CarPlay itself, perhaps not. The telemetry, ads, annoying safety nagging, and sometimes even paywalled vehicle features that tend to be implemented alongside it (because the underlying computerization facilitates both the good and the bad) is, though.

This is the exact fucking polar opposite of an oversize truck. It’s nearly identical in size to a compact pickup from the '90s.

But it will be a real vehicle made by a real company with things like a ‘radio’

That’s a bad thing, because “radio” these days implies “spying and enshittification.”

Slate is the only EV on the entire market that isn’t fucked with that deal-breaker.

I wonder which is actually more aero between the squareback and fastback options?

My only problem with the Slate’s range is that, being a truck/SUV, I would want to use it for overlanding (the kind of use-case where even gasoline vehicles need extra fuel tanks strapped to them, as shown here). Trying to do that with an EV with anything less than exceptional range would be limited and take careful route-planning.

Obviously it’s not a “regular” use and therefore shouldn’t rationally be a deal-breaker, but nevertheless taking a couple of jerry cans is a lot less weird and complicated than towing a generator. (And the fact that I’m seriously considering the latter as an option just goes to show how much I like the Slate truck anyway.)

The Santa Cruz is exactly as much as a truck as the Ford Maverick is (which is to say, they’re both unibody vehicles).

Never mind the low price, not having that shit built in is the killer feature for me, making it the only new car I would even consider buying. (It’s just too bad they won’t have a 4x4 version for another couple of years.)

It is kinda good that there’s an optional module available, though, because it means there’s an interface that, in theory, a third-party module running Free Software could hook into.

I didn’t say it shouldn’t be done. Just that it’s logistically and politically complicated.

It’s not that simple. The tax money doesn’t flow through the state; it is paid directly from companies and individuals to the Federal government. The state would have to figure out a mechanism to disrupt that process, and it would end up being a Constitutional crisis (not that we shouldn’t have had several in the last few years already…).

You misread the other guy, too.

The article does not specify who can be held legally responsible for this violation or if the prison itself was already held responsible.

That’s because the answer is now “nobody.”

Only if by “cop” you mean “subhuman gestapo thug about to murder people for exercising their free speech rights.”

The guy who shot the gun might be an exception because only a crazy person is firing guns off at other humans like this

Only a crazy person shoots a gestapo thug in defense of others? (According to the article, the thug had his gun drawn and was about to start shooting protestors.)

Hope is nice, but realistically the difference in urgency is intentional ratfucking.

Reminder: there is no such thing as “intellectual property”. The term is loaded language designed to serve the interests of the copyright cartel and should be rejected.

One of these days I need to get around to hard-wiring my dashcam so that it can always be powered.

I wouldn’t ever spend money on something that requires an app, an account, or an internet connection. Fortunately my car has dashcams built in.

What car has built-in dashcams but isn’t itself an enshittified nightmare?

I wonder how many Putin allies have died similarly, and if there’s any reporting bias about it.

Not doubting the “coincidences,” but it would be interesting to validate statistically.

That is a blatant lie.

Of shows that have aired after old Star Trek reruns, that’s my favorite.