Going by the above, it seems that nobody has any solutions. It seems to be an example of 'The American Way' and nothing anybody can do about it. Just like multiple homicides happen due to lack of gun regulation, the same seems to be here, nothing's gonna change, deal with it. What the most will happ...
Jump to posthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYljBDU6GOg
Saw this today, interesting to note that Red States take more from Federal Taxes than blue states. As an outsider, never knew that. Of course, by having slaves all over they can do it.
This is the rumored 'Project Highland' https://www.forbes.com/sites/jamesmorris/2023/02/18/what-exactly-is-teslas-project-highland-and-why-do-we-need-it/?sh=41a7e3782561 What we can or should expect to see, we will know in the coming days or 8-9 days . As far as staying power is concerned, I would s...
Jump to postIt's a simple matter of economics. If you take out big loans where the salary upon graduation won't be enough to repay them, then you don't get that degree. If you want a degree in, for example Art Appreciation, either pay for it yourself or make it your second degree after you've already have one ...
Jump to postAs for police officers - if any employment should require a degree, it's this one! I don’t know that a degree is required, but certainly there should be specialized education and training. That topic could be a whole separate thread! In a lot of cases, the key seems to be de escalation. Not sure th...
Jump to postAs I shared Tesla isn't sitting around. There is 'Project Highland' and while there is much conjecture, I would wait for 10 more days to share concrete details that will tell how much less weight and more range there will be. Both Model 3 and Model Y are supposed to get a face lift and probably soon...
Jump to postThe MEB platform is a dead-end. VW themselves had shared about a successor called SSP way back in 2021. But the software issues I have shared are more than 'niggling' or small as people think. See for instance - https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/14/23508088/volkswagen-software-id4-bug-problem-smartp...
Jump to postThe MEB platform is a dead-end. VW themselves had shared about a successor called SSP way back in 2021. But the software issues I have shared are more than 'niggling' or small as people think. See for instance - https://www.theverge.com/2022/12/14/23508088/volkswagen-software-id4-bug-problem-smartph...
Jump to postI dont know in which world 8% market share is far ahaed of the over 20% of VW group. Even the Renault-Alliance has more sales. Yes including plug in hybrids is favouring some car makers it also benefits them purely to increase economy of scale. Batteries are batteries and VW has higher volumes ther...
Jump to postThe above I can understand an relate to. This more often than not happens due to variety of factors many of which are beyond developer's control. Those are again solvable if people try and talk with the developers. When I was young, it was one of my first jobs and basically part of QA. Put fully or ...
Jump to postIF that were a fact (please provide) why, then, is it not the same in EU or Japan? How do you know that it isn't the same? I don't. That's why I was asking people to post links when they make statements. I actually had shared stats. both from EU and Japan but they were removed, dunno why (trying ag...
Jump to postA Classic response using percentages ... :| "A group representing major railroads said last week 99.9% of all hazmat shipments reach their destination without incident and the hazmat accident rate has declined by 55% since 2012." Buttigieg urges U.S. railroads to boost safety, not oppose ...
Jump to postWorks a bit differently in my neck of the woods. We don’t have the same college / university set-up, it’s gymnasium / university. Kids start gym at the age of around 17, and it’s either 2 or 3 years. Then university, where it’s the usual bachelor / masters / phd route. Daughter just got her msc. en...
Jump to postThe above reason is why you need at least two people in the locomotive and each locomotive should have at least two… The other driver can look out for few cars but not 150 of them. Here’s an idea, spawned from the thread about homeless people in O’Hare airport. Let’s give all those people productiv...
Jump to postI would not bet a lot of money on Tesla, they are already miles behind VW group and that is with VW (and many others) not even in full gear. https://insideevs.com/news/629798/europe-plugin-car-sales-november2022/amp/ Yes it also includes plug in hybrids but the legacies have a massive scale and the...
Jump to postCities and states where it isn't as much of a problem have outlawed it (you go to a shelter or jail) and have devoted more resources to mental health facilities and the prosecution of drug offenders. In short, they've stepped up law enforcement. In short, it's not solved, the issue is just 'transfe...
Jump to postI would not bet a lot of money on Tesla, they are already miles behind VW group and that is with VW (and many others) not even in full gear. https://insideevs.com/news/629798/europe-plugin-car-sales-november2022/amp/ Yes it also includes plug in hybrids but the legacies have a massive scale and the...
