I'm sorry if I'm not fully ready to drink the Kool-Aid. I actually seek out old rentals when car shopping because I prefer fewer features in my cars. It's not that I hate bells and whistles, it's that they (a) are more prone to break, and (b) are much less impressive with the passage of time. After 5 years, your phone is far more feature-rich than even the highest-end in-dash factory system.
Check my fuel level from across the world? What possible use case is there for that? What action can I take from across the world based on my fuel level? Either way, my decision matrix is exactly the same: (1) get in car (2) if fuel is low, get gas (3) drive home.
build up carbon monoxide
I can see how you'd assume that I keep my car in a garage, since a garage is pretty much a prerequisite to owning a Tesla. But go ahead and count that as an advantage. If I could waste an extra $60k on a car, I could certainly afford to heat my garage.
Valet mode? On a Yaris? Who the hell joyrides in a Yaris? You only need valet mode because you drive a car that costs the same as a house. Anyway, aftermarket rev limiters are common for racing and they cost about $100-$200. It's not exactly advanced tech.
Keyless driving? I mean, if this is a use case you find yourself needing than sure, that's a unique feature. I've quite literally never had a friend call me while I was overseas and ask to borrow my car. If they did, I'd give them the combination to my house lock and let them take the keys from there. Low tech, but more convenient for my friend, who would not need to keep pestering me to remote-start the car from 6 time zones away.
Autopilot is cool and was groundbreaking when it came out, but you no longer need to buy a $100k car to get it - the Civic and lowly Malibu now have this capability. The hypothetical used Yaris? No. But a $20,000 Malibu will still save you at least $60k.
Tracking with GPS is not exactly groundbreaking. You can get a tracker for well under $200.
Redirecting to the nearest gas station is not a problem - Waze, Google Maps, Apple Maps... gas stations are everywhere - off of nearly every exit. This is a disadvantage of a Tesla, not an advantage.
Seat and steering wheel setting memory is available in nearly every car of modestly high trim level. Certainly anything as expensive as a Tesla. Not that this applies to you, but I'm tall so I like the mechanical kind since I just put it as far back as it goes anyway. It is much faster for me that way, and it saves me from having to try and scrunch in.
Safety rating is a legitimate thing to point out - Tesla really sets the bar on safety. Your chances of dying in a shitbox like a Yaris are much, much higher.
Backup cameras? Are you for real? These are very common. They even put those in rentals now, and aftermarket kits are cheap and work with the aftermarket head units.
Auto folding mirrors are common (especially in Europe) even on low-end cars. You can get them for the Yaris, even.
Bluetooth calling is available in everything - even the Yaris. It's built in to the aftermarket head units, in any event.
I can't believe you list 12-speaker sound, as if you can't put a completely kick-ass sound system in any car with 12-volts.
It's bloody stupid to compare the price of a new sports sedan to a used econobox, as if they're remotely the same market segment.
I actually agree. But lets not pretend that the Tesla is magic. It had some very compelling features at launch that are now common on cars costing $60k less. Most of the things you list are either common, easy to upgrade, or wiz-bang stuff that is so niche as to be bizarre. I mean, I can technically turn my ceiling fan on or off from my smart phone, but I have never done so other than to see if it really worked. It's not something that I would actually list as a feature of my house because it is useless.
With all that said, if I were in the habit of buying $100k cars, a Tesla would be a very strong contender.
For literally $60 - maybe $200 installed - you can make any car remote-start. Streaming media? That's commonly called a head unit, available everywhere for any car of any age. Teslas are by all accounts nice cars, but let's not pretend they are cost-effective. Some features are indeed exclusive to luxury cars, but things like emergency braking are found on cars as cheap as the Subaru Impreza for $25,000.
Well, there's his tireless work to persuade the Iranians to accelerate their nuclear program. That's a bit of an own goal.
So far he's held the status quo. The jury is still out on how much Obama was able to slow them down. Certainly they made a lot of progress under both Bush and Obama, so I don't really understand how it's a failure of Trump in particular.
There's his support for a ruthless strongman who's trying to seize power in Saudi Arabia, which is also having the effect of strengthening Iranian influence.
I don't really understand what makes Salman more ruthless than the monarchs who we've supported there for decades.
He's converted "support for Israel" into a partisan issue in the USA.
