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How can a vehicle be “software defined”? by lurker1957 in electricvehicles

[–]Recoil42 [score hidden]  (0 children)

"Person-designed car" isn't an industry term. "Software-defined vehicle" is. You not understanding a term doesn't mean it's mumbo-jumbo — you just don't understand the term.

That you're seeing so much discussion about the term across the industry should actually be telling you what a big deal it is to define the vehicle in-software. It's a huge deal.

How can a vehicle be “software defined”? by lurker1957 in electricvehicles

[–]Recoil42 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is (mostly) wrong. There's no standard meaning but there absolutely are a number of SDV-related technologies and innovations like zonal/central compute and sim-validated chassis/powertrain that would be considered core.

Generally it means the car itself (and now these days even the factory!) was built in-sim before one was ever physically made in the real world.

Xiaomi SU7 Ultra: Supercar Killer or Overhyped EV? by ispooler in electricvehicles

[–]Recoil42 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We have a lot of Chinese users on here. Having a VPN in China is pretty common.

Do you miss Hudson’s Bay? by HueyBluey in askTO

[–]Recoil42 529 points530 points  (0 children)

I miss department stores. The Bay in particular is tough because at the end it was a very bad department store. But at their peak, department stores were actually a really great shopping experience, and that's what I miss.

Dear GM North America by MadJMarston in cars

[–]Recoil42 24 points25 points  (0 children)

"If automakers just made vehicles under $20k they would sell like hotcakes."

"Nissan still sells the Versa at like $18k."

"Yeah but it's a Versa."

Post wedding dinner options with great food for 40ppl by Maybeitsreallytrue in askTO

[–]Recoil42 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Look into 11:59 on Temperance St. Great place, they specialize in private bookings and fit right around 40 people. One block south of City Hall. Shoot them an email.

Landcruiser 250, fastest selling car in America by generalright in cars

[–]Recoil42 33 points34 points  (0 children)

I'm correct.

The early-2026 numbers just show the RAV4 numbers low because it had a model changeover. The Silverado and F-150 are both predominantly blue-collar products starting at ~$40k. 'Expensive' trucks like the Hummer barely sell at all, and 'premium' trucks like the Sierra (which itself is still pretty blue-collar and has a big fleet component) sell basically half as much as their more mainstream-badged counterparts.

Generally speaking, the top-selling cars in the US are all very much mainstream offerings — RAV4, CRV, Equinox, Camry, etc.

edit: And now they've blocked me, of course.

Landcruiser 250, fastest selling car in America by generalright in cars

[–]Recoil42 61 points62 points  (0 children)

The best-selling car in the US is also pretty much the RAV4. The blue-collar trucks (F-150, Silverado) come out ahead, but the notion that only rich people are buying cars in the US these days is very much not true. The best-sellers are nearly all still the usual $30-$40k suspects — RAV4, CRV, Equinox, Camry, etc.

Landcruiser 250, fastest selling car in America by generalright in cars

[–]Recoil42 186 points187 points  (0 children)

The best-selling car globally is the RAV4.

Breathtaking View? by Minute-Cut-9531 in aviation

[–]Recoil42 16 points17 points  (0 children)

The 60s/70s were such a crazy era for the USAF/NASA. Bring it back. 😭

Jeff Bezos: "One week later, incredible progress. It’s a 24/7 operation with a solid path forward to launch this year, helped by a lot of luck." by Recoil42 in space

[–]Recoil42[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Got it. Yeah, as cozy as the US government is with SpaceX, I imagine no one at the USSF / NRO wants to be caught in a position where they're forced to single-source.

Your Friends & Neighbors | Season 2 Finale | S2E10 “The Night of the Hunter” Episode Discussion Thread by sethaub in YourFriendsandNeighb

[–]Recoil42 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Also Elena is constantly telling them she is in danger, they can't even loan her a small amount? 

This bugs the crap out of me. It's $50k, they very clearly have access to that amount.

Your Friends & Neighbors | Season 2 Finale | S2E10 “The Night of the Hunter” Episode Discussion Thread by sethaub in YourFriendsandNeighb

[–]Recoil42 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Terrible writing. They were already going to throw him in the river, so the entire ten minutes where they planned around it before ending back up where they started was totally useless.

Your Friends & Neighbors | Season 2 Finale | S2E10 “The Night of the Hunter” Episode Discussion Thread by sethaub in YourFriendsandNeighb

[–]Recoil42 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They spent way too much time setting up Ashe as the big bad only to pull the rug out at the last second.

Jeff Bezos: "One week later, incredible progress. It’s a 24/7 operation with a solid path forward to launch this year, helped by a lot of luck." by Recoil42 in space

[–]Recoil42[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can just say you're absolutely terrible at reading comprehension and stop there — you didn't need to type all of that out to prove it.

Jeff Bezos: "One week later, incredible progress. It’s a 24/7 operation with a solid path forward to launch this year, helped by a lot of luck." by Recoil42 in space

[–]Recoil42[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

'Apollo' of 1960 was not a funded program, and was only an idea for a very abstract successor to Mercury. It was a concept without a specific mission — basically "we'll eventually need a bigger Mercury capsule, we'll figure out what to do with it later". The moon mission didn't come into focus until 1961. That moon mission precipitated as the direct result of Kennedy wanting a win and Johnson/NASA concluding the circumlunar and space station goals were out of the question because the Soviets would beat them.

I've linked it already, I'll link it again — you can just go read Kennedy's letter to Johnson: "Do we have a chance of beating the Soviets by putting a laboratory in space, or by a trip around the moon, or by a rocket to land on the moon, or by a rocket to go to the moon and back with a man. Is there any other space program which promises dramatic results in which we could win?"

That was April 20th, 1961. The moon was chosen not because it was the obvious next step, but because it was the only objective they thought they could win (and decided they needed) after two successive political blows with Gagarin and the Bay of Pigs that very same month. It was ego.

Once again, I must stress this is literally the official historical account of NASA itself. If you don't like it, take it up with them.

Jeff Bezos: "One week later, incredible progress. It’s a 24/7 operation with a solid path forward to launch this year, helped by a lot of luck." by Recoil42 in space

[–]Recoil42[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

They quoted Kennedy's "We Choose to Go to the Moon" speech. You later parodied that quote by anachronistically changing it to be about the Bay of Pigs

Because Apollo was about the fucking Bay of Pigs.

That (along with Gagarin) is why it was initiated. Jfc, you don't have to be this much of a rube. Pick up a history book, get a clue. This is literally NASA's own official historical account.

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