MinisterofDOOM
MinisterofDOOM
@ministerofdoom.bsky.social
Weird cars, weird cats, and tech.
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Hey check this out. It's about my back yard. youtu.be/gAgQ7KbsW4k
A Tatra with at least 4 axles, and at least two of them steer axles. I might keep my job for a bit despite the money just so I could commute in it and look down at all the Truck Bros in their cute little lifted F350s.
question for the audience: if you were ultra rich (let’s say $25M), what completely frivolous thing are you buying?
A Tatra with at least 4 axles, and at least two of them steer axles. I might keep my job for a bit despite the money just so I could commute in it and look down at all the Truck Bros in their cute little lifted F350s.
question for the audience: if you were ultra rich (let’s say $25M), what completely frivolous thing are you buying?
Hey speaking of this: Is there a better term for "grandfathered" that doesn't have the awful historical implications? Just one of those words I prefer not to use anymore. Cause that's exactly what the ATF is not promising for anyone getting NFA items right now without paperwork.
What's extra crazy about this is that the ATF has released guidance in reference to this change, and it basically says "look you are legal now but this was all done in a way that offers no provision for future law changes."
As a Slenderman who is 60% legs, this is the most hopeful future I've ever seen promised in sci-fi: A future where they make not just pants, but bodysuits, that fit.
Another action sheet (?) as I try to figure out the style. This time it's the ship's Slenderman First Officer. He is 60% legs 🫠 #StarTrek #OriginalArt #OriginalCharacter #Celeste
"Fuck you, Sally" music.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbVU... I know it's not a "good" movie and I don't care. Great soundtrack, great visuals, great SFX, and the drones are one of my favorite movie creatures ever.
youtu.be/gy01ItQBB94 The "Waaaaaaaaaah" greeting sound was my phone notification sound for years. It's just so cheerful.
Like many Nissan concepts, there was also a Pivo 2 with spider wheels. The individual wheel pods could swing, and each wheel could steer within its pod, all independently, allowing for crazy maneuverability. It also had a horrible Porg thing on the dashboard for some damn reason.
Weird Car of the Day #507: 2005 Nissan Pivo Concept - Spin cycle www.weirdcaroftheday.com/nissan-pivo/ #wcotd #weirdcarbs
I would have listed high quality images with the goddamn getty watermark, but for some effing reason the ones direct from Nissan's historical concepts library are "not supported" by bluesky despite being fucking jpegs. @bsky.app your app sucks
Go here for better pictures. Give it a browse in general if you're a nerd; Nissan had a very well organized gallery if historical concepts and models. global.nissannews.com/en/releases/...
Have the car companies tried making a GOOD cheap EV? That's what I thought. You can't take the Tesla approach and scale it down to get a cheap EV that anyone wants. These buyers aren't tech enthusiasts or early adopters. They want a car they can afford, not a showpiece.
turns out GM was right, Americans piss and moan that there aren’t any cheap EVs but they will not buy them if you make one www.motortrend.com/news/2027-ch...
Every new technology eventually comes primarily an advertising medium. Which raises a point I've been making for decades: there's no way we haven't long surpassed the point of diminishing returns on advertising even for the businesses running the ads. It's purely masturbatory.
The effort is a virtual goldmine for OpenAI.
This was incredibly hard to do because I am very much an "album person." There aren't a whole lot of "standalone" songs I really love that don't come from albums full of songs I love. And I like a LOT of music. This is skewed older simply because old stuff has had more time to shape my taste.
AI isn't a race ANYONE is going to win OR lose because the entire course is going to explode and take all the racers with it before anyone can finish. So why diminish ourselves and our communities in pursuit of it? So shitty companies can make more money while raising prices?
If you believe the Internet, it's these two. But really it was a ~2013 Accent rental that was so terrifyingly gutless I saw my life flash before my eyes while merging. I was staying at a hotel whose only exit was a right turn driveway, uphill, onto a 55mph highway. Too much for the little 1.6.
QOTD: What was the least safe car you’ve ever driven?