If you were to print up all the posts in this thread and arrange them in a neat little pile, then you'd have a snubstack.
there's an "a miserable little pile of .." joke waiting to be found somewhere in there
And they’re only calling it back because of the pedal as opposed to all other faults. At a guess, this is something they’re more open to regulatory consequences on than others?
I'm not familiar with US auto regulations but I do believe manufacturers have some regulatory pressure (as in if they don't fix a problem the car will be deemed not roadworthy), but the bigger perception is probably just what the public thinks. You won't sell many new cars and the used value will plummet if these issues persist.
You won’t sell many new cars
There's only under 4k of these painboxes out there so it's not like they're flying off the shelves as it is
Tyler Cowen is onside with the AI doomsters, but suggests they perhaps get their arguments together coherently to academic standards or something.
(you'll be pleased to see that the commenters aren't putting up with that sort of nonsense for a second)
If only we had applied those same standards to the Book of Revelations!
They're making a good point but I doubt they realize it.
it's deep downthread on that one hellthread but I want to put it here: a short semi-NSFW reflection on the state of the internet
TechTakes
Big brain tech dude got yet another clueless take over at HackerNews etc? Here's the place to vent. Orange site, VC foolishness, all welcome.
This is not debate club. Unless it’s amusing debate.
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