https://radioparadise.com/home is pretty good.

Take a historical perspective. Even with the muppets currently in power in some countries in the world, this is still the best time to be alive in the history of mankind. 100 years from now, 47 will be two paragraphs in a history book.

How many people know about the life and times of James Buchanan? How many people care? What about Herbert Hoover? Or Andrew Jackson?

And at least you get to talk about it. Imagine life under Stalin in the USSR, when a neighbour could report you for sedition and you would disappear into a gulag the next week. Or Pol Pot’s Cambodia, where wearing glasses was a death sentence (yes, really).

I’m in Europe, and from where I’m standing, Trump looks like a giant unflattering mirror. If America doesn’t like what it sees in it, maybe work and fix it. On our side is the same: this mirror shows decades of complacent bureaucracy and infighting. So here’s the other silver lining: now we know what needs fixing.

Tesla does a lot of business overseas. A lot less these days, but there’s still water in that well, which would dry up pretty fast though following such a scenario. I don’t know the numbers, but if they sell more than half their cars on US soil I’d be very surprised.

Now picture this news leaking out in Europe, like Norway for instance. That would be reason enough for government mandated firmware hacking, and Tesla as a commercial entity would be done.

Let me ask you this instead. Do you see ICE capable of such a technically sophisticated, precision operation at scale? ICE is a blunt instrument currently being used to punish Democrat states - the fact they’re looking for illegals in Illlinois and Minneapolis when Texas and Florida have at least 10x more is what’s hilarious for me. And honestly, if I drove a Tesla in the US today, I’d be more worried about being shot in the head by ICE through the side window than being kidnapped by my car.

Like I said previously, plenty of reason to dislike both Tesla and ICE, no need to add hypothetical Black Mirror scenarios to the mix.

I don’t know enough about Tesla models to reply, that’s just a fact I filed away at some point under strange design decisions - you must agree that having a door latch that damages your car window on use is strange.

But I feel like you’re looking at this from a purely US-centric view (I’m not US based myself, just to be clear). Tesla can’t afford not to sell overseas, so it can’t afford the loss of reputation. Besides, there’s potential for abuse in all cars with a central computer and a connection to the Internet these days: lock doors & broadcast location is a trivial feature to implement. It just doesn’t make sense practically for ICE to pursue this,at least in my opinion.

A version of your scenario ran on Black Mirror, if I’m not mistaken.

As for why this won’t happen, or at least not yet:

• there’s an emergency mechanical release for Tesla doors, may damage the windows, but hey
• speaking of damaging windows, there’s this little hammer that everyone should have in their cars, but especially in Teslas
• last, but not least, if they’re not actually illegals, just imagine the lawsuit, and the brand damage to follow

Actually, if a Tesla could be proven do that, it would be done as a car company. Who in their right mind would buy something like that? And I guarantee it would be public knowledge, as I find it hard to believe that all regulatory bodies in the world (eg Norway) would collude to hide such a feature.

Plenty of actual reasons why elon and his swasticar sucks. No need for hypotheticals on top.

Yes it is, but we’re going for max speed here :)

A skydiver’s terminal velocity is about 90m/s (320km/h). Going beyond that requires propulsion.

Otherwise a visit to Japan or China might serve, Maglev trains can reach speeds in excess of 600km/h.

On topic: I’m in the same boat as you. My phone still works and has a decent battery life, so I don’t see the point of upgrading. I don’t game on my phone, well, nothing resource intensive anyway, and setting up a new one to my liking is a pain.

The other criterion for me is whether the phone still gets security updates. Once those stop, it’s time to look around. That may mean a new phone, but for Pixels you also gave Graphene OS as a possibility.

Bit off topic, but do yourself a favour, take a wooden toothpick and gently remove the lint from the USB-C port. You can thank me later.

Formal logic says you’re right. I was just thinking of making it an inclusive slogan (yeah, I’m overthinking this) 😂

First of all, hats off to you and your colleagues, it’s a hell of a job and I’m really glad you’re doing it, and doing it well.

I remember that night I wasn’t even mad, just glad they were on the ball. As for the other effect, my thinking before dialling was “someone must have called this in already, but let’s make sure anyway”. Wouldn’t take much to land on the other side of that decision, especially if you just see the aftermath of an incident.

Merry Christmas!

“Pain = gain” would probably be more accurate.

Almost ran into a broken down car on the highway, two wheels still on the overtake lane. Night, crowded, raining to boot. After I got my heart out of my throat I gave them a ring. The operator probably saw my location, so the conversation went like:

• Are you OK?

• Yes, I was calling…

• About a broken down car on highway XX?

• Yes, almost ran into it.

• You’re the 20th person to call. Emergency services are on the way.

Fastest mike in the West.

Look Ma No Wires

Judging through the lens of history? A common enemy, and time. If there was another workable solution to the larger problem, they would have found it by now, as many people considerable smarter than me have tried.

No outside factor can build a durable peace, unless that peace is desired from within. Strong-arm tactics from the outside lead to cease fires, not peace. The lid goes back to the pot, but the fire is still there.

Marvin OS

See my handle… and profile 😁

Bit off topic, since I didn’t listen to the audio version, but the Culture series from Banks is fantastic.

Hot take: he occasionally leaves his phone unlocked when his little brother’s around.

Really looks like a prank to me.