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https://www.epi.org/publication/retirement-in-america/ > Nearly half of families have no retirement account savings at all. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/26/upshot/stocks-pandemi…

> shes just trying to step back and analyze... And it is a much more useful an interesting perspective on the world than turning every single discussion into team sports politics. …

So far it's a lot of words and graphs with a tenuous grip on reality in a few places: > There are, however, some groups in lower income brackets that do poorly in inflationary envi…

Everyone is well aware that any promise of company loyalty isn't worth the time it takes to say it. To attract in-demand employees, you have to make every week count for them so if…

> people have been organizing into large work entities since time immemorial Mercantilism didn't appear until the 17th Century. > Yet people act like working for someone else is so…

There are plenty of technologies that are working in a limited scope for driver assist, and functioning reliably if not perfectly. Tesla's death rate (measured in vehicle years) is…

If autopilot allows itself to be activated in an area where it doesn't work, who is accountable for that? If it depends on collision avoidance that performs far worse than other so…

https://medium.com/@MidwesternHedgi/teslas-driver-fatality-r... > Remember that BMW and Audi combined had 9 driver fatalities in nearly 900,000 vehicle years? Clearly, 11 Tesla dri…

Why are you getting into the definition of fallacious? Read the NTSB report. > The Tesla Autopilot system did not provide an effective means of monitoring the driver’s level of eng…

https://electrek.co/2020/08/04/tesla-wiper-controls-ruled-il... > On Model 3 and Model Y vehicles, Tesla didn’t install normal windshield wiper settings through a steering wheel st…

> This is a common misconception, easily avoided by getting some firsthand experience owning a Tesla. So a software update has never changed the order or location of user interface…

As I said in another reply, Tesla is the only company advertising automated driving and other features that don't work in edge cases which is bad news for staying alive, even if yo…

In every safety system, there is a point where human intervention can override automated activity. In almost every car these systems have standard tactile controls so you can overr…

https://www.tesladeaths.com/ https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/2/26/21154502/tesla-autopilo... https://arstechnica.com/cars/2021/01/waymo-ceo-tesla-is-not-... Tesla resists efforts t…

So the person responsible for keeping their family alive doesn't look away from the road trying to perform a very common task. A car is designed around the idea that maintaining th…

https://electrek.co/2020/08/04/tesla-wiper-controls-ruled-il...

A non-touchscreen way to operate windshield wipers. VW makes a car with an electric drivetrain, Tesla makes an electric drivetrain with a place to put people and things.

> Tesla also uses a different battery chemistry — aluminum, in addition to the standard nickel and cobalt — than other major automakers. The battery researchers said that choice ha…

If you're keeping your car for 20 years, there are at least three or four timing belt/chain replacements and a ton of maintenance if you are putting typical miles on. Plus you're a…

Another good reason I don't have any respect for Google: https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/google-used-d...

The former Googler used to be a Product Manager and I thought I would get some valuable insights. For as high up as he made it, I have no interest in learning how Google operates a…

I assumed we were talking about software development, not influencing. Why are you so interested in chiming in on products you haven't used in 8 years?

Okay, so... architects design the building. Engineers engineer it. Construction firms construct it. Why do you think Gehry was pouring concrete instead of designing his next award …

LinkedIn is the only social media site with the possibility of return on time investment, which all suffer from the problems you mention. So why pick the one that can't possibly ge…

When is the last time a recruiter checked out your profile on Facebook?