Why “gimmicks” is being discussed
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I believe that the issue is not that we are not capable of, it's just that we don't want to do it or give priority to it. All the while people with massive power and resources a…
by moralestapia · Oct 19, 2026
The gimmicks we come around to justify existing practices being pushed into the industry never stops surprising me. One would expect the actual answer would be to write the code…
by pjmlp · Oct 18, 2026
> It's being sold in two modes. To be precise, it's not being sold (although you gan gift Elon a deposit) in any form, it might be in some future. I confidently predict this dem…
by jjav · Oct 18, 2026
Where's that 30k Tesla he promised. That would be a lot more useful right now, but stupid gimmicks get more attention.
by Geezus_42 · Oct 17, 2026
All this stuff was in motion while Tesla was in its COVID boom. It's hard to believe that this is all some PR stunt due to Tesla's current market posture, when the Cybertruck, R…
by AYBABTME · Oct 17, 2026
>> There’s no engineering advancement here? No advance. Its engineering gimmicks to hide the fact self driving is 15 years late, and all recently announced Tesla models are wors…
by Betelbuddy · Oct 16, 2026
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