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Re:Tesla profits drop 43% in Q3 on Thursday October 22, 2026 @02:14AM (#50191789)
Totally, I’ve sat multiple times in Tesla and I don’t see what I am missing. Their interior and design is quite meh also.
You have to keep it secure, so it’s not “pay once” but has running costs, and need some kind of security scanning, citizen developer devops platform etc etc
Absolutely in that case it would be more for fiddling and having a conversation starter with friends. It also depends on how reliable your grid is etc.
What kind of electricity usage do you have? Because a used electric car probably around 20k provides you with easily 50+kwh in car to grid, + you get a working car for free.
Re:Mistral raises €3B on Thursday September 10, 2026 @02:01PM (#49647859)
How many days do you actually take?
Solar + batteries is cheaper than ever. Americans are often full preppers and DIY but when we speak about energy autonomy and efficiency they immediately get some weird allergy.
Re:iPhone Duo on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @05:34PM (#49634733)
Will they though? They would capture more windows users. They already have the Neo actually. iPad still has another job mainly around simpler tasks. I’ve not yet got to love the Macosy windows management.
Re:iPhone Duo on Wednesday September 09, 2026 @05:24PM (#49634578)
Bad luck, accessibility standards require you to support 320px width without horizontal scroll bar for most elements, especially the main layout. (1280px with 400% zoom)
Med school has its own issues and is a very demanding learning and career path. Lots of stress, long shifts etc. I am very impressed by the people doing it but it’s not for everyone.

Anyway, who can predict the future? There are still lots of things to do in IT in the age of AI - actually, more than before. The question is most whether you like writing software and doing planning and bug fixes all day for the next decades.

That’s the definition of democracy. Of course voting is significant and has consequences.
Actually private equity have been accumulating stakes quickly in renewables lately. Makes sense. Talk bad of a future tech to own most of the cake early for cheap...

https://www.cfainstitute.org/insights/articles/private-equit...

“Distilled”? I mean what model is not distilled from other data? The American models happily trained from my blog and social media data without any kind of rewards. If I can pay the inference I don’t see why I wouldn’t do this. Also, I have not seen proof that the US lab do not use other models for training either.
In Germany you are obligated to provide usable contact information, and there are even lawyers who make their business model on suing you for not applying that perfectly (it’s has been abused a lot in the past decades btw).
Re:Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc on Wednesday August 05, 2026 @05:22AM (#49180447)
VS Code is hard to escape as well.
Re:Ten Ways NAS Is Getting Enshitified on Saturday August 01, 2026 @03:40AM (#49132068)
Yes because most people don’t have an off site backup strategy.
Most French people write cursive.
Re:Has W Social switched to closed source? on Monday June 29, 2026 @02:19AM (#48715501)
I never understood that point too. It shows quite some cognitive decline in the users mind. Searching for 20 minutes is now too much even if your privacy depends on it. I suspect also this was a well planted thinking point by the social media conglomerates.

I mean of course I have to choose an instance! That’s called a market. People have been lobotomized to prioritize monopolies.

Indeed a lot of social media platforms are used by foreign powers to create discord. Human psychology is much more attentive to negative messages and this is too easy to weaponize. A solution against that would probably be world changing. It would have to preserve anonymity still of course.
Well the thing is that people often love when the government tells other families how to live, and partly for good reasons including enabling basic education for everyone. Partly the wants of the parents and the needs of the kids might be at odds. Society is a complex construct.
Re:The Dead Economy Theory on Saturday May 30, 2026 @02:32PM (#48339305)
If the rate of failure is slightly consistent then more layoffs will lead to more startups, so more will get on top. Many companies business are easier to attack than it looks. Look early 2000, early 2010 have both brought their set of amazing startups. 5 years ago people were most motivated to switch companies for more money.
In Europe drought is measured from the amount of water at different depths. I would be surprised it’s different in the US.
Re:Appearing productive in the workplace on Thursday May 07, 2026 @11:58AM (#48050981)
I know very few average people who would say such a thing though.
Re:Write less code, be more responsible on Saturday April 25, 2026 @04:23PM (#47904279)
Not yet, maybe.
Re:Rivian R2: Electric Mid-Size SUV on Saturday February 14, 2026 @11:08AM (#47015587)
Sorry but 40 tons trucks have been around for decades in Europe and people drove small cars. Its car marketing, group think and FUD.
Re:Europe's $24T Breakup with Visa and Mastercard Has Begun on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @02:54PM (#46965867)
Actually European integration the last 30 years has been pretty remarkable. In the past, not even electric plugs were compatible. But the EU is not a country. A lot of the inefficiencies are actually features sought by key members to protect their own local incumbents.
Re:The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else on Sunday February 08, 2026 @03:13AM (#46932372)
LOL are you looking at the news lately. Everything is blatantly in the open now.
Re:The AI boom is causing shortages everywhere else on Sunday February 08, 2026 @03:11AM (#46932361)
I’ve seen many essential people being laid off for stupid reasons, the gp reason above being part of the story for some. Finance runs the world not tech. Tech is only welcome when it helps finance else it is marginalized.
Re:European Alternatives on Friday January 23, 2026 @05:09PM (#46738653)
It was a single election in 2016, and a few governors and senators and… oh it’s actually a pattern, a system that people feign to ignore when convenient for them.
Re:European Alternatives on Friday January 23, 2026 @03:16PM (#46737317)
The trains that are 10 min late in Germany mostly not exist in many other countries. Sure Switzerland is the best, but Germany is pretty high up. It’s just less good than it used to be. Oh and you can ride almost everywhere for 60 EUR / month.

For healthcare if you get an IT salary you can either move to private insurance, or buy additional insurance, or just pay a consultation yourself for a fee that US people won’t believe.

Re:Public Sans – A strong, neutral typeface on Tuesday December 30, 2025 @11:39AM (#46435037)
Plex Monospace is great for coding as well.

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