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by davidgould 7y ago
I used a PDP-11/70 with ASR-33 TTYs as late as 1978. They were still common because while slow and noisy they were much cheaper than the DECwriter, and could also read and punch paper tape. Since mass storage was very expensive (10MB f
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by davidgould 7y ago
Is really the case? an you link something so I can find out more?
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by davidgould 7y ago
My Android phone started crashing mysteriously under load. I was so fed up after a while I switched to iPhone. I now assume that the degraded battery without throttling was responsible for the crashes.
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by davidgould 7y ago
You can often find freshly rendered lard in Mexican markets especially if they sell carnitas. Ask for manteca. You can also render chicken fat and skin. Pork lard is more versatile, but chicken fat is a delicious substitute for vegetable o
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by davidgould 7y ago
These are the sort of hazards that autopilot seems to handle well, the problems have been more about ambiguous lane markings and missing large stationary objects.
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by davidgould 7y ago
> the NHS and the education system will basically implode over the next 10 years Feature, not bug.
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by davidgould 7y ago
Airbags are not a simple system that just reacts to impacts. They have to categorize the impact and the occupants of the vehicle and decide which if any airbags to deploy and at what time. Getting this wrong absolutely has killed people. Fo
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by davidgould 7y ago
I'm on my second Spark EV and when it came time to go all electric replacing my Honda Fit I looked hard at the Bolt because I like small hatchbacks. Now every time I pass one in my Model 3 I'm glad not to have made that mistake. T
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by davidgould 7y ago
This restricts your choices in the US to cars sold before 1998 when air bags became mandatory. Air bags, anti-lock brakes, and stability control are all controlled by complex computer systems and absolutely could kill you. Electronic fuel i
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by davidgould 7y ago
I did not purchase the GM connectivity because it didn't provide any value, the features were lame or useless and it was no loss not having them after the trial period ended. The Tesla connectivity is really part of the whole car exper
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by davidgould 7y ago
It is now a hindrance as every other EV maker (except soon GM) gets the subsidy to compete against Tesla which no longer does.
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by davidgould 7y ago
Electrify America is mainly funded by VW as part of the Diesel-gate settlement. So not entirely voluntarily.
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by davidgould 7y ago
I'm curious about "beats the Model 3 on several objective practicality metrics". Please elaborate, I'd like to know. I considered the Bolt to replace my Honda Fit. I was on my second (first leased, second purchased) Chev
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by davidgould 7y ago
The games are only enabled while parked.
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by davidgould 7y ago
Depends on the awk. mawk is surprisingly fast.
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by davidgould 7y ago
I read over 20 years ago and still think about it fairly frequently. It had a compulsive hypnotic quality that is hard to let go of.
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by davidgould 7y ago
Tesla regen is far more powerful and useful than engine braking no matter how much downshifting one does. With the new "Hold" mode it is possible to drive a Model 3 for days without ever touching the brake pedal. It is also possib
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by davidgould 7y ago
My P3d is also from July 18 and is the lowest VIN of any that I know about, less than 55500, any chance yours is lower? On topic, I've had a few trim issues fixed at the SC which was no cost and not much bother. Otherwise it's ama
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by davidgould 7y ago
That is implied by your phrase "As others have pointed out".
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by davidgould 7y ago
Look for a Chevy Spark EV, only a little more expensive, even more fun to drive, way more practical, and extremely reliable. Not as cute though.
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by davidgould 7y ago
Tesla’s have this as part of the selectable “Hold Mode” since an update a few weeks ago. Let off the pedal completely and it slows rapidly to a complete and very smooth stop. It’s surprisingly easy to get used to and one can drive for days
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by davidgould 7y ago
Please cite sources or numbers. As I understand it global auto sales are down and Tesla is up, so simple math would not support your claim. If you have evidence, please present it.
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by davidgould 7y ago
GLC is a much smaller vehicle than Model X.
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by davidgould 7y ago
Say what? Where did you see that? Autos overall are down, Tesla is selling record numbers, how did they lose market share?
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by davidgould 7y ago
As others have speculated , we have no reports of this from actual users with noisy kids. Promoting speculation to fact like this is unhelpful.
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by davidgould 7y ago
> per week then So your new claim is that the Germans build 350,000 * 52 = 18.2 million cars yearly? You have already been corrected on this point, and the real number, 6.3 million is easily discovered, so one may well wonder why you per
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by davidgould 7y ago
> German carmakers make as many cars per day as Tesla makes in a year This may have been true three years ago, but Tesla made over 350000 cars last year. By your math the German carmakers are making 128 million cars per year. They are no
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by davidgould 7y ago
> Smaller PDP-11s could also be personalised, and eventually you could buy LSI versions of the architecture. But the sales channels were almost exclusively corporate/industrial/academic One of the great missed opportunities. I
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by davidgould 7y ago
> If you have ethical qualms, fine, but there seems to be a tendency to condemn those whose ethical qualms do not prohibit ... That's sort of the point of ethics though, it's pretty weak to say "I choose not to steal beca
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by davidgould 7y ago
> cells that they are making are quite literally a typical form factor (Typically 18650s) Typically cylindrical cells like 18650 or 21700 for Tesla, everyone else is using pouches or prismatic cells. Of course, based on sales the typical

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