Self-driving cars, getting rid of pocket currency in favor of all using APPs as currency, robotics... it's like developers are all ignoring all warnings given to us through movies, books, etc...
I recently read that many farmers are buying up old (pre-1990) tractors and farm implements at farm auctions because they are easier and less expensive to maintain than the computerized implements of today, which practically require an IT degree to work on.
Seeing is believing. I’ll believe it when I see it. Then reevaluate my stand.
Tesla Semi trucks won't run away on hills - as often
Regenerative braking on the Tesla Semi is superior to diesel-engine brakingmedium.com
They don't give numbers but if electric breaking is good enough for the freight trains I assume Tesla can make an adequate system for downhill grades.
I wonder if Europeans prefer manuals. When I went to Elsaß in AD 2018 at the rental office the guy told me, "the only ones I have now are all automatic, though", as if that were a kind of deal breaker. I said I didn't care and drove off in a Toyosux.
Yes, the day of the subdermal microchip (the real 666) is coming. By then, online tobacco sales will have been banned, though. So no worries on that front. I'd say more but that'd be veering into religious posts.
They won't even need chips, when they have touch DNA detectors. But, really, this isn't very far away. Right now it has been debated a few times already. APP designers already have the software ready. All they need now is a bill. It's already here. And, guess who is pushing it... Apple.
Yes, the day of the subdermal microchip (the real 666) is coming. By then, online tobacco sales will have been banned, though. So no worries on that front. I'd say more but that'd be veering into religious posts.
What I will say is that the sheeple is being driven to that through convenience: these youngsters thing it's the coolest thing to swipe their phone at the grocery store.
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Last week I had to go to the university to check up on my honours degree status. To my dismay, when I pulled into the visitor parking I found out that all meters had been disabled and now you have to use pay stations wherein you have to punch in your plate or your phone (and pay by card, I'm assuming, and we all know how munificent banks are when sharing our purchases with third parties). I pulled out of there and managed to find meters still working on the street. Yep, cash is being phased out alright.
they suck. usually the auto on a high performance car is tuned better than you are able to shift with the paddles.
An old customer of mine, was left the Maserati when her husband died, and was upside down on the loan. So, she was stuck with it. She always used the paddle shifters, and drove that Maserati down the road like a jumping low rider, and the surface of that thing was starting to look like a crumpled paper bag. I tried driving it with the shifters, but I couldn't do any better in it. But, she insisted that it was fun to drive, ha ha. She just needed a horn that played La Cucaracha.
Be happy auto trannys are still available. People seem to want cars that drive themselves now days.
