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  1. Re:Magsafe please on Prioritizing the MacBook Hierarchy of Needs (sixcolors.com) · · Score: 1

    https://www.amazon.com/Plugabl...

    https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d...

    $17-18?

    Not a fan of the USB-C only BS, but this one isn't too bad.

  2. Man, I wish that show hadn't been cancelled. The episode with the drinking fountains was just too predictive.

    https://vimeo.com/29017688

  3. Bad mod undo.

  4. Re:I hope its better than the Model X. on Elon Musk Tweets New Details About Tesla's Model Y Electric SUV (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    The Subaru Crosstrek is just an Impreza with a 2" lift and some widebody-style extenders on the wheel arches.

    Cracks me up every time I see one. The only advantage it has over an Impreza for 95% of the drivers is it looks cool. And the lift and ridiculous wheels cost you about 10% of your gas mileage.

    Look at them side by side, they barely even tried to make them different:
    https://pictures.dealer.com/p/...

  5. Re:I hope its better than the Model X. on Elon Musk Tweets New Details About Tesla's Model Y Electric SUV (mashable.com) · · Score: 1

    No true scotsman...

    My 66 VW did just great off road without any extra lift or anything. It just got some more aggressively-treaded tires.

    The Model X has a little better clearance and shares a nice, flat undercarriage. Unless you want to define "off road" as some arbitrarily difficult to overcome hurdle, the X should be fine off road.

  6. Re:And In Other News... on Senate Confirms Former Coal Lobbyist Andrew Wheeler To Lead EPA (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Ironic comment.

    A republic is a democracy. Maybe you should go to a 5th grade social studies class and ask about "representative democracy" vs direct democracy.

    Here's a link for your future non-perusal:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  7. Re:Shouldn't we wait on Elon Musk Should Be Held In Contempt For Tweet, SEC Tells Judge (fastcompany.com) · · Score: 1

    But they could easily reach 500k cars in 2019 with those numbers, since there are two other models they make besides the 3.

    They make about 100k of the Model S and X yearly.

  8. IIRC they produced about 100k cars Model S and X range in both 2017 and 2018.

    Assuming that stays the same, then that would be 450-600k total vehicles.

  9. Whoosh

  10. Re:what a stupid design on A Software Malfunction Is Throwing Riders Off of Lime Scooters (qz.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    "...usually riding downhill at top speed while hitting a pothole or other obstacle..."

    It sounds like that's how the software worked, but those darn users found an edge case.

    Downhill at top speed: user is not applying motor. So the "motor called for" lockout on braking is off.

    While hitting a pothole: User is braking, hits a big pothole with the non-suspension front wheel. This would cause the wheel to momentarily stop turning. Now the "wheel is in motion" lockout on braking is off.

    Now imagine their time is up, and the software is ticking down waiting for the wheels to stop turning and power to stop being applied to lock the brakes. And then the above scenario happens.

    The fix will probably be as simple as changing the "wheels not turning" value to "wheels not turning for 2s." Those silly users break everything :)

    Sam

  11. Re:Intake manifold on Consumer Reports No Longer Recommends the Tesla Model 3 (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    I had to take off the intake manifold to replace the knock sensor on my 2000 Honda. PITA job for a crappy little plastic sensor that screws into the block under the manifold.

  12. Re:F Nike in the A on Nike Bricks Its Shoes With a Faulty Firmware Update (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    I think they mean Nike is using CK to virtue signal, not that CK is virtue signalling.

  13. Re:Shoe Lacing, but not as I have ever known it on Nike Bricks Its Shoes With a Faulty Firmware Update (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    "Who is this product really targeting?"

    Initially it was the physically disabled.

  14. Re:Firmware... for SHOES? on Nike Bricks Its Shoes With a Faulty Firmware Update (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    IIRC the power lacing Nikes were developed with input from Michael J Fox, who obviously has trouble tying shoes. I remember the release of the Nike Air Mags from Back to the Future had all the profits going to a Parkinsons research charity. They were making a big deal about accessibility for the disabled... I'm guessing a nice phone app with big buttons would be preferred for adjustments than some tiny buttons somewhere on the shoes themselves.

    So yeah, I think this is a fine idea. But if you buy them and don't have a disability, you're probably helping with economies of scale in manufacturing like people with actual gluten allergies now have lots of options to choose from because of people with trendy gluten allergies.

  15. "In LibreOffice 6.2, the "Tabbed" interface is now available for Writer, Calc, Impress, and Draw, and is considered sufficiently stable to be a default option."

    The problem is from reading the FS and not the FA. The summary is misleading and makes it sound like the ribbon-style interface is a default. The article says it's included in builds by default but you have to turn it on yourself in the menus.

  16. Re:Super Bowl? on FBI Confiscates Six Drones Near Super Bowl Stadium (reuters.com) · · Score: 1

    In F, it's when brine freezes...

    Not that it makes sense, but it's oddly similar.

    And 212 is because he wanted each degree to be a 1/180th step between the melting and boiling temps.

  17. Re: Sheet music! on Google Glass is Still Around (nymag.com) · · Score: 1

    And cart around a stand in addition to your instrument.

  18. Sheet music! on Google Glass is Still Around (nymag.com) · · Score: 1

    Honestly, sheet music is a pretty genius use for something like glass. That would be way better than paper music or tablets or whatever, especially for instruments you have to hold with your hands and use a stand for.

    But I'd love this even for the piano.

  19. The ultimate in courage!

  20. The seminal SNL sketch on this:

    https://www.metatube.com/en/vi...

  21. Re:replace the batteries on Tesla Proposes Microgrids With Solar and Batteries To Power Greek Islands (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    Edison batteries have a terrible charge-discharge efficiency. It's 65% under perfectly ideal conditions, and something like 50-55% under actual usage.

  22. Re:New Startup: SpaceY? on SpaceX to Lay Off 10% of Its Workers (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    SpaceX++

  23. My guess is the major system updates... like going to new build numbers?

  24. Re:C'mon Slashdot on Ajit Pai Cancels Trip To CES Amid Government Shutdown (theverge.com) · · Score: 0

    It's the Fox News slant. Reality doesn't match up with the propaganda, so outlets reporting neutral facts become "slant."