks. And you can get a hybrid, which seems much more popular than full BEVs also.

I don't care about what's more popular. I want a small EV pickup truck. I don't need to drive long distances. I own my house, and have a garage for my vehicle. I would use it mostly for commuting to and from work, and have the capability of hauling a bulky cargo if I have the need.

I DO NOT want a giant bro-dozer even if it's an EV. And I absolutely do not want to spend $50K+ on it either.

The only reason I don't already have one is because no one has one to sell. I'm hoping the Slate truck is mature enough when the lease on my Corolla is up in a couple of years. Or if another company gets around to selling what I want that's good too.

Comment Re:Meanwhile, in Finland... (Score 1) 65

The USA is physically HUGE. Some people just don't grasp how huge. It covers almost the same area as all of Europe, that is split into something like 44 countries. https://www.worldatlas.com/geo...

At some point it will all be fiber here, but it is much more of a challenge compared to most countries with far, far, far less area and far, far fewer customers.

We hear this excuse time and time again. Yes the US is huge, but each individual state is much smaller, with the biggest states roughly the same area as the biggest countries in Europe. The problem isn't distance, it's that we're too cheap to invest in infrastructure unless there is huge ROI. Unless something is absolutely mandated it doesn't get done until there is a profit margin.

The issue is population density, ergo number of potential customers per area. Europe has more people than the US, plus the US has large areas where the population density is quite low.

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