On Friday, a terrorist attack at a concert hall in Moscow led to the death of 133 people with ISIS-K claiming responsibility for the attack. The attack involved a shooting rampage and a fire breaking out and there was initially suspicion by Russian forces that Ukraine was responsible. This is a ver...
Jump to post. I'm looking at the Galaxy S24 Ultra or the Pixel 8 pro. My main hangups are the bloatware issue on the galaxy and battery life on on the pixel. From reviews I've read the cameras are ranked high, some each phone beats the other but still rank high. I'd love to have a great night mode and a big ra...
Jump to postDrowned in the whole Navalny affair, this bit of Russia just being Russia: A Russian helicopter pilot that defected to Ukraine (getting an important cash reward in the process) has been found shot dead in Spain. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-68337794 I don't think they'll even bother with a ...
Jump to postTo be clear, I'm not a fan of his, but, I am really failing to see how a company unconnected to him, with the financial backing of Dubai World shutting down is his fault. The HSR in California has enough issues with needing Elon to stab it in the back. From the horses mouth: "Musk admitted to ...
Jump to postjetwet1 wrote:Guys, Elon proposed the Hyperloop, but Hyperloop One was not his.
FWD is cheaper and makes the car more spacious. With margins on small cars being really tight, they decided on FWD. They did customer interviews when designing their 3rd generation 1series. Apparently most customers did not even know their 1st and 2nd generation 1series was RWD. It started with the...
Jump to postOne of the reasons I am not eager to get a new car. I had my 2000 A6 for 15 years. I hope to keep my 2016 A4 for maybe not quite that long but I am approaching 5 years in a few months. Delay as long as possible having to get something with even more technology and things that can go wrong. One of m...
Jump to postThis is the thing that many people don't understand about road trips in EVs. Just because an EV would work fine for daily commuting and errands around an urban area where you can charge at home 99% of the time, it doesn't work for everyone. Launch on a road trip across Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, t...
Jump to postHave you checked at your rest stops to make sure that they have EV charging stations and not all are in use? That's what makes ICE vehicles currently superior. You don't have to plan your trips around fueling stops. Many hotels don't have charging stations yet. This is the thing that many people do...
Jump to postOut of curiosity, how are densely-populated Asian countries like China and South Korea dealing with EVs? Detached houses are far less common there. Istanbul certainly also isn't known for extensive suburbs either. Those who can afford EVs live in the kind of place where you can have chargers (eithe...
Jump to post"Hertz pulls back on EV plans citing Tesla price cuts, high repair costs" https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/26/hertz-pulls-back-on-ev-plans-citing-tesla-price-cuts-repair-costs.html?recirc=taboolainternal. Apparently they eat tires and brakes. Fascinating that a product becoming cheaper makes ...
Jump to postMBS wanted the WC in 2030, but that wasn’t possible so soon after Qatar was the host, as the tournament is supposed to rotate between the FIFA confederations. MBS then wanted 2034, but that was also too soon as both South America and Africa had to host before it could go back to the AFC (Asian Foot...
Jump to postI feel like this is something that football (soccer) fans repeatedly complain about...yet they keep going and paying more for the privilege of doing so. Hold FIFA accountable by NOT watching the World Cup en masse for a cycle and the problem will rectify itself. Once competition starts tribal suppo...
Jump to postI feel like this is something that football (soccer) fans repeatedly complain about...yet they keep going and paying more for the privilege of doing so. Hold FIFA accountable by NOT watching the World Cup en masse for a cycle and the problem will rectify itself. Once competition starts tribal suppo...
Jump to postSo it turns out they weren't the electric cars after all (link in German, but translation works fine), all seem to be intact in the lower decks.
https://www.dmt-puls.de/news/e-autos-wo ... twortlich/
While I agree with what has been said about "X," I think it needs to be remembered that Threads currently has roughly 8 million daily users whereas X has hundreds of millions. Threads is not even available in Europe yet while the twitter experience gets worse every day with your feed cons...
