It was probably argued that way, but AOSP isn’t Android.  It’s kinda like Microsoft arguing that users could just use Windows 3.1 instead of the IE laden Windows 95.

They are being sued for forcing device makers to install their apps. Imagine you make an awesome new interface, search, and browser for Android, manufacture a device that runs Android, and then have to install Google’s apps along side yours? That’s the anti-competitive aspect of this, and the thing that violates the…

We were looking for a family SUV. Something big. We ended up with the Toyota Sequoia, but test drove the Sorrento, X5, and and the Q7, and the Infinity, which I think is now the QX80, but was the QX56, and probably some other I’m forgetting.

And the Chinese version will cost 61 cents to mass produce in quantities over 1000.  These things are simple and too easy to clone.

Expedition, Escape, Excursion, Explorer? One of these is not like the other.

You can’t just jump to Class 4/5. You must find the shortcomings in the systems that precede it in order to properly develop such a sophisticated driving AI. There’s a price to be paid for any technological leap, and a few fatal crashes from drivers too overconfident in their vehicle’s abilities isn’t too much to ask.

Don’t think about these as rules, or laws, but more like general guidelines. Lanes and roads get blocked. People don’t see lights change cause they watch for pedestrians. It’s not criminal, it’s crowded. And everyone has shit to do.

All that said, the 33 dwarfs most other cars in is beauty.

It’s really about the crank throw. A 2 liter I4 will have twice the throw of the 2L V8. This will mean that the I4 will make more torque, but probably not rev as high or quickly as the V8. When racing, you generally want to keep your speeds high, and your engine running near the top of the RPM band. That’s also where…

It originally had steelies, with caps (like in the picture above of the TR2), but my Father (for whom I purchased the car), wanted wire wheels, since that’s what he had on his Austin Healey 3000-BJ8. The steelies were pretty rusty, and I didn’t want to try to restore them.

Actually, you can sit and hang your arm outside the door and touch the ground. It’s pretty low. The seats sit on the flat of the floor pan, and they aren’t all that thick. And the ride height is about 4.5 inches.

Nonsense... Zoe’s Tale completes the story of the Odin. And is pretty funny. The Sagan Diary you can skip. Pretty much the only unreadable thing Scalzi has written.

Depends. The coil is already engineered to be a high current, high voltage item, so the EMP would really need to hit it pretty hard. It’s also shielded by the surrounding metal, to some degree.

Frame off restoration of a 1959 TR3A finished 9 years ago this weekend. It was a basket case.

Maybe, but the components and tech are proven, mostly. Invest in Lithium and Cobalt.

There’s a saying... “It may be that your sole purpose in life is simply to serve as a warning to others.” This is a proclamation, and if unheeded, may result in your death. Joshua Brown ignored repeated autopilot notifications, and will be remembered for his failures.

Now I’ve seen a Turkish Ziggy Stardust.

Yeah. It’s like a trusty mule though. It never fails, but it’s not gonna be fun.

As a software engineer, I’ve been writing code for 20 years. I still look at the keyboard for symbols like @$%#, or when I’m doing numbers. Aside from that, general prose like this is done without looking at the keyboard.