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Wednesday, March 15, 2023

Using the term Autopilot as a feature of its electric vehicles belies Tesla's own requirement for drivers to keep both hands on the wheel, US Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg said Monday, adding that marketing language is not part of his department's investigations. ... "I wouldn't call something 'Autopilot' if the manual explicitly says that you have to have your hands on the wheel and the eyes on the road all the time," Buttigieg said in an interview with Bloomberg News in Washington.

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And I wouldn't call strapping a milk jug on your chest breast feeding either.

#1 | Posted by fortfisher at 2023-03-15 01:28 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

And I wouldn't call strapping a milk jug on your chest breast feeding either.

#1 | Posted by fortfisher

Is this another fascist trying to make change every thread topic to sex?

#2 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2023-03-15 01:30 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

For fun let me take the exact opposite stance on this I have for years: If you can call almond meal and water "milk", you should be able to call driver assistants autopilots.

A transportation secretary talking about hands off the controls under autopilot, not long after the 737-MAX crashes and the Cirrus Jet recall for diving under autopilot with no control inputs... weird. Must not be into planes.

#3 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2023-03-15 01:40 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Right wing guys (it's always guys) are tranny obsessed.

Go figure.

#4 | Posted by snoofy at 2023-03-15 01:46 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 5

"If you can call almond meal and water "milk"

It's called almond milk though.

It seems about as controversial as calling non-alcoholic beer non-alcoholic beer.

#5 | Posted by snoofy at 2023-03-15 01:47 PM | Reply

Yeah, it's almond water called milk, because you can't milk an almond as its not a mammal. It's non-controversial until you run into the milk lobby, they sue you, and it has to go through federal courts, and finally your suit makes the front page here.

and calling it Autopilot has always been a terrible idea lol. Tech Bros treat it like religion.

#6 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2023-03-15 01:58 PM | Reply

almond > milk female > penis SNOOFY > sanity

#7 | Posted by rhymegunfighter at 2023-03-15 02:05 PM | Reply

almond > milk female > penis SNOOFY > sanity

#7 | Posted by rhymegunfighter

RHYME'S CONCERN OVER -------- > RHYME'S CONCERN OVER RISING FASCISM

#8 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2023-03-15 02:12 PM | Reply

Speaks is about to have an aneurism.

#9 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2023-03-15 02:20 PM | Reply

Speaks is about to have an aneurism.

#9 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Have you been taking lessons from eberly? When you can't refute the point, say your opponent is emotional.

#10 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2023-03-15 02:35 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

There was no "point" to refute.

#11 | Posted by BellRinger at 2023-03-15 02:39 PM | Reply

There was no "point" to refute.

#11 | Posted by BellRinger

Nor were there any emotions to criticize, but you need to automatically criticize me instead of LEFTY.

#12 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2023-03-15 02:42 PM | Reply

I was referring to your use of ALL CAPS on the threads today.

#13 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2023-03-15 03:06 PM | Reply

If you can call almond meal and water "milk", you should be able to call driver assistants autopilots.

Not sure how those scenarios are comparable as the latter may greatly jeopardize the physical safety of humans and the other is (at worst) some consumer confusion/disappointment over what a beverage contains. I would posit that the number of people who believe almond milk contains "milk" is far lower than the number of people who believe a Tesla can safely drive itself, which is in large part due to Musk's insistence on naming the car's features in a misleading way (i.e. "full self driving" & "autopilot").

#14 | Posted by JOE at 2023-03-15 03:37 PM | Reply

I was referring to your use of ALL CAPS on the threads today.

#13 | Posted by lfthndthrds

As I said to jeff, When you can't refute the point, refute the font.

#15 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2023-03-15 03:37 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Elon predicted we'd have a self-driving car that could make it from California to New York by itself in 2019. Fraud is OK if you call it "disruption," or if you are a Republican.

