The Large Foot Persuasion

Is height-ism a thing? Fred thinks it. Tesla opens their superchargers to Ford, NHTSA tells them to stop with the videogames, a whistleblower explains the lies around Tesla Full Self Driving (still not a thing), Fred explains synthetic oil, quizzes the non-scientists and shares his Woodstock 1969 experience. Put on your seatbelts cause this is a fun one.

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• https://www.theverge.com/2023/5/25/23737972/tesla-whistleblower-leak-fsd-complaints-self-driving

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• https://hackaday.com/2022/05/02/big-chemistry-synthetic-oil/

• https://www.selectsynthetics.com/part-3--motor-oil-additives.html

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