MBCook

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721.
by MBCook 9mo ago
But they’re making a robot! It will totally save the company! On top of all the problems you have identified, as well as more, they’re clearly now just aiming for fantasy land.
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by MBCook 9mo ago
> if they’re right about Optimus, that capacity will generate far greater revenue. How many Cyber Trucks were they supposed to sell? Yeah. And that was a car. A thing that is at least a category people buy.
723.
by MBCook 9mo ago
If they just canceled the S and X I don’t think people would be making quite as much fun. Saying they’re dropping two products that aren’t profitable so they can make a new product that most people seem to think is a complete joke is the pr
724.
by MBCook 9mo ago
Didn’t they just announce their profits dropped like 45% year over a year? https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/28/tesla-earnings-profit-q4-2... They’ve been overvalued for a very very long time. And then the head
725.
by MBCook 9mo ago
I loved it. Not SNES levels, but I had a lot of fun. Caveat: I got it near the end of its life when blockbuster was selling off the ones they were renting. So for like 50 or 100 bucks we got the console and 4-5 games. Was it perfect? No. Bu
726.
by MBCook 9mo ago
The second revision with the better “head tracking” screen (I don’t remember how it worked) was much better than the launch model. But mostly, you’d just turn 3D off. It was a gimmick, cut the resolution in half, and doubled processing requ
727.
by MBCook 9mo ago
There’s a reason multiple projects popped up to replace OpenSSL after Heartbleed was discovered. Let’s see them to do this on projects with a better historical track record.
728.
by MBCook 9mo ago
All PAL TVs had a delay line in them? Crazy.
729.
by MBCook 9mo ago
I live in one of the US states with no emissions checks at all. Well that’s not strictly true. If you move into the state you have to get one emissions check to get your car licensed. After that, or if you buy the car in the state, no check
730.
by MBCook 9mo ago
Someone recommended them to me years ago and I’m never going back. One of the reasons I wrote the comment above is because my filter has worn out and needs replacing, so all of a sudden I can smell all this nonsense again. 1000% with the mo
731.
by MBCook 9mo ago
My EV also has an extra-tiny 12V battery because it doesn’t need to crank anything over. So extra drain would be an extra big problem.
732.
by MBCook 9mo ago
I have too. Mach-E.
733.
by MBCook 9mo ago
Physical controls and smart cars are not mutually exclusive. That’s why they’ve been fixing that. I agree that was an idiotic trend. But if someone wants a car without connectivity, it’s too late. The market is not strong enough to get rid
734.
by MBCook 9mo ago
Do they? I was under the impression most EVs cut off the connection to the high voltage battery almost all the time they’re not in use. They rely on a 12 V battery or a 48 V battery like a normal car. The only thing I’m aware of that specia
735.
by MBCook 9mo ago
I’ve run into a few of those. They’re generally pretty obvious. Usually a big truck, lots of MAGA & adjacent bumper stickers. I haven’t noticed people removing the catalytic converters just for noise. The rare time I see a car that want
736.
by MBCook 9mo ago
Stolen cars, exhaust leaks before the cat, incomplete combustion so bad the cat can’t cover it up. I assume it’s stuff like that. It’s not whatever tiny bit of oil gets burned in a healthy engine.
737.
by MBCook 9mo ago
I think expense is basically the problem. Cost to replace the catalytic converter, cost for new exhaust pipes, cost to diagnose ignition timing problems. Whatever. If the car drives and you don’t have the money I can completely understand w
738.
by MBCook 9mo ago
I’m not sure that’s really the case here. There’s simply no way you can’t notice bad pollution from vehicles. Standing near the average car isn’t that bad at all. EVs are way better, but it’s not that bad. But stand near a car that has some
739.
by MBCook 9mo ago
People live in neighborhoods. Even if the pollution is identical, moving it from where everyone lives and works over to more isolated areas where power plants are would still be a big benefit. We know EVs are cleaner than that. And when the
740.
by MBCook 9mo ago
That hasn’t worked for TVs. Or phones. Or plenty of other things.
741.
by MBCook 9mo ago
The number of ICE cars I get stuck behind from time to time that just REEK is amazing. I’m in a decently well off area too. Some putting off soot clouds, white smoke, nothing visible but clearly not doing complete combustion. Sometimes I wo
742.
by MBCook 9mo ago
Are they even pushing H264 to the pi? Or is this more of their “you’ll take WebP and like it” stuff.
743.
by MBCook 9mo ago
I think it’s more amazing it’s the latest GTA not only had been V for 3 console generations, but it’s still selling well .
744.
by MBCook 9mo ago
Right. In CPU scheduling this is the “race to idle” idea. Sometimes it’s more efficient to run a task at full CPU power for 25ms than low (non-idle) CPU power 100ms. It wouldn’t surprise me too much if the 4 could run the 3’s full load in l
745.
by MBCook 9mo ago
As a Java programmer I can only think of one thing: Reflection - unless you really need to do something fancy almost certainly a very bad idea in normal application code. Other than that it’s either just limiting yourself to a specific JVM
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by MBCook 9mo ago
Haven’t they done that before?
747.
by MBCook 9mo ago
Sorry but the LAST thing I want is people being able to YOLO code onto their cars to drive on public roads. That was my original main complaint with Tesla and why I distrusted them so much before Elon publicly lost the plot. Even with Autop
748.
by MBCook 9mo ago
Older systems including the older versions of Blue Cruise may not go around you, but you also don’t know if they even have radar cruise control enabled. If it’s a simple enough system maybe it would just keep going the same speed no matter
749.
by MBCook 9mo ago
Some lane keeping systems purposefully ping-pong between the lines to prevent you from relying on it by making it somewhat annoying. If you’re using it the way you’re supposed to and giving real steering input then it helps you stay within
750.
by MBCook 9mo ago
A few cars will go as far as to apply the brakes and pull over. I think a lot just end up disengaging the steering and cruise control while beeping loudly at you a lot. If the weight of your foot was somehow enough to push the pedal though,

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