#16 | Posted by chuffy at 2023-03-15 03:43 PM | Reply

"Yeah, it's almond water called milk, because you can't milk an almond as its not a mammal."

You can milk a man though.
Ask your boy Jordan Peterson for details!
Jordan Peterson is trending on Twitter after he retweeted a post that contained a controversial video of "male milking," a ---- fetish.
www.hitc.com

#17 | Posted by snoofy at 2023-03-15 03:43 PM | Reply

#14 | POSTED BY JOE AT 2023-03-15 03:37 PM | FLAG:

Some people need tags for text.

#18 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2023-03-15 03:44 PM | Reply

#17 | POSTED BY SNOOFY AT 2023-03-15 03:43 PM | FLAG:

Holy ---- that guy is still alive?

#19 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2023-03-15 03:44 PM | Reply

haha the html ate my parody tag. oops.

#20 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2023-03-15 03:45 PM | Reply

#18 ?

#21 | Posted by JOE at 2023-03-15 03:52 PM | Reply

#21 | POSTED BY JOE AT 2023-03-15 03:52 PM | FLAG:

It was a seemingly obvious joke that nobody was meant to take seriously.

#22 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2023-03-15 03:55 PM | Reply

Ah, usually jokes are funny, my bad

#23 | Posted by JOE at 2023-03-15 03:59 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

Humor is like money. It's not for everybody.

#24 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2023-03-15 04:02 PM | Reply

Dark humor is like food.
(Stalin.jpg)
Not everybody gets is.

#25 | Posted by snoofy at 2023-03-15 04:08 PM | Reply | Funny: 1

In that case your account is overdrawn.

#26 | Posted by JOE at 2023-03-15 04:08 PM | Reply

"When you can't refute the point, say your opponent is emotional."

Or you can do both. Refute and point AND point out the obvious hysteria of the little twerp you're addressing.

#27 | Posted by eberly at 2023-03-15 05:00 PM | Reply

Or you can do both. Refute and point AND point out the obvious hysteria of the little twerp you're addressing.

#27 | Posted by eberly

You always claim hysteria when you're losing debate, right before you start throwing feminine and homophobic insults.

#28 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2023-03-15 07:55 PM | Reply

-You always claim hysteria when you're losing debate,

I always see hysteria when you're around. It's not just you......but always you.

and homophobic insults don't bother you.

#29 | Posted by eberly at 2023-03-15 08:08 PM | Reply

"when you're losing debate"

What do you do when you're losing a debate?

............
..........
...........

...It was a trick question. You're never NOT losing a debate. You're just doing you....

#30 | Posted by eberly at 2023-03-15 08:10 PM | Reply

Boy did THIS thread get off topic fast...

Slice it however you want, Buttigieg is right,
(the homophobia and toxic masculinity of some, aside)
Musk hasn't created a car with 'autopilot' in as much as he has
created a car with 'auto-wreck' installed in it.

The damned thing has killed several now.

I wonder what the total headcount is on his beta-testing
of "autopilot" is now.

#31 | Posted by earthmuse at 2023-03-16 06:23 AM | Reply

I wonder what the total headcount is on his beta-testing
of "autopilot" is now.

#31 | POSTED BY EARTHMUSE AT 2023-03-16 06:23 AM | FLAG:

It passed a dozen sometime in 2022.

#32 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2023-03-16 08:48 AM | Reply

Yeah. I'm not climbing into one of those...

#33 | Posted by earthmuse at 2023-03-16 09:29 AM | Reply

They're not well made, but they are fun cars. Just don't trust the AP.

#34 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2023-03-16 10:46 AM | Reply

-You always claim hysteria when you're losing debate,

I always see hysteria when you're around. It's not just you......but always you.

and homophobic insults don't bother you.

#29 | Posted by eberly

None of your insults bother me. I simply see your pattern of losing a debate, calling your opponent emotional, then throwing feminine/homophobic insults at them. It's so predictable it's hilarious.