Jump to postThat doesn't answer the question: How would the mayor of any city go about 'fixing' a problem that exists in all of western society? What can she do? Please tell us if you know. It may exist in all of western society but it definitely does not exist equally. You look at cities and states where it i...
Jump to posthttps://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/02/19/student-loan-repayment-debt-cycle/ Couldn't read much as it's behind a paywall. Apparently, Mr. Hamilton borrowed $5,250 for his student loan in 1977 (Dept of Ed wasn’t even a federal agency yet). He's paid $13,000+. In 2020, Treasury deducted $175...
Jump to postThe above reason is why you need at least two people in the locomotive and each locomotive should have at least two. Usually when something like what has happened there are telltale signs, the main driver is too busy looking ahead. Most trains have a DVD (Dead Man's device) a kinda footplate which h...
Jump to postThe great majority of those derailments are 1-2 cars leaving the tracks at low speed while being switched in a yard. IF that were a fact (please provide) why, then, is it not the same in EU or Japan? Because we have a lot more freight trains, especially single car loads, than they do. It goes beyon...
Jump to postIn India, we have fallen on the same things. One thing you guys need to be grateful that you still have some modicum of judicial integrity. Here that has been a failure as well.The same in the case of the Election Commission. A very recent case, hardly 24 hours ago. 2 parties were arguing over a nam...
Jump to postA lot of the Mayor's comments seem to be that these people are unsightly. How about fixing the problem rather than just push it out of sight of 'nice' people?. How would the mayor of any city go about 'fixing' a problem that exists in all of western society? I thought fixing problems within his/her...
Jump to postAnother thing that I read couple of days ago.it seems that at least in the U.S. rail derailments are pretty much a common thing. Someone had shared something like 1500+ rail derailments happening in the last 5 years. Compared it to other countries which have longer and denser routes, U.S. shouldn't ...
Jump to postSeb146, why did you even bother to post this? Is it your intent to waste everyone's time? I found the following in about 5 seconds on a local Denver TV station's website (of all places). 1. NS donated $25,000 to the Ohio Red Cross in order to support a shelter established at the East Palestine High...
Jump to postI think IBM is relevant to this conversation. Up until the PC( the real death knell for them was the microprocessor) they were the dominant computer hardware supplier. They only survived because they were also the dominant computer software supplier. None of the other mainframe or mini computer sup...
Jump to postMost people prefer Chinese things, because it is cheaper and easily replacable. "Hmmm, I think I'll buy this one because its Made in China." Said literally no one ever. We buy Chinese products because for a lot of products, we don't have a choice. But that also should tell you something. ...
Jump to postCNBC Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost joins 'Squawk on the Street' to break down the Norfolk Southern train derailment and why he thinks the company needs to be held accountable. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFEuOw8frtI I think the latter part he just hit the nail on the head. Remember the Deep h...
Jump to postThey are made in China by a «swedish» company 100% owned by a chinese company. Just like Lamborghini is “German” and Chrysler isn’t “American”. Funny how Polestar who’s headquartered in Sweden always uses a nice Nordic backdrop, Swedish plates and Scandinavian flair for their advertisements but nev...
Jump to postIn 3-5 years the automotive landscape will look nothing like it does now. The analog to look at is 1900-1920. Agree with it. Just saw this, it's interesting both concept wise and everything. https://poletopoleev.com/ Both at the beginning and the end they will be in cold temperatures. And of course...
Jump to postHere's what the push to "One-Man" freight train operations can lead to... Train Wiped Out a Town - The Lac-Mégantic, Canada Disaster of 2013 https://youtu.be/HNpcwmIyuH0 Thank you for this. Nothing new but still important lessons in there - 1/n 1. A single man can only do so much. He drov...
Jump to postSo you think UK's problem is they are not rich enough to pay well for their essential workers? At least that's what Rishi Sunak did tell the parliament. He hemmed and hawed and told two things. One that the Govt. has no money and the other it would increase inflation. And these are workers who have...
Jump to postGuessing these figures are wrong -
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/car ... YEARS.html
The figures and graph does tell me it is not just Ford that is taking a beating, other manufacturers as well, whatever excuses they give.
