I wonder if they’ll find a way to turn the flashing search icon in the bottom corner off...

Of course One Rich Asshole Called Larry Ellison would try to stop this -- he wants the money for himself for another yacht.

Either one $125 hookerbot, or 125 $1 hookerbots. Decisions, decisions.

They do it to be lazy like that when building the headunits in some models. The CarPlay protocol can receive GNSS/position information from the vehicle’s own GPS providing additional accuracy over the phone’s GPS.

How’d they release the brakes and hold them? How’d they stop the cars once they were moving? Steel wheels on steel rail is awfully low rolling resistance once it’s moving...

We’re gonna have to sell you a Nintendo Cleaning Kit to properly maintain the console. (@5m05s)

The UAW is good though, it got a bunch of drunk, high FCA assembly plant workers their jobs back even after they were caught on film!

Hi, I have TSA Pre and fly twice a year. It’s not my fault the airport I fly out of decided to re-write the TSA Pre rules and tell me, in the Pre line, that I had to pull everything out of my bag anyways (eg, told me to take liquids out, etc).

Hint: Open a Delta SkyMiles account (if you don’t already have one) and tie it to your CLEAR account. SkyMiles members (even ‘standard’ ones) get CLEAR for $99.

I mean, a tractor-trailer with an RTG on it would be amazing.

Because datamining. The apps typically ask for location, notification access, etc - things the average user will click ‘yes’ to. So now they have a vehicle to push ads and offers to, gather information about you as a consumer, sell more things to, and oh hey, you don’t need anything but the app to pay here so if you…

Zero isn’t mass-market enough?

Some specialized things DO post their call tree, though not normal “consumer” products. I keep this one by my desk in my office, for instance...

I probably would have followed one of the various Youtube videos explaining how to start up one of those jets from cold and dark and get on the radios requesting taxi from parking to a gate “to get my ass off this plane they left me on”.

It’s not a weight problem. It’s a problem with power draw. Lithium can supply most of its’ stored charge even with a high load being drawn off the battery (eg, heating coils). Alkaline loses capacity very very quickly under high load.

Norwegian tanker. NATO Article 5 (Collective Defense) means if one NATO Ally is attacked, it is considered an attack against all Allies, which means the US is also to assist its’ allies in defense.

Damn that MCAS system! We should have known.

But that doesn’t create shareholder value or generate affiliate referral, now doesn’t it?

But that doesn’t create shareholder value or generate affiliate referral, now doesn’t it?

Jack’s an idiot.