It makes sense for big players to create satellites that stock a top-ten list from their death star warehouse, leveraging their power, but those kinds of stores always end up pretending to be more and exactly what I’m trying to avoid with the insta/mini model; it appears to be same-old but rebooting in urban…

You answered every question I had along the way, so, great writing and footwork.

I went looking for online emulations and found two that I kept a copy of. It’s important to note I have never eaten McDonald’s Szechuan dipping sauce:

I wouldn’t be surprised if the ship-it-and-fix-it-later mantra from software has crept into manufacturing. People that grow up hands off seem to not appreciate the validity of seeing something in action. It’s like programming tool paths then realizing too late you’ve swung the tool holder into the chassis. Things have…

Not trying to defend that rolling-oil-can design of a truck, just talking about stamping in general and introducing the idea that a pre-schooler’s idea of a sketch using a ruler could technically be made without one. If the sheet was a half inch thick it wouldn’t deform, but it would be called the Tesla Armoured…

HD knows its average customer will try to stand on it.

If only I could trust my taste in graphic design.

Tasteful graphic design might correlate. A brewery willing to invest in good design probably shares the instinct with creating their beer.

Understood and agreed. I have discovered one shortcoming of Chrome, while I’m swearing at Firefox:

Yes, generalized from an explicit example where exactly that happened. Why not give us some real data: how old are you, did you already know what graham crackers are, and where would you expect to find them in a grocery store?

Good to learn.

No opinion; I’m still not sure why slideshows exist, what purpose they serve.

The small grocer could get anything from a large distributor, but I know it would cost more than over in Shelbyville.

How does a hermit area do this politely though? Loved the detail in the article but I was hoping for some summary opinions. I live in an urban community and debating the permissibility of franchises never stops.

Yes. Seen small groceries go away because people will drive farther to the large groceries for price and selection. Very Gilbert Grape.

I know. I’d like to be a fly on the wall for meetings of those logic considerations.

I wonder if they’re trying to bypass expensive stamping moulds, actually building production panels with automated metal brakes or roll forming? That way they could ramp up production line cost slowly and back out if the model fails.

That’s excellent, thank you. I was assuming they were just roughed mounts so they could easily swap bumper designs.

That is true and it should have been hidden. A better angle is to go all in; remove a few parts and throw them in the box, tell guests it’s a dress form or whatever satisfies so there’s no confusing production readiness.

Who said it’s a ”production-ready” Cybertruck?