Most of the claims against the guy remain in the ‘hard to fathom’ category— meaning it would have taken dozens of people in the HR, accounting and finance departments to be complicit in the crimes.

His family had asked for the trial to be held in France, he hasn’t been allowed to speak to anyone. 3 of the 4 charges he faced in Japan aren’t even crimes for an individual in France from what I understand, only the embezzlement charge would go to trial.

The timeline of what he faced in Japan as well as everything else to date:

I say we revert to 19th century diplomatic norms and treat these attacks as acts of War. Put China and Russia on notice unless they act against these groups we declare War and go at it. Bring the pain.

That’s a great link-and-report, BTW.

Whether end users are concerned about Huawei and the Chinese government accessing their networks or other malicious hackers, the high number of vulnerabilities in Huawei devices should be a primary driver in decision making. We can concretely state that 55% of tested devices had at least one potential backdoor. On…

Tell that to BMW, Audi, and Mercedes. Sedans sell if you make good ones with some level of consistency that customers can rely upon. Cadillac is like the herion-addicted son that is creative, and you love, but just can’t support any longer because as soon as you think he’s clean, he falls off the wagon again and makes…

Sweet, now that names are back, we can get back to the cars Cadillac should be making:

Maybe airlines will recognize that their fees are fucking out of control and adjust to the demand accordingly and lower prices.

So the airlines are making up a rule to cover for something that simple but their computer system is unable to catch?  Maybe if they made flying enjoyable rather than bearable by giving the public a little more leg room and treated customers like cattle to slaughter, people wouldn’t look to game the system.

I remember reading that the best legal solutions to IP conflicts leave both parties somewhat dissatisfied. This is probably the best, and most equitable, outcome: Mahindra pays a fat licensing fee but gets to use the Jeep brand and grill. Lean into the CJ-5 heritage and SxS market by calling it something like the…

*IF* I had the money, I *might* buy this if it had a stick. Maybe. It’s lovely, it’s fast, it’s dependable, it’s comfortable, it only seats two, it’s... marketed to who? Oh right, the wealthy white boomers who are into vettes.

They should coat them in Vantablack. Job done.

Agreed. In my experience, across North America, it seems that regardless of the speed limit, most people seem to “top out” around 75-85.

Most places I drive the speed limits are _LOWER_ than they were when my 1973 Ford was new with skinny bias ply tires and four wheel manual drum brakes. The few that aren’t lower are the same.

Mechanical failures are one of lowest, if not the lowest frequency cause of accidents. I fail to see how a speed limit addresses distracted driving, and more specifically why someone driving at a speed that would be legal, if not for some arbitrary downward adjustment to purportedly compensate for distracted driving,…

Wrong, this has been studied extensively. Speed limits have almost no effect on actual speeds.  The range of speeds that the majority of motorists find safe and comfortable has nothing to do with the number on a sign and everything to do with the context of the road, traffic, and prevailing conditions.

I think one of the problems with speed limits here in the United States at least is that the limits are designed for 50+ year old vehicles in a lot of places. I can understand the limit being 35 in more residential areas, as studies have shown that pedestrian deaths increase very quickly above 32-35 mph. However on…

My introduction to the Maserati Biturbo was of course the Top Gear episode where they crushed it with a garbage bin. I think Maserati will not be saved by the Levante or any other crossovers FCA manages to poop out. Maserati has a racing heritage comparable to Ferrari. I have never understood why they don’t capitalize…

I'm an engineer, and what was insane about the N1 was not the basic concepts, which are obviously very workable today, but the idea that you could do it at the time with marginal parts and mechanical control.