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wintermute_oregon ,

Back in my day our parents had parties for chicken pox. The older you get, the worse it is.

There was no vaccine when I was a child.

wintermute_oregon ,

My brother caught it first. He developed keloids from it. I was maybe 6 or 7 at the time. I had to wear mittens on my hands till it healed.

wintermute_oregon ,

They also lost federal funds unrelated to their BLM support. Looks like death by a thousand paper cuts.

Americans are choking on surging fast-food prices. "I can't justify the expense," one customer says (www.cbsnews.com)

Kevin Roberts remembers when he could get a bacon cheeseburger, fries and a drink from Five Guys for $10. But that was years ago. When the Virginia high school teacher recently visited the fast-food chain, the food alone without a beverage cost double that amount....

wintermute_oregon ,

Since labor is a cost. You just defeated your argument.

If labor goes up, prices will go up. It’s that simple. Fast food is only profitable at high volumes. Their profit margin is only around 10% which is low.

What happens to those who are severely disabled while in prison?

For some reason began going down a rabbit hole thinking about this. Let’s say you are blind, and reliant on a guide dog, but end up in prison for a non-violent crime like possession of illegal drugs. Are you allowed to keep the dog? No, right? But if you are entirely reliant on the guide dog to perform daily tasks, how do you...

wintermute_oregon ,

Most states have medical prisons to detain those with special needs.

Here is an example of one.

www.cdcr.ca.gov/facility-locator/cmf/

Sometimes they’ll be paroled if they are Low risk. That way the tax payer isn’t financially responsible.

Ironically medical care is a right to prisoners but it’s not for everyone else.

wintermute_oregon ,

One article I read said he likes to fire whole teams and then see which people are asked about. Those are the ones he rehires. If nobody misses you then you were doing a job of value.

From a human level, this is just shitty. It isn’t the way to treat people.

wintermute_oregon ,

I didn’t realize America has banned them. Good. I just figured they were a fad.

wintermute_oregon ,

I want to see more regulations around plastics. We have the ability to make biodegradable plastics and we can research better ones. Plastic is a bane to the environment.

wintermute_oregon ,

for all the bad rap chicago gets, it is a very clean city.

wintermute_oregon ,

I would say depends. If the user was using the feature correctly then Tesla should have some liability.

Most of the crashes I’ve seen the people were not using the feature correctly.

wintermute_oregon ,

No, the majority of crashes I’ve seen. Nowhere does the marketing say read your email and take you hands off the wheel.

wintermute_oregon ,

It does both. Not immediacy but after about 30 seconds.

wintermute_oregon ,

I drive one every day but thanks

wintermute_oregon ,

That is a full self driving demo and has nothing to do with the Accidents. Full self driving and auto pilot are two different things. When you sign up for fsd you agree to not take your hands off the wheel and pay extra attention. Most of the accidents are autopilot which is enhanced cruise control.

wintermute_oregon ,

Autopilot and full self driving are not the same thing.

So I’m not sure the point you are trying to make?

wintermute_oregon ,

The article does not state they are the same thing. Did you actually read the article? Can you show me where it says they are the same in the article?

wintermute_oregon ,

I get it words don’t matter. Feelings are what’s important.

The autopilot on my Tesla is much better than the same technology on my Audi. Both technologies are easy to abuse. That isn’t Tesla’s fault. People need to follow the instructions.

Now there are a few cases where the technology completely failed when used correctly and that’s 100% Tesla’s fault in my opinion.

Are you arguing that it’s the people’s fault? Or are you just rambling because it’s Elon.

Or are you just arguing for god know what’s reason?

wintermute_oregon ,

For the Tesla it’s very easy to use correctly.

Compared to our old cruise control it’s a much better system.

Nothing can stop people from being idiots. Most of the accidents are people being idiots.

I have seen a few where 100% it was a Tesla failure and Tesla should be held 100% accountable for those.

wintermute_oregon ,

It’s clearly supported by the evidence. It’s cruise control. How complicated do you think cruise control is? You put your hands on the wheel and it maintains speed.

wintermute_oregon ,

Fsd is really sketchy. It either works like a dream or wants to kill you. It’s why you have to agree to a disclaimer when using it otherwise it’ll disable.

