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  1. Microsoft? on Mystery Donor Pledges $1 Million To The GNOME Foundation (betanews.com) · · Score: 2

    Look at what Gnome3 has done to fracture the user base.

    Microsoft benefits from more changes in Gnome.

  2. Re:Stumble on StumbleUpon Is Shutting Down After 16 Years of Service (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    I can't understand why they aren't selling it and instead just shutting it down, seems really odd.

    Read TFA for your answer:
    "Existing StumbleUpon accounts will be transitioned to Mix ahead of the June 30 deadline."

    They did sell it: to eBay, then bought it back and now they are setting up a new service.

  3. Where's 110010001000 when you need him?

  4. Re:Just as scott adams predicted: on Trump Cancels Singapore Summit With North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    I think both made references to it.

  5. Re:Just as scott adams predicted: on Trump Cancels Singapore Summit With North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Pence's reference to the "Libya model" killed the negotiations.

    I honestly thought that Pence was more intelligent than Trump (but also more evil). Now I'm not so sure.

  6. Re: Hydrogen? on Tesla Model 3 Falls Short of Consumer Reports Recommendation (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    With Lithium Ion, the bigger the battery, the faster you can put energy into the battery, which means more regenerative braking with a bigger battery.

    You may have to use another technology if you want a good amount of regenerative braking without having a very large battery.

  7. Re:Hybrid brakes on Tesla Model 3 Falls Short of Consumer Reports Recommendation (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Paraphrased: "Waaaaaa ...... I want it to behave like my ICE. Change is Baaaaad"

    You must drive an automatic. Manual cars slow down when you lift off due to engine braking.

    All electric vehicles use regenerative braking when you lift off the accelerator. The original Leaf has a mode that increases the regen braking when you lift off.

    The Bolt and Leaf have a single pedal mode which actually applies the brakes when you lift off the accelerator.

  8. Pai was appointed to the FCC by Obama,

    While that is true, it is a misrepresentation by omission. Obama was required to appoint someone acceptable to the Republicans. He had little choice in the matter.

  9. Re:Hybrid brakes on Tesla Model 3 Falls Short of Consumer Reports Recommendation (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    No hydraulic connection between the brakes and the pedal,

    You know that some manufacturers did this decades ago? Citroen and Rolls Royce.

  10. Re:Hybrid brakes on Tesla Model 3 Falls Short of Consumer Reports Recommendation (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    This smells like the automated system isn't aggressive enough in engaging the friction brakes when the pedal is hit hard

    I don't think that Tesla brakes work like that. You lift off the accelerator and you get full regenerative braking. Then you push on the brake pedal and you get brake application. Tesla doesn't modulate the brake pedal for regenerative braking.

    Other possibilities: firmware update overnight or bad test methodology.

  11. Re:How about a fucking gauge cluster on Tesla Unveils Dual Motor and Performance Specs For Model 3 · · Score: 1

    I assume you don't have a touchscreen phone, do you?

    Technology progresses. The controls that you might need to operate immediately are on the stalks, which, together with the automation means that the touchscreen in the Model 3 works well.

    Someone else commented on the location of the screen. I would refer them to the venerable Mini and many other old cars which only had a central speedometer and controls.

  12. Re:How about a fucking gauge cluster on Tesla Unveils Dual Motor and Performance Specs For Model 3 · · Score: 1

    Like the wipers

    Rain-sensing wipers plus individual wash/wipe controlled by a stalk switch. What else do you need?

  13. Re:Low cost, affordable on Tesla Unveils Dual Motor and Performance Specs For Model 3 · · Score: 1

    I have trouble seeing why people would choose a base S over a performance 3

    1. Larger. More room.
    2. Better storage. The trunk liftgate allows more luggage, dogs, etc. in the back.
    3. Most Model S buyers don't care about price.

    Yes, the Model 3 will cannibalize low end Model S sales, but I think you will see the minimum configuration of a Model S become more expensive.

  14. Re:Will the real $35k Model 3 please stand up? on Tesla Unveils Dual Motor and Performance Specs For Model 3 · · Score: 1

    He may have seen a Model 3, but he hasn't seen a Rolls Royce up close. Fit and finish isn't good on them.

