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Apple Cancels Electric Car Project (www.macrumors.com)
submitted 8 months ago by L4s to c/technology
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Apple Cancels Electric Car Project::Apple has canceled all plans to release an autonomous, electric vehicle, reports Bloomberg. Apple has been working on an Apple Car for more than a...

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[–] kameecoding 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

They probably realized self-driving cars wont be a thing maybe ever.

This push for self driving car push is so fucking regarded given that there are literally things a million times easier to automate like trams, ltr and trains, metro etc.

Basically anything on rails.

[–] yetiftw -5 points 8 months ago (1 children)

there was no need to use a slur to get your point across

[–] kameecoding 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

What slur and why the fuck not?

[–] scottrepreneur 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Regarded

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

Kind regards

[–] abhibeckert -3 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

"Retarded" was once a medical and technical term. It's not any more and has officially been redefined in dictionaries as abusive slur against people who have a serious medical condition... and you used it in the modern context.

The word is socially unacceptable now. Stop using it.

[–] kameecoding 7 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

that's retarded, I also haven't used it, until now.

"retarded" is also not a medical term, mental retardation and the like are medical terms, retard has a specific meaning, for example if your arm stops developing at a young age, then you have a retarded arm, it has also been used as a slur for the longest time, stop trying to police words because it might hurt someone's feelings.