Please cite the 1km that was tested, because all speculation I’ve seen on the internet is that it’s at least 2-3 miles (3.2km -> 4.8km)

And if you think 2-3 miles is insignificant, you’re wrong.

You tell your boss at a car company that you know a way to get 2-3 more miles out of the car and you’ll get a promotion.

Typical whataboutism. What about the front!

You asked why they did it, this is why they did it, it’s not insignificant.

Or you know… just don’t execute people ever because they can’t ever be 100% sure.

What do you call something that can stop 9mm bullets? It’s not resistant to 9mm it’s bullet proof.

So maybe it really just needs a qualifier like 9mm bullet proof.

But ya, calling it bullet proof without a qualifier is a bit much. Also not the glass, only the sides. 9mm side door bullet proof.

If it’s really different due to regulations thats one thing, but with regards to your edit I’m just surprised at how long it’s being shut down if it was an assembly or bad part. This sounds bigger than that if it’s a multi month fix.

Efficiency, it’s not insignificant.

With gas cars people don’t really notice since it’s easy to refuel, but we’ve probably wasted 10s of billions of dollars in fuel over the decades and all the co2 emissions that adds up to over it.

Edit: Just an example of numbers… In 2022 the USA alone used 135.73 billion gallons of gasoline. Take even just 1% of that and it’s 1.357 billion gallons of fuel lost to aero drag, but it’s likely more than 1%. US average cost of gas is $3.224 a gallon. So that’s $4.378 billion in wasted fuel in 2022 and a large amount of unnecessary emissions, assuming this was all from cars (but it probably wasn’t) . That’s like if the entire USA didn’t drive for multiple days. And that’s just the USA. Imagine if the whole world just didn’t drive for 3-4 days.

Just been thinking about this since posting. Why only the US and why so long if only US?

If they’re using different parts in US and it’s fine in the EU, then switch to what the EU is doing and be quick about it?

If it’s the same, then maybe we’ll hear about an EU recall soon?

Ford was the first to announce it so maybe Tesla offered them a nice perk to get the ball rolling? It was pretty stunning watching it all happen after that first announcement.

They aren’t free indefinitely either, it was only if you ordered it within a window.

The satellites are constantly giving themselves small boosts to maintain orbit and then are deorbited in 5 years when they run out of fuel. It should be well less than 5 years to resolve a LEO Kessler type situation from starlink.

Nelson told CNN that during the 2016 Republican primary he agreed to delete the article at Vance’s request, so that Vance might have an easier time getting a job in Republican politics

And here I was hoping it was recent and he paid the guy to remove it and then doesn’t report it becomes an illegal campaign contribution.

The designs aren’t only detached, they’re made so they could be attached like townhomes while also easily moving between the variations.

So you could get a row of 4 townhomes where the outsides are 3 levels with a roof option A and the 2 inside are 2 levels with roof option B.

And then beside it you could have another row of 4 and have a wholly different configuration.

These software patents like this are utter bullshit.

in 1989… a method for presenting advertising in an interactive service provided on a computer network

Fuck you IBM

The eligibility of nearly 100,000 registered voters in Arizona is up in the air because of an error in state systems uncovered just before the scheduled sending of mail ballots, Secretary of State Adrian Fontes announced on Tuesday

Working as intended, 100k people up for being disenfranchised while voting for state officals

The roughly 97,000 voters who were incorrectly marked in the state’s voter rolls lean more heavily Republican, Fontes said, and many are between 45 and 60 years old.

Oh shit. Your laws backfired in this one instance!

As long as there aren’t problems with the designs, is that a problem?

To get costs down there can only be so much variation.

For anyone curious. Domestic cost is $20k.

So that’s still like a 50 to 1 cost ratio on the kill, and I guess that doesn’t include ordinance cost.

They totally can. I’ve watched them do it on their self checkouts.

Everything can be overridden with a manager.

That’s totally a won’t not can’t.

Fuck.

It’s also the go to excuse when getting called out when gaslighting someone.

Not that I’m fully up to date on all the madness this anti abortion stuff has caused, but I think these are the first actual deaths I’ve read about since the Roe ruling.

Lots of horror stories, people who will never be able to have children again etc, but no deaths.

Such fucking bullshit. I wish we could come back and charge the lawmakers with murder on this one.

Edit: And I’m sure there’s been others, these are just the first I’ve seen.

The signs always have a reason