Jump to postShips also carry a supply of bottled CO2 to flood spaces that are on fire - mainly the engine room. Just don't do that if someone is trapped in the space by the fire because they'll die. They used to use halon until that was banned. I'm not sure starving a lithium battery fire of oxygen puts it out...
Jump to postSo to me the Y still has a significant edge. Same could be said for the 3 for sedan aficionados. If you want to compare European specs, use Bjorn Nyland spreadsheet. Lots of info there. Also the supercharger network is mostly open to non-Teslas so not too much of an advantage either. You can get a ...
Jump to postThe Ioniq has a small battery and doesn't go far so that's less weight which help its efficiency. The Lucid Air is indeed marginally better despite being a large and heavy car with a gigantic battery. And the Kona is more efficient that the Y. That's grasping at straws anyway, Tesla had a clear edg...
Jump to postThat Tesla don't meet their range is one thing, that they're the most efficient is another thing. From what I've seen they're the most efficient, in real world testing. Also ICE cars will also advertise a range that has nothing to do with the conditions, don't know how you plan to drive, at what sp...
Jump to postThis is what causes drivers to believe something is wrong with the vehicle, and generates the service calls, which Tesla then tries to avoid. You can argue that Tesla is right, in that nothing is actually wrong with the vehicle. But then why misrepresent the range in the first place? Because that a...
Jump to postThe Tesla Reddit forums keep taking down the posts, but from many comments, the issue seems divided between people blaming driver’s for their ignorance on how to use a Tesla or some drivers saying they experienced exactly what is described in the article. Tesla advocates have been a mighty clannish...
Jump to postAvatar2go wrote:This is somewhat similar to DieselGate, software tweaked to misrepresent the actual performance. So TeslaGate?
Ensures that those of us at home have a full and clear view of the combat situation, as for why the first tank was abandoned and the hatches left open, perhaps there was no sensitive equipment inside to be destroyed? Most likely crew bailed out and thought the tank was recoverable. That's probably ...
Jump to postFor us tech nerds, 'enshittification' is showing up as projects that start as open-source then get converted to closed-source step by step. The corporations take advantage of the open source community's free value-add right up to the point they decide they are 'too big to fail' and start closing th...
Jump to postI've been wandering across southern Europe for a month now. The heat doesn't seem to be lessening the summer crowds much. Ice ceam vendors appear to be happy with it. Extreme heat has always been present in these areas.(where I'm fortunate to be from and spend a lot of time) It's the frequency and ...
Jump to postIn Switzerland I really missed.... well, people. Everything closes down so early and the streets are empty. Barely any buzz or signs of life anywhere outside of private gatherings. I'm sure Geneva or Zurich would be somewhat better, than Lugano though. Now in Mexico I really miss good cheese and win...
Jump to post. The worst thing is, these mines will remain there indefinitely. 10, 20, 40 years from now, kids will be killed, farmers will loose limbs, construction sites need to be probed for unexploded ordnance and mines. Even today, bombs and grenades from WW2 are found regularly and artillery shells from W...
Jump to post. The worst thing is, these mines will remain there indefinitely. 10, 20, 40 years from now, kids will be killed, farmers will loose limbs, construction sites need to be probed for unexploded ordnance and mines. Even today, bombs and grenades from WW2 are found regularly and artillery shells from W...
Jump to postSo I planted some jalapeños, poblanos, tabasco, and banana peppers (I'm just gonna pickle these most likely) this year and they're producing fruit like crazy now. In fact, pretty soon I'm going to be overwhelmed with peppers. So I'm trying to decide what to do with them. I put sauce on literally ev...
Jump to post1) don’t they know more or less where the original wreck is that they were trying to sink to? Yes, the location of the Titanic is known. But, the ocean is vast. Even if we knew their destination, the wreck is almost 4 km below the surface and we don't know what happened and when. It's close to thre...
Jump to postjetwet1 wrote:I've been wondering if VW will come out with an eGTI, that would be an automatic buy for me.