No he hasn't. He picked up on it and used it - don't give the man too much credit. In any case, if Jews end up leaving the Democratic party over Israel it won't be Israel that rues the day.
starting with pulling out of the TPP
People finally woke up to the negative side of "free" trade agreements, and even Clinton would have needed to pull out of TPP. This has nothing to do with Trump.
Let's assume that I buy into the AmericanProgress agenda and agree that Trump's moves represent a failure. Back to the original thesis I replied to, you think it seems reasonable that Trump would stage a botched alert in Hawaii to "cover up" what amounts to him basically fulfilling a campaign promise?
Jerusalem is a reasonable critique, though I'd point out that a peace agreement has been elusive since partition... I'm not sure Trump taking us out of that, ahem, "negotiation" has any meaningful impact.
As to the ascent of China, they are on the way to being the largest economy in the world. We will eventually cede "leadership" to them no matter what. Maybe a more astute president could delay the inevitable a bit, but every one since George I has done everything right to accelerate their growth.
So let me get this thesis straight... the Hawaii botched drill was an elaborate ruse in a solid blue state to distract from Trump's failure to significantly change US foreign policy from it's historic course? Alrighty then.
OK? Not sure how this answers my question about Trump's big foreign policy flop. I think my post was pretty damning of Bush's foreign policy - and Obama's for that matter. I think you are preaching to the converted.
I'm curious to know what big failure you are referring to? Russia annexing some bordering territory? Oh, wait, that was the last two administrations. North Korea developing advanced missile and nuclear technology? Oops, it was those last two administrations. Oh, you mean that quagmire in the Middle East!...That he inherited from the last two administrations.
Don't get me wrong, I don't think he has any clue what he's doing, but lets not pretend he's straying far off the recent track record of US foreign policy.
Yeah, we used Windows Embedded for years in an industrial product. There were two drivers. The first was a well-tested library that we needed was most commonly used in Windows. The vendor was willing to build for Linux, but we would be the first users and didn't like the risk. The second driver was, believe it or not, USB thumbdrive support. At the end of the 90s, floppies were too small, so we transitioned to superdrives (compatible with floppies, but capacity was up to 120MB). Only one vendor made these drives, though, and soon they were end of life. The only good alternative was to support thumbdrives. But Linux back then was very hit-or-miss for thumbdrive support. Windows worked with nearly everything our customers threw into it.
Ironically (or not), the USB support is where we've had virus problems with Windows Embedded.
Linux USB support is now just fine, so we've transitioned to Linux. But Windows Embedded was fine - it let you only install the services you needed, so the vulnerability profile was much smaller than "kitchen sink" Windows.
The Republicans opted out of the process entirely. I think this was a huge mistake, because Obamacare could have been a market-driven way to keep healthcare costs down. They blew it. With that said, the resulting law had nothing at all to do with Republicans - the entire law rests at the feet of the Democrats.
That's a bizarre generalization. Suggest a visit to the midwest, Atlanta, California, New York, and Texas. Hell, just take a drive from the top of California to the bottom.
It's not really my genre, because of the issues you describe. But of the few I have played, you could either "win" a sapphire crystal (or sword of conquest, or golden bubble, or whatever), or you could go buy it in the store for some ridiculous amount of money. Maybe I'm misunderstanding?
Yeah, I get that a single dead pixel won't ruin an image - heck, I'm wearing dirty glasses right now and my brain only noticed the dirt just now as I thought of it. But that scenario is not likely to come up in this case - it would be a pretty crappy video trick if only one pixel was changed! This is more akin to someone walking around wearing a rubber mask.
The link you sent is not an "enhancement" - it is Google developing a search algorithm that can track down a good high-resolution photo using a low-resolution version as a seed. In that article, there is a graphic demonstrating how it works - the second column is not a reconstruction, but a matched image from a huge library. They are demonstrating how well it matches images, not how well it recreates them.
Slashdot Mirror
I'm sorry if I'm not fully ready to drink the Kool-Aid. I actually seek out old rentals when car shopping because I prefer fewer features in my cars. It's not that I hate bells and whistles, it's that they (a) are more prone to break, and (b) are much less impressive with the passage of time. After 5 years, your phone is far more feature-rich than even the highest-end in-dash factory system.
Check my fuel level from across the world? What possible use case is there for that? What action can I take from across the world based on my fuel level? Either way, my decision matrix is exactly the same: (1) get in car (2) if fuel is low, get gas (3) drive home.
build up carbon monoxide
I can see how you'd assume that I keep my car in a garage, since a garage is pretty much a prerequisite to owning a Tesla. But go ahead and count that as an advantage. If I could waste an extra $60k on a car, I could certainly afford to heat my garage.