1. US is a net importer https://www.statista.com/chart/17281/us-trade-balance/ 2. No one is talking about "to be rich" in this thread. They are but because they are the reserve currency to the world, they can afford to be. There are many more differences also. https://www.fb.org/market-in...
Jump to postFrom the article itself - 1. Car manufacturing companies want the Government to intervene but they are strangely silent. 2. At the recent Davos meet, the opposition i.e. Keir and people from his party went and batted on behalf of UK car manufacturers. Isn't the Tory supposed to do that ? 3. Isn't th...
Jump to postFord cuts 1400 jobs in the UK The reasons cited are tough economic climate and switch to EV's. https://www.driving.co.uk/news/ford-to-axe-1300-jobs-in-uk/ The article does tell many of the reasons but mostly it's the economic climate and Government help, without those, none of the car manufacturing...
Jump to postWhat you actually miss is that 2300 jobs are also going in Germany (+200 elsewhere) Mostly in product development (Ford has a big development center in Cologne) as it seems the EV development will mostly be done in the US and not so many European specific cars. https://www.reuters.com/business/auto...
Jump to postWhat you actually miss is that 2300 jobs are also going in Germany (+200 elsewhere) Mostly in product development (Ford has a big development center in Cologne) as it seems the EV development will mostly be done in the US and not so many European specific cars. https://www.reuters.com/business/auto...
Jump to postAll of us were wrong, all of us, the Ohio Train crash happened due to.... ........guess...... ........guesss..... Apparently Culture Wars. At least according to GOP. what all we were thinking it was due to wear and tear of wheels, culture wars create crashes. Also somehow Windfarms kill whales, the ...
Jump to postApparently, while the documentary was being shot, twice there were small earthquakes in Istanbul.
Jump to postHoly moly - according to this excellent Deutsche Welle documentary, until 2019 construction inspectors were chosen and paid by Turkish developers. A civil engineer describes the situation at around the 25-minute mark. What a mess. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uix59ojUmOw Sad to report, the same ...
Jump to postFord cuts 1400 jobs in the UK The reasons cited are tough economic climate and switch to EV's. https://www.driving.co.uk/news/ford-to-axe-1300-jobs-in-uk/ The article does tell many of the reasons but mostly it's the economic climate and Government help, without those, none of the car manufacturing ...
Jump to postIt’s only bold if you ignore what Tesla has already accomplished. Pune or anyone interested in the $5500 Chinese vehicle. I don’t mention it because it could never be sold outside of China. It has essentially the safety of a golf cart. I don't think so, micro cars have their own niche. I come from ...
Jump to postI’d recommend a 1974 Dodge Monaco. It's got a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant, it's got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks. It's a model made before catalytic converters so it'll run good on regular gas. If you think using a more polluting car and then having you and your members get cancer th...
Jump to postSeb146, why did you even bother to post this? Is it your intent to waste everyone's time? Because it is outrageous. Just like the breaking systems could have been in the middle of upgrades but, instead, that plan was cancelled but we can't talk about that because of who's administration cancelled t...
Jump to postI strayed a bit but if your app is still down you might search the market for a 1971 Trabant, guaranteed to still be driving in the era of cockroaches. I’d recommend a 1974 Dodge Monaco. It's got a cop motor, a 440 cubic inch plant, it's got cop tires, cop suspension, cop shocks. It's a model made ...
Jump to postThere's something also called traceroute, I have used traceroute enough times to help companies fix up stuff. Traceroute basically tells you the route till where it successfully was able to go and where it sort of hung. If you are able to give this info. to the service provider it would be easier fo...
Jump to posthttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_HTTP_status_codes#5xx_server_errors Nothing you can do about it. If there are is a reasonable number maybe you can petition Tesla to have an additional mirror or something. Usually behemoths like Tesla have their own CDN's. but that changes from country to count...
Jump to postAnybody from the U.S. can they tell if NS is the only cargo service available or are there any competitors for that route. If yes, who ??? Railroads own their own right-of-way, so no, there aren't any competitors on that specific route. Their main competitor is CSX, whose line runs a little north o...
Jump to postAnybody from the U.S. can they tell if NS is the only cargo service available or are there any competitors for that route. If yes, who ???
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