As a tech nerd, the “buy a performance car” advice hits home for me. We have our own versions of this, whether it’s recommending Linux, or a specific model of processor that’s mainly popular among gamers, or specific speeds of storage, or a variety of other specs that are REALLY important to a hardcore user, but range…

What an extremely shortsighted design.

I didn’t see anything in the article about flying in cargo, but may have missed it. Yes, they generally all require the dog be in the cabin now, and it has to be in a carrier when in the cabin. All of that seems compatible with the events of the story from what I can tell.

He KNOWS, deep down in his heart, that all of these people will surely applaud and cheer for him once they finally understand his grand vision of producing a... [checks notes] international... financial... superstore...? What... what even is that?

This. This is always the appeal. I don’t plan to drive it like an ICE, I plan to treat it like my phone: wake up every day to it full.

This. While I’d never say I was remotely a stan for him/them, I absolutely considered them the pinnacle of innovation, and him as a great innovator. He cultivated that image very well, and I was dazzled for a while. Now I won’t pump a dime into his businesses.

Most CEOs are quietly d***s, though. There’s a difference. We can safely assume they are, but Elon makes sure we don’t have to assume anything.

Yes, consumers’ opinions of a CEO absolutely affect their buying decisions. Without question. Tesla was an absolutely foregone conclusion for me as the obvious electric I’d buy due to their once perceived quality and their charging network. Even as their quality began to degrade, the ubiquity and the network made them…

Speaking exclusively for myself, I previously assumed me buying a Tesla when I’m finally in a place to own an electric, was a foregone conclusion. I’m in Los Angeles, and they’re basically the de facto standard, especially for readily available charging stations. Even if I didn’t like them, they’d be the seemingly…

The article we’re commenting on says they plan to seek full automobile certification. The LSV aspect is only for now.

I mean, the point is, we just don’t know. We’re taking a vague sense of his word for it that George’s only complaint was audio quality. It may have also been too little of a song, had other issues, or had some ethical concerns. Still feels like, “well, he’s gone now, so we can vote without him” is accurate.

Yeah, I was bothered by the regular use of the phrase “the band” because literally half the band is dead, and if George was opposed to this being released, that reduces the potential number of band members who were in favor of this further. I realize from other quotes that there are implications that George’s main…

Assuming the article is correct, the only two Indians they asked, who are each the equivalent of Tom Cruise back home, declined committing vast time to relearning choreography they performed for literally weeks when filming the actual movie, on incredibly short notice, while one of them was grieving the death of a…

For clarity, Jr. NTR and Ram Charan were in town. Charan had been for weeks, as we saw him along with Rajamouli and the cinematographer and composer do a Q&A at a screening a couple of weeks earlier, although NTR came in much later due to a death in the family. It’s less that they couldn’t be flown out, and more that…

I’m not sure that alone makes you racist, but arguing that certainly demonstrates that you’re incredibly ignorant and out of touch with reality.

Oh, but Morgan Freeman said... /s

It feels a lot like “but we elected a Black president, so clearly we’re not racist.” Is it an incredibly awfully egregious example of the worst of racism in the Oscars? Gosh no. Is it something that people should bring up so we do better in he future? Absolutely.

My wife has an ST, and I have an SE. They’re surprisingly fun, and hers is still worth way more than she owes on it. Well underrated car.

Which runs on top of SYNC3, and is still mired in the problems SYNC3 causes.

I own one. Other than SYNC3 having some frustrating aspects, it’s quite nice, and I will miss its size when I have to replace it with something comparatively massive.