I left the stability of an established DoD aerospace firm today. I spent over a dozen years there.

But I've never been so anxious to start a new gig before. I'll be joining an exciting new venture...in the automotive industry.

It's going to be a LOT of work, as any such new venture has its challenges. If it doesn't work in the long run, it will still be amazing experience that could springboard me to working for major automakers. I'm just looking forward to do something I've always wanted to do, in an industry I never thought I'd get to be a part of.

Wish me luck, Oppo.

Let’s see if it shows up before 2023.

F-350 Lariat
6.7L
Rapid Red w/black interior
Lariat Sport and Tremor packages
Moonroof
And a few other things I’m forgetting..

Clarkson, Hammond and May should make accounts on the hyphen.

You're not wrong.

Everyone happy with this ruling better be willing to adopt an unwanted child, and pay for all the medical care to get the woman through pregnancy. And pay for her housing if her parents throw her out. And the therapy. Etc etc etc

Otherwise they'll only be proving the Conservative hypocrisy pointed out by Carlin many decades go.

...and houndstooth seats. And a ducktail spoiler. And Fuchs style wheels.

I think I want this more than a GT3.

I shudder to think of the cost of these with ADM's..

At $75k this is probably the most expensive I've seen, and ohmigosh, it's so nice. And that color is something else.

At that price and the super low mileage, it would unhesitatingly take a spot in my imaginary storage barn, but I wouldn't want to drive it very much.

But I sure like looking at it!!

Good Lord this is schmexy

Moving from SoCal to the Greater Seattle Area was one of the worst experiences ever. We had the absolute worst moving company.

But, it's over now. We're here, our stuff is here, and we're settling into our temporary home while the house in SoCal sells. Due to the craziness of the market we decided to clear out and move ahead of time..being within minutes of the areas where we want to buy will make a decision much easier to make than trying to close two escrows at once WHILE moving such a huge distance.

The move was worth it. We love it so much here, and I'm still loving my new job, which is exciting stuff. It'll be awesome to some day see UI in cars that have been developed with tools I'm helping to create.

Now if you'll excuse me, I need to do some [Un]necessary wagon shopping. Audi killing their ICE's means I want to start hoarding them.

Furthermore it really grinds my gears when I see shit on Twitter along the lines of "The President automatically gets a clearance, and his cleared even after he is no longer President."

NO and NO.

The President gets access to classified info BECAUSE he is the president. That privilege expires upon leaving office.

Secondly, just because you have (for example) a Top Secret clearance DOES NOT give you immediate access to anything categorized as Top Secret. There is still a "need to know" basis. You are only granted access to Top Secret information IF you have the clearance AND it is pertinent to your job.

SCI (Sensitive Compartmentalized Information) is even more stringent. Once you get Top Secret, you have to apply for SCI, and the owner of the information will grant access if they want, and more often than not this requires an even more in depth background check than Top Secret, including lie detector tests. It can take over a year of investigation to get TS or TS/SCI.

Trump does not have a clearance. Not for Top Secret, sure as hell not for TS/SCI. And he sure as shit does not have a need to know for anything in those documents. Doubly so for nuclear information.

I'm tired of people defending this shit or ignoring that it's happened. Trump spent all of his presidency accusing others of treason, yet he blatantly commits it and all the right fucking says is "But Her Emails blah blah blah Hunter Biden's Laptop blah blah blah".

Enough. Enough of him already. Toss him in a deep hole or send him back to his handlers.

Congrats! Isn't that the VR6?

I have two Super Dutys and a Ranger, but the Ranger is on the big island.

Great to see that you actually have space and a bog in your three car garage! Did you insulate the garage doors yourself? I need to do that in mine (and clean and organize so I can get a car or two in there).

I love the retro games too, especially the SNES stuff. I used to have one decades ago till my brother traded it in for a PS1 while I was at college (it's the only console and games that have left my possession). I need to start start hunting..

I feel like there is a high chance that if their stock plummets any further, they could be acquired by an OEM to obtain their IP and any potential patents they own…or to become a niche “premium” EV brand for said OEM.

Moved to WA from CA for career, family, cooler temps, and lower CoL.

I was also just fed up with CA in general. But I do so very much miss the Mexican food.

I think I could see myself in a GS-F and that’s about it..

I loved your garage porn before, so hell yes.

When Lisa Su stepped up as AMD's CEO and they started gobbling up market share in servers with incredibly innovative architectures, I knew the writing was on the wall for Intel, they seemingly couldn't keep up. So I loaded up on AMD and never touched Intel (I should've shorted it!!). I think AMD was in the low 20's at the time.

Fast forward to today, AMD has a higher market cap than Intel. It's so crazy, it wasn't long ago when Intel was 20 times bigger.

Nvidia I'm still up, but I think I bought at low 100's. For me it was how they pivoted to supporting machine learning with their GPU's. I'm so optimistic about their long term future I was trying to get a job there too (I may try again some day, their HQ is pretty close to me)....but they're a tough nut to crack!

If I was looking for a three row smaller than a Suburban/Tahoe, this would be the only game in town. With the straight six, of course.

I voted GR, but it would be a GT350 if I were still in SoCal