The Nav system on my Audi Q7 BLOWS compared to Android Auto. It can’t seem to understand a damn thing I say.

I ran into this with my 2013 Kia Sorento ICE (which was subsequently totalled. :( )

When you replace the on-board infotainment system, there’s an interoperability package that has to be installed to make sure the existing functions of the vehicle continue to work.

Think of it like a translation layer, everything on the dashboard that went through the old system, has to be hooked up to the new system. Also complicated by steering wheel controls.

When it was all said and done, I had the full array of cameras that I wanted (turn signal cameras are amazing!) and everything worked…

Except the one little button that changed the interior lighting. It was forever stuck on red.

Now, for an EV, it’s essential everything work properly. I can totally see GM shutting that down.

This is kind of like the complaint about EVs not having AM radios… yeah, there’s a reason for that!

https://www.autosinnovate.org/posts/blog/not-cheap-a-3.8-billion-fix-for-am-radio-in-evs

Blueprints here:

https://cyberneticzoo.com/walking-machines/1894-1914-electric-man-perew-american/

The mechanics were all in the cart, it pushed the figure forward rather than having it pull the cart.

Still, a neat bit of kit!

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FYI - It wasn’t just SSNs from people in the 60s and 70s, it was also from people in the 90s who had requested access to the documents.

“Still” implies I was ever going to buy a Tesla. :)

Yup!

Apache Pistol FTW!

They’re going to be surprised if it gets to the Supreme Court:

https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/577/411/

“the Second Amendment extends, prima facie, to all instruments that constitute bearable arms, even those that were not in existence at the time of the founding,”

Woman bought a stun gun to protect herself from an abusive ex. State of MA charged her saying that stun guns didn’t exist back in the day, and were “dangerous and unusual” so the 2nd amendment doesn’t apply.

Yup. Money.

$400 million is a significant lever.

If you stop to ask yourself “Well, that’s really stupid, why did they do that?” the answer is typically “Money.”

Getting a million people to Washington D.C. is a tall order when places like CA, OR, WA are 3,000 miles away, plus people have to, you know, work and stuff.

Yeah, no. Your career ended during the debate.

When I’m on camera, I never do a background replacement and I’m always in front of bookshelves. Anyone can ask “What’s that thing behind you?” and I’ll take it down and show them.

Personal information from 50-60 years ago is still relevant?

Aha… makes more sense now:

“One of the newly unredacted documents, for example, discloses the Social Security numbers of more than two dozen people seeking security clearances in the 1990s to review JFK-related documents for the Assassination Records Review Board.”

Also a good idea to have a password or code phrase. This is something that’s been advised for child abductions for years now.

“Your mom sent me to pick you up.”

“What’s the password?”

“. . .”

https://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/national/article231037078.html

The hand in front of face thing is interesting, and in the video you can see clear distortion around the headphones which could have been a result of a replacement background.

I’d have requested they turn off all filters and see how they react to that. “Oh, I’m not running any filters.” would be a clear lie and a reason to end the interview.