draughtcyclist

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[–] draughtcyclist@lemmy.world 52 points 1 week ago (5 children)

Jim Farley has been quite open about EVs - and he's been conducting hands-on market research. He's done podcasts on the topic.

I don't know why everyone grabs their pitchforks for this - they're trying to address competition to modernize their offerings.

[–] draughtcyclist@lemmy.world 25 points 4 weeks ago

Please levy the largest fine imaginable for this spyware without consent. Because I know my country won't fucking do it.

[–] draughtcyclist@lemmy.world 7 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

I feel like the power consumption is worth considering as well.

[–] draughtcyclist@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Either that or a bot operating on his behalf. 13 day old account with 500+ comments - either a bot or some fuckin' loser with nothing better to do than lick boot.

[–] draughtcyclist@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Ginger lime diet coke is an abomination and I'm here for it.

[–] draughtcyclist@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Isn't that wombats?

[–] draughtcyclist@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

This is amazing. The number of crawlers that don't respect crawling directives is out of hand. Feed them garbage till they can't pay their bills.

[–] draughtcyclist@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Correct - but having seen them in action, well planned ones are executed from multiple countries at once so they can't just be geoip blocked.

My money is on Elon not understanding how it works, lying, or both. Much more history of that happening than the other.

[–] draughtcyclist@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

He's claimed DDoS before right after the purge. I'm pretty sure it was just the platform being crushed by normal traffic. I'm skeptical this isn't just operating as funded.

[–] draughtcyclist@lemmy.world 32 points 4 months ago (1 children)

They literally have manufacturing facilities in the US as well due to the IBM acquisition. This article seems to gloss over the reality of them being globally diverse for a while.

HP and Dell manufacture more in PRC.

[–] draughtcyclist@lemmy.world 89 points 4 months ago (8 children)

Poor markmanship.

[–] draughtcyclist@lemmy.world 12 points 4 months ago

Why is this not Bev?

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