BeetleB

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by BeetleB 5mo ago
It took that long for the experience to degrade?!
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by BeetleB 5mo ago
One trick I learned: If you have the type of manager who doesn't like "No", then say "Yes", but continually keep him in the loop as the project progresses to failure. If you're up front honest, they'll thi
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by BeetleB 5mo ago
Based on the first table, why would I pick this over GLM?
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by BeetleB 5mo ago
I don't get it. Just don't use the Gmail interface. Use your own mail reader. Don't conflate "Gmail the UI" with "Gmail the mail provider". Having said this - I never used Gmail for anything serious - I ha
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by BeetleB 5mo ago
Not at all. A hammer has a purpose. So does a knife. So does a bottle.
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by BeetleB 5mo ago
> whereas the purpose of a chat bot is to help people. I'm flabbergasted you'd say such a thing. The purpose of a chat bot is to have an interesting experience with an AI. That it may help you is secondary (and perhaps necessar
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by BeetleB 5mo ago
As a sibling comment pointed out, the medical community consider prevention part of the medical system. It took me a while to understand what I thought was some weird (and potentially intrusive[1]) behavior of some doctors/clinics that
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by BeetleB 5mo ago
The thread is about cars that don't have an analog rear view mirror. (Personally, I didn't know that was a thing, but I do know people in older cars buy rear view camera mirrors where they replace the analog one).
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by BeetleB 5mo ago
Weird comment. This whole thread is about them. Of course I know it's a thing. My question is how do you look in the rear when mud is on the camera? Or lots of water droplets?
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by BeetleB 5mo ago
I haven't tried it in a Tesla - will try it the next time I'm in one. The key is to set the temperature to something much higher than the ambient. If you're already in a warm place, the experiment won't work. I've h
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by BeetleB 5mo ago
No - it was the same with us (OK, we had a dishwasher, but for much of my adult life I didn't). The key is this: > finances mostly forced For a while I even hand washed when I did have a dishwasher. Then I realized that was a mist
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by BeetleB 5mo ago
> brush your teeth for you aka electric toothbrush > wipe your bottom and genitals after the toilet aka a bidet (or a toilet seat with a bidet) > robot to bathe you aka a shower > dishes aka a dishwasher > laundry aka a washe
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by BeetleB 5mo ago
> brush your teeth for you aka electric toothbrush > wipe your bottom and genitals after the toilet aka a bidet (or a toilet seat with a bidet) > robot to bathe you aka a shower > dishes aka a dishwasher > laundry aka a washe
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by BeetleB 5mo ago
On the flip side, Claude is at fault in not letting you choose which tools on which MCP servers to keep in context. When I first starting using MCP about a year ago (not on Claude Code), my tools actually let me selectively turn on/off
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by BeetleB 5mo ago
> Tesla is an outlier in that the car is designed only with a glass roof. It's not a hole in the existing roof panel like other cars. Lots of cars have followed Tesla's lead: Ioniq 5, Mach E, etc. I'm claiming that Tesla i
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by BeetleB 5mo ago
We're talking about replacing mirrors. They're always needed!
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by BeetleB 5mo ago
Yes, but which cars other than Tesla don't give you the choice ? (Never heard of Fisker).
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by BeetleB 5mo ago
> Why is everybody always touching these things? Because people are ... different? I'll start with your home example. I grew up in a hot environment. Everyone had window ACs and fans (way more efficient than central AC for many type
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by BeetleB 5mo ago
I've been meaning to write a post entitled: Things you could do with cars that you can no longer do. The top of the list is "Maintain a constant (vent) fan speed". With all the EVs I've tested, if I want to get warm air
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by BeetleB 5mo ago
> Rear view cameras are better than rear view mirrors. The field of view is better. Rear view cameras are useless when mud/rain get on them. Mirrors continue to work just fine. Try living in Seattle.
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by BeetleB 5mo ago
Isn't Tesla the only one that made it mandatory? Hyundai, Ford, etc have it as an option.
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by BeetleB 5mo ago
Their per-car profit margin is the moat. Which non-Chinese company can compete?
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by BeetleB 5mo ago
> They're licensing you the ability to play their game. And Apple will no longer sell you a phone, but a license to use it. And it will brick itself when they decide (or when you try to open/repair it).
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by BeetleB 5mo ago
Think of your favorite movies. Now imagine your kids never being able to watch them. Same for books. Same for music. Games are an art form distinct from the above, and can in many ways be more powerful than they are. I've played games
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by BeetleB 5mo ago
Disagree. I can see the challenges for games that are really only meant to be played on a centralized server, but what about games that need to connect to a server just to play locally? Demanding consumers be able to do that is not making t
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by BeetleB 5mo ago
> Tesla also isn't developing new models at the same rate as VW, BMW, Mercedes, Hyundai Kia, etc. BMW and Mercedes are not in the same class. They can afford to get away by charging a premium. VW: I'd love to know how much it c
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by BeetleB 5mo ago
Tesla has vertical integration with their batteries, which is why they can make them cheaply. > This assumes it is literally impossible for anyone else to reduce their battery costs to a level which makes them competitive with Tesla in a
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by BeetleB 5mo ago
I hate Musk, and I'm not going to justify Tesla's crazy stock valuation, but consider the following: Outside of China, Tesla's probably the only company that can compete on battery prices. I don't know how accurate it wa
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by BeetleB 5mo ago
While it's nice to put a number on it, there's nothing special here: Of course educated grads in desirable fields are more likely to find work!
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by BeetleB 5mo ago
> or if you count things such as favours to be profit. There needs to be evidence of such a thing, no? > There has to be some motivation for people to do such random things, and even if not directly illegal, they do smell rather fishy

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