News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

PhaseBlue

Model 3 now starts at 39500 with Autopilot.

60k will get you the Performance Model with 0-60 in 3.2s and 11.6 1/4 mile

Yes, go test drive one and see for yourself.
The guidelines are pretty simple: When you engage autopilot it reminds you: Keep your hands on the wheel: Be prepared to take over at any time.
Re:Trump administration cracks down on H-1B visa abuse on Sunday February 25, 2018 @04:15PM (#16461191)
The main problem here was the lack of turnout not that those who voted tended to vote for HRC. Black voter turnout dropped significantly from 2012 to 2016.

"The black voter turnout rate declined for the first time in 20 years in a presidential election, falling to 59.6% in 2016 after reaching a record-high 66.6% in 2012."

Source: http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/05/12/black-voter-...

Re:JDK 10 Early Access Release Notes on Saturday February 24, 2018 @12:31PM (#16454276)
Granted this is an extreme case but large, complex critical systems need a certain amount of stability and upgrades across Java releases are not quite as easy as just touching the servers.
Re:How Many Tesla Model 3 Cars Have Been Made? on Saturday February 24, 2018 @10:50AM (#16453735)
Tesla released their patents on charging back in 2014 in the hopes that others would adopt their tech: https://www.tesla.com/blog/all-our-patent-are-belong-you

Have you seen Tesla's charging connector? It's way superior to the bulky standardized connectors. And as said by others, there really is no other game in town right now for long distance travel in an EV.

Disclosure: I own a Tesla Model S.

Re:How Many Tesla Model 3 Cars Have Been Made? on Saturday February 24, 2018 @10:40AM (#16453675)
"Tesla is still producing cars completely manually."

This is blatantly false. Back in November they were doing this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xor2ubHr8Ag

The current bottlenecks are in the battery production at the Gigafactory, they screwed up and had too much faith in a contractor doing the battery pack assembly lines.

Re:Tesla Model S outsells German luxury flagships in Europe on Tuesday February 20, 2018 @02:09PM (#16423059)
The fact that nobody has mentioned the word torque shows the lack of Tesla owners on these comments. Driving a Tesla can make you forgive all the other shortcomings.