Valet mode? On a Yaris? Who the hell joyrides in a Yaris? You only need valet mode because you drive a car that costs the same as a house. Anyway, aftermarket rev limiters are common for racing and they cost about $100-$200. It's not exactly advanced tech.
Keyless driving? I mean, if this is a use case you find yourself needing than sure, that's a unique feature. I've quite literally never had a friend call me while I was overseas and ask to borrow my car. If they did, I'd give them the combination to my house lock and let them take the keys from there. Low tech, but more convenient for my friend, who would not need to keep pestering me to remote-start the car from 6 time zones away.
Autopilot is cool and was groundbreaking when it came out, but you no longer need to buy a $100k car to get it - the Civic and lowly Malibu now have this capability. The hypothetical used Yaris? No. But a $20,000 Malibu will still save you at least $60k.
Tracking with GPS is not exactly groundbreaking. You can get a tracker for well under $200.
Redirecting to the nearest gas station is not a problem - Waze, Google Maps, Apple Maps... gas stations are everywhere - off of nearly every exit. This is a disadvantage of a Tesla, not an advantage.
Seat and steering wheel setting memory is available in nearly every car of modestly high trim level. Certainly anything as expensive as a Tesla. Not that this applies to you, but I'm tall so I like the mechanical kind since I just put it as far back as it goes anyway. It is much faster for me that way, and it saves me from having to try and scrunch in.
Safety rating is a legitimate thing to point out - Tesla really sets the bar on safety. Your chances of dying in a shitbox like a Yaris are much, much higher.
Backup cameras? Are you for real? These are very common. They even put those in rentals now, and aftermarket kits are cheap and work with the aftermarket head units.
Auto folding mirrors are common (especially in Europe) even on low-end cars. You can get them for the Yaris, even.
Bluetooth calling is available in everything - even the Yaris. It's built in to the aftermarket head units, in any event.
I can't believe you list 12-speaker sound, as if you can't put a completely kick-ass sound system in any car with 12-volts.
It's bloody stupid to compare the price of a new sports sedan to a used econobox, as if they're remotely the same market segment.
I actually agree. But lets not pretend that the Tesla is magic. It had some very compelling features at launch that are now common on cars costing $60k less. Most of the things you list are either common, easy to upgrade, or wiz-bang stuff that is so niche as to be bizarre. I mean, I can technically turn my ceiling fan on or off from my smart phone, but I have never done so other than to see if it really worked. It's not something that I would actually list as a feature of my house because it is useless.
With all that said, if I were in the habit of buying $100k cars, a Tesla would be a very strong contender.
For literally $60 - maybe $200 installed - you can make any car remote-start. Streaming media? That's commonly called a head unit, available everywhere for any car of any age. Teslas are by all accounts nice cars, but let's not pretend they are cost-effective. Some features are indeed exclusive to luxury cars, but things like emergency braking are found on cars as cheap as the Subaru Impreza for $25,000.
Well, there's his tireless work to persuade the Iranians to accelerate their nuclear program. That's a bit of an own goal.
So far he's held the status quo. The jury is still out on how much Obama was able to slow them down. Certainly they made a lot of progress under both Bush and Obama, so I don't really understand how it's a failure of Trump in particular.
There's his support for a ruthless strongman who's trying to seize power in Saudi Arabia, which is also having the effect of strengthening Iranian influence.
I don't really understand what makes Salman more ruthless than the monarchs who we've supported there for decades.
He's converted "support for Israel" into a partisan issue in the USA.
No he hasn't. He picked up on it and used it - don't give the man too much credit. In any case, if Jews end up leaving the Democratic party over Israel it won't be Israel that rues the day.
starting with pulling out of the TPP
People finally woke up to the negative side of "free" trade agreements, and even Clinton would have needed to pull out of TPP. This has nothing to do with Trump.
Let's assume that I buy into the AmericanProgress agenda and agree that Trump's moves represent a failure. Back to the original thesis I replied to, you think it seems reasonable that Trump would stage a botched alert in Hawaii to "cover up" what amounts to him basically fulfilling a campaign promise?
Jerusalem is a reasonable critique, though I'd point out that a peace agreement has been elusive since partition... I'm not sure Trump taking us out of that, ahem, "negotiation" has any meaningful impact.
