“F-150 takes an even closer look at driver habits via data harvested from its built-in microphones”

Where there’s a will and a wiring diagram there is often a way to disable an unwanted feature. 

I dunno... it kinda matches up with the gif, but the ground-and-pound move is a pretty common thing and this seems like a coincidence of framing more than a homage to me. How about this: let’s ask Gendo what he thinks. Gendo?

Those company’s just add permission to the user agreement that nobody reads. You could insert the entirety of Mein Kompf into a EULA and people would still agree to it

Just went in the garage and hugged my 15 year old 335i.

By the time I can afford a 2020+ vehicle that shit will be broken. No biggie.

This is why I yanked the fuse that powers the Data Collector Module in my Tacoma the moment I got it home from the dealership. Doing so disabled the Bluetooth microphone in the truck, immediately justifying my decision.

No benefit is worth giving up my privacy.

True. And for this specific case model, name and rep are practically the “product”. So even more so than most other celebrities. It should have been important that he could break with the promotion entirely, including de-branding name and likeness. I have a feeling that’s why he’s stuck. 

a good lesson to learn, always have an escape clause. you never know what you will want in 5 years so having fluidity is important.

I remember grocery store cakes in the 1970s that had frosting that was so industrial chemical tasting with a nasty aftertaste that as kids we asked out mom to stop getting us birthday cakes. Any one know why frosting tasted so bad? 

What is the weight? In my time working in Hong Kong and Taiwan I doubt I saw a younger woman over maybe 100# or so. 

Except laws don’t really mean much. According to the communist party its illegal. It specifically states:” ethnic minorities, people with religious beliefs, and women are not to be discriminated against in any aspect of civil life, including employment”

Pretty bold of you to assume that the airline gives a shit about what a single flight attendant may have done on particular flight.

Meanwhile, there’s a whole group of fatties sueing the airlines that they be accommodated with larger seats and only have to buy one.

Eddie “The Beast” hall who held the world record for the deadlift buys two seats on the plan when he travels. He was 400lbs

Why would anyone be at all surprised with this coming out of a country that has basically zero civil rights or laws against discrimination?

I'm sure the copper thieves are figuring out hot to steal traction motors as we speak. Criminals are highly adaptable. 

I’m not sure this will be much of a deterrent. The shady scrapyards buying stolen cats already know they are stolen. They just fudge some paperwork when sending them off to the end recycling destination. They aren’t going to care that much if they need to hit them with a grinder for a couple minutes every time some…

I won’t hold my breath on Cracker Barrel. They’ve tried this before and it fizzled out quickly.