KayLeadfoot

joined 11 months ago
[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 3 points 3 weeks ago

Quirk of the video - he has a high power flashlight under the barrel, I think. Illumination looks like flash, but the lack of "flinch" tells me there was no loud sound when we see it.

Oh and they didn't shoot 6 random bystanders, which I'm pretty sure they would.

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 7 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah, lived here most my life, and while I've never gotten stuck where I needed the assist, I am that stranger with a shovel.

For locals to not help is deeply non-normal and inhospitable behavior in the Midwest.

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 17 points 3 weeks ago

If I stop posting because I've been sent to camp, just know... I did it for comments like this <3

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 5 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Man that website sucks.

Bahaha, thanks!

Yeah, I've got you, I think these links should work, but no guarantees if you're blocking videos or whatever:

ICE agents on foot: https://packaged-media.redd.it/u9sa49vepecg1/pb/m2-res_386p.mp4?m=DASHPlaylist.mpd&v=1&e=1768176000&s=152a9299299efcc51ccb72b9386e8ca476d6196a

ICE agent on foot solo: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ojwszrpcvhwuhl4nhwactd2y/post/3mc6ihtywic2r

ICE agents all getting stuck on the same patch of ice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8iWJkuVUG8

 

As ICE agents surged into Minneapolis, they found actual road ice to be more than a match for their wits and driving skill.

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 3 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The Sheriff whose officers are presumably being trained that it is Bulletproof with a big B, that guy doesn't know.

It's an information-environment thing. If you go far enough to the right in the USA, you get a very different set of information sources.

Those information sources think the Cybertruck is bulletproof, because Elon said that it was (we actually talk about that piece in the article).

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 4 points 1 month ago

I appreciate you, Gollum, and I agree that that is a great video...

... Which is why that video is linked in the article under the heading:

"Cybertrucks Are Not Bulletproof. Watch This Guy Shoot Holes in One to Prove It."

 

I feel like that's probably the one thing a vehicle marketed as bullet-proof needs to be... like, actually bullet-proof.

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 2 points 5 months ago

As a Toyota truck owner, can confirm.

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 4 points 6 months ago

Kei Kei's delivery service.

I sometimes feel shortchanged as an American (no healthcare, FUUUUCK), but I only get real mad about it when I think about how we don't get Hiluxes and Kei trucks.

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 1 points 6 months ago

MFW I say how much I love my Toyota Tacoma on the Fediaverse.

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 3 points 6 months ago

It's Bill Burr's 21st century and we're all just living in it.

He's crushing it on Star Wars stuff, his comedy is on fucking fire, and weirdly he's one of a small axis of Americans (bad word choice lol) who has the backbone to resist our descent into fascism. I agree with him and I fuckin hate it, bring back buttons, I don't' want to drive an iPad.

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 2 points 6 months ago

That's how I pay server costs :)

Feel free to use ad block, doesn't hurt my feelings one bit. AdBlock Plus is still good. I'm shocked to meet a programmer who doesn't already block ads TBH!

 

Well folks, it finally happened. The screen in your pickup truck… your last bastion of peace from the chaos of unskippable advertisements… now plays popup ads. Not even subtle ones. We’re talking full-dash, head-unit-commandeering infomercial panels in your RAM 1500, like you’re driving a Times Square billboard on wheels.

 

To quote a random commenter:

"Well it is impressive... impressively bad."

 

This Tesla Robotaxi demo video is a mess.

Watch as the car makes a left turn from the wrong lane, ignoring a red light. The safety operator steps in, and the car comes to a stop… right in the middle of the intersection.

Eventually, it completes the illegal turn after blocking traffic for 45 seconds, which raises the question, what exactly is the safety operator there for?

 

TL;DR: Tesla self-driving tech is becoming less safe per mile, according to Tesla’s own data.

Q1 2025 was 2.5% worse than Q1 2024.

Q2 2025 was 2.8% worse than Q2 2024.

Not a great look.

 

The new Grok 4 didn't make it halfway through its first day on the job before hurling racial conspiracy theories at users.

This is the same Grok that Elon Musk promises will be added to Tesla vehicles by "next week at the latest."

You'll remember that Grok 3 was briefly shut down just earlier this week for a different bunch of antisemitic outbursts. This doesn't bode well for the state of AI safety guardrails or Q/A at xAI.

 

Not even a single full day into operation, and the new Grok 4 is hurling racist conspiracy theories at users.

According to Elon Musk, no later than next week, it will be added to Tesla vehicles.

 

Update: engineers updated the @Grok system prompt, removing a line that encouraged it to be politically incorrect when the evidence in its training data supported it.

 

With Tesla, you can turn a $2,442 windshield installation into a $3,174 windshield installation through the power of interest.

This is being reported by the Teslasphere as an "excellent option" to restore affordability to a car market that desperately needs more affordability.

Only, neither of those numbers is even in the same ballpark as affordable.

 

So, the Tesla Robotaxi rollout is going great and they are following all applicable local laws to autonomously drive safely. /s

 

Come for the video of a Tesla Robotaxi driving double the speed limit and hitting speed bumps like they are Mario Kart ramps...

... But stay for the conversation about social media silos and corporate disinformation campaigns!

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