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by danhak 7y ago
The area immediately around major airports is usually not terribly desirable. I don’t know about Berlin, specifically. Also it has to be close enough to the city to make commuting from the population center reasonable, no?
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by danhak 7y ago
Because capitalism and free enterprise are predicated on fair competition and equal access. In theory, the best and most innovative ideas thrive and lead to economic growth. Extreme inequality undermines this by allowing those who already
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by danhak 7y ago
Of course it is...it's a natural consequence of compound interest. One's ability to accumulate additional wealth scales exponentially with their level of existing wealth.
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by danhak 7y ago
No, Model X will remain as the larger and more expensive SUV. Model Y will be smaller, less expensive and compete in the "luxury crossover" segment (Mercedes GLA, BMW X3 etc)
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by danhak 7y ago
Highlights: $143M GAAP Net Income (vs $74M loss expected) Trial production started at Shanghai Gigafactory Model Y production moved forward to Summer 2020
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Tesla Q3 Financial Results(ir.tesla.com)
332 points by danhak 7y ago|284 comments
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by danhak 7y ago
It's worth noting that VW's 2018 target for EV's was 300,000 units. They fell 217,000 units short: https://www.wired.com/2010/07/vw-300k-evs-annually-2018/ I want the company to succeed at EV&
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SpaceX plans to start offering Starlink broadband services in 2020(spacenews.com)
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by danhak 7y ago
1) Plenty of people complain about progressive taxation and advocate for a flat tax. 2) Progressive tax is not arbitrary. As income increases, a higher % of spending is discretionary. Nearly all of the working class’ income goes to basic
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by danhak 7y ago
Why can’t I choose not to pay for a war that I don’t want? A highway I won’t use or a school I won’t send my children to?
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by danhak 7y ago
That is exactly the point. The tax code privileges sources of income that prevail among those who already possess wealth. That is the definition of regressive.
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by danhak 7y ago
I understood the context. What usually happens is students purchase books that are assigned for everyone taking a particular class, then use the library to borrow specific books to complete research papers, criticism etc. on their chosen t
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by danhak 7y ago
> Undergraduates rarely needed to access the physical books Spoken like someone who never took a humanities course.
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by danhak 7y ago
Yes thank you that’s what I’m talking about.
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by danhak 7y ago
It’s another direct shot at Snapchat. They’ve already tried the “close friends” feature with Instagram stories. Anecdotally, hardly anyone is using it.
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by danhak 7y ago
No, I mean two companies that are notorious for vigorously defending their proprietary walled gardens.
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by danhak 7y ago
Tell that to Facebook and Apple.
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by danhak 7y ago
While accurate, your post only serves to underscore Tesla’s strategic advantage here.
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by danhak 7y ago
There are currently 474 supercharger stations in Europe vs. 150 for Ionity: https://supercharge.info/charts The link you provided refers only to the LG supply deal exclusively for Model 3 / China. Tesla owns the larges
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by danhak 7y ago
No one can “easily compete” with Tesla until they’ve secured 50GWh+ scale battery production and built out a global high-speed charging network that approaches the supercharger network’s coverage.
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by danhak 7y ago
That annualized delivery growth figure does not take into account that the Fremont factory is pegged, they have another factory coming online this quarter, and have 4 unreleased vehicles in the pipeline—-more than doubling their lineup—-one
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by danhak 7y ago
Good thing they have another factory coming online this quarter :-)
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by danhak 7y ago
Which forecasters? Morgan Stanley put out a note just this morning predicting 91,000 deliveries: https://www.zerohedge.com/technology/morgan-stanley-predicts... One of the most prominent TSLA shorts was predicting 82,
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Tesla Delivers Record 97,000 Vehicles in Q3(ir.tesla.com)
160 points by danhak 7y ago|220 comments
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by danhak 7y ago
Have you never found yourself alone in a car waiting for someone / something? Imagine being this eager to shit on someone else’s pleasure.
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by danhak 7y ago
Specifically, the prohibition is against doing “work.” And the rabbinical interpretation around electronics is that pressing a button constitutes completing or “building” a circuit i.e. “work.”
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by danhak 7y ago
Totally false on both counts. 1) Tesla's GAAP gross margin was (positive) 14.5% for the most recent quarter [ https://ir.tesla.com/static-files/1e70a30c-20a7-48b3-a1f6-69... ] 2) Breaking out GAAP and non-GAAP figur
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by danhak 7y ago
Totally false on both counts. 1) Tesla's GAAP gross margin was 14.5% for the most recent quarter [ https://ir.tesla.com/static-files/1e70a30c-20a7-48b3-a1f6-69... ] 2) Breaking out GAAP and non-GAAP figures is total
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by danhak 7y ago
The typical internal combustion engine is only ~30% efficient, getting only ~10 kWh of energy out of that gallon.
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by danhak 7y ago
Nah, a house is an asset. A depreciating asset but an asset nonetheless. Depreciating asset !== liability.

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