Source?

Still blocking Starlink for Ukraine? Not very charitable really.

They aren’t talking about Actual rest stop. More like trucks stops, or ubran off ramp commercial areas, where people tend to “stop and rest”

Like Tesla has a contract with Meijer grocery stores in Michigan. that contract allowed them to get chargers throughout the states fast in high traffic areas

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Freaking hilarious

Is it his own charity like last time?

>The donation of 11.6 million shares was described in a filing with US regulators as "a bona fide gift".

>The filing did not name the recipient, or recipients, of the donation.

hmmmmm...

I’ll just donate all of this money to MY charity here, and alls good.

At this point either someone is messing with users or the chat tool was programmed to troll us. Though I guess we should probably all be nice to Bing.

Ah, the Bill Gates maneuver, it can work given how ridiculously short the collective memory is.

Did they buy it? Then they can repair it! Mod it! Turn it into something else! Why would we have laws like this!?! Tech, farming equipment, what’s next!?

That will be the worst thing invented.... if it happens

I think its kind of a fantasy for the Robots wanting to have their own "lives"

So that is far fetches

But AI nuclear weapon exchanges... in order to fight back/protect .... will be undoing of the planet

I mean is he wrong tho? See: skynet

Okay, so here's the broad issue.

John Deere is kind of a monopolsitic farming equipment manufacturer. They're in cahoots with the US government on this. Every time there's "farming aid" that the US shifts around the world it's always John Deere equipment. This is because John Deere is the world's only clear American farming equipment company that manufacturers just about everything in the US. It's a huge boon to the US economy. Their two biggest rivals are AGCO (who work under a number of brands including Massey, Caterpillar, and Fendt), Kubota, and CNH Industrial (Case and New Holland). The US government wants to protect John Deere because the US government has decided it doesn't want to collaborate with Europe on things... they don't want to be dependent on Europe for anything (see: US spending trillions of dollars on chips manufacturing when they could just buy from Europe instead)

Farmers have a choice when it comes to farm equipment. I've actually done farming equipment acquisitions. When you talk to farming equipment sales people they're more than happy to give you a table with the projected income earnings you would get from their equipment based on what type of crop you have in mind. For most farmers it makes these decisions a lot easier. A harvester that is just 1CM wider might result in a 5% gross profit for that harvest.

So basically, in terms of your life time investment in that piece of equipment (including maintenance, purchase price, loans, etc.) John Deere is just always a clear winner on these tables. Because of this farmers have chosen John Deere wherever they can. It's the world's most popular brand.

John Deere used this position to add even more value to their equipment packages to make them even more valuable.... and it's a part of the purchase now. By signing on to a maintenance contract with John Deere you get an even cheaper piece of equipment but now you have to pay exclusively JD for maintenance.

And I can't say this enough... farmers know what they're getting into when they get into these agreements. They have competitors they can go to that don't have these contracts. They're choosing John Deere because it's the one that'll earn them the most money. Most companies have a warranty that operates like this for two years and farmers are very happy with that (until they void their warranty by trying to fix it themselves). JD is offering a lifetime warranty on their equipment... as long as you don't try to fix it themselves.

John Deere settled the issue. They made it so that farmers could fix their own equipment and be provided their own manuals as long as they re-signed their contract. The new contract would require that they cannot sue John Deere for any liability issues, they have to use OEM parts and they can't tamper with the DEF system (federal law requires all new farming equipment to have it).

But some feel like this just isn't good enough. They feel like John Deere should just not be allowed to provide these types of contracts at all. The US drags their feet on this because they're in bed with John Deere... but they also don't know what happens next. Like if you say that these contracts are void... are you fucking over a lot of people?

Because if these contracts are void for farmers wanting to fix their equipment... they're certainly void for John Deere. All these farmers paid MORE for these tractors on the basis that they were getting a lifetime maintenance contract. If that arrangement is void does it also mean JD is no longer liable for providing repairs to the people who want it for free? It's a huge cost savings for JD if the solution becomes to just make these kinds of contracts illegal.

By also going against an iconic exclusively American brand you're also opening the doors of foreign competition... which means US job lay offs... which will make some politicians politically vulnerable. Farmers can choose a lot of brands... they choose JD... almost entirely because of price but also because of US and state level endorsements. It's similar to a lot of the "Buy American" proposals from the US government.... proposals that have always been illegal by the standards of USMCA... but that the US illegally continues to push. It'd have a similar impact to say, the US government deciding to buy a series of fighter jets from France.

Je doesn't know anything about all the topics you listed. Change my mind.

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Just look at some of the AI designed parts in F1. These highly efficient parts are going to get a lot more organic looking as time goes on.

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Lol hold up. I’m down to make fun of Apple or any other company like them, but let’s not take it too far. Tesla the Apple of the EV world? That’s super harsh comparison. Apple is overpriced hardware for well engineered products. Tesla is overpriced for complete garbage. They are not equivalent in their respective fields.

Maybe if you said Tesla is the Etsy of the EV world or something, would’ve been a better comparison. You know, paying overpriced for an item on Etsy to find out it’s a $0.05 piece of crap.

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Wow... Sadly I didn't knew this before buying a new certification.

The problem isn't age so much as that modern technology is complicated and changes quickly. Judges and lawmakers need to rely on technology experts to explain issues they don't understand. Problem is that those experts are often tied to their respective industries.

They're not on actual "rest stops". Those don't even have gas stations. They're talking about the hunks of commercial real estate at highway exits with fast food and gas stations. Lots of times a single developer owns the whole area and just leases spots to other people looking to cater to weary travelers.

The claim being made here, which I haven't heard before but wouldn't surprise me, is that when Tesla leases a hunk of land from one of these developers they do so with the agreement that no other charging station will be allowed to lease on the same property.

No public land involved.

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I’ll give you the long-winded “not a lawyer” answer, if you don’t like it, take it up with the fake bar association.

If you are making a living by your appearance like a celebrity, then you can sue for unauthorized use of your likeness. If you are a normal Joe Schmoe that’s not really an argument you can make.

I found this out when I was working for a university and we had a lawyer in our video production department. We used to make anyone on camera sign a waiver, the lawyer said it’s not necessary unless they were a minor, or some other circumstance that involved being mentally competent, or like aware of the video production.

But the lawyer was clear that if we filmed with a celebrity we had to get a waiver signed.

Now things are totally different if you are filming someone who is not aware of the camera in a space where you would expect privacy like a bathroom.

Anyone else in public is fair game as far as the law is concerned. While it’s creepy, you can definitely film anyone in public, I’ve heard protestors claim you can’t film their face or even young girls in public, same shit, no one has any authority to stop you from filming, the law is on your side.