#35 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2023-03-16 03:45 PM | Reply

#35 | POSTED BY SPEAKSOFTLY AT 2023-03-16 03:45 PM | FLAG: literally refers to anyone or anything he doesn't like as fascist

#36 | Posted by eberly at 2023-03-16 03:49 PM | Reply

#35 | POSTED BY SPEAKSOFTLY AT 2023-03-16 03:45 PM | FLAG: literally refers to anyone or anything he doesn't like as fascist

#36 | Posted by eberly

Nope just the people who support the party that attempted a fascist coup, which happens to be the people I don't like. Maybe ask yourself why you don't agree.

#37 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2023-03-16 04:01 PM | Reply

It's a bigger group than that.

You hate way more people than that.

You're a Joe McCarthy wannabe. It's just fascism instead of communism. You see it everywhere.

#38 | Posted by eberly at 2023-03-16 04:09 PM | Reply

#38 that is an accurate description.

#39 | Posted by BellRinger at 2023-03-16 04:10 PM | Reply

It's a bigger group than that.

You hate way more people than that.

You're a Joe McCarthy wannabe. It's just fascism instead of communism. You see it everywhere.

#38 | Posted by eberly

I reserve my hate for those who support the group who attempted a fascist coup and those who defend them.

If you can find me hating someone else I'd love to see your evidence.

#40 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2023-03-16 04:13 PM | Reply

someone else = anybody who doesn't completely agree with McCarthyspeaks.

on any issue.

#41 | Posted by eberly at 2023-03-16 04:30 PM | Reply

someone else = anybody who doesn't completely agree with McCarthyspeaks.

on any issue.

#41 | Posted by eberly

You mean on the issue of replacing democracy with fascism. Show me doing otherwise. And tell me why you dont hate fascists too.

#42 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2023-03-16 05:08 PM | Reply

-You mean on the issue of replacing democracy with fascism

I mean on any issue. Every issue. Literally nothing off limits.

Any disagreement whatsoever with you is met with "FASCIST!!"

#43 | Posted by eberly at 2023-03-16 05:10 PM | Reply

"Any disagreement whatsoever with you is met with "FASCIST!!"

Let's triangulate.

Did the Republicans attempt a coup?

Follow up question, did the Republicans attempt a fascist coup?

That should be enough to get the ball rolling.

#44 | Posted by snoofy at 2023-03-16 05:20 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Any disagreement whatsoever with you is met with "FASCIST!!"

#43 | Posted by eberly

Because everyone I say that to is someone who supported the fascist overthrow of democracy or someone who defends it and makes excuses for it.

I disagree with snoofy about cryptocurrency. Go find me ever calling snoofy a fascist.

#45 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2023-03-16 05:21 PM | Reply

"Because everyone I say that to is someone who I think supported the fascist overthrow of democracy or someone who defends it and makes excuses for it."

FT

and if we're discussing cake recipes and you get punched in the mouth, you revert to that.

#46 | Posted by eberly at 2023-03-16 05:23 PM | Reply

"I disagree with snoofy about cryptocurrency."

hardly

There are plenty of examples of folks who can disagree without resorting to the FASCIST thing.

But that has never nor will ever involve you, McCarthyspeaks

#47 | Posted by eberly at 2023-03-16 05:32 PM | Reply

"Because everyone I say that to is someone who I think supported the fascist overthrow of democracy or someone who defends it and makes excuses for it."

FT

and if we're discussing cake recipes and you get punched in the mouth, you revert to that.

#46 | Posted by eberly

If you dont want to be called a fascist stop defending the party that attempted a fascist coup. It's that simple.

I fight AGRESSIVELY with snoofy over cryptocurrency but never once call him a fascist because he never once defends the party that attempted a fascist coup.

#48 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2023-03-16 05:42 PM | Reply

-If you dont want to be called a fascist

It's not that anybody cares about being called a fascist by a dope like you on an anonymous blog.

It's not about that.

