Fuck, the only thing I want less than truck that will make Jeff Bezos money is a Ford. Never another Ford. Never.

Better that than giving Bezos more money.

I also love it. The ability to reconfigure the vehicle as needs and desires change is awesome. If this takes off - and I really hope it does - then it may also be really good for the environment.

A lot of people buy new vehicles not because the old ones are in rough shape, but because requirements change. It sounds as though these cars have something in common with houses: they can be 'renovated' as needed, and even enlarged within limits. And the whole design approach is just begging for modder communities releasing NC or FDM designs to customize your vehicle.

I might have been a bit starry-eyed regarding the aftermarket mods; but it would be really cool...

You call it "bitching and moaning". Does that mean that you're happy about "spyware and nanny electronics" being rammed up your backdoor, or that you're merely passive and acquiescent?

Oh Iook, some drive by troll proved me right

Yeah, we need power, which is why nuclear is stupid. We could have more sooner with renewables.

"meaning that these "people" would not be capable of speech or abstract thought (or really much more than rats or similar-sized animals are capable of)."

Brains are not equal. A parrot does a lot with a tiny brain for example. I think the rest of the argument is more compelling

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No need to announce your arrival any more than your departure, just fuck off

Yes, you trolls certainly are small people.

That's a great concept of a plan!

So as long as they can keep secrets until they get approval they're home free? This is as thoughtless as all of your proposals.

You are begging the question.

The answer to that question is no.

Do we really trust the administration responsible for the Reflecting Pool fiasco to handle nuclear power plant roll-outs sanely and safety?

Not to mention the current regime's penchant for indulging in magical thinking. It has a habit of dismantling safety and oversight while thumbing its nose at both established science and plain common sense.

Totally aside from Trump's 51st state rhetoric, as a Canadian I'm starting to get really freaked out at the raging tire fire that the United States has become. It's like living next door to a real-life version of an Evil Dead movie.

Were you perhaps thinking of full self-driving? Oh, wait - that was Waymo, and Tesla still can't do it. Or maybe it's the tremendous progress he's made toward putting humans on Mars? The Hyperloop? Humanoid robots?

Yes, he's done a lot with battery technology, and without him those advances might have had to wait an additional two or three years. And he gave a boost to Tesla - while displacing and stealing credit from the actual innovators who founded the company. But that boost was celebrity-powered, unicorn-fart, PT Barnum-style bullshit - it wasn't technical or scientific prowess.

I think it's safe to say that Musk's legacy - at least so far - has rather high ratios of both style-to-substance and damage-to-benefit.