Big brother Tesla

[Xipe Totec]

 

[orraloon]

The eighth recall for mechanical faults that shouldn't have let them leave the factory. Much less be driven on a public highway.

Such an infringement of civil rights. No NCAPs, MOTs and such woke like BS needed in MAGAland.

 

[Pblakeney]

It took me a couple of looks. 😂😂😂

 

[monkers]

"Tesla says it will fix the sticky issue—which could cause panels to detach from trucks while driving"

Only Tesla could make a Rover SD1 seem like a quality, well built product.

To be fair the Rover SD1 was a good design. It was just that the Leyland bean counters had they're way with it.

 

[briantrumpet]

The eighth recall for mechanical faults that shouldn't have let them leave the factory. Much less be driven on a public highway.

And they are proposing to replace one sort of glue with a different sort of glue. Will probably be a slightly different sort of rapid unscheduled disassembly.

 

[Psamathe]

It was just that the Leyland bean counters had they're way with it.

Many years ago I (a technical s/w developer then) was taken to help sales at a potential customer a motor manufacturer. Good meeting then they appologised that somebody from their purchasing dept had to join us. And purchasing dept started "yes, but we need a lower price on the custom software you'll develop". Reply: "Fine What do you want us to leave out? Maybe if we just didn't test it, that would be cheaper". Purchasing dept left meeting and was never heard of again and system developed, installed and worked at the originally quoted price).

Ian

 

[monkers]

To be fair the Rover SD1 was a good design. It was just that the Leyland bean counters had they're way with it.

Agh just read that again with that glaring error. 😡 Trying to console myself ... there, their, they're monkers.

 

[CXRAndy]

View: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1902976751396925683?t=oSNAgR49nlcCVLUQC8HbRg&s=19

 

[monkers]

View: https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1902976751396925683?t=oSNAgR49nlcCVLUQC8HbRg&s=19

Is this yet another billionaire fan boy cult recruitment post? I bet it is. I'll ask the audience please Jeremy.

 

[Psamathe]

People overlook the climate change impacts from Starlink. Many suppose that becuase they are "in space" they don't affect out climate. some notes from a talk I listened to:

A spacecraft reenters atmosphere. eg Starlink is ¼ tonne which burns-up, mainly aluminium oxide -gas contributing to hole in ozone layer so “not that gentle on atmosphere”

At present ½ tonne per day material re-entering atmosphere from satellite trash - a lot being Starlink, upper stage of Falcon Heavy (4 tonnes) burning up (so 20 Starlink satellites add both themselves plus 4 tonnes launch vehicle).

Starlink satellites nave a life of only 5 years.

Starlink aiming for 12,000 satellites. Plus One-Web (600), plus Kuiper plus Qianfan (Chinese version of Starlink 14,000-15,000).

By end of decade expected 100,000 satellites. Worse estimates of 1m https://www.space.com/million-satellites-congest-low-earth-orbit-study-shows.

Solid rocket fuel is very bad for atmospheric pollution (normally in boosters), worse because pollution is largely put directly into stratosphere.

Which is going to affect the Earth’s albedo to the point where it is going to worsen Climate Change and be a significant problem.

Ian

 

[monkers]

People overlook the climate change impacts from Starlink. Many suppose that becuase they are "in space" they don't affect out climate. some notes from a talk I listened to:

Ian

Was that talk given by Dr Gary Hunt OBE perchance?

 

[Dorset Boy]

And they are proposing to replace one sort of glue with a different sort of glue. Will probably be a slightly different sort of rapid unscheduled disassembly.

Is the replacement 'glue' plasticine, or are they going to try Lego bricks instead?

 

[Ian H]

Is the replacement 'glue' plasticine, or are they going to try Lego bricks instead?

Pop-rivets are always best.

 

[briantrumpet]

The eighth recall for mechanical faults that shouldn't have let them leave the factory. Much less be driven on a public highway.

It's a decent metaphor for how Musk is doing DOGE stuff: nothing stress-tested, just send it out of the DOGE factory and see what happens. Bits fall off. Maybe do a recall, or maybe just let other bits fall off as well. Don't worry too much if little people die.

 

[Psamathe]

Was that talk given by Dr Gary Hunt OBE perchance?

No. Professor Fred Watson. Astronomer born in UK but living in Australia these days.

Ian