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New comment by tahoeskibum in "Swiss authorities want to reduce dependency on Microsoft"

tahoeskibum — Sun, 19 Apr 2026 21:12:05 +0000

Thirty years after Windows 95? How about focusing on AI or Starlink to reduce dependence now?

New comment by tahoeskibum in "Western carmakers' retreat from electric risks dooming them to irrelevance"

tahoeskibum — Sat, 21 Mar 2026 14:11:58 +0000

Weird headline: Japanese carmakers are doing the same error, while Tesla (an American company) is the one of the leading electric carmakers... I'd just replace it with Legacy Carmakers (e.g. Ford, GM, Toyota and so on).

New comment by tahoeskibum in "NYC considers increasing minimum wage to $30 by 2030"

tahoeskibum — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 02:14:24 +0000

Just in time for robots to take those $30 per hour jobs away...by 2030. Might as well increase the the minimum wage to $300.

New comment by tahoeskibum in "The US is flirting with its first-ever population decline"

tahoeskibum — Tue, 10 Feb 2026 16:40:03 +0000

Tax payer paid childcare is known for its low quality. There was an article in The Economist about it.

New comment by tahoeskibum in "Brookhaven Lab's RHIC concludes 25-year run with final collisions"

tahoeskibum — Sat, 07 Feb 2026 21:39:55 +0000

How time passes! I remember touring the RHIC tunnels back in 1999 when it was being made.

New comment by tahoeskibum in "Tesla to Stop Production of Models S and X"

tahoeskibum — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 03:09:36 +0000

Their sales have been flat for a while and the design outdated. I wonder if CyberTruck will be next. The only way they can salvage CT is if they either reduce cost or do a redesign.

New comment by tahoeskibum in "Ford F-150 Lightning outsold the Cybertruck and was then canceled for poor sales"

tahoeskibum — Thu, 15 Jan 2026 00:02:59 +0000

It also came in almost double the promised price. AWD costs $80K vs $50K as promised. In comparison Model 3 and Model Y pricing is bang on!

New comment by tahoeskibum in "Lidar-maker Luminar files for bankruptcy"

tahoeskibum — Tue, 16 Dec 2025 12:49:54 +0000

Crazy that it was just this year that Mark Rober posted his infamous video showing a Tesla getting fooled by a painting, and praising Luminar (causing the stock to jump by 30%)...

New comment by tahoeskibum in "If AI replaces workers, should it also pay taxes?"

tahoeskibum — Mon, 15 Dec 2025 01:42:19 +0000

Agreed, we should have ATM machines pay taxes, and internet pay taxes for replacing stockbrokers and travel agents...

New comment by tahoeskibum in "What a top food safety expert won't order for dinner"

tahoeskibum — Sun, 14 Dec 2025 23:41:53 +0000

But ignores the safety aspect of #1 killer: cars (for people below the age of 50).

New comment by tahoeskibum in "Tesla shareholders approve Musk's $1T pay plan with 75%+ voting in favor"

tahoeskibum — Thu, 06 Nov 2025 22:11:09 +0000

I miss the old days when one could just walk into the shareholder meeting in the Computer History Museum. Too bad TSLA moved to Texas.

New comment by tahoeskibum in "Chen-Ning Yang, Nobel laureate, dies at 103"

tahoeskibum — Sun, 19 Oct 2025 15:24:15 +0000

I was fortunate enough to take his Quantum Mechanics class when I was a student at SUNY, Stony Brook. He used to a drive a simple white Honda Accord that was 7+ years old.

New comment by tahoeskibum in "Starship's Tenth Flight Test"

tahoeskibum — Sun, 24 Aug 2025 21:47:40 +0000

Godspeed (or naturespeed for atheists)! Starship is my only hope for ever being able to go to space (assuming that they can bring the costs down).

New comment by tahoeskibum in "Elon Musk's Tesla Diner Is the Cybertruck of Restaurants"

tahoeskibum — Sun, 27 Jul 2025 22:34:12 +0000

I hope they expand these other areas with theirs solar canopies for charging and servers on roller skates. I can't wait to be served popcorn by a robot.

New comment by tahoeskibum in "UK: Phone networks down: EE, BT, Three, Vodafone, O2 not working in mass outage"

tahoeskibum — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 22:10:37 +0000

And now Starlink is down as well. I wonder if they are related.

New comment by tahoeskibum in "Games: No sex, please. we're credit card companies"

tahoeskibum — Thu, 24 Jul 2025 21:35:48 +0000

I miss the good old days when the credit card companies had no issues with Playboy or Hustler.

New comment by tahoeskibum in "Cars Are Caught in an Endless Cycle of Bigger Screens Nobody Likes"

tahoeskibum — Thu, 03 Jul 2025 18:41:28 +0000

I love having the big 15 inch in my Tesla. Great for maps, watching Netflix or gaming while charging.

New comment by tahoeskibum in "Ford CEO says Waymo's approach to autonomous driving makes more sense"

tahoeskibum — Sun, 29 Jun 2025 21:39:36 +0000

The reality is the Ford can't even compete with Tesla on EVs from a profit margin point of view. Working with Waymo would allow Ford to survive for a few more years, at which point Waymo would probably merge or buy Ford. In the long run, Waymo needs to be vertically integrated like Tesla/Apple.

New comment by tahoeskibum in "Elon Musk's Starlink Pushes Its Way into India"

tahoeskibum — Sat, 15 Mar 2025 00:39:17 +0000

It'll be great for the remote places like the Himalayas or the eastern states.

New comment by tahoeskibum in "Apple Products Are Struggling"

tahoeskibum — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 17:21:09 +0000

Their products are too reliable. My M1 MacBook is still going great after 4 years. My iPad Pro from 2018 is showing its age, but still has another couple of years of life left.