For Tesla's FSD, it kinda makes sense. Tesla saves a lot of money by putting the required sensor package and processor in every car instead of doing it to order, but they may not want to make everyone pay for it if they are not using it. Conversely, consumers might not all want to pay for the substantial cost in software development. And they may change their mind later. So: your can can already do it but you only pay the (hefty) fee if you want the service.

But what BWM and VW are doing is scummy. There are few or no extra costs associated with offering the full available HP to everyone, or the heated seats. There is no significant R&D cost to spread over those who actually want the service vs. charging everyone for it. It's an extra revenue stream for them by holding parts of your own vehicle to ransom.

...Fox News

GOP are the ones who tend to ban porn.

As usual, it depends on the specifics and trade-offs.

That would be Locarno, Switzerland, whose transport agency is known as Ferrovie Autolinee Regionali Ticinesi.

My wife got a call from a guy claiming he was with Social Security, and asked for her date of birth and SS number to verify her identity. She replied "You called me so it's YOU who has to show proof of identity". After some back & forth with the guy, she hung up exasperated. And, as it turns out, the guy was legit.

There are still many organisations who do not understand this basic fact: if you call someone's private number, chances are good that you get the person you're after on the phone. But if someone calls you, that could be anybody... even with caller ID (which can be spoofed). Some organisations turn it around and will call you with: "Am I speaking with mister xxx, last 4 digits of SS number 9999?". Still not to be trusted, info like SS number, date of birth or client number are all too easy to get hold of.

If Xi tells you, he'll have to kill you.

Scientifically or logically prove it, and I'll give you $1k.

Most people only care about languages running on Linux or Windows. And if the compiler/interpreter is written in C or C++, the language can probably run on just about any OS (perhaps with some IO compatibility issues.)

And I haven't seen a good answer for the alleged resurgence of Perl.

Judging from all the ads I hear on the radio, someone has already invented an easy solution for this problem:

sed s/therapist/psychic/g marketing_material.txt

Sweeny Jeans can be penetrated

strengthens the case for NASA's upcoming mission

The Trump admin isn't into scientific probes, they want human glory flights that Don can brag about. It will have to be reworded to slip it past their "Woke Cops". How about "Mission to prove planets only have 2 genders", or rename Uranus to _____

...real therapy? If not, let bots have a shot.

It's useful at certain places and times, it just can't sustain the mass subsidizing from so many investors, comparable to the dot-com crash. When the big players start charging the real costs to customers, they'll leave the big players and go bargain hunting with low-margin startups who have products say 80% as good at half the price.

"Spooky dupes at a distance"