> “Can you believe that? They’ll buy anything we tell them to.” was the paraphrased statement I remember.

Apple is only company that is allowed to get away with that.

> But President Donald Trump, who recently called climate change a "con job", has pushed to scrap many of those measures, including the $7,500 credit, arguing that they were pushing people to buy cars they would not otherwise want.

There is a significance portion of the US populace that is vehemently opposed to the very concept of electric cars, claiming to be "Dark MAGA" isn't going to fix that.

I don't that that is true, it is more that electric cars still have pretty serious downsides, especially in rural areas or if you do long distance driving.

What other downside is there besides range anxiety? I've had an EV for 18 months now, and I see nothing but upsides. Environmental concerns were my main purchasing reason, but now that I've experienced an EV, that is at the bottom of the list.

I get to charge at home, it is quiet, easy to drive, fun to drive, great in the snow, no fluids to deal with except wiper, doesn't smell of gas/oil, doesn't need to start up, has almost no maintenance costs, roomier, and cheaper to operate.

Range anxiety is annoying, doubly so because we can easily fix the problem. "Refueling" speed is not the best, but isn't that big of deal for longer trips.

Are you asking me to believe that people who "roll coal" [1] are simply concerned about long distance driving?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolling_coal

> Some drivers intentionally trigger coal rolling in the presence of hybrid vehicles (a practice nicknamed "Prius repellent") to cause their drivers to lose sight of the road and inhale harmful air pollution. Coal rolling may also be directed at foreign vehicles, bicyclists, protesters, and pedestrians

are you attributing something that maybe 8 people do, to the entire populace? lol that's extremely funny

You believe the man who recently called climate change a "con job" is president because only 8 Americans hate electric cars and any form of environmentalism? Now that is funny.

Why would there be a downside in rural areas? You've still got electricity at home.

Both things can be true

The TPM 2.0 requirement for Windows 11 is making the Windows ecosystem so much more secure. Brilliant gambit Microsoft.

Secure for software and content vendors, not necessarily for the users.

How many trashed Windows 10 PC's are home desktops or laptops used without a password in the first place? But grandma's PC needs secure boot against Tom Clancy level threat actors, it's for her own good.

TPM enables VBS, so yes it does provide significantly increased security.

I have a modern CPU / motherboard (made in the last 4 years) that I spent $2000+ on that doesn't have TPM 2.0. Guess I'm never upgrading to 11.

You might have an option to enable it in BIOS that's turned off by default, that was the case for my desktop PC.

> My understanding is that there are somewhat more restrictive regulations on food dyes in the EU compared to the US.

There isn't. The US's FDA allows fewer of them than the EU's EFSA.

There is still time to buy some Trump crypto

The meritocracy strikes again

It should be against the law for private equity to own hospitals.

Say what you want about AI but it has undeniably made aspects of life worse. Unfortunately I foresee effective bug bounty programs that are open to the public going away because of the sheer amount of spam like this.

If Ticketmaster wants this to go away all they have to do is stop selling tickets for artist that have something mean about the current president. Look out Taylor Swift!