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by _wzsf 7y ago
The "sledge hammer" was a deadblow hammer containing sand or metal beads to distribute impact over a longer period of time. They used this dead-blow feature on the Cybertruck, but twisted the hammer 90 degrees on the "competi
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by _wzsf 7y ago
Stainless steel is cheaper by weight. Unlike aluminum, it doesn't need paint.
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by _wzsf 7y ago
It should be extremely hard to believe the price. Basic estimates put the cost of the cheapest model's battery at over $20,000, even at Tesla's magic $100/kWh number. The single-motor $39,900 model is likely to be about as re
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by _wzsf 7y ago
At $40,000, it's still a luxury vehicle. It's exactly as conspicuous as a Hummer.
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by _wzsf 7y ago
This vehicle, of which Tesla expects to sell at $39k the cheapest model containing $33k of batteries, has definitely been mass-produced.
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by _wzsf 7y ago
Some relevant context: - Model 3 deposit was $1000, ~300k pre-orders in a few days - Model Y deposit was $2500, but pre-order numbers are still unreleased - Cybertruck pre-order deposit is $100 - Many people are placing 3-5 orders per house
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by _wzsf 7y ago
$0 seems a little off.
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by _wzsf 7y ago
"production car"
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by _wzsf 7y ago
Real friends don't let friends read "HtWFaIP".
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by _wzsf 7y ago
Slow != impossible.
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by _wzsf 7y ago
they.
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by _wzsf 7y ago
Why is this marked as (2017) when it's dated November 15, 2019?
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by _wzsf 7y ago
There is no gas other than carbon dioxide on the entire planet present in large enough quantities to be useful. At equilibrium with a >90% CO2 atmosphere, it's impossible to remove all of the CO.
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by _wzsf 7y ago
There is not enough CO2 or any other such gas on Mars to make an atmosphere better than 5% of Earth's, even if you razed the surface kilometers down and boiled the ice caps and installed an artificial magnetosphere. https://
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by _wzsf 7y ago
> Apparently this was a collaboration with Scott Aaronson: Gee, I wish they'd mentioned that in the literal first panel of the comic.
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by _wzsf 7y ago
"It doesn't matter how much garbage I produce, everyone else makes way more!"
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by _wzsf 7y ago
Not for the faint of heart: https://www.cdc.gov/lyme/stats/maps.html
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by _wzsf 8y ago
Not to be critical, but I pose this question in response: Why do billionaires so often love to muse about interesting things outside of their field, get attention and praise for their thoughts, and then publicly allocate only tiny portions
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Show HN: “Is this loss?”: A TensorFlow Lite app to detect Loss.jpg
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