officermike

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[–] officermike 36 points 2 months ago (9 children)

Whoosh. OP was using Musk's own words against him.

[–] officermike 24 points 2 months ago (17 children)

I have, and as a tab hoarder, the transition has been rough. I really miss the tab grouping feature from Chrome, and I haven't found any FF extension that suitably replaces it.

I had already switched to mobile Firefox years ago for extension (uBlock) support, and that was an easy transition.

[–] officermike 42 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Coming soon to a Supreme Court near you:

"It is this Court's opinion that this rule infringes on businesses' First Amendment right to free speech."

[–] officermike 40 points 2 months ago (1 children)

To be fair, growling (along with shaking with pure hatred) is the natural state of a Chihuahua.

[–] officermike 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] officermike 8 points 2 months ago

The system is working as intended.

[–] officermike 12 points 2 months ago (11 children)

The car itself should never come with something that will require recurring payments.

Cars already do. Satellite radio has been a thing for decades now. I've never used it. Never felt the desire to use it. I haven't even taken the free trial. I'm less annoyed that it exists, and more annoyed that I'm forever fated to receive unsolicited junk mail for this feature that I have to unceremoniously dump in the recycling bin every couple weeks.

As for the remote start, yeah, it's kinda bullshit that they've removed the more permanent, older version of a feature to replace it with something out of the owners' control. If anything, it should exist in parallel with the key fob button, not replace it entirely. I'm less concerned about the fact that it's a subscription than I am about the prospect of that feature dropping support down the road with no recourse for the owner.

[–] officermike 35 points 2 months ago

A proton is a positively charged subatomic particle doing in the nucleus of an atom. But in this context, Proton is a translation layer that allows games that were built for Windows to run on Linux.

[–] officermike 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

With the relatively low price tag, Musk said autonomous vehicles could be thought of as “individualized mass transit,” with a fuel cost of 20 U.S. cents a mile (12 U.S. cents a kilometre) over time.

I thought electric vehicles were supposed to be cheaper than that per mile. At the current cost of gasoline, my fuel cost per mile ranges from 9¢ per mile of highway driving to 13¢ per mile of city driving, not counting oil changes or other ICE maintenance, which are probably more than offset by my tires lasting longer than an EV's. And that's on premium gasoline, not regular.

[–] officermike 1 points 2 months ago

Thanks for reminding me!

[–] officermike 61 points 2 months ago (8 children)

Mar-a-Lago was built in the 1920s, predating post-Andrew Miami-Dade building code. Given Trump's ownership of it since '85, I wouldn't count on it having been updated for modern roofing code. Lucky for him, the area's only expecting 26 mph winds tomorrow, but I wouldn't count on the property surviving a direct hit from a major hurricane. Definitely wouldn't choose to shelter in it.

[–] officermike 33 points 2 months ago (8 children)

Is there anything Trump hasn't lied about?

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