Autopilot if a fancy cruise control. It’s pretty solid but appears to have an issue with fire trucks. I know of one fatal accident where it drove into a firetruck without enough time to react. Tesla should be liable for that. Their product failed and they removed the radar that would have prevented that scenario.

I haven’t seen the video you are mentioning. It would be stupid for them to market that as a current feature. You must keep your hands on the wheel at all times in fsd. It might accelerate you full speed into oncoming traffic and the car is fast

wintermute_oregon ,

This is the stupidity I hate most about Tesla shills

This is why I hate most about people obsessed with Elon. They can’t have discussions. It’s all weird illogical wants over Elon.

Great engineers make genius innovations all the time to keep idiots from harming themselves or others

No. When cruise control first came out. It’d drive you right into another car. Auto pilot is just a fancy cruise control.

You can take a normal car and drive it into a wall. Tesla is no different. Using your logic a normal car shouldn’t be able to do that.

wintermute_oregon ,

Yeah, a responsible CEO

Elon isn’t reasonable. He shouldn’t be the ceo.

wintermute_oregon ,

Fsd us beta feature that requires you to pay extra attention and keep both hands ion the wheel. That’s why instructions and disclaimers are important.

wintermute_oregon ,

Responsible car makers have changes that

No they haven’t. I have take by brand new Audi and drive it straight into a well.

They assist people in driving. You are still driving the car.

car makers do much, much better than Tesla

Incorrect. Auto pilot is less likely to be in an accident.

www.teslarati.com/…/amp/

wintermute_oregon ,

Read the comment above. What does your comment have to do with either?

wintermute_oregon ,

The report doesn’t explain why Teslas crashed at a higher rate than any other brand, only that it does

wintermute_oregon ,

Maybe because it has nothing to do with Tesla. It’s a EV thing. Tesla just makes more EV than anyone else. It’s interesting to note when people switch to gas, they have more accidents.

The acceleration is a valid reason. Since Tesla has good controls to compensate for it. People don’t get how quickly they can get to an insane soeed

amp.cnn.com/…/why-do-people-keep-crashing-teslas

wintermute_oregon ,

People confuse auto pilot with full self driving. They are very different. AP is just assisted cruise control. I’ve had very few issues with it. Compared to my Audi, I love the Tesla AP.

Fsd is another beast. I have not tried 12 yet

wintermute_oregon ,

Here, you will see ford is under investigation for its system

techcrunch.com/…/ford-bluecruise-investigation-nh….

wintermute_oregon ,

It’s why Tesla is in the news. The same stats run similar for other EV but nobody cares.

The article explains it’s switch from gas to ev and ev to gas and not as much about Tesla

wintermute_oregon ,

From the article

Scherr’s statements echoed findings by insurance analysts at LexisNexis who found that, when vehicle owners switch from gasoline-powered cars to electric cars, they tend to crash more. Drivers also tend to crash somewhat more when switching to gas-powered vehicles, too, but the increase is more pronounced with EVs. The increase in incidents is highest during the first year or so after drivers get the new electric vehicle, but then tapers off after that, according to LexisNexis, presumably as people get used to driving the new model. There is much less of a problem when a driver changes from a gasoline-powered vehicle to another gas-powered one, they found. But LexisNexis researchers had previously noticed similar trends in China, where there are many more EVs – including more that aren’t Teslas. Crashes are even more frequent in households with both a gas and an electric model, indicating that regularly switching from one to another exacerbates the issues. And the fact that crash frequency lessens with time also suggests that unfamiliarity has something to do with it, said Xiaohui Lu, head of EV research at LexisNexis Risk Solutions,

wintermute_oregon ,

I have not found an article that breaks down other EV since there are few of them and lumped in with brand as a whole.

thestreet.com/…/new-report-finds-tesla-drivers-ar…

You’ll see ram and Subaru are comparable to tesla

wintermute_oregon ,

They have the worst accident rates among all brands and their driving assist features either can’t keep idiots from making bad decisions or, worse, even amplify the dangerous effects that idiots create while driving

