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Comment Re:why (Score 3, Funny) 46

sooo F1 is now mario kart?

Yes. Each team gets exactly three bananas to drop in "banana mode" for each race. However, banana mode can only be activated if the car is at least 2.17 seconds ahead of the nearest trailing car, unless that trailing car is outside an 18 degree cone whose vertex is at the nose of the lead car. Banana mode cannot be used if a driver has more than 16.5 MJ of energy in the liquid fuel tank, or less than 3.27 MJ of energy in the hybrid battery, nor can it be used if there are less than 37.3km of travel on the current set of tires. Both the lead and trailing car must have a velocity of at least 82.3m/s for banana mode to be active. At most one banana can be dropped between any two pit stops.

Comment Re:NDAs? (Score 1) 53

No, there are plenty of reason why a politician should be signing NDAs. The politicians need to know what will be happening in the future so that they to decisions for that now. To get that information they need info from companies about their plans, and the NDAs just prevent the politicians from making that information public or even profiting from that knowledge(see nancy Pelosi)

Comment Calm down (Score 3, Informative) 68

When Isaacman was originally nominated, the whole space community was like, "oh, that's an interesting pick." Yes, he's a rich guy and pays for private missions via SpaceX, but his credentials are pretty solid, and he really is a believer in the ideals of space exploration. He also sees the value in public/private partnerships. Nobody thinks NASA is doing anything close to what SpaceX is accomplishing. Trump reportedly yanked the original nomination because someone told him that Isaacman had some history of donations to democrats, and he didn't like that. Which is why Isaacman has since make some donations to MAGA stuff as well. I assume that was part of the deal. But really, take a look at this guy before you dismiss him out of hand. This isn't a JFK Jr. type of pick.

Comment Will we finally learn our lesson? (Score 1) 32

Are we, as a sapient species facing an uncertain prospect of continuence in a world full of rapidly-advancing bullshit going to learn from this catastrophic and absurdly predictable failure of information security, personal and professional ethics, civilian government, market economics, basic common sense, and consumer psychology?

Eight-Ball-Based-On-Cursory-Reading-Of-Literally-Any-Slice-of-Human-History says "no".

What do you say, and why is it also "no"?

Comment Re: Wrong approach (Score 1, Informative) 131

The cybertruck is pure shit. It is the least reliable Tesla by a wide margin

Maybe so, or maybe that's a subjective assertion. Tesla went full-on experimental with the CT, and I think the drive-by-wire steering and 48V system are pretty cool.

Tesla was recently named the least reliable vehicle in America.

I wasn't sure about this, so I had to look it up.

The first two results seem to place them somewhere in the middle. Anecdotally, I'm on my second Model 3, (sold my 2020 and bought a 2025) and they're the best damned cars I've ever owned (aside from the fucking ridiculous capacitive turn signal buttons on the 2025).

The f150 is also the most popular vehicle on the planet.

That doesn't mean it's good. I drove a Tremor for a short while (not my own), and it was the crappiest truck I've ever used. Backup cam and sensors that don't work; flimsy bed; rough idle

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