  15. Re:Sounds great, things are on track on Tesla Unveils Dual Motor and Performance Specs For Model 3 · · Score: 1

    but has tested as low as 4.7s, it could be even quicker

    On Youtube, one guy showed repeated 0-60 runs in 4.4s.

  16. Re:Too much money on Tesla Unveils Dual Motor and Performance Specs For Model 3 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Having recently taken delivery of a Model 3, had I known that the dual-motor/AWD version would be available for $5k more while still getting the full federal tax rebate, I would have taken that option.

  17. Re:As silly as it sounds this is a big deal on Bill Gates Shares His Memories of Donald Trump (cnn.com) · · Score: -1, Troll

    You forgot nos. 4 and 5.

    4. Normalized misogyny.
    5. Normalized racism.

  18. Re:Proud and incurable ignorance, or just stupid? on Bill Gates Shares His Memories of Donald Trump (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    I actually think there is a tiny bit of evidence that Trump has learned two things along the way. That's why he doesn't gamble with his own money now.

    Listen to the "Trump Inc." podcast. The latest one pointed out something very unusual about Trump's more recent real estate investments: they have used Trump money exclusively. This isn't just unusual for Trump, it's unusual in the field of real estate development.

  19. Re:No opt-out is evil on People Hate Canada's New 'Amber Alert' System (www.cbc.ca) · · Score: 1

    The cost of backup cameras is insignificant in modern cars.

    Just about every car already has an LCD display and the tiny camera they install for the backup view can't cost much at all.

  20. Re:Dear Uncle Elon...let it go already on Should The Media Cover Tesla Accidents? (chicagotribune.com) · · Score: 1

    After much (2 minutes) of research I concur...it was used in the Marina Princess and the Wolseley 16 which is almost as insulting (although far more obscure to 'Muricans) so I'll go with that.

    Don't forget the Hindustan Ambassador.

    I'm also going to stop questioning you about the $55,000+ 'Model 3'

    Yeah, it was a bitter pill to swallow to pay $9k for the long range battery and another $5k for the premium package. But, on the flip side, it's so much fun to drive. And, the simple fact is, I can afford it.

  21. Re:Dear Uncle Elon...let it go already on Should The Media Cover Tesla Accidents? (chicagotribune.com) · · Score: 2

    This isn't necessarily because they are safer but because nobody can afford them and Tesla is incapable of building them in any kind of volume,

    The Model 3 in my garage suggests that you are wrong on both counts.

    While I respect your choice of a tractor engined MGA that leaks more fluids daily than a jock on prom night

    You are thinking of Triumphs. The B-series engine was never used in a tractor. The nearest agricultural application was a combine harvester. The leaking thing, though? That's just my car marking its territory.

    Tesla also got butt-hurt and sued over Top Gear for (very legitimately) pointing out that when you track their car it in no way went 211 miles.

    That was some grade-A stupidity by Tesla. They did not do their research properly and should never have lent the car.

  22. Re:Dear Uncle Elon...let it go already on Should The Media Cover Tesla Accidents? (chicagotribune.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    It's also expected that your brand new luxury cars will be marginally safer than my 1974 AMC Gremlin.

    I don't think that there is any doubt about whether a Tesla is safer than your 1974 AMC Gremlin*. The question is whether Teslas are more likely to be involved in an accident than other cars (including your Gremlin).

    * you choose to drive a classic car and the model you choose is a Gremlin? Really? You could not find a collectible car with more class? 1957 MGA here.

  23. Re:Dang... on 'I Asked Apple for All My Data. Here's What Was Sent Back' (zdnet.com) · · Score: 1

    who's model is sell your data

    It's possible that I am wrong about this, but I think that you have Google's business model back to front.

    I think Google guards the data it holds on people very carefully. It doesn't sell that data. Instead, it uses that data to place ads on behalf of the ad buyers. In other words, it sells access to relevant eyeballs. It's possible that it also uses the information it has to manipulate people into buying products, reading websites, viewing more ads, etc..

    I don't think that you can buy the data from Google because selling that data is contrary to Google's goals.

  24. Listen to the "Trump Inc" podcast.

    I don't think making money from the casinos was ever a central part of the plan.

  25. Re:Want us to have kids on US Births Dip To 30-Year Low (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Or, perhaps, allow people from other countries to move to the USA ... Like, Syrians and other people living in war-torn areas.