It's hard to do. The first time Aptera tried (before Paul Wilbur and his crew did a hostile takeover and ended up killing the company) they also wanted a solar roof, but ended up ditching it because of a variety of complications related to integration, water ingress, etc. But they've had a lot more time to work on it this time around, and also, the EV market is crowded today, so they need a way to help set them apart.

I agree that it's sort of a gimmick, but it's also a neat gimmick. I used to commonly say that solar panels belong on the roof, not the car - but in the past half decade or so solar prices have crashed so much, it's really more of a situation of, "put them wherever you want". It's the integration that costs the money now, not the PV.

Can I pay them to stop breaking stuff?

I didn't think so.

Trying to think of a browser feature I want enough to pay for. Nothing is coming to mind. And Firefox certainly isn't asking nicely, but just ramming changes at me at various random times.

Okay, but the rich target deserved more Funny.

Again disappointed by the lack of Funny here, but I have one. I misread the title as "Humanity HEALING Planet..." and when I opened the story I was expecting to see good news. (And I get plenty of eye exams.)

Mostly the ACK and no major points of disagreement.

Hmm... I took the more direct interpretation of "You're never gonna get to funny."

really disappointed this juicy story had not funny.

Thanks, though I'm probably still not going to look directly at Reddit. I think the real key to your answer is "all text fields" and I wonder how you got there... I haven't messed with those settings for a long time, but it looks promising.

*sigh*

Is there an easy way to get the Subject included in the spelling check?

Hey, [Musk's pet] GROK:

How difficult is it to sink a big oil tanker trapped in a narrow strait?

The answer may not surprise you, though I was kind of surprised by the humor of one of the YOB's proposed answers. The captains of the tankers don't want government insurance for the case when their ship sank. They want ASSURANCE that they won't get sunk. "No sale." No one can provide that.

Color the Strait of Hormuz closed.

Not to be solved by renaming it the Strait of America.

C'mon, whatagottado for a Funny around here? Get a sense of humor? No fair!

Joke tit for joke tat?

So one day Musk's pet GROK told the YOB that the summary of Article 2 of ye olde Constitution is "You can do whatever you want." And look what happened.

Are we seeing a proof by contradiction of Kant's Categorical Imperative or is the YOB about to refute ye olde Kant thusly?

Oh yeah. #YOB = YUGE Orange Buffoon. I reject the YOB's personal brand thusly.

For the substantive part of my response I'll just cite A City on Mars again. Basically the authors like the idea but argue quite persuasively that it isn't going to happen anytime soon. More significantly, they argue that foolish attempts to make it happen soon could make the mess on earth even worse and thereby might prevent it from ever happening. (Not paying much attention to the captain of the cesspool formerly known as Twitter, but I think I heard he recently trimmed his solar sails towards the moon as a less insane path forward.)

Really pointless to argue with an AC, even though an AC might be trying to claim a legitimate use of anonymity. If the legitimate argument just vanishes into a cloud of fog, then did it make any sound? I think not.

However the main reason to reply is that I'm reading another book where some anonymity is justified for the people discussed in the book. AI-related crimes and the book is mostly about the victims... (I think.) Mixed feelings about including a citation. First of all, is anyone on Slashdot actually interested in a book these days? Plus I'm too early in the book to weigh the arguments and I already suspect the publisher pushed the authors towards increasing the market appeal... And already failed because I got the book from a library of my acquaintance? (But it doesn't become recursively funny until I detect evidence that they used AI tools to produce the book?)

That was the joke I was looking for, but it's moderated as "insightful"? Not written in a funny enough way? Or did the moderators want some evidence that she had stashed the loot in a secure place? But that would have gone towards interesting. Still not funny?

*sigh*

s/fishing/phishing/

Thanks for clarifying. I went back to check and I still don't see your implication.

But I have another disproof of the concept of my getting funny anytime soon. Here's today's attempt. My implicit humor is so week that I have to say it's supposed to be a joke:

So one day Musk's pet GROK told the YOB that the summary of Article 2 of ye olde Constitution means "You can do whatever you want." And look what happened.

Are we seeing a proof by contradiction of Kant's Categorical Imperative or is the YOB about to refute ye olde Kant thusly?

Oh yeah. Also unclear about my implied definition, so #YOB = YUGE Orange Buffoon. I reject the YOB's personal brand thusly.