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Environmental engineer, dad, biking and walking advocate, mediocre ukulele player, energy transition enthusiast, and occasional builder of music-playing devices.
Run: yes, almost always cheaper. Especially compared to a 21 mpg pickup.
Buy: yes, if the sticker cost is literally lower (true in this comp unless Slate is much more expensive than announced).
Insure: remains to be seen, but Slate shouldn't be unusually expensive to insure.
Buy: yes, if the sticker cost is literally lower (true in this comp unless Slate is much more expensive than announced).
Insure: remains to be seen, but Slate shouldn't be unusually expensive to insure.
December 22, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Run: yes, almost always cheaper. Especially compared to a 21 mpg pickup.
Buy: yes, if the sticker cost is literally lower (true in this comp unless Slate is much more expensive than announced).
Insure: remains to be seen, but Slate shouldn't be unusually expensive to insure.
Buy: yes, if the sticker cost is literally lower (true in this comp unless Slate is much more expensive than announced).
Insure: remains to be seen, but Slate shouldn't be unusually expensive to insure.
Not sure where the denial is. You really can buy a functional car stereo for $200ish and it really is a straightforward DIY install.
Since your list of must have add-ons wasn't extensive, I just don't think you've supported your position at all.
Since your list of must have add-ons wasn't extensive, I just don't think you've supported your position at all.
December 22, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Not sure where the denial is. You really can buy a functional car stereo for $200ish and it really is a straightforward DIY install.
Since your list of must have add-ons wasn't extensive, I just don't think you've supported your position at all.
Since your list of must have add-ons wasn't extensive, I just don't think you've supported your position at all.
Who cares? They're not marketed to the same audience.
Also, a vehicle with fuel economy in the low 20s isn't particularly affordable. Your truck that ostensibly will run forever will have high operating costs forever.
Also, a vehicle with fuel economy in the low 20s isn't particularly affordable. Your truck that ostensibly will run forever will have high operating costs forever.
December 22, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Who cares? They're not marketed to the same audience.
Also, a vehicle with fuel economy in the low 20s isn't particularly affordable. Your truck that ostensibly will run forever will have high operating costs forever.
Also, a vehicle with fuel economy in the low 20s isn't particularly affordable. Your truck that ostensibly will run forever will have high operating costs forever.
TLDR: Musk thought it was cool and didn't care about safety.
December 22, 2025 at 6:23 PM
TLDR: Musk thought it was cool and didn't care about safety.
It's important to realize that Tesla's unsafe inner door control design (electronic controls that fail in crashes or power failures coupled with manual controls that are hard to locate) are entirely due to following a design aesthetic without common sense consideration of the safety implications.
December 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
It's important to realize that Tesla's unsafe inner door control design (electronic controls that fail in crashes or power failures coupled with manual controls that are hard to locate) are entirely due to following a design aesthetic without common sense consideration of the safety implications.
This and myriad other issues were explored and satisfied during the siting and permitting processes (which in many cases stretch back a couple decades).
Citing it now is bullshit, valid permits were issued, and the developers will almost certainly win in court.
Citing it now is bullshit, valid permits were issued, and the developers will almost certainly win in court.
December 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This and myriad other issues were explored and satisfied during the siting and permitting processes (which in many cases stretch back a couple decades).
Citing it now is bullshit, valid permits were issued, and the developers will almost certainly win in court.
Citing it now is bullshit, valid permits were issued, and the developers will almost certainly win in court.
Perfectly fine car stereo head units are available for $100ish ($200ish with decent speakers) and are a straightforward DIY install.
Since a color change is far from mandatory, do you have anything else?
Since a color change is far from mandatory, do you have anything else?
December 22, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Perfectly fine car stereo head units are available for $100ish ($200ish with decent speakers) and are a straightforward DIY install.
Since a color change is far from mandatory, do you have anything else?
Since a color change is far from mandatory, do you have anything else?
How about "LLMs produce poor quality work that needs to be verified, but rarely is bc the effort to verify the output is vastly greater than effort to query the LLM."
December 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
How about "LLMs produce poor quality work that needs to be verified, but rarely is bc the effort to verify the output is vastly greater than effort to query the LLM."
I would bet that we'll learn tomorrow that he got injured and that's why he was out of the game at the end
December 22, 2025 at 4:55 AM
I would bet that we'll learn tomorrow that he got injured and that's why he was out of the game at the end
That would be withholding more than *allowed* by law
December 20, 2025 at 3:45 PM
That would be withholding more than *allowed* by law
Psst, if there's nothing about Trump in the released files, that means DOJ is investigating Trump. Because there's no other reason for withholding the info.
Pass it on.
Pass it on.
December 20, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Psst, if there's nothing about Trump in the released files, that means DOJ is investigating Trump. Because there's no other reason for withholding the info.
Pass it on.
Pass it on.
