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by freerobby 6y ago
Another reason there are so many Cirrus accidents is that in an effort to improve its safety record, Cirrus began advising its pilots to use the parachute whenever in doubt. I don't mean this as a knock in the slightest -- the statisti
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by freerobby 6y ago
Does your Mooney have the TKS system, or are you saying there's a general benefit to a M20 over a 172 in terms of icing?
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by freerobby 6y ago
The problem is the same is true about 2-seaters, except they only really seat 1. :) I have a '78 172 w/ 180HP STC, and I think it's a pretty good sweet spot. You can take a friend, a ton of bags, full fuel on long range tanks
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by freerobby 6y ago
A big party will attract some small people.
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by freerobby 7y ago
> For example no Porsche Taycan buyer is ever going to choose a Model 3/S just because it has a few extra kilometres of range. Would you be willing to expand on this? The reason I ask is that there are plenty of ex-Porsche (and ex-B
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by freerobby 7y ago
That talk is a spin on Nick Bostrom's Paperclip Maximizer. See: https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Paperclip_maximizer
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by freerobby 7y ago
Doesn't meet "similar cost" criterion, but check out Torqeedo: https://www.torqeedo.com/us/en-us
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by freerobby 7y ago
Yes -- this is what is commonly misunderstood about Martingale. What Martingale really does is change the probability distribution of outcomes to be heavily weighted toward winning a very small amount of money. You can, for a given number o
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by freerobby 7y ago
Apple could pay off all of Tesla's debt with like 5% of its cash reserves. Tesla is highly ratioed, but that's a function of its own financials -- to a company like Apple, the debt isn't very scary.
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by freerobby 7y ago
8 seasonal tire swaps, a couple issues with the door handles, and a couple recalls.
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by freerobby 7y ago
This doesn't reflect my experience at all. I've been to the Dedham and Watertown MA service centers about a dozen times in the last four years. I've never had to wait more than 2 minutes on the phone or at the counter. I have
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by freerobby 7y ago
Appeal-to-authority arguments are always uncompelling, but they are especially uncompelling against Musk. Authorities said hydrogen fuel cells were the future. Authorities said EVs will never outperform gas cars. Authorities said batteries
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A crowd-sourced social media swarm that is betting Tesla will crash(latimes.com)
71 points by freerobby 7y ago|94 comments
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by freerobby 7y ago
> Tesla is [...] innovating faster This is the point that so many people miss when arguing that an EV revolution is coming and others will catch Tesla. It's not that Tesla's lead is insurmountable; it's that Tesla's l
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by freerobby 8y ago
> How will they manage if every part essentially needs to be custom made since