As to the ascent of China, they are on the way to being the largest economy in the world. We will eventually cede "leadership" to them no matter what. Maybe a more astute president could delay the inevitable a bit, but every one since George I has done everything right to accelerate their growth.
How's that worldview working out for you?
Tad Cooper.
So, no answer about foreign policy failures, then?
So let me get this thesis straight... the Hawaii botched drill was an elaborate ruse in a solid blue state to distract from Trump's failure to significantly change US foreign policy from it's historic course? Alrighty then.
OK? Not sure how this answers my question about Trump's big foreign policy flop. I think my post was pretty damning of Bush's foreign policy - and Obama's for that matter. I think you are preaching to the converted.
I'm curious to know what big failure you are referring to? Russia annexing some bordering territory? Oh, wait, that was the last two administrations. North Korea developing advanced missile and nuclear technology? Oops, it was those last two administrations. Oh, you mean that quagmire in the Middle East! ...That he inherited from the last two administrations.
Don't get me wrong, I don't think he has any clue what he's doing, but lets not pretend he's straying far off the recent track record of US foreign policy.
What? It's only off by one letter! It has to be nearly the same...
He's probably thinking of the old ARC chip that they used formerly.
Yeah, we used Windows Embedded for years in an industrial product. There were two drivers. The first was a well-tested library that we needed was most commonly used in Windows. The vendor was willing to build for Linux, but we would be the first users and didn't like the risk. The second driver was, believe it or not, USB thumbdrive support. At the end of the 90s, floppies were too small, so we transitioned to superdrives (compatible with floppies, but capacity was up to 120MB). Only one vendor made these drives, though, and soon they were end of life. The only good alternative was to support thumbdrives. But Linux back then was very hit-or-miss for thumbdrive support. Windows worked with nearly everything our customers threw into it.
Ironically (or not), the USB support is where we've had virus problems with Windows Embedded.
Linux USB support is now just fine, so we've transitioned to Linux. But Windows Embedded was fine - it let you only install the services you needed, so the vulnerability profile was much smaller than "kitchen sink" Windows.
The Republicans opted out of the process entirely. I think this was a huge mistake, because Obamacare could have been a market-driven way to keep healthcare costs down. They blew it. With that said, the resulting law had nothing at all to do with Republicans - the entire law rests at the feet of the Democrats.
I would have liked to see a public option as part of Obamacare. That seemed like a nice compromise, but we don't do that anymore.
We recently were in Paris and found everyone to be just fine. Of course, we lived in NYC for 5 years so perhaps our standards are, um, different.
Look at my travel pictures, and most of the time if I need a sweatshirt it's my Niagara Falls Canada sweatshirt :)
And Americans are exceedingly polite.
That's a bizarre generalization. Suggest a visit to the midwest, Atlanta, California, New York, and Texas. Hell, just take a drive from the top of California to the bottom.
I'm sure that's how you'd like it to work.
I downloaded porn with Gopher.
Now get off my lawn!
It's not really my genre, because of the issues you describe. But of the few I have played, you could either "win" a sapphire crystal (or sword of conquest, or golden bubble, or whatever), or you could go buy it in the store for some ridiculous amount of money. Maybe I'm misunderstanding?
Yeah, I get that a single dead pixel won't ruin an image - heck, I'm wearing dirty glasses right now and my brain only noticed the dirt just now as I thought of it. But that scenario is not likely to come up in this case - it would be a pretty crappy video trick if only one pixel was changed! This is more akin to someone walking around wearing a rubber mask.
The link you sent is not an "enhancement" - it is Google developing a search algorithm that can track down a good high-resolution photo using a low-resolution version as a seed. In that article, there is a graphic demonstrating how it works - the second column is not a reconstruction, but a matched image from a huge library. They are demonstrating how well it matches images, not how well it recreates them.
All machines that give tickets give them regardless of how you play.
Is there any indication that these tablet games sell boxes with nothing in them?
The tickets can be purchased for 1 cent each.
The games are happy to sell you items directly rather than take your chance on the loot box.
As a parent I couldn't care less about the tickets, we are there to have some fun playing games.
You aren't a kid. They absolutely care about the tickets. As a parent.
But the kids like counting them up and trading them in for some candy or a trinket or something.
And the kids like buying mystery boxes. That's why we're here.
I would think the absence of an ability to trade in tickets on anything of value would make it even less like gambling.