Gotta get all that media to have corporate sponsorship and be filled with ads “for the children”

Biden started a lot of things that would have built this country better. You can’t blame him when the next guy seems to run on “reverse everything Biden did”

Criticise all you want, but it came down to one clear name on the ballot who was not hitler jr and had a chance to win.

I would never say “vote blue no matter who” but on Election Day that was the only sane choice

That’s going to be tough, some pretty serious weather and not much there until you “drill baby drill”

Canada on the other hand has lots of nice places to live and work. If he invades Canada, I’ll bet he gets lots of volunteers …. To march across the border and petition for asylum

Congress allocated social services funds so the executive can’t legally block that

There are no conditions, so they can’t block it over an unrelated matter

The president can’t just decide to block social services funds based on some idiot streamer’s claim

The President can’t legally block social services funding to random states just because they lean against his party - they’re not even trying to justify that

The President may be able to “swarm” federal agents for a suspected fraud claim but it would be stupid. Even stupider if based only on a random YouTuber.

How do you afford those benefits? I have no objection to tax rates paid by 95% of the population, but I strongly object to the tax rates paid paid by Elon musk and others of that ilk

We’ll see. Sometimes time is necessary and sometimes people do pay attention. The wheels of justice might squeal and grind from disuse but they do try to grind forward

And plenty of people would be offended that you chose this imagery as offensive.

As a straight guy with gay friends, I considered myself finally accepting (or maybe desperate) when I could take the attention of a gay guy as a compliment and be kind about redirecting them

Actually I have been. I asked my kid to preferentially park their car there, but it just seems kind of silly

My company has been threatening us with this, but the joke is on them: my current spot is the worst. The chair is broken, there’s a tear in the carpet that keeps catching the wheels of the chair, there’s only one monitor when most have two, and my docking station is glitchy with the monitor

But we rent the entire building, have extra desks, and can’t coordinate consistent work from home days. Something would have to change drastically for them to be able to save money on hot-desking

Yeah I ve been pissed at this all summer, that people keep parking in my spot.

My street has street parking but everyone has driveways and garages so there are rarely cars parking on the street. Why the heck has someone been parking in front of my house?

The street is practically empty, much of the time literally empty, so they can park in front of wherever they’re going. But my house is the only one with a tree, creating one spot with shade on the entire block. Sometimes there is only one car parked on the entire street, and it’s in front of my house. While I know I’m not entitled to the spots in front of my house, this is just wrong.

But the root cause is banned. People are already supposed to click off their high beams for nearby traffic. Those LED replacement bulbs do say “not for headlights” because they’re not allowed in standard projector housings, lifted truck are required to point their headlights down. But the problem continues to get worse despite each scenario being banned.

The problem is how do you make the bans effective? Or how do you get people to do the right thing no matter how self_centered they are?

But tech solutions work over years

• fixtures made for LEDs may be insanely bright but also better focussed to reduce glare
• auto-dimming means you’re not relying on some idiot to pay attention and do the right thing
• active matrix takes that a step further

In the meantime I’m thinking of getting those yellow lenses polarized driving glasses to see if it makes a difference

Yes, eSIMs are much more convenient plus phones can have multiple. While I’ve never tried the multiple eSIM feature, I find it so much nicer to set up a new eSIM online than to have to deal with a physical SIM from a physical store. It’s also more convenient when getting a new phone, at least for iPhone. The setup can just transfer the eSIM from one phone to the next so your number gets moved with no effort on your part

I don’t blame the technology here but the implementation or the scenario

• the article makes it clear they understand it’s an uncommon scenario to have to switch number so many times
• wtf is the carrier doing requiring text 2fa to get a new eSIM? Thats just dumb
• Apparently android needs some work?

I have the opposite anecdote: eSIM has been more reliable than physical SIM. It just works on my iPhone. I like never having to goto a physical store. When i got my new phone this fall it transferred the eSIM so smoothly I barely noticed. It just worked.

Meanwhile from previous phones it always seemed about half the time I got a bad SIM and had to goto my providers physical store to get a new one. What a pain!

The glaring headlights have the opposite solution here: more technology. While auto-high beams are becoming common, we need the next step of active matrix headlights. They really are marvelous!

For me the active matrix headlights are still new enough that every time I’m amazed watching the dark spot in my headlight beams move to keep the oncoming traffic out of the glare.

Yeah this is kind of expensive but it’s getting the point that we really need it everywhere

For the model 3 and Y with the mechanical handles you press on one end to get the other to pop out

If it’s iced over, you can press on the other end and there’s a little room to effectively rock it back and forth a bit to break the ice. I live in Massachusetts, I park outside, and this is my third winter with the car, and I’ve only had to do this twice. It worked each time with minimal effort

I have no idea what the model s and x do with the electronic self-presenting handles. They ought to have a defroster or some sort of vibrator to do similar. Not that it would help in an accident

You’re both right: this is where we need more precise language

Model 3 and Y, most Teslas, have mechanical handles. However all Teslas have an electronic latch mechanism

Isn’t the CT a button with an electronic door popper? Where did I read that?

Yeah I’ve noticed people take a bit to figure it out even after I explain it. But as an owner it quickly becomes natural. It’s not all that different to use that a standard handle - the older style that used to have a button on the handle. As long as you use the correct hand, your thumb is ready to press exactly as if there were a button, then the jangle pops out and your hand is there to grab it exactly as the old style to pull after pressing the button

But I guess my main issue here is not all teslas are the same, so it’s important to be specific and precise.

Given that the underlying cause is trying to make a “Software Defined Vehicle” (SDV) I have to imagine most of the Chinese EVs have similar implementation. There’s also a fairness concern: are they specifically targeting Tesla or are they actually concerned about safety across all similar implementations?

It all depends on the details, I kid the article is blatantly wrong

All Tesla models use flush, electronically actuated handles that blend into the bodywork

I believe this is only the model s and x, a small minority of their vehicles.

My model y has a physically presented handle - you press on one side to pop out the other - NOT electronic self-presenting. I believe that’s true of model 3 and y, the vast majority of teslas.

That being said, there’s several things this may mean. Is it just the self-presenting they don’t like? What about buttons like on the cybertruck? What about the manual operated handle like on the model 3 and y? Or is the important part the electronic latch mechanism internally? I have no idea what safety features that has.

If it’s literally just the self-presenting handles on the high end models like the article mentions, that’s probably no big deal. They don’t sell many of those and the model x especially is way overdue for redesign or to be ended. Hopefully it’s more than that though