I feel like the statue of limitations for obstruction of justice shouldn't start ticking until they stop obstructing justice
December 19, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I feel like the statue of limitations for obstruction of justice shouldn't start ticking until they stop obstructing justice
They'll have a lot of splaining to do in the redaction log that's due in 2 weeks
December 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
They'll have a lot of splaining to do in the redaction log that's due in 2 weeks
Don't most of those take a backup battery to solve that problem?
December 19, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Don't most of those take a backup battery to solve that problem?
It should be remembered that Trump and Johnson did everything in their power to stop the bill from becoming law. Trump changed his tune only when it became obvious that he lost, and fighting further (like a veto) had terrible optics and was just going to dramatize that he lost.
December 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
It should be remembered that Trump and Johnson did everything in their power to stop the bill from becoming law. Trump changed his tune only when it became obvious that he lost, and fighting further (like a veto) had terrible optics and was just going to dramatize that he lost.
I won't be surprised if there's attempted malfeasance with how the admin does or doesn't release records, but fucking around will become obvious sooner or later and will be transparently breaking the law.
December 18, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I won't be surprised if there's attempted malfeasance with how the admin does or doesn't release records, but fucking around will become obvious sooner or later and will be transparently breaking the law.
Not really. Under the law, they can withhold only materials related to an investigation, but need to log such materials for Congress.
So unless they're investigating Trump, they need to release records about him. And if they are "investigating" Trump, then they need to tell Congress that.
So unless they're investigating Trump, they need to release records about him. And if they are "investigating" Trump, then they need to tell Congress that.
December 18, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Not really. Under the law, they can withhold only materials related to an investigation, but need to log such materials for Congress.
So unless they're investigating Trump, they need to release records about him. And if they are "investigating" Trump, then they need to tell Congress that.
So unless they're investigating Trump, they need to release records about him. And if they are "investigating" Trump, then they need to tell Congress that.
As a bike and pedestrian advocate for 25 years, e-scooter operators are subject to the driving laws (as are operators of cars, motorcycles, and bicycles) and they *should* be ticketed when they commit moving violations.
There's nothing non-progressive about equal application of the rule of law.
There's nothing non-progressive about equal application of the rule of law.
December 18, 2025 at 10:19 PM
As a bike and pedestrian advocate for 25 years, e-scooter operators are subject to the driving laws (as are operators of cars, motorcycles, and bicycles) and they *should* be ticketed when they commit moving violations.
There's nothing non-progressive about equal application of the rule of law.
There's nothing non-progressive about equal application of the rule of law.
There wasn't general deflation in that period, though. Just very high inflation falling to moderate inflation.
December 18, 2025 at 9:16 PM
There wasn't general deflation in that period, though. Just very high inflation falling to moderate inflation.
The actual Volcker recession didn't result in general deflation, just lower inflation. And it was plenty bad as it was. No one really wants that.
Calls/wishes for general deflation should be treated as they are: a deep misunderstanding of economics that should be corrected.
Calls/wishes for general deflation should be treated as they are: a deep misunderstanding of economics that should be corrected.
December 18, 2025 at 9:10 PM
The actual Volcker recession didn't result in general deflation, just lower inflation. And it was plenty bad as it was. No one really wants that.
Calls/wishes for general deflation should be treated as they are: a deep misunderstanding of economics that should be corrected.
Calls/wishes for general deflation should be treated as they are: a deep misunderstanding of economics that should be corrected.
That would have required the federal govt to have actively sabotaged the economic recovery, it might not have been effective at curbing inflation anyway (bc inflation was largely due to undersupply of many things), and it would have extended the time period of undersupply.
I.e, a nonstarter.
I.e, a nonstarter.
December 18, 2025 at 8:29 PM
That would have required the federal govt to have actively sabotaged the economic recovery, it might not have been effective at curbing inflation anyway (bc inflation was largely due to undersupply of many things), and it would have extended the time period of undersupply.
I.e, a nonstarter.
I.e, a nonstarter.
There's no discourse like that occurring here. The fascist side is marshaling support for what they intend to do. Our side needs to marshal support to stop them, and that can include people that don't agree on every detail at this moment in time.
December 17, 2025 at 9:36 PM
There's no discourse like that occurring here. The fascist side is marshaling support for what they intend to do. Our side needs to marshal support to stop them, and that can include people that don't agree on every detail at this moment in time.
I don't see any real world evidence for point b, in that the GOP doesn't need any ceded ground/momentum in order to attack trans rights. A maximalist approach is already built into their ideology. We need to be in power to stop that.
December 17, 2025 at 9:27 PM
I don't see any real world evidence for point b, in that the GOP doesn't need any ceded ground/momentum in order to attack trans rights. A maximalist approach is already built into their ideology. We need to be in power to stop that.
In other words, GOP legislative majorities, governors, and presidents are a deadly threat to every aspect of trans rights. And recent events should be a reminder that holding power with a majority that agrees directionally (but not in every detail) is better than being out of power altogether.
December 17, 2025 at 9:17 PM
In other words, GOP legislative majorities, governors, and presidents are a deadly threat to every aspect of trans rights. And recent events should be a reminder that holding power with a majority that agrees directionally (but not in every detail) is better than being out of power altogether.