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  1. jbee

    Tesla staged 2016 self-driving demo, says senior Autopilot engineer

    The video, which now has been proven to be faked and to not show actual FSD but instead a preprogrammed drive, is STILL being used by Tesla to advertise FSD on their website. https://www.tesla.com/autopilot
  2. jbee

    EU agrees to ban new combustion engine cars from 2035

    They are (literally) not sold here in Europe. Nobody wants them, they are simply not practical. They do not fit anywhere (standard garages, standard parking spots, most village roads). Plus, insane fuel cost. So, no - nobody would buy a F250 here, except for use ONLY on a farm.
  3. jbee

    Orphan Black’s Tatiana Maslany goes green in She-Hulk: Attorney at Law trailer

    I applaud them for making a movie about She-Hulk. I just think that the CGI in this movie looks pretty bad - even just watching the trailer, I thought "nah, that looks bad". Pretty much (exaggerating here) like putting Shrek on a live action movie. Quite a shame, otherwise this looked pretty fun.
  4. jbee

    You can now buy a road-legal replica of Porsche’s mighty 917K racer

    Well, according to the video, they are working on trying to fit some turbos to up the performance to around 600hp. That should be enough to arrive at the pearly gates backwards in a ball of fire.
  5. jbee

    Porsche’s new hybrid Le Mans car breaks cover as testing begins

    In the words of James May: "I LOVE procedures."
  6. jbee

    Mercedes-Benz gets world’s first approval for automated driving system

    If it happens within the parameters defined (mapped highway, 37mph or below), Mercedes WILL be liable. This is the actual news here, Mercedes are the first manufacturer to actually put their money where their mouth is.
  7. jbee

    Hospital beds full, National Guard deployed amid crushing delta wave

    People will only change their behavior if they either have to pay or are otherwise inconvenienced. As long as you give them the choice of not doing something and just appeal to their common sense, they won't change. Here in Germany, there are still lots of people who do not want to get...
  8. jbee

    Review: Reimagined Cowboy Bebop largely preserves beloved elements of original

    It is not as good as the anime, and therefor I have to ask: why even bother creating a live action version? So far, live action versions of anime series never worked out. It's like creating a live action version of Mickey Mouse. Nobody will like it.
  9. jbee

    Review: Ghostbusters: Afterlife sinks under treacly, over-the-top fan service

    Most actual paying viewers think it is a fun movie, better than the 2016 one. Interestingly, only "professional" reviewers think it is crap, because it panders to fans of the franchise and the old movies who were disappointed with the 2016 one. Seems to be another conflict of "what reviewers...
  10. jbee

    Volkswagen plans to offer subscriptions for autonomous driving, extra EV range

    As long as FSD is not around yet and may or may not become 100% functional while you still own the car, a subscription model is the only way to pay for FSD which makes sense. You pay $0 as long as it is crap, maybe pay for an hour here and there to see if it has improved and if it actually...
  11. jbee

    When is a Porsche 911 not a Porsche 911? When it’s a Ruf

    Not sure if you're serious or not, but the post is getting downvoted because it is video game footage, not a real video of someone driving a Miura.
  12. jbee

    20-sided smart dice over the rainbow: Ars tests $39 LED-filled Pixels Dice

    OK - that's a bit annoying, but pretty much what I expected. I just hope that the batteries do not suffer too much when the dice are sitting around for a couple weeks with a completely dead battery, should you ever have to skip the weekly gaming session due to another lockdown or whatever....
  13. jbee

    20-sided smart dice over the rainbow: Ars tests $39 LED-filled Pixels Dice

    One thing I really would like to know, especially with the price of these dice: Is the battery replaceable? After charging them regularly for 1-2 years, I can see those batteries dying. Are you then out of luck, or can you open up a die and replace the battery? I do not expect some kind of...
  14. jbee

    VLC 4.0 sneak peek—a look at its work-in-progress new interface

    Exactly, and home video libraries also existed for quite a long time - and I am pretty sure most people have developed their own way of organizing stuff by now. I have about 15TB of stuff, organized on my NAS first by type of show (anime or live action), then by movie or TV show, below that by...
  15. jbee

    Amazon still hasn’t fixed its problem with bait-and-switch reviews

    I'd be happy if Amazon finally got around to preventing scammers from selling obviously fake super cheap 2TB usb sticks https://www.amazon.com/s?k=2tb+usb+stic ... -do-p_1_10 Not only are they fake (you'd be lucky to get a stick with 16GB storage and USB2 speed which self-reports as holding...
  16. jbee

    Baldur’s Gate 3 early access—mediocre RPG, amazing rendering engine

    From what I remember of my Rolemaster days, there is a good chance of the player dying before character generation is completed, with all those extra rules/extra companion books/skill lists etc. :-)
  17. jbee

    Baldur’s Gate 3 early access—mediocre RPG, amazing rendering engine

    I agree with you - I never asked for a 3D Baldur's Gate, I just wanted more of the old, beautifully hand-drawn isometric games, with emphasis on a good story instead of flashy graphics effects. Also, the old pixelated look hid a lot of the less pleasant things. For example, I never wanted high...
  18. jbee

    Movie-watching Tesla driver charged after Autopilot hits cop car

    That is exactly what I have been concerned about for years, but I usually get downvoted for mentioning it. You cannot give people a system which drives the car for them, but then expect them to still be 100% ready to take over at any time in case the system gets confused. People WILL inevitably...
  19. jbee

    War Stories: How Diablo was almost a turn-based strategy game

    You might be thinking about this talk by David Brevik: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VscdPA6sUkc
  20. jbee

    Apple expands iPhone repair-shop program to include Macs

    Those stencils are easy to get from China. https://www.aliexpress.com/popular/ipho ... encil.html Watch StrangeParts https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCO8DQr ... 37qNqTooOw for how someone replaces stuff on iphones at home, then think about how easy it would be for someone like Louis Rossmann...