I think the point is that “nobody will ever need more than 640k” and similar statements ignore technology improvement curves.

Self-flying, computer-detected problems and maintenance scheduling happens automatically, restrict routes above existing roadways or waterways.

The super bowl where the patriots recorded the Rams practice sessions?

About all you could do is “shift” between driving modes or regen braking modes. You could have a mode that allowed coasting or didn’t.

Oh look, possibly a rational, balanced article on Tesla.

Ohhhhh right, friday night. Dumping ground of news you don’t want people to read. Also a good night for editorial corrections, announcements of governmental malfeasance, and mea culpas. 

He may need to work on these quite a lot when the fanbase evaporates. 50% of these are from the mailbag. Well, as you say, he can just write one paragraph about the team being meaningless and go home early that day.

can’t unsee. Wait, this is wasted before the Detroit Lions WYTS!

If you’re that remote, you’re probably close to a major wind source. Put up a windmill.

Sure they are valid criticisms, but this is all garden variety growing company stuff. People pretend like he’s some aberrant dictator who is destroying America.

It is, literally, totally typical garden variety growing company pains and challenges. Talk to any CEO of a rapid growth company. Musk is doing really, really…

You’re arguing mechanical simplicity when an EV drivetrain is far simpler than an ICE? If you have portable solar cells you’ll be able to get places... eventually... for a lot longer than carting around barrels of gasoline... or your cabin can have solar in a battery and refill from there, and you never need to cart…

Um, if we have EV + multiple sources of alternative power including consumer-generated rooftop solar, then you aren’t dependent on foreign oil, then your national security has been vastly increased due to independence.

Especially since a Tesla destroys these cars off the line.

OK, how about this for judging leadership: revolutionizing the internet payment industry, the transportation industry, and the space industry?

Is that “macro” enough for you? Is that “big picture” enough? Is that “visionary” enough?

That benchmark is the number for profitability on the biggest gamble by the company.…

Musk’s #1 job for the last year has been getting Model 3 production to 5,000/week, something legions of people said wouldn’t happen even on the delayed schedule that it did happen. That’s bad leadership?

The Saudis are desperate to diversify. And maybe a country with a ton of solar-friendly real estate and offshore wind farm coastline at the crossroads of three continents might be interested in the technology that will power transportation going forward for a half century.

They’ve put money into some much dumber deals…

Ok, christ, can you pick someone else to bully for once? This joke isn’t funny anymore. Maybe when he was an overpromoted head coach, it was a good bit. He’s an assistant coach now.

And don’t pull that shit about “we’re just reporting the facts of a tweet”. This is a clickbait title just to rile up the commentcrappers…

“because no other real sports are happening”

Oof, baseball has fallen hard.

Clearly they’ve been desperate to get access to a test drive, and it’s hilarious it has been this long since they could get their hands on one.

Pretty clear that Tesla was giving them nothing (why should they?), and they had to get desperate and squeeze in with a normal consumer test drive in a shitty location.

Fine, go buy a dinosaur dirtburner, dinosaur. I hear it goes vroom.

The second and third videos seem very cut and dry based on my view of what the rule should be. I also like the speed they use in the replays to judge the calls.

The first is a bit iffy.