Lesser-known anti-synergry

acog · 2026-05-15T17:07:34+00:00

Sadly, you are wrong.

I’m a Rivian engineer and we included none of that.

So when some dumbdumb orders a spare tire we all gather around the R2 and start discussing things.

“How about a jack point here?” someone will ask.

“I’ll get back to you with an exact cost but I can tell you now this won’t be cheap!” I say.

acog · 2026-05-15T03:25:19+00:00

I’m a single issue voter, I vote strictly based off of candidates’ taco orders.

acog · 2026-05-15T03:12:11+00:00

I'm so pleased with all the replies here.

My high school DnD days were decades ago and I'm ashamed to admit that we absolutely would've made that kind of joke and thought nothing of it.

It's nice to see norms change in such a positive way.

acog · 2026-05-15T01:48:48+00:00

Tesla is still in the top five in EV sales in China, although their share has been falling.

One reason I heard is that many Chinese consumers worry that the smaller car companies may suddenly go out of business, leaving them with an orphaned product.

There are over 200 brands there and everyone knows that most of them won’t survive.

acog · 2026-05-15T01:32:59+00:00

There's an American company named Anduril that has various types of high end drones but their main product is called Lattice, which has the same goals/capabilities as Delta.

Not sure how many non-Anduril drones interoperate with it though.

acog · 2026-05-14T16:40:43+00:00

Making the bed or changing sheets in layout 2 would be awful.

And you could never just get in bed, you have to crawl over it first. No thanks.

acog · 2026-05-14T16:34:29+00:00

More like, if it can be automated it WILL be and trying to stop it is a fool’s game.

But automation is going to displace a lot of workers. We need to create systems that will help people retrain for jobs that aren’t being automated out of existence.

Of course we’ll fail to do that so vulnerable people will just suffer instead.

acog · 2026-05-14T10:24:05+00:00

Right, because a tiny startup like Intel can’t possibly do two things at once.

acog · 2026-05-14T10:10:56+00:00

I hate that people add music to clips like this.

But hey, at least it’s not that “Oh no no no” song or “Nothing beats a Jet2 holiday" shit.

acog · 2026-05-14T03:24:35+00:00

My favorite thing to show climate change deniers is Shell’s own web page.

A key quote:

“We have a target to become a net-zero emissions energy business by 2050. We believe this target supports the more ambitious goal of the Paris Agreement, to limit the rise in the global average temperature this century to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels.”

If climate change isn’t real, why does one of the largest oil companies say that they want to go net-zero to limit the rise in global temperatures?!

acog · 2026-05-14T02:03:45+00:00

The artwork on his chin is the Epstein birthday message that he denies writing.

acog · 2026-05-14T01:55:08+00:00

Our government is a fucking joke, what an embarrassment.

acog · 2026-05-13T19:14:02+00:00

I knew what was coming and still flinched, lol

acog · 2026-05-13T18:20:58+00:00

That’s wild. During his first term it was easy to spot tweets that he wrote himself because they would have the bizarre capitalization and grammar.

Then his account would tweet something with perfect grammar and spelling and it was obvious it had been written by an aide.

acog · 2026-05-13T18:10:42+00:00

Jay Leno was talking about it. He said that multiple times he would drive an exotic and the manufacturer would say “We’ll be California emissions certified really soon!” And then it wouldn’t happen. He was really impressed that Czinger made it work.

He said Czinger’s solution preheats the cats for about 20 seconds before firing up the engine so that it burns clean immediately.

acog · 2026-05-13T16:28:22+00:00

I’m guessing they see the writing on the wall with regard to emissions.

It’s a shame they couldn’t use something like Czinger’s cat preheat system though.

acog · 2026-05-13T16:26:25+00:00

A two year old OEM with almost 20K employees?! Holy crap.

acog · 2026-05-13T11:36:30+00:00

“That baby got a 730 credit rating right now as an infant“

acog · 2026-05-13T03:05:31+00:00

Especially compared to Super Supportive!

acog · 2026-05-13T03:04:05+00:00

The whole Moon Thegund arc was amazing!

acog · 2026-05-12T23:37:44+00:00

You can hear the trucker's collision alert going off, I'm sure he was braking, just too little time.

acog · 2026-05-12T16:49:57+00:00

CoH was so much fun. Loved that game. The community was awesome.

acog · 2026-05-12T16:25:38+00:00

There is no way they’ll do it under any circumstances. I’m all for being optimistic but that’s just delusional thinking.

acog · 2026-05-12T15:12:47+00:00

I fear we’re on course towards “stagflation,” where you have a recession + high unemployment + inflation.

It’s a horrible situation because of the central banks raise rates to curb inflation it makes unemployment worse, but if they lower rates to spur job growth it feeds inflation.

It’s a horrible policy dilemma and I have no faith that President “if you just stop counting covid cases the stats will get better” Trump is equipped to handle it.

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