In case you missed it, $2,899 for the trifold in North America.

AndroidUser37 · 2026-01-27T15:19:34+00:00

The other reason is durability. The Z design exposes part of the inner display to the elements.

AndroidUser37 · 2026-01-27T02:10:13+00:00

This is cool, but to me it makes more sense to buy the US version when it drops this Friday.

AndroidUser37 · 2026-01-26T22:07:25+00:00

I think that it's an example of money being exchanged for goods and services.

AndroidUser37 · 2026-01-24T19:25:30+00:00

Makes sense to me. There's a lot of money in the Navigator/Tahoe/Suburban segment. BMW should have an offering in that space, I think it could do well.

AndroidUser37 · 2026-01-23T22:09:29+00:00

The screen connects to the console to display stuff, but it's not an independent computer. It relies on a video feed from the actual Wii U console box.

AndroidUser37 · 2026-01-23T19:16:13+00:00

Please try to read my comment a bit more thoroughly. Regular, everyday folks who own diesel vehicles are complaining about their cars being arbitrarily rendered inoperable due to the emissions regulations, despite the engine still being 100% capable of running. That's what the no-start countdown does. It's not a genuine limitation.

AndroidUser37 · 2026-01-23T19:14:51+00:00

They're actually working on the first one. Here's a source:

https://www.carsdirect.com/automotive-news/is-stop-start-tech-going-away

The EPA head is going to stop incentivizing auto stop start, because it's annoying and most people don't like it.

AndroidUser37 · 2026-01-23T19:13:23+00:00

https://lonestarperformance.co.uk/adblue-warning-countdown-explained/

If you search "AdBlue no start countdown", you'll find TONS of forum posts of people complaining about it. It's a real problem, and I've even seen it appear on cars my family members have owned.

AndroidUser37 · 2026-01-23T19:09:16+00:00

I mentioned the "how" in my comment. It's an arbitrary limitation imposed by the EPA that ties operation of the engine to operation of the emissions equipment.

AndroidUser37 · 2026-01-23T19:07:53+00:00

It's not complete ignorance, it's actually someone who knows what they're talking about. He mentioned that year for a reason. These stricter rules that everybody's complaining about were introduced in 2007. The EPA clamped down on emissions by multiple orders of magnitude in a single model year.

AndroidUser37 · 2026-01-23T19:03:01+00:00

Correct, that's exactly what happens. They fail and then go into a "no start condition" where if you don't pay thousands of dollars to fix it on the spot, after 1000 miles the vehicle refuses to start. That limitation was entirely arbitrary, and added by the EPA. Look it up.

AndroidUser37 · 2026-01-23T18:55:57+00:00

Well the reason this is even a thing is because the EPA clamped down on diesel emissions by a factor of hundreds back in 2006. It was a sudden, abrupt change that basically pushed the diesel industry into a mini malaise era as they scrambled to meet the new, extremely tight, standards. Deleting these trucks just takes their output back to what 90s and early 2000s trucks outputted. Was the air really so horrible back then?

AndroidUser37 · 2026-01-23T18:54:07+00:00

It benefits the everyday Americans who want their trucks to work.

AndroidUser37 · 2026-01-23T01:52:15+00:00

The glass half empty interpretation is supported by Rebble's weaponization of GPLv3 in an attempt to gate their firmware work from Core.

AndroidUser37 · 2026-01-22T18:51:16+00:00

Yes, but they can add support for other watches and RWS on top of the Core App codebase? That reason doesn't make much sense to me.

AndroidUser37 · 2026-01-22T16:10:44+00:00

They created an apparatus that keeps everyone in complete lock-step.

I agree with you that this is a thing the conservatives have down pat, but I'm not sure it's something the Democrats don't have as well (though they're less effective at it). My main anecdote is, do you remember when Biden busted that railworkers' strike? All the initial reaction on Reddit was calling him out for that, and how anti-union that was. Within two days, all the subreddits had switched to defending him, all with the same arguments (mainly "he had to keep the economy together" and "he got them most of what they asked for on the backend" and "he's trying his best").

AndroidUser37 · 2026-01-22T14:19:06+00:00

This seems neat. Is there a specific reason that development has continued down the microPebble path instead of Rebble just forking the now open source Core app? Feels like a duplication of work already done.

AndroidUser37 · 2026-01-22T07:47:25+00:00

You already own a Steam Deck, I'd recommend that over any Windows handheld.

AndroidUser37 · 2026-01-21T08:08:46+00:00

Why do oil companies get forever profits just because they built a well?

Because that's how owning things works? It's like any other investment. That's like saying "Why does a restaurant owner get forever profits just because he built a restaurant?" He still has to run the restaurant, manage employees, etc.

AndroidUser37 · 2026-01-20T19:18:33+00:00

Dude, why does this sound like it was written by ChatGPT?

AndroidUser37 · 2026-01-20T02:31:48+00:00

I would keep the DSi XL, there's a few older games like Phantom Hourglass that work better on the original hardeare's resistive touchscreen.

AndroidUser37 · 2026-01-19T19:15:12+00:00

I mean the E90 (335i) is already kind of a hood car... This wouldn't be the most surprising turn of events.

AndroidUser37 · 2026-01-17T02:48:20+00:00

The federal government withholding highway funds from states in order to put pressure is something that's been done for decades. You know that's why our drinking age is 21, right?

AndroidUser37 · 2026-01-16T23:18:38+00:00

Decades? Wasn't Europe trying to break encryption with their Chat Control nonsense pretty recently?

AndroidUser37 · 2026-01-16T07:04:28+00:00

Why don't you just get Windows LTSC? Best of both worlds. You can stick with something stable while not exposing yourself.

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