chris222

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by chris222 4y ago
This comes directly from Steve Jobs legacy. He talked a lot about the value of small teams and how they self regulate but can breakup if they grow too quickly. https://youtu.be/wTgQ2PBiz-g
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by chris222 4y ago
Not true! I worked at what some would consider one of the top offices (Dropbox). They went remote and the polling was something like 70% support 30% oppose. There were some vocal supporters of in-office (mostly due to the perks like food)
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by chris222 4y ago
One word comes to mind: cringe. Please go live on a farm or something and do real work.
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by chris222 4y ago
Very good article. As far as the options presented I think transmission lines are still the best bet, along with storage. Storage can come in many forms including at a customers residence via batteries or thermal storage. Not all of these o
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by chris222 4y ago
Yes, all of that can easily be boiled down to the efficiency of an electric motor versus a gasoline engine. The more miles you drive the faster you will offset any carbon from manufacturing.
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by chris222 4y ago
BEVs on average currently take more energy than ICE to build but the difference is made up in a couple years because electric motors are so efficient compared to gas engines.
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by chris222 4y ago
You can’t even mute Zoom on Mac OSX. Frequently I want to leave video up but mute anyone that is talking.
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by chris222 4y ago
Was it the company mentioned in the second half of this show: https://youtu.be/TlX5z32T1J4 Air to water is pretty new technology for the U.S. As you mentioned most oil boiler hydronic systems are spec’d for a much higher te
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by chris222 4y ago
Does MacOS even have OS level independent volume control for each app yet?
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by chris222 4y ago
There were way too many factually wrong things in this episode for me to reccomend it. It was particularly cringe when they discussed electric cars.
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by chris222 4y ago
This is false. You should check the records as to what Tesla was before Musk and JB Straubel came on board, it wasn’t much. I highly doubt the company would have survived past the Roadster.
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by chris222 4y ago
I found this article helpful when researching the topic: https://off-grid-home.com/is-it-legal-to-disconnect-your-hom... If highly depends on your State and also how your off-grid system works.
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by chris222 4y ago
Same story for me! I had just moved to San Francisco in ~2014 after landing my first Silicon Valley tech job. One of the first things I did was head up to the studios to watch This Week in Tech live. Leo was so nice and we chatted for a bit
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by chris222 4y ago
You use local distribution when selling power back, but your point still stands it is mostly profit.
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by chris222 4y ago
This is false. Many places require a grid connection and most utilities have a fixed monthly fee as part of the bill.
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by chris222 4y ago
Does CA split up supply, transmission and distribution on their bills? New Hampshire does and our NEM 2.0 rules are quite fair. https://www.puc.nh.gov/sustainable%20energy/Group%20Net%20Me...
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by chris222 4y ago
The tires my Tesla came with lasted only about 20,000 miles. I replaced them with better tires and those are not even close to wearing out after 30,000 additional miles.
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by chris222 4y ago
What are those links? Is it bad stuff that should have been taken down to to terms of service? This is lazy reporting and seems like a nothing burger.
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by chris222 4y ago
If we isolate the battery pack cost it is likely between $100,000 and $150,000. This comes from some data suggesting Tesla was purchasing cells around $140/kWh a year ago. Lets assume the rest of the truck costs the same (it won’t) and
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by chris222 4y ago
The battery is even larger than that. They did a 500 mile drive and claimed a slightly less than 2kWh/mi average efficiency. The peak charging rate is around 1MW. 7 cents/kWh is still doable with a large commerical solar farm and
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by chris222 4y ago
It’s not the average drive. The p95 will be a lot higher in North America than China or Europe. Theres also elevation, winters and our obsession with going 70-80mph on highways.
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by chris222 4y ago
Your actual limitation when the site is full is usually the utility transformer. Tesla have been installing many 8 stall and even 12 stall sites with 750kVA pad transformers. If they had a Tesla Megapack as a buffer for example the transfor
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by chris222 4y ago
Bluetti (maker of sogens) will be using these cells early next year. https://www.bluettipower.com/pages/ces-2022
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by chris222 4y ago
You can already buy these cells in home sogens starting early next year. https://www.bluettipower.com/pages/ces-2022