[–] 14 points 14 hours ago* (1 child)

EV trucks don't have to be about the environment. My F-150 lightning was cheaper than the comparable ICE model, and is the best performing truck I've ever owned.

It tows 8,000lbs like there's nothing behind it, doesn't give af about elevation, never losses traction, and takes off like a rocket. Being vastly cheaper to run as well as being better for the environment could be secondary to any sensible truck owner who isn't towing more than ~120 miles at a time.

The EV Silverado looks even better.

The CyberTruck failed because it's a douche mobile, who's only purpose was to get attention.

The F-150 was discontinued because Ford is a dinosaur of a company who couldn't sell it correctly (or didn't want to advertise it's strengths and tick off their hick ICE buyers).

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  • [–] 27 points 18 hours ago (1 child)

    Just so the CyberCab can fail next. It couldn't happen to a better company.

    Musk's obsession with 'breaking the mold' is driving one terrible idea after another. Their Vision-only 2 seater will never be approved for full autonomous, leaving them with a single awkward front seat taxi.

    And without a rear window, I doubt even the most die-hard Musk Rats would choose it as their main car over a Model 3.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

    You can't try someone criminally posthumously, and the civil trial would not carry the same weight.

    Let alone the media surrounding him would quickly disappear and his cronies could quietly fade from the lime light with all the money they stole.

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  • [–] 30 points 2 days ago (5 children)

    And let him and his friends get off that easy? No way, try them all, convict them, send them to prison or the gallows, and claw back as much of the money they've gained at the expensive of the country as possible.

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  • [–] 250 points 1 week ago (15 children)

    Andy Yen, the CEO of Proton, had a message for an employee in the company’s security Slack channel who urged the company to at least take a few days to pentest newly written code before pushing it live. “That’s bullshit and loser thinking. Of course it’s possible to be fast and secure,” Yen wrote in the channel at the end of August. “Stop thinking always of how to be slower, and focus more on how to be faster.”

    In a follow-up message, Yen reiterated his point: “only losers think like that.” His ultimate message for the team was to “stop lovingly handcrafting all our code and use AI more.”

    This sounds like the most insecure loser statement I've ever heard. Andy Yen and the rest of the Proton Execs seem to have fully bought into the man-o-sphere in the same way that every basement incel has.

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  • [–] 8 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    When I say "Republicans" I'm not just talking about politicians. Republican voters have all chosen to support pedophilia, rape, and blatant corrupion.

    It's actually not even clear what other policies Republican voters support. It's not small government, fiscal responsibility, family values, or law and order. As far as I can tell, they're only the party of pedophiles.

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  • [–] 27 points 1 week ago (4 children)

    https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/illinois-man-with-lengthy-criminal-history-arrested-in-white-powder-threats-to-members-of-congress/4007650/?amp=1

    He's been convicted of threatening a public official, impersonating police and sexually assaulting a minor, then violating the sex offender registration laws. Now, he's facing his first federal charge after the FBI said he admitted sending threatening envelopes to four Illinois members of Congress, including northwest suburban Democrat Brad Schneider.

    The usual suspect.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago

    This is making the opposite point. Capitalism should stop this, banks and homeowners should be the ones suing over this instead of the states.

    These fraudulent risk assessments should theoretically be putting massive investments at huge risk, but no one cares because in the end they know they'll get bailed out by the insurer of last resort (the state).

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  • [–] 23 points 2 weeks ago

    Raping kids is normal to Trump, in his failing mental state he no longer understands that it's an issue for the rest of the world.

    Unfortunately, about a third of the country's voters also don't have an issue with this.

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