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Tangentially related to the whole Fisker Karma thing I have never had anyone explain to me why building a diesel-electric drivetrain (ala locomotives) isn't a good option for cars also? A small, hyper-efficient onboard diesel paired with a small(ish) battery pack Similar to a Vold/i3 But, you...

You forgot, "and not know how to stop". One of the things I loved from "The Expanse" was the dude who figured out how to make interplanetary drives . . . absolutely died b/c he couldn't reach the "stop" control, because he wasn't expecting it to work "THAT" well, and G-Forces are . . . a thing.

Oh god yes. Probably 999,999,999 times out of 1,000,000,000 big discoveries like this are due to a math error of something that has been measured before a 1,000,000,000 times. When they aren't, well, by-and-large those peoples names end up in, at the VERY least Science textbooks, if not popular...

I don't know if I'd say "ugly", but I definitely agree with doesn't fit the neighborhood. But, fortunately, it's a temporary bridge, to be used for about 2 years while the normal 'old-skool' bridge is being renovated. And, it's a living (well, steel I guess) laboratory, based on the article...

This, oh so very this. Yes, it's nicer, yes it's better, yet if I hadn't gotten $500 in trade, I wouldn't have bothered. I am hoping that they figure out that an iPad Pro that has the hardware capability, really needs the OS support.

So, no. Sorry, y'all probably didn't realize you were casting "Summon Geology Professor and Research Scientist" did you? ;) The basic physics of this have been know since approximately the 1850-1890's (so, no blaming Al Gore dammnit, that's really boring at this point) Approximately 70% of...

All this Black and White, and not one mention of: "By adding this product to your cart you confirm that you are not Anish Kapoor, you are in no way affiliated to Anish Kapoor, you are not purchasing this item on behalf of Anish Kapoor or an associate of Anish Kapoor. To the best of your...

Came here to post this, beaten to the punch

True, it is, in a very real way one of only 2 reasons I'm still in the Apple Ecosystem at this point. I don't like a lot of their choices/directions/but it's about the only mobile/computer ecosystem that is stable, isn't not monetizing my personal data, and well integrated. (The other reason...

Yeah, you cannot be an innovative company if you aren't willing to try new things. Sometimes, those things do not work. It's better to acknowledge that, and move on, than hang on purely out of pride/subbornness/etc.

Also, the guy at Apple that designed the A7 - A12 SOC's (which, regardless of your stance on Apple, are beasts of chips, especially for their powerdraw) apparently also left Apple for destinations unknown. Wonder if Intel is getting serious about mobile finally?

We ran into this when we were looking at Rav4/CR-V's for my wife. A 2-3 year old was less than $1,000/yr less than brand new (e.g. 2 year would be $2,000). We bought new. And these were this "super-awesome-rare" care like Icpiper is talking about. This is bog-standard Honda CR-V EX (which...

Yup, not really rare, relatively speaking, it's annoying to get, but not outrageously so.

I honestly figured Hydrogen was going to be the better solution. I still do honestly, but damned if BEV's come a LONG way, a lot faster than expected. As it stands now, my next car will be a BEV almost certainly. There are a lot around which have the "magic" range of 250 miles, Bolt, Leaf 2.0...

Heh, don't you understand, we here in FreedomLand are right, and the ENTIRE REST OF THE PLANET is wrong on this one. Metric is communist and wrong and hates freedom!