I think there’s an argument to be made there though where this is different. I can easily not care about a company when the product doesn’t rely on the company in any way. If I buy a microwave, I have the luxury of not having to care about the company because the microwave will work with or without them, their…

Went to an Italian restaurant in Copenhagen last year called, I believe, Cafe Fiat. Was amused they had Peugeot salt and pepper shakers.

I mean, I personally find the Ioniq 6 utterly hideous to look at. Like the accidentally left it on a stovetop for a minute and realizing before it melted too badly.

Based on what I read, it sounded like she called people who were far, far closer to her than 911. I can imagine if you assume you’re not going to sink far, and just need help getting out, that calling people who are literally next door seems more logical than calling 911 to have them dispatch a fire engine from miles…

Was she supposed to NOT try to get help? Was it smarter to just drown in silence? I don’t get your deal here at all.

And who lives near a pond and doesnt own a glass-breaking hammer in each vehicle?

*allusion, not illusion

A couple of days ago I saw THREE Rivians at the same intersection. Tesla could have been there with non-delayed pickup trucks with EASE considering I see 3+ Teslas at nearly every intersection in LA.

It’s funny, because I’ve done a couple 180s on this issue over the years.

While he's not the only reason I will no longer consider a Tesla (when I once assumed one was inevitable in my future), every reason I do have traces back to him. The ONLY chance I have of changing my mind and buying one ever would come as a result of him being ousted and the company clearly refocusing to demonstrate…

I've had this conversation. My interest in Tesla would increase massively if they did so. Not merely due to his bigoted and unstable comments, but also due to how poorly he's managed to company itself. A removal would imply an effort to right the ship, and the company has history of being great. It could easily return…

There’s a lot of potential for what AI will do for us, but right now we’re very much in the phase of it being a buzzword everyone MUST include in everything they do or they’ll seem far behind everyone else who MUST cram it into their product. There is absolutely no point to it here. None. This is like the old trend of…

At least, with an EV, all the chargers latch.

So you want to solve my sometimes unreliable AA/CarPlay problems that drive me to occasionally use my phone by replacing it with a system that is guaranteed to not encompass all of the functionality my phone provides, thereby GUARANTEEING I have to occasionally rely on my phone? Because literally the only way this…

My wife talked me into going to my first one earlier this year at the Crypto.com arena in LA, and I had way more fun than I was expecting. And yeah, there were kids EVERYWHERE and it was super family and everyone had shirts and toys and stuff, and it was clearly just a great overall attitude. You could tell how much…

I used to do commissioned sales for a printer company on weekends, stationed at a very popular electronics chain. I did very well for myself overall, and stayed honest, but my sales skills absolutely came from manipulating the customer into the sale I wanted to make and away from the competition, which often meant…

Mine is how the pump takes forever to reset after a transaction problem. "See cashier, see cashier, see cashier." I don't need to see them. I know what went wrong and/or I know your stupid pump randomly decides there's a problem that there actually wasn't and the next time I try it will work. Instead of me standing…

Also in enterprise IT, and this is our daily reality. At least most of our CRMs know this and are there to then facilitate a demo and conversation with the actual engineers who can answer the actual questions, as they otherwise illicit a lot of blank stares.

I mean, as an IT guy, this is how I feel trying to buy almost ANY technology.

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…