It's a big, stupid truck but so is every other truck it's competing against. It's got poor visibility but so does every other truck/suv being sold in America. The cheapest option doesn't have the longest range but it's still longer than the average person would realistically drive in a day. It can't haul much but the overwhelming majority of people driving trucks in America aren't towing or hauling things on a day to day basis.. The people doing real work buy vans or have special purpose trucks.

The steering geometry seems nice and the rear wheel steering is interesting. Those seem like the only major positives though.

It's not as bad as everyone seems to be making it out to be but it's obviously still a dumb car that shouldn't exist. That's all cars though really.

EDIT: Since the front windshield is flat, I assume its cheaper to replace than typical curved windshields? No idea though.. Might be talking out of my ass.

Containerization (even for small things) makes modern infrastructure a LOT easier.

This is dumb.

You could do all that stuff with bash scripts but it would be a management nightmare. You'd also be completely reinventing the wheel.

If anyone seriously thinks this is a good idea, please post your LinkedIn so I know to never hire you.

Real talk, you don't have the luxury of being an idealist right out of university. Your goal is to get a job. When you're in that job you will likely not have the luxury of being an idealist either.

When you have enough experience making practical, reasoned decisions, then you can stand on principals.

For context, I have been in this business for nearly 20 years. The people I have personally worked with who have resisted things on philosophical grounds ALWAYS get left behind. I've seen it with systemd, the cloud, and now I'm seeing it again with kubernetes. You cannot escape the collective inertia of an entire industry.

Obviously there are still thresholds.. I would never work for someone like Raytheon. You have to draw lines somewhere but saying you aren't going to work for a company that does user behavior tracking is short sighted and impractical.

Agreed. I could run water sensors and solenoid valves for my basement water heater off of an arduino or rpi. I could also use a commercial product that has a warranty and a product engineering team and a QA department and etc etc...

I'm going commercial. The potential for damage to be done is too high for some hack job.

I've been in FOSS software for more than 20 years but honestly find the absolutism insufferable. It's not always practical and there are more important hills to die on.

In the case of small little indie bands, they often aren't on torrent sites at all. Given the choice between Spotify and Bandcamp, I'm going to buy the album on Bandcamp 100% of the time. I can contribute to the artist more and usually end up with a vinyl copy on the process.

Pirating has always been a solution to poor ease of access to content. If I could pay a legitimate subscription for a site with the catalog of PTP or RED, I would do it in a heartbeat. It will never happen though.

I seriously doubt the director said anything that provocative

Even if he did, not illegal.

ACAB indeed..

I'm an American who has been living abroad for 7ish years now. I often read comments from people who say they would do it "but the taxes are brutal." Absolutely not the case. I dug deep into tax programs when I left and can comfortably say I am better off financially now than at any time I ever lived in the States.. A major part of that is my tax strategy.

I love talking about this but most people don't really care or realize how significantly it can change their lives.. Eyes just tend to glaze over.

EVERY American needs an escape plan if they get sick/injured.

My mom needed dental work done. She didn't have the cash and asked if I could help pay for it. I started googling and a few days later we ended up in Budapest. We were there for a week. The flight, Airbnb, dental work, and some touristy stuff combined was less than 1/3rd of the cost of she had just went to the guy around the corner from her house.

If it's non-life threatening or chronic.. GTFO of the States.

The Big Lebowski.. The dude just wanted his rug back.

Thank you for the spoiler-free title. The results table image seems like a good compromise.

I know you said the US but have you considered moving abroad? If you want a similar timezone to the States, Mexico and Chile have pretty easy immigration programs you should be able to qualify for without much effort.. The crime rate in Chile is about the same as Canada IIRC. I left the US in 2017 and I honestly could not imagine coming back at this point.