Just one thing I'd like to point out, it looks like that, sure. Notice how it's missing the entire B pillar? That didn't burn off, they had to do extensive cutting.

Also this is how it looked from a side view: https://toronto.citynews.ca/2024/10/24/four-dead-electric-vehicle-crash-toronto/amp/

The accident was at high speed. That car is mangled. This is the press making a very big deal out of facts that aren't entirely straight (there's no way to open the doors manually! - when there is), and it's heavily reliant on the words of a 74 year old man who's feeding into this. It's definitely food for thought, but it's also a lot of hysteria. That car is hella bent, the doors probably weren't opening regardless of the door mechanisms, and yeah EVs require a different approach to fighting their fires. Fossil fuel powered cars burn too, eh? And they can be a real bitch to put out as well, people burn alive in them too.

Regardless of the arguments, it sucks that people had to die here. I think it speaks well to the safety of the vehicle though, that someone survived. I do agree on the glass, but there's a whole lot of vehicles that use that type of glass, so again Tesla takes the beating meanwhile half the manufacturers today use it. Everyone wants whisper quiet interiors, so that sound insulation has to come from somewhere.

Make sure you tell them that the hammer probably won't work great at first, as the windows are laminated, so they are a bitch to break. You have to keep at it, in the exact same spot. I don't love the laminated windows, it's a gift (when broke, they stick together and dont shower the passengers with glass + they have sound/noise advantages), and a curse (they are a bastard to break when you need them to break).

It's sort of changed. There's a big bend in the rubber now (which the passengers strangely think is a door handle), and it is an obvious grab point. Underneath is the panel, but it's not one that you have to grab with your fingernails anymore, it's got a big red tab that pops right off with the littlest pressure, exposing the wire. To me it's fairly obvious, but I still think there should be a mandatory sticker on the panel. It's not the greatest system either, but it exists whereas these news articles are trying to shape the narrative that it doesn't (just like when that lady drunk drove into the pond). Probably isn't the worst idea to ditch the rubber in the pocket over the override, that part is pretty stupid and doesn't really serve a purpose anyways.

It definitely needs to be marked better. The latches are definitely there, but I think the thing that sucks with them, is the owners generally understand where this stuff is, but the passengers often don't. I'm not denying that's not an issue, it is. Especially when everyone else is dead. It also doesn't help that everyone often stuffs rubber mats in the backdoors that cover over the mechanical switches. I feel like this could be pretty easily solved with a sticker on the door panel, pointing to the latch, but then everyone would probably complain how it looks and some would likely would peel it off. These are the exact same folks that can't be bothered to read a manual either.

Mechanical latches can break in accidents too though, especially ones that operate on rods, which is lost in the hysteria here. Sometimes the doors just get bent real bad too, like I suspect even if the manual override worked in this door, these young adults hit the barrier at a very high speed, that door was going to have serious damage. You were probably going to have to use Jaws of Life or break the window no matter what. I used to drive an after hours tow truck years ago for a dealer that I worked for, and in quite a number of accidents (especially the high speed ones) the doors were no longer operable. It's just one of those things

There's a couple things that I would like to point out here. I am a Tesla owner, not a huge fanboi or anything, but this is another press example of trying to incite fear.

One: this vehicle was travelling over 200km/hr. It hit a cement barrier. That car could have been made of bubble wrap, it wasnt going to be pretty, no matter what.

Two: there is a mechanical override in Tesla doors. You pull up on the latch at the top of the panel. It looks like a door handle. In fact, most people who are first riders in my car, end up pulling it before they realize there's a door button there. Which is a pain in the ass because the door window doesn't automatically roll down when it closes and it can damage the seals.

Also there's other vehicles that have the exact same door systems, but the press also neglects to mention that. Corvettes are one that comes immediately to mind.

Again not totally a Tesla fanboi, I bought it before Elon went off the deep end. I do like the car though. Don't hit shit at 200km/hr or drunk drive into ponds, and you are generally fine.

This is all on the manufacturer. AMD often does this, gets themselves a whole lot of press, to release like 10 units to the public. Then they bask in all the, "people are fighting to get it" press. Look at what they did with those 7900XTX cards, like they pretty much pushed me right onto nvidia's lap. I'll never be able to wrap my head around this strategy, why they think it's a winner. It's great that you have a good chip, but if most can't get it, then what do you expect your sales to be like? I mean I can count on one hand the amount of times I've queued for a computer chip, because it's zero.

I mean it's November, so let's hold off on the grading for a little bit yet.

It's great to see a power play rolling. That's one major piece that's needed for playoff success. It's too bad the conditioning is still an issue (I think this is one of their most major issues honestly), and it's already starting to show in the injuries that are beginning to pile on. Toss in a goalie made of glass (Stolarz is looking good though), and I'm just not quite a believer yet.

Way too early to hit the panic button, but also too early to be grading them.

I haven't, because I haven't bought access to Ubisoft junk in years. Last I saw of their financials, I'm not the only one. If you want this behavior to stop, stop consuming media. I sure have cut way down. I cut the cable cord, I barely watch TV, cut all my streaming services except for one. Don't buy many games anymore (mostly because they all suck, are often poorly finished and are often just a damn re-release). I saw my Spotify is going up 5 bucks this morning, it's getting cut this week too.

All this purging, yet my life hasn't changed whatsoever. Almost feels good to get rid of all this crap. They only did it to themselves, so I hope they go have fun chasing people pirating 20 year old software. The crash is imminent.

Might want to start with not being a robot.

Any UCP voter that opens their mouth period, it's just going to vomit nonsense and rage propaganda.

That is, once they are done chasing around little school kids that happen to be a little bit different than everyone else.

If you work with your hands period, and you're voting for the UCP; what the fuck is wrong with you?

FTFY

The 5800X3D is such a banger of a chip. My computer is still a rocketship, almost 2 years later. I undervolted the cores slightly, and in doing so it's always stayed remarkably cool, while just pounding away at whatever I throw at it. I mean silicon has been pretty consistently good over the past 10 years, but these 58X3D chips are just on another level.

You shoulda saw me trying to shoehorn that 4070ti in. Things the size of a schoolbus.

.... are we just figuring this legalized bribery thing now?

It's pretty insane. It'll get a first weekend bump, and then just be a blip. I'm not 100% sure on this, but I don't think the first version of it sold that well either.

We can fight them, but ultimately these companies have the control. They can enrich and empower, and there's probably not a lot we can ultimately do about it. When the chips fall, I'd rather they just stay on a sub and endlessly echo chamber themselves into oblivion. Some will come here, but it seems like most will stay there until something ultra stupid forces them here. And I mean at this point, even ultra stupid hasn't, so yeah. If they have to collect somewhere, I'd personally rather it be there than here. I think that's the main point I'm making.

I believe the definition is somebody who is totally lame.

I'd normally be excited for this (I live in the area the game is set in), but that price tag. I have the PS4 version that I paid $14.99 for. I never finished it either, speaking of which, I must put it on my immediate list.

I think that's also pretty much universally true with all our politicians

Then just go to a different Instance. I agree the powermods are a headache, but at least with Lemmy they have way less power. You can start a new sub with a matching name on a different Instance, and draw people away from the power mods. People get pretty sick of the power mods, pretty fast.