No no. They should have made a 787-R, and it was internally discussed in the early stages. Basically a smaller variant that had less range, cost less to make, and retained some of the innovation of 787. The trouble was regional airlines who dont operate long-haul routes like the big international airlines would not want to re-certify pilots.

Basically, if you make a plane, all pilots have to certify on it to fly it. For big long haul airlines like British Airways thats not as big a deal if such a plane was considered similar enough to the proper long 787, but regionals like SouthWest and Spirit, thats a huge expense.

Tesla should have a changelog with their updates as detailed as Windows or iOS. Every change should be spelled out. I also dont like how they do MITRE style CVEs. I believe once a security flaw is found, they should publish it in detail, in case black hats already have it. That way the user can take precautions and mitigate their own risk. The whole 90 day thing just leaves everyone vulnerable to bad actors. If, as an example, there is a zero day that lets someone unlock the car use HomeLink to open a garage, you can remove HomeLink functionality, or enable pin to drive, and keep valuables from within the vehicle unattended.

I really dont believe in "responsible disclosure" because it leaves your paying user-base vulnerable to a risk you KNOW exists in your products. That is irresponsible. Giving the users information empowers them to take steps to mitigate risk. Also, fuck MITRE. And if you dont know who that is, get off this site, you are not a nerd.

Reading comprehension is not your strong suit. Not all updates are bugs, and not all bugs are from functionality the car initially shipped with. Maybe you should find a news site that isnt "for nerds" because you obviously have no idea what an "update" can comprise of.

Dan O'Dowd?

This says he didnt go to the Island, just that he was invited. By someone who was making a blackmail ring of the rich and famous, being invited and refusing doesnt really scream of anything nefarious. Just hating?

I assumed that they're dividing the entire cost of creating, testing, packaging and delivering updates by the number of GB distributed. ISP fees would be a tiny fraction of that.

Why would anyone calculate such a silly metric in the first place? It sounds to me like the kind of thing an accountant would think up.

There are 1500 genes associated with autism and nobody has them all. This gives us 2^1500 different forms of the condition. So, yeah, more than one.

Autism is definitely a complex phenomenon. The number of people diagnosed today in the US is about the same as was being diagnosed in Europe 25 years ago, so no, I don't think anyone is jumping onto bandwagons, it's just Americans are being less stupid.

there was less roadways, parking lots, solar fields, and concrete buildings. If you want it to be just as bright, paint everything beige or green. Or, just dump millions of gallons of white paint into the ocean. /sarcasm

Yes. I pirate like a mother fucker. I have a 12 bay 20TB NAS in my house that houses a collection of BluRay rips that im particularly proud of. I have auto-subtitle additions from subler, and a VPN solution so I can access my media from just about anywhere on Earth (no region blocks). My content cant change because of political correctness of the day, it doesnt disappear off my library one random day, and I give access to some of my closest friends and family. Cover art, etc.. all of it wildly great. I even ran Netflix's blu-ray and RedBox's rentals when they were around and just ripped all the time, a little Mac mini with handbrake whirring away, encoding these movies and TVs in all their greatness. VPNs and Tor downloads are easy, especially with a second node you can jump through that isnt tied to you (nearby public wifi**, cough**; thanks HOA!). Why? Because until I have a commercial free, Spotify-esque alternative that wont go away, and wont enshitify their content libraries, at a reasonable price, fuck em. Thats why. Oh, and fuck Metallica too.

The 787 has a different wing profile and swoop. It also has different cockpit layout. 50% of the fuselage is composite (as opposed to Duralumnin on Aluminum frame. It also has a different pressurization for increased comfort (lower altitude equivalent). The 787 is successful and wildly different than the 737. For those that dont know, each plane number (717,727,737,747,757,767,777,787) refers to the generation or platform, The 787 was Boeing's last complete start-from-scratch platform design. The 787 introduced many enhancements and is widely regarded as a success. It was hell-a expensive to design and certify ($30b). They made it wide-body (two aisles) for far flights (7000 nautical miles range). Boeing should have piggy backed on that redesign to make a narrow body, shorter range, version so it could fly into smaller regional airports, and operate with less crew. The composite are very expensive to manufacture, and their weight savings aren't necessarily a good fit here, as they are mostly used for moderate fuel savings at altitude which pays a lot of dividends as the plane flys on, but for short travel, its hardly worth the complexity in maintenance and expense in acquisition. Still, would have been a nice restart, rather than trying to keep the 737 alive for far longer than it should have just to keep pilots certified.

2032 is more reasonable, given their most recent brand new plane (that was really advanced and cost $30 billion) took 5 years. That was the 787

If you want Boeing to acquire concepts, the Starship's Earth-to-Earth system qualifies. /sarcasm

He is right about 787 Dreamliner though. A short, thin version of this plane with 100 fewer passengers and half the range would have been an ideal go-to for airlines in the regional markets. Perhaps they could have reduced some of the composite use for cheaper maintenance, as its not really needed anymore to achieve the range.