Musk’s idea is that it starts expensive, then the price comes down as the early adopters show that it is a desirable product which will drive up demand and lower per-unit construction cost. Like a VCR or a microwave oven.

This is brilliant, and not just for Tesla owners. Especially for a state like California, where the available land for power generation is limited and the demand for energy is ever increasing. And given the past thirty years, the number of available rooftops is only likely to double in coming decades.

Musk tweet additional details (this article didn’t get even the original details correct tho so there’s that).

Most HOAs don’t have the capacity by law to ban modifications such as this.

Yes - “Your roof looks ugly when I fly my drone over it. I’m complaining to the HOA and I’m going to have you rip those ugly pieces of glass off.” Meanwhile mumbles, “If I can’t afford them you can’t make your electric cheaper by having them. Na-na-na-Na-na.”

Huh? Samsung set themselves up to test their own batteries instead of using an independent third party like standard industry practice. What could go wrong?

Nothing says “lost confidence” like “we don’t know why our product exploded”

Who said it didn’t?

Or even Winter Soldier, which concluded in a way that changed the way their tv show was going. Killing SHIELD was big since it was the crutch that kept everything together.

In fairness DC has a formula as well.

I’m still not seeing how the twist with Ben Kingsly or the entire premise of The First Avenger could be called “assembly line” and uninspired but not Suicide Squad and BvS.

My focus is on DOCTOR STRANGE success right now because Marvel let that director Scott D carry out his unique vision. THOR RAGNAROK is also on my must watch list for it’s amazing cast & because it’s Taika. I absolutely hope Marvel gives him the freedom to do his thing.

So.... it has nothing or very little to do with an apocalypse? Not that I’m disappointed. A dreary, dark superhero film isn’t something I want -- DC made sure of that! Just cognitive dissonance between the title and all this apparent fun time gladiatorial combat movie.

Is that from the Knightmare scene in BvS:DoJ?

Are you saying it wasn’t risky to end Phase 1 with a movie that required you to be familiar with every single movie the studio had released? Or that it wasn’t risky to make a superhero movie that was also a period piece (considering what had happened with movies like The Shadow, The Phantom, and The Spirit)?

I’m sorry, but this is plain wrong. Iron Man was a risk—gambling the future of their nascent film company on a then C-list character. Making the Incredible Hulk almost simultaneously (they came out the same summer) was a risk—if Iron Man had done poorly, they were almost certainly dead in the water. Crossing…

Indeed. Probably because they do it themselves. All the time.

I don’t think they’re paranoid. Similar hacks have taken place on cell phones. We most likely wouldn’t find out about a similar Apple Watch hack until it’s been out in the wild for some time.

They’re not paranoid, everyone has just become painfully aware of the reality of government and corporate sponsored surveillance.

Are you saying that the Apple Watch can’t ever be hacked? Because it’s not paranoia if the UK Cabinet is actually targeted for hacking. (Even if the hackers haven’t been successful yet.)