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I'd probably take that if they offered; AFAIK there's still no proper cover available for the Tesla light bar.

I think truth in advertising might have you change your handle to NuckingFutz. But as long as you're nowhere near me or anyone I know when you're testing the limits, that's your business. I guess I'm a little more conservative. Also lazier, I don't want to test _my_ limits all the time. As the...

Until you change your tires (or whatever hardware), your behavior has to be sensible with what you're actually driving, and not driven by some dysphoria of expectations that don't align with reality (which in no way implies anything "wrong" with the hardware, BTW). The mind is more flexible than...

Obviously. Not just the tires probably; optional track package for S Plaid includes upgraded brakes. But the worry is that someone lets the feeling of great performance override their common sense. Pretty sure it’s happened. Not too many people (aside from a few YouTubers) plan to do something...

"segment"? If you mean does it stop as well or better than another full size pickup, I'm sure it does, they wouldn't get that wrong. But a fair comparison to another pickup was not my point, rather a comparison to a sports car with about the same acceleration (if higher top speed) as a CB, and...

Just remember that although it feels more like a sports car than any truck, it isn't. The brakes in particular aren't as proportional to that crazy acceleration it has as they would be with most sports cars. That probably accounts for a few particularly dumb-a__ accidents. The top speed is...

Between natural and man-made (conflicts where Starlink terminals may be appropriate) disasters, the supply is if not quite steady, unfortunately all too close to steady.

You're right. Either way, very short range, unpowered. Although a number of descriptions have NFC as a subset of RFID. Full RFID can have a much longer range (25 meters unpowered, 100 meters powered) although practical use may be half that, and reader or tag could have much shorter range; much...

Cards (and rings) are not powered. Therefore they must be NFC (which has to be within an inch or less, typically), not Bluetooth. The radio signal of the reader powers the card.

I had a bit of trouble pairing my new stainless key card, so after a few tries, I rebooted. But before that I'd tried one of my original cards, and both the pillar and inside reader detected it. Eventually I got it paired. So not the same problem, although also probably a quirkiness with the...

If you don't have a bunch of stuff in the back seat, you can recline the seats quite far. Most people can sleep in a recliner, in a pinch; you don't need to (not) fit sideways on the back seat.

Here’s the video I remembered. A bit after halfway, he works out the alignment, which is obvious once you see it.

I got some whiteboard markers, and will use that if/when I take my (Core) wheel covers off - a line on both cover and tire before removing, and whiteboard markers usually come off easily. Just match the line again, being careful not to wipe it off before you're done. :-) At least, that's my...

Sure they're real, a hundred or a billion light years away. They are NOT here, we are NOT interesting. Conspiracy theory lovers should get mental help, before they blow up a perfectly good Cybertruck and incidentally, themselves too.

I call BS on anything that one can't actually shoot down and prove what it is. Or rather, what's unknown is STILL unknown, and your favorite theory is no better than mine. And X Files notwithstanding, a certain place does NOT have alien bodies (dead or alive) in the sub-basement. All that's in...

Ok, that time you're talking sense, although I'd like to see where to find some of those details (Starbase pipeline, LNG plant, etc). Given that LNG is 5%+ other than methane, in addition to/as part of chilling it to liquid, it might need to be purified to remove some of the other components; I...

Flying cars are cool and there are various companies working on them (although AFAIK nothing widely for sale yet). But a Cybertruck is way too darn heavy an approach for that, thick stainless and heavy castings is about the last thing you want to build a flying car out of. Too bad, it'd be fun...

Yes, you can capture methane from organic sources and pipe it around, and that will probably replace an increasing (but probably not total) percentage of natural gas obtained from e.g. phracking. (I still think a lot of green is more feelgood than benefit once you add in inefficiencies, losses...

There's vast amounts of new phenomena, processes, objects, still out there to be discovered; we (yes, even me, sadly) are rather ignorant. They just do not stay secret for very long, give or take techniques that are boring except to a small scattering of people. A dramatic notion one can't prove...

I want to see how a herd of cattle on Starbase would react at a launch. I bet they'd mostly stampede themselves to death. Waste of good steak, IMO. People Eating Tasty Animals! They need to work anyway on improving existing technology that uses the Sabatier reaction to create methane from CO2...