that’s like saying “if every company simply stopped making products in china then we would prosper”. Not going to happen, it’s a race to the bottom price and if you don’t play along, you will will get eaten by your competition. I sort of hope Chicago gets it, we’re the most moved out state. If Amazon setup here, we’d…

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Even though satellite radio is overpriced (There’s ways to get deals when you renew), the 6-8 comedy channels are really helpful during long trips. There’s so many comedians I wasn’t even aware of because it’s not like terrestrial radio typically plays comedy. Steve Simeone - what’s up nerds is a great album.. Talks a…

seriously, I don’t know why anyone who isn’t on a mac desktop would stick with the iphone. Android has less bugs, and is far easier to drag and drop media to it (unrestricted) than iphone. Oh, it’s also usually cheaper because there’s competition on their OS.

I’d argue we’ll eliminate the biggest life threatening diseases in just 20 years thanks to CRISPR, especially seeing how quickly it’s developed in just the last couple years. It’s also showing so much promise that there are non-medical people experimenting with it because they are tired of waiting for a cure which…

Anyone that has taken a six sigma course is usually exposed to the figures of the automotive industry since they are at the top of quality. Hitting a 6 sigma means your bell curve is so steep that parts coming in from vendors are almost all perfect, and out of 1 million parts you might get one anomolity of a bad part.…

Guess if it’s electric, they won’t be able to fake EPA numbers this time.. Though I suppose they could fudge wattage numbers.

and then you have today, where NOBODY stops at stop signs.. They treat them like yield signs. “Nobody coming? ok, go!”. The same can be said for turn signals.

He talked about transmissions in electric cars being less weight, simpler, and more reliable. At no point did he talk about how a reduction in gears is more efficient. If you run a direct motor, it’s nearly 100% efficient (only the bearings reduce a little torque). Some gearboxes on gas engines can reduce your output…

amazon packages, 0-60 in 7.6 seconds

I would hoon the heck outta that. Haven’t yet tried Turo but I’ve browsed the app. Anyone have experience using it?

OMG toyota, just stop. You had a winning platform with the first scion XB, then you made it curvy and failed to market it to teens when you shot the price up and retirees started buying them. Then you re-badged the two new concepts you were going to release as Scion into toyota.

Any 3-wheeled vehicle has the same regulations as a motorcycle (which is far less than a car). How are they stumbling so badly? It’s like that Carver one vehicle in the Netherlands that started working on it in 1994 and I still haven’t heard them starting production on it more than 2 decades later. According to the…

pfft, you call that writing? The Clayton Purdom from universe C-138 is a far better writer. he gets it, like noob noob would.

I found most of the Forza series semi-boring and very constricting. I’d much rather play Gran Turismo, or the new need for speed payback coming out in November. Tons of action, and lots of customization (and not just ricers either, real cars).

Because he’s one of the few that’s willing to throw his hat in the ring to better humanity.

there’s a reason tesla started with a lotus as their base chassis on the first version of their car, it’s REALLY light. Electrifying a 3,330lb car seems like not the best choice

I just picked up an echo dot for $35 on prime day, and paired it with a couple TP-link smart outlets at $25 each. It’s amazing to be able to tell alexa to turn on lamps when you start vegging out on your couch watching tv at dusk, and an hour goes by but you’re too comfortable to get up to turn on the lights.

You don’t HAVE to create electricity by power plants. By 2040 I’d expect solar and wind will have saturated the market so much that it’s more cost effective. Gasoline on the other hand is a finite fuel source created by oil, and energy is used to refine it not to mention transport it. Other than small losses during…