You'd be surprised actually now that Musk has become what they think of as a counter-culture icon. Some Trump voters out there trading in their 4WD pickups for Cybertrucks.
Right? You don't have to join or even engage with Threads if you don't want to. Super easy to block an instance. But this brings a massive userbase and serious support to Mastodon. I'm a huge FOSS supporter and this is how the Fediverse not only survives, but thrives and grows - buy in from big players. Otherwise, when X/Twitter inevitably dies, another proprietary app takes its place. We just have to hold them accountable and educate users that there are Fedi apps outside Threads.
More broadly, we developed more slow twitch muscles that granted us greater fine motor skills, and subsequently the ability to create and use tools. Other apes retained their fast twitch muscles, so their ability to use tools is limited, but pound-for-pound they're FAR stronger than humans.
I think they mean allowing Signal to use RCS would let them combine all their messaging into a single app and/or use it for RCS on ROMs without Google apps. Kinda like how Facebook Messenger tries to be your SMS app as well, except with apps like Signal, people might actually use the feature.
It's not for a fullsize truck. In fact, that's the average fuel economy for all vehicles sold in the US in 2022, while cars alone averaged around 31mpg. And considering the Kei trucks only do around 30mpg while having considerably less cargo volume, I'd say it's not a bad trade off if you need it for specific reasons that a smaller truck won't do, like towing or hauling larger/heavier items. Does everyone need a big ass truck or SUV? Hell no. But the numbers aren't as bad as they're made out to be - at least not for Ford. GM and Stellantis have some work to do.
The 2.7 Ecoboost, which is by far the most common on sale right now, gets 20-26mpg, the 3.5L Ecoboost gets 18/24, and the 3.5L hybrid gets 25 combined.
You could've Googled instead of just assuming I'm a liar, but actual facts seem to get downvoted to oblivion here if they don't fit the narrative.
The 2.7 Ecoboost, which is by far the most common on sale right now, gets 20-26mpg, the 3.5L Ecoboost gets 18/24, and the 3.5L hybrid gets 25 combined. The V8 gets 17-25mpg, but most dealers aren't ordering many of those - check your local dealer's site and you'll see most new ones are the 2.7 and the 3.5L hybrid Powerboost.
That's pretty close to the Kei truck pictured, which gets in the neighborhood of 30mpg.
Not every Kei truck has the same specs. Kei truck refers to a number of different brands of truck and most offer different length beds. This is NOT a 6.5 foot long bed. The Chevy has a 5.5 foot bed. Put a ruler up to both and you'll see the Kei truck bed is shorter.
Edit: down voted for stating facts about Kei trucks. This is definitely a place for reasonable discussion.
Full size trucks aren't bad on gas anymore. The F-150 comes with a 2.7 litre turbocharged V6 base now, or you can upgrade to the 3.5L twin turbo V6 or 3.5L hybrid V6. Check your local dealers page, you won't find many 1/2 ton trucks with V8s anymore. They also have aluminum bodies and a 4-door weighs about the same as a regular cab shortbed truck did 20 years ago. Is the truck in the pic significantly more useful than the Kei truck? Not really unless you need to tow with it, or need the cabin space or seating.
Rich get richer. Had some recent inheritance roll to an IRA, looking at mutual funds to put it into until I'm required to withdraw it. There are ones tracking at 30-45% returns month after month while the economy is in the shitter. Want in? Minimum purchase amount for those funds is $100,000-250,000. The funds normal people can afford pull down more like 15% RoR on aggressive investments, which are super volatile.
You have to be wealthy to get wealthy. 99% of us are getting fucked by the 0.1% - the 1% just happen to have enough money to get into the lower levels of the game, but the 0.1% have investment options we'll never be party to.
It's amazing how many people will simp for these billionaires like Musk, and claim they're "in the game" with their investments and net worth. They're not. If your net worth is less than mid eight figures, you're not in the game, you're a rounding error.
Not true, unfortunately. Insurance and property taxes go up and payment on those is typically held in escrow with your mortgage. If you're unfortunate enough to live in a state with a clown taint for a governor, like say Ron DeSantis, your mortgage payment could, for example, go up by $600/month this year. Ask me how I know.
You'd be surprised actually now that Musk has become what they think of as a counter-culture icon. Some Trump voters out there trading in their 4WD pickups for Cybertrucks.