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Ford CEO: 2024 F-150 refresh to have 2400 fewer parts
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HammaMan
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I'm picturing a queen sized mattress just tossed on the floor. I tried to use image generators to make some but this is all they came up with.... (these are apparently F150s
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have to admit, that last one looks pretty comfy. I tried prompting myself, then using GPT to create a prompt. It's got a way to go. GPT turned my prompt into
"Picture the interior of a 2021 F-150 Super Crew Cab, devoid of seats and console. Instead, a snug mattress fills the floor space, complete with a plush comforter and inviting pillows, transforming the cab into an unexpected, cozy sleeping sanctuary"
from " give me an image prompt for the following -- a 2021 super crew cab F150 with no seats or center console, but instead there is a mattress on the floor "
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HammaMan
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This code interpreter is nuts. You can upload a bunch of documents like population / crime statistics and get to find all sorts of strange correlations you wouldn't even begin to look for. This channel is pretty good with experimenting with things. This is worth everyone's time IMO. Only thing that sucks is the govt gets to use this stuff too, I prefer them remain incompetent.
/tangent
JJSnell
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Yah it takes practice to "learn" how to make it work. But once you learn how to ask Qs it's pretty remarkable... Google search engine will die
HammaMan
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What's google? Is that like what AOL and yahoo used to be?
On the same note, youtube search results are trash. Can't wait for 3rd party models to start indexing them so one can find relevant videos via search.
I've been actively trying to get all of my family members to play with it and learn it all the way down to the 6yr old. I'm working on a private site that each kid can have their own access to that's already got a primer built-in so that the answers are tailored to them while at the same giving me the ability to monitor the output and adjust the parameters accordingly.
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spiritrider1
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Tell me about it. I've not understood the reason to have so many different styles of tail lights, grills, headlights, etc. I'm sure it cost a pretty penny to pay a manufacturer to tool up and make an XL/STX style halogen headlamp. Why not just save that cost and step up to LED lights for he "lower" grades. You still have the adaptive projectors of the Lariat & up models. Same goes for the tail lights. What, 4 different styles?
Porpoise Hork
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It's not going to be easy for them to do now that there's precedent with the John Deere Right to Repair case. Doesn't mean they won't try, but it would make it much easier to win against actions like that in court now.
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TexasTruck
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I have a few friends that work in GM manufacturing kitting design and manufacturing implementation, sorta related here... I was at lunch with those guys just last week, talking cars, trucks and telling lies when the topic came up about how soon owners get bored with their vehicles. This probably isn't new, but it was said that GM (and maybe the other makers too) is experimenting with a replaceable body component. Since most owners only "see" the wheels, colors, style, interior features, etc. and rarely pay any attention to the unseen components. Owners would simply reuse their chassis, engine, trans, all that unseen stuff, the dealer would remove the "body" and replace it with a new "style"...
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I have no doubt that manufacturers discuss those kinds of things. But it's obviously never gotten past the conference room yet.
But hey, someone discussed "would if we install a 7.2KW inverter under the truck and then a 240V outlet in the bed? Guys could weld a fence post out in West Texas 100 miles from an outlet?
I still can't believe some suit didn't shoot the idea down. Lol
Man did that idea getting past the conference table rock my world!
But hey, someone discussed "would if we install a 7.2KW inverter under the truck and then a 240V outlet in the bed? Guys could weld a fence post out in West Texas 100 miles from an outlet?
I still can't believe some suit didn't shoot the idea down. Lol
Man did that idea getting past the conference table rock my world!
JohnMcClane
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Ford will not bother wasting resources trying to blaze that path again or so I hope they're smart enough to not waste resources blazing that path...
They will likely follow the Apple playbook:
https://9to5mac.com/2023/02/17/lobbyist-working-for-apple/
TLDR important piece:
'Of particular relevance to Apple products, one of the changes meant that companies were free to offer “assemblies” of parts, rather than separate components. This could, for example, mean that Apple only has to offer fully-populated motherboards for sale, rather than access to individual components like SSDs. The effect would be to make some repairs uneconomic, as well as to block DIY upgrades.'
Farley is already tipping his hand at this, solenoid go bad on the starter, too bad, have to buy the whole starter, can't replace just the solenoid, replace just the throttle body wiring harness, LOL, whole vehicle harness.
Right to repair laws will start to look like right to work laws, just jokes that people who can't be bothered to read think actually protect them.
TexasTruck
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I was one of those guys that gave it some thought (horse ranch) and then that little voice reminded me simplify Scott. Not to mention the "Big Freeze" we (Texas) had a couple of years ago when my two 20K watt generators were getting tired over those couple of weeks......
spiritrider1
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Unfortunately, my PB was still on the assembly line during the "Freezemageddon". I got it a month later.
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