ACDC8 wrote:My new car came in so I picked her up this week - 2023 GTI 40th Anniversary Edition - manual transmission of course:
Daily driver is a Giulia 2.2 Turbo, recently passed the 100K line and still some 18 months on the lease. Shares the garage with a Wrangler and one of these in dark red. https://i0.wp.com/www.escuderia.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/seat-850-sport-0.jpg?resize=1152%2C603&ssl=1
Jump to postOther than embassy staff how many of these foreign nations requiring evacuation are dual citizens / passport holders, if Sudan is / was a "basket case" nation, why would so many foreigners go there to work, are their employers actually assisting with the development of the nation? A cousi...
Jump to postNo "fear", just preparedness. Having a gun available is no different than having a spare tire in your car or a fire extinguisher in your kitchen. Your odds of ever needing it are slight, but if you do need it, nothing else will suffice. It is very different. And the results of that mindse...
Jump to postJust read the gun threads, people live in a perpetual state of fear they will be robbed and assaulted and a gun is thin line between civilization and utter madness. No "fear", just preparedness. Having a gun available is no different than having a spare tire in your car or a fire extingui...
Jump to postIf there was a knock on the door and I thought the person outside was dangerous then why open the door?. The man shot through the door. Then again on the victim already on the ground. So why open the door and fire again?. Because get off my lawn seems to be socially accepted by a large group of peo...
Jump to postFor me, this shooting is just a symptom of something wrong within American society. Rather than the land of the free, it’s starting to seem like the US is the land of the fearful. There’s a narrative that’s become some embedded in US. Society that I’m not even sure you can fix it. Your told that th...
Jump to postYes. When 5-10% of the populace accounts for 50% of all homicides, there is a cultural problem that needs to be addressed. I do not think it is cultural, as the places these gang members come from, abroad or from the USA, do not have the level of gun violence as certain places in the USA. I think i...
Jump to postGang violence. Not really a GOP problem. Too many young people in the reliable DNC voting bloc think it is cool to shoot at each other. We see this happening nearly every day across the country. Definitely a cultural issue that needs to be addressed…musicians need to stop glorifying gang violence a...
Jump to postThe issue is about the polish domestic grain market being affected and thus the polish farmers suffering under that competition, while the grain should actually go to the international markets. Even with the turkish-managed maritime export scheme Ukraine still doesn't have enough transport capacity...
Jump to postAnd before someone tries to gotcha me on this, I'm fully aware of beanbag rounds for shotguns and Olympic target shooting .22 pistols and many other firearms specifically tailored for purposes besides the hunting of man. The problem is that there's a tendency to cite things like those to justify th...
Jump to postThis has the unfortunate effect of inflicting serious injury if you happen to be hit by said projectile. Is it an unfortunate effect, if the tool in question is specifically designed to cause serious injury? It's unfortunate for those getting hit, that's for sure. It's not like I was saying it's a ...
Jump to postThe right always goes straight to blaming ‘mental health’ for any shootings They aren't wrong. A gun is a perfectly fine tool in the right hands. Making sure people with mental issues don't get one is the way most civilized countries manage to get dramatically less mass shootings and murder in gene...
Jump to postIncluding the US. A Domestic Violence conviction is an automatice Denial for gun purchases. Some judges disagree on that. https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/02/federal-appeals-court-strikes-down-domestic-violence-gun-law-00081053 Being diagnosed with mental illness (short of being locked in a fa...
Jump to postThere will always be people who develop mental health problems. Unfortunately some people with legal access to guns will develop mental health problems while having that legal access to guns - with devastating consequences for others. That's why in a lot of countries will take away your license if ...
Jump to postSo how do they propose dealing with these mental health issues?. Reopening mental health institutions closed during the Reagan presidency :duck: There will always be people who develop mental health problems. Unfortunately some people with legal access to guns will develop mental health problems wh...
Jump to postThe right always goes straight to blaming ‘mental health’ for any shootings They aren't wrong. A gun is a perfectly fine tool in the right hands. Making sure people with mental issues don't get one is the way most civilized countries manage to get dramatically less mass shootings and murder in gene...
Jump to postTo operate a car you need a license , have to pass a road and written test, you need to register vehicle and renew it each year, and you have to have insurance. If this were true, police in every state would not be stopping dozens of people every day for driving with suspended licenses, revoked lic...
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