CurseBunny

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Wikipedia article concerning drag coefficients

The drag coefficients of even the more recent Teslas are comparable to other vehicles that don't use retracting door handles, even the GM EV1 from 1999 beats all the Teslas on the table in terms of drag reduction. The door handles may technically be a contributing factor towards their more favorable position on the list, but they're certainly not necessary and don't seem to be highly impactful. A large part of Tesla design philosophy and marketing is making their cars seem futuristic and highly advanced through things like motorized door handles and autopilot. Their primary goal is to provide a unique and pleasant user experience "out of the box" and their justification for things like the door handles retracting are almost certainly retroactive.

Also, publicity is a big factor. You pretty much guarantee some degree of media coverage when you do something like shut down a busy highway. I don't think people consider often enough how important even negative press is in spreading the message.

counterpoint: I believe so

[–] CurseBunny@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I won't, but I'm sure if you had the excess money to pursue litigation you could at least make my life quite difficult in the meantime.

[–] CurseBunny@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Reading is a fun and beneficial pastime, try it

[–] CurseBunny@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't that page exclusively for games with native Linux builds? When people talk highly of Linux gaming these days it's because of the work that's gone into Proton, a compatibility layer for Windows games on Linux. You can play a large portion of Windows native games on Linux with minimal fuss now.

Trust me, I understand your caution. Safe travels!

[–] CurseBunny@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The original comment seemed more inquisitive and confused than judgemental or expectant. The best way to learn about and appreciate other perspectives is to ask questions, no?

So instead of scraping the website the easier solution is to end Youtube?

Who wants to call Google and give them the difficult news that Youtube isn't being renewed for another season?

Judging from their reaction to the mildest form of critique I think they're too far down that path to hear you.

That's fair, but it's hard to not bring up servers when someone is making broad statements like "businesses don't use Linux", though. In the scope of that particular discussion I feel servers are pertinent enough.

I don't believe it's so much about the correction itself as it is about ignoring what the person said and only piping up to correct. Imagine we are having a conversation and you spend 3 minutes telling me about how you struggled to get the lug nuts off your tire this morning while changing it and when you finished, all I had to offer you is "they're on the rim, not the tire" and nothing more. It can come off as a bit rude.

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