You need the study to clarify that. Oddly the first article says accidents but when you see how it’s defined, tickets such as spending are called an accident

wintermute_oregon ,

The driver assist is pretty damn good. It’s so good many people trust it to much. They’ll read email. Crawl in the back seat. You can go to Amazon and buy things to make it seems like your hands are on the wheel. Now the article did say EV are more likely to be read ended. I do wonder if that’s because of the phantom breaking.

wintermute_oregon ,

My thoughts were also about phantom breaking, but I don’t know if it is still an issue.

I haven’t had an issue with it for over a year but according to others it’s still a real issue. The car will just slam on the breaks for some odd reason. I don’t want to say no reason because the car thinks there is a valid reason but there isn’t. I’m more likely to have the issue on a sunny day, by a bridge when I’m the only car in front of me.

Since I’m a conservative, I have many fans who follow me around and downvote anything I say. It’s sad they think that gives them power over me or that I care.

As long as someone is having a discussion. They’ll never get a downvote from me.

wintermute_oregon ,

That isn’t true. I’m literate as well as all my friends.

Lemmy is just an echo chamber of financial illiteracy. It’s mind boggling how few basic concepts are understood here.

The questions are in the article I see there missed all the time here.

wintermute_oregon , (edited )

I just the evaluation listed in the article. I got 100%. It’s only 5 questions.

You are confusing with economics with financial literacy. Not exactly the same things

Americans generically are horrible at financial literacy. It’s something that should be taught in school. It was when they went to high school. Hence why I can answer the questions easily.

wintermute_oregon ,

Generically. Auto correct.

wintermute_oregon ,

Financially literate people are. I trade in stocks and bonds. Everyone I know does. It’a most likely part of your 401k which most people don’t understand. The test was designed to see you understood basic concepts like what inflation does to money. That’s a basic financial literacy question. Do you understand compound interest, etc.

wintermute_oregon ,

I am aware Europeans don’t but I specially said Americans. Most likely that’s why they are poor. If you don’t understand how money works, you’re doomed to fail.

They could use an Ira if they do not have a 401k. Tax deductible and same concept.

wintermute_oregon ,

Well how are they going to start a business if they are not financially literate? They’d fail.

I grew up poor. Most my Friends were dirt poor. None of us are poor now.

Now I have plenty of poor family but they are financially illiterate.

It’s a skill everyone should be taught in school.

wintermute_oregon ,

Weird how you turned this into a discussion about an article into an attack on me. Since you have once again resorted to person attacks, I’ll end the conversation here.

wintermute_oregon ,

It’s your MO. You started attacking my political beliefs even though I never brought it up and it had nothing to do with the topic. You just wanted to make a personal attack. You can’t talk about issues, you always talk about people. It’s sad. This is the second time in two days you have went out of your way to talk about me instead of the topic.

Do better.

wintermute_oregon ,

I am not going to play your troll game with you. I’ll just move on to someone who doesn’t make personal attacks.

wintermute_oregon ,

amp.cnn.com/…/universities-protest-milei-argentin…

wintermute_oregon ,

Trump will not leave nato. That’s just fear momgerong and gore against his public statements.

And not a few countries. The bulk were not contributing what they should and Trump was right. Russia was a threat. They should have listened.

wintermute_oregon ,

No you are fear mongering. Trump has already supporter Ukraine, he just made another statement backing Ukraine and helped get the vote through.

His public statement wasn’t he’d pull America from nato. What he said was nato needs to pay their share or we will leave which is fair. Europe needs us for defense. We don’t need Europe for defense.

You’re fear mongering. There are plenty of reasons to dislike Trump. You don’t have to lie and fear monger to find a valid complaint about Trump.

wintermute_oregon , (edited )

Is this a serious question ? I’m no fan of Kim but this is topic she is versed on. She worked with Trump to get several people pardons. It’s why is studying to be a lawyer.

So I’d say she is at least passionate about the topic.

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