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I think I see what some people mean about Musk fandom. A "sighting" link on the first page. How is this different than tabloid celebrity citing? That being sai

I think I see what some people mean about Musk fandom. A "sighting" link on the first page. How is this different than tabloid celebrity citing? That being said, I hope model 3 does good and they meet their dead lines more or less. Mostly because of how unnecessarily some news outlets were about Tesla from the start and especially around modle 3.

tbabb 10y ago
> How is this different than tabloid celebrity citing? How is it even similar? One is about shallow celebrity worship, and this is about new, upcoming technology. Would a leak of any other anticipated technology (Apple product, game console, VR kit, etc etc) get a different reception? If it were a selfie with Elon Musk then you'd have a point, but it's not, and it seems clearly on-topic to me.
- itchyjunk 10y ago
  This is about the worship of a new upcoming technology. What does this article add? specifications? details about dates? change log? Some guy driving and taking pictures which is possibly unsafe if anything. What exactly about this new, upcoming technology am I supposed to learn from this article? I am equally excited about tech, but this article is not tech news. It's excitement about spotting something in the street.
  - throwaway287391 10y ago
    Besides the new look, there is new technical information in the article, for example: > However, what’s most striking from the photos is the addition of two new sensors that are rear-quarter facing and presumably new Autopilot 2.o cameras. If true, this would bring the total number of Autopilot 2.0 cameras from 8 to 10. This info should certainly interest you if you were competing with Tesla. Maybe "regular people" shouldn't care about having this information early, but wanting as much information as soon as possible about things you're interested in is human nature.
  - karthikb 10y ago
    The news is that they have at least one unit of a promised product that is mature enough in its development cycle to be tested on public streets.
- cowardlydragon 10y ago
  The model 3 is the cusp of mainstream electric cars. I'd mention the bolt but GM hates electrics and would rather they go away, as documented in "who killed the electric car". This car may transform the world for the better and be part of the great solution to co2 emissions. I don't think any Kardashian sighting has the same implication.
xkcd-sucks 10y ago
Car magazines publish this sort of stuff whenever it's available, except they call them "prototypes" instead of "release candidates." Some people like cars, cars are technology, it fits
oliv__ 10y ago
This is an article on Teslarati.com, what exactly did you expect?

tbabb 10y ago

> How is this different than tabloid celebrity citing? How is it even similar? One is about shallow celebrity worship, and this is about new, upcoming technology. Would a leak of any other anticipated technology (Apple product, game console, VR kit, etc etc) get a different reception? If it were a selfie with Elon Musk then you'd have a point, but it's not, and it seems clearly on-topic to me.

itchyjunk 10y ago
This is about the worship of a new upcoming technology. What does this article add? specifications? details about dates? change log? Some guy driving and taking pictures which is possibly unsafe if anything. What exactly about this new, upcoming technology am I supposed to learn from this article? I am equally excited about tech, but this article is not tech news. It's excitement about spotting something in the street.
- throwaway287391 10y ago
  Besides the new look, there is new technical information in the article, for example: > However, what’s most striking from the photos is the addition of two new sensors that are rear-quarter facing and presumably new Autopilot 2.o cameras. If true, this would bring the total number of Autopilot 2.0 cameras from 8 to 10. This info should certainly interest you if you were competing with Tesla. Maybe "regular people" shouldn't care about having this information early, but wanting as much information as soon as possible about things you're interested in is human nature.
- karthikb 10y ago
  The news is that they have at least one unit of a promised product that is mature enough in its development cycle to be tested on public streets.
cowardlydragon 10y ago
The model 3 is the cusp of mainstream electric cars. I'd mention the bolt but GM hates electrics and would rather they go away, as documented in "who killed the electric car". This car may transform the world for the better and be part of the great solution to co2 emissions. I don't think any Kardashian sighting has the same implication.

xkcd-sucks 10y ago

Car magazines publish this sort of stuff whenever it's available, except they call them "prototypes" instead of "release candidates." Some people like cars, cars are technology, it fits

oliv__ 10y ago

This is an article on Teslarati.com, what exactly did you expect?