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[Naturegirl1999]

We just need bigger and more powerful emitters, shove more signal so some can force its way through or something 

You're right. But we should also use the highest frequency possible to maximize benefits, so I'm thinking we should use a nuclear x-ray laser for the most powerful and highest frequency information transfer.

It is completely flawless and absolutely guaranteed to transmit one important piece of information in a split second. Of course, the only piece of information it transmits is "DIE!" but hey, it's extremely effective at transmitting that information at very high bandwidth and nearly unlimited fidelity to the original message!

Is it bad that I laughed as I read this?

[Madman198237]

...it was a joke, so I'm going to say "no, that was the intended effect".


I in no way condone the use of nuclear weapons as information transmission y'know, probably, maybe it'll have a use. Like, one nuke from Mars if the coffee machine is running low, two if everyone has just died to rapid decompression?

[McTraveller]

Either the search function is broken or wow I can't believe it hasn't been mentioned yet:

Tesla Cybertruck.

Needs less cyber, more truck.

Seriously, why would you not just simply put the EV powertrain in a "standard" truck?  All the towing and torque capability didn't need to come with hype, touchscreens, never-finished software, and exotic form factor.

[Reelya]

You could really feel at home in a Cybertruck, in Spacehunter: Adventures in the Forbidden Zone from 1983.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spacehunter:_Adventures_in_the_Forbidden_Zone

[wierd]

Here I was thinking the cybertruck was "Knight Rider meets Robocop; A new product from Omni Consumer Products!"  where "Totally not KITT" is not quite fully operational yet, and the same designer that designed ED209 got hired to do the work, after his contract on the set of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century expired.

See for instance, this strangely similarly designed toy from that period.

[Reelya]

the unpainted steel and hard corners with no curves definitely makes it look more like a movie prop than a real car. It's inspired by sci-fi movies, but in the sense that sci-fi movies have ridiculous props built by people who don't know how to design the real thing.

[wierd]

I will laugh hysterically if somebody puts treads and a faux top mount laser emitter on their Tesla Truck.

[Naturegirl1999]

Found a picture of the real cyber truck. I’ve never seen a vehicle with so many sharp angles


How do I tell google to give pictures smaller than Medium but bigger than Icons?

[wierd]

Images will scale automagically if you use the 'width=somenumberinpixels' argument with it.

eg,

(img width=500)http://somesite.com/somepath/someimage.jpg(/img) 

would scale the image down to 500 pixels wide.

To tell Google to search for a specific sized image, go do an "advanced" search. 

(not sure if that URL will work, looks like it contains a session ID in it...)

[Naturegirl1999]

Thanks. I will edit the post so the images fit

[wierd]

HTTPS strikes again.


Here's a DIFFERENT image... I think the source will allow normal HTTP.

[Iduno]

$40k for a shitty-looking El Camino that has windows you can break with a thrown ball bearing? Sign me up. [/s]

[Egan_BW]

I will laugh hysterically if somebody puts treads and a faux top mount laser emitter on their Tesla Truck.

Or a real laser.

[Reelya]

Well I've heard it all now j/k

https://mobile.slashdot.org/story/19/12/03/2325235/brother-of-drug-lord-pablo-escobar-launches-unbreakable-foldable-smartphone

Roberto Escobar, brother of the late drug lord Pablo Escobar, has announced a foldable smartphone that is "very difficult to break" thanks to the screen's "special type of plastic." The Escobar Fold 1, as it is called, significantly undercuts Samsung's Galaxy Fold and Huawei Mate X with a price of only $349.

While driving in your sci-fi Cybertruck you can be using a budget foldable tablet made by a drug lord's brother. Truly we are in the Blade Runner universe.

[methylatedspirit]

According to the original source, the specs are (for now) top-of-the-line. If this is legit, then he's basically applying the OnePlus strategy to foldable phones; sell at impossibly low prices, sell directly and at this point I'm expecting it to sell based on an invitation system too.