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And that a 19 year old who describes himself as an intern āis listed as a āsenior adviserā at the state departmentā feels like the dysfunction of the current regime in a nutshell. Barely an adult, no education, no government experience, limited technical experience (involving crimes), and heās a āsenior adviser.ā No. No, he isnāt. Obviously.
One of the (many) tacks the administration is taking right now is pretending that somehow the reporter added himself to the chat. (Which is obviously absurd, but if it was true, would open a whole other can of worms about the inappropriateness of using Signal.) So they have to performatively āinvestigateā this nonsense, which Iām hoping doesnāt end up with trumped-up charges against the reporter, but that seems grotesquely possible.
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Hey futureboy - government employees didnāt follow the rules and laws regarding national security and public records.
Thereās nothing technical about it you dumbass.
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The cutoff word in the headline is, of course, Tesla.
Thatās gotta burn a little, Leon. Just gotta suckā¦
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Every time Iāve been in a Tesla as an Uber passenger, the driver takes time to explain how to open the doors from both the exterior and interior because itās not the slightest bit obvious or intuitive.
The flush exterior door handles (at least on a Model 3 or Y) donāt have any grab points. You have to push down on one end to make them swing out so you can grab them. (I guess thatās a step up from the Model S where they pop out mechanically when you are nearby and you better hope they donāt get stuck). The interior has no door handles at all. You have to press a tiny and somewhat hidden button to make the door open.
Itās my understanding that the Cybertruck has no exterior door handles at all and you have to press a capacitive button on the outside to make the door open, but Iāve never been in one and I try to stay as far away from them as possible.
Thatās not innovative design, thatās just poor design.
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Do the drivers also explain how to activate the hidden manual releases that need to be used if thereās a power loss due to a crash, battery fire, etc? Iāll bet that most owners, let alone passengers, donāt know how the manual releases work.
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If itās an emergency you need an emergency exit that doesnāt require explanation or finding.
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That would make it so much worse. āHey, guys? Does anyone know who āVPā is? Is that Vance?ā
Putin: smirk
Iām sure this is what they will do.
And US allies are surely considering ending all intel sharing based on these bozoās screwup.
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Yep. Iāve railed against this a couple of times before, but as much as I hate Elon there is also a ton of blame to be placed on the government regulators who have been letting Tesla and other auto manufacturers get away with these deadly electric door latches for years now. The first story I remember reading about someone who died because they didnāt know how to operate the manual release was back in 2015. (In that case it was a 72 year old Texan and his dog who died after being stuck for many hours in a Corvette that had a loose battery cable). Many more have died since then. Thereās absolutely no excuse that cars with these latch designs are being allowed on our roads.
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I wonder if the freezing out of Tesla in Canada, and the collapsing trade relations with the U.S. might see us importing BYD and XPeng into Canada; BYD makes some really affordable small (Honda Fit sized) cars.
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Which probably means itās a Musk design, because that seems to characterize his contributions.
āHey, itās not my fault some rando got added to our secret communications. Weāre using a completely insecure platform in which, Iām asserting, random people can add themselves, somehow. Wait, thatās not making me look any better, is it?ā
They must have been considering it as soon as Trump got elected (given what he did last time he was in office). At this point there must be a mad scramble to figure out how to not share whatever they were still grudgingly sharing, without making it obvious theyāre no longer sharing anything (and thus piss off Trump).
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Hmmmā¦
Is there a reason anyone would post this who wasnāt bragging that they were a nazi? I mean the the people on xitter, not you.
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Just more field test empirical data for Musk. Tesla buyers were always intended to be the product testers; the very likely internally known half-baked designs and shitty build under Muskās whip exactly mirrors DOGEās fuck-shit-up-and-call-it-a-win shittery.
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Now that plus Muskās meeting with Putin. If thereās $$$$$$ to be gained by divulging/providing ITAR-controlled tech, Iām certain that Musk would do it.
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Iām going to post this here, although it doesnāt actually talk about Musk as much as the title suggests. Itās an excellent video, though. Really, really excellent.
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