spectre is already taken by an AC-130 variant, Ghost also for an AC-130 (ghostrider) and yf-23 grey ghost

I find it hard to watch indycar because all the tacked on stupidity on the cars just makes it so obvious that the basic car design is garbage and the only way to make it work is slapping an entire 747's worth of wing and driver killing tungsten ingots.

cue the trump outrage police. how dare you mock our cheeto colored overlord and his rug.

until you lift the hood, that thing looks like a Toyota. how did that model ever get out the door of the design room?

in fires per vehicle built, Ferrari is probably the world leader. in absolute numbers it is probably ford, vw, Toyota or some indian company...

you are being deliberately obtuse and pedantic.
I hereby godwin this conversation: HITLER HITLER HITLER!

you are being deliberately obtuse and pedantic.
I hereby godwin this conversation: HITLER HITLER HITLER!

I presume you are familiar with the concept that Android is open source (although admittedly Google takes about 6 months to release the code after dropping a new version) which is GPLd and Free as in Freedom, and you can, if you choose, install it on just about any phone you want (if you root/bootloader etc) because…

I presume you are familiar with the concept that Android is open source (although admittedly Google takes about 6…

also, ODB2 is not just a connector, it is a also well defined communication protocal with well defined and standardized messages so that one single diagnostic device can communicate with any car to determine what the computer says about the status of the car.

also, ODB2 is not just a connector, it is a also well defined communication protocal with well defined and…

not at all confused, I write embedded SW for a living.
a well defined standardized port is the first step in getting access to a system.
I think the reason there aren’t any ODB tuners for Mercedes has more to do with demographics than anything else. people buying performance model Mercedes are more likely to either…

not at all confused, I write embedded SW for a living.
a well defined standardized port is the first step in getting…

A: don’t need to root your android to install 3rd party apps. it is a basic option in settings
b: 90+% of current "tuners" for cars are just ODB2 dongles with an LCD and a D-pad for configuration, using them you can reprogram ignition timing, fuel delivery, boost and other engine functions. the rest are a 30 second…

A: don’t need to root your android to install 3rd party apps. it is a basic option in settings
b: 90+% of current…

you see, I can install 3rd party apps without google abandoning me at the curb, cancelling my warranty and treating me like a pariah.

and maybe you have heard of this thing called ODB2. using it you can do pretty much anything you want to your engine, chip it, tune it, crank up the boost etc.

you see, I can install 3rd party apps without google abandoning me at the curb, cancelling my warranty and treating…

can you install third party apps without jailbricking your iPhone? no can you with Android? 1 click in settings to “allow 3rd party apps”
can you install any OS you want on your Android device? yes, with automated tools to help you do it. iPhone: are you kidding?
can I lock the Goog completely out of my phone with a…

can you install third party apps without jailbricking your iPhone? no can you with Android? 1 click in settings to…

which was exactly my point. it doesn’t matter which source (USB, Optical, Ethernet or Lightning from any device on the planet) you use to feed your digital signal to your DAC so to say “lightning audio is awesome” is beyond ridiculous..
the onboard DACs on iPhones have never been anything better than mediocre so if…

which was exactly my point. it doesn’t matter which source (USB, Optical, Ethernet or Lightning from any device on…

didn’t say it was a POS, it is a very well made and designed pocket computer that locks you in to their “ecosystem” entirely and imposes costs that other phones don’t. I am not willing to be bound by that set of restrictions or costs.
I don’t really care if google subsidizes the cost of the 5x, because they don’t pass…

didn’t say it was a POS, it is a very well made and designed pocket computer that locks you in to their “ecosystem”…

except those are still $10 per if you want them to actually work because apple goes out of their way to break unlicensed accessories.

except those are still $10 per if you want them to actually work because apple goes out of their way to break…

yup. did the research, ran the numbers, laugh at anyone stupid enough to buy one. it is the definition of fashion over function.

yup. did the research, ran the numbers, laugh at anyone stupid enough to buy one. it is the definition of fashion…

unlikely it is better than built in analog as they still have to D-A it using the same damn chipset. unless you are feeding lossless digital audio over lightning to an external high end D-A converter. which is too big to fit in your dongle.

unlikely it is better than built in analog as they still have to D-A it using the same damn chipset. unless you are…

and a moto z is $250 cheaper, and a Nexus 5X is $350 cheaper (actually $500 cheaper if you also switch to Google Fi while you are at it), your point is?
oh, and I can put an SD card in a Galaxy and have 232GB of storage for less than a 32gb iPhone. and more RAM and a better screen. and use any damn headphones I want…

and a moto z is $250 cheaper, and a Nexus 5X is $350 cheaper (actually $500 cheaper if you also switch to Google Fi…

1 single phone charger: uUSB - $2, Apple iPhone charger $19 for the wart + 19 for the cable, bullshit apple earpods $29, generic ass earpods that sound just as good $2, lightning to headphone adapter $9, built in headphone jack $0, USB to uUSB cable to connect to my computer $2, USB to Lightning Connector $19

so far I…

1 single phone charger: uUSB - $2, Apple iPhone charger $19 for the wart + 19 for the cable, bullshit apple earpods…

why should I have to pay $9 to buy an adapter for each of the items I use currently with my phone (or carry one of those damn adapters everywhere I go and plug first my device into the dongle and then the dongle into the phone, until I lose it and end up spending $27 so that will have 2 spares next time I lose it,…

why should I have to pay $9 to buy an adapter for each of the items I use currently with my phone (or carry one of…