It's that you truly have no other way to manage yourself on this place. If you can't call someone a fascist, then you don't post.

You post only for that reason. No other.

You are a Joe McCarthy Wannabe....and nothing else.

#49 | Posted by eberly at 2023-03-16 06:02 PM | Reply

It's not that anybody cares about being called a fascist by a dope like you on an anonymous blog.

It's not about that.

It's that you truly have no other way to manage yourself on this place. If you can't call someone a fascist, then you don't post.

You post only for that reason. No other.

You are a Joe McCarthy Wannabe....and nothing else.

#49 | Posted by eberly

YOU obviously care about it because you've been whining about it for hours now.

I dont call anyone a fascist who doesn't argue on behalf of the party that attempted a fascist coup. Why do you argue on behalf of the party that attempted a fascist coup?

#50 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2023-03-16 06:08 PM | Reply

I have never one time blamed any of your problems nor my problems on who someone else voted for.

I don't ever introduce that into any conversation here. Ever

Because it's not relevant to the specific discussion. It's rarely relevant.

If you are not a worthless POS, then you can have dialogue without it.

You can decide if you are a worthless POS or not. It's obvious what you've chosen.

You're weak and worthless.

"Why do you argue on behalf of the party"

Again, worthless POS and nothing more. I don't do that. I never do that. You just say I do that.

and it's fine....please continue.

#51 | Posted by eberly at 2023-03-16 06:11 PM | Reply

"I dont NOT call anyone a fascist"

ft

#52 | Posted by eberly at 2023-03-16 06:12 PM | Reply

"argue on behalf of the party that attempted a fascist coup. Why do you argue on behalf of the party that attempted a fascist coup?"

See? everything is about that. NO matter the subject.

#53 | Posted by eberly at 2023-03-16 06:13 PM | Reply

What I don't like about McCarthyspeaks running around pretending he contributes something with this little routine is that it chases otherwise competent posters off.

He's almost as worthless as snoofy.

it's close. real close

but most on the left can't stand them.....obviously.

#54 | Posted by eberly at 2023-03-16 06:16 PM | Reply

"See? everything is about that. NO matter the subject."

And why shouldn't it be like that?
You do in fact support the party that attempted a coup, possibly even a fascist coup.

Are we not merely judging you by the company you keep?
Are we not merely judging you by the content of your character?

You don't have to be a victim you know.

#55 | Posted by snoofy at 2023-03-16 06:18 PM | Reply

I have never one time blamed any of your problems nor my problems on who someone else voted for.

I don't ever introduce that into any conversation here. Ever

Because it's not relevant to the specific discussion. It's rarely relevant.

If you are not a worthless POS, then you can have dialogue without it.

You can decide if you are a worthless POS or not. It's obvious what you've chosen.

You're weak and worthless.

"Why do you argue on behalf of the party"

Again, worthless POS and nothing more. I don't do that. I never do that. You just say I do that.

and it's fine....please continue.

#51 | Posted by eberly

That's a lot of words to dodge the question. For some reason you argue for the benefit of the fascist coup party, then you whine when you get called a fascist.

#56 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2023-03-16 08:15 PM | Reply

See? everything is about that. NO matter the subject.

#53 | Posted by eberly

Yup. Because once a party attempts a fascist coup, that's all you need to know. Yet somehow it didn't shake your support. Which tells us all we need to know about you.

#57 | Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2023-03-16 08:16 PM | Reply

@#3 ... For fun let me take the exact opposite stance on this I have for years: If you can call almond meal and water "milk", you should be able to call driver assistants autopilots. ...

I agree with your comment about almond "milk" but disagree with your comment about calling driver assistants "autopilots."

For starters, does almond milk kill people?

#58 | Posted by LampLighter at 2023-03-16 08:36 PM | Reply

Only those allergic to almonds and nuts.

#59 | Posted by ClownShack at 2023-03-16 08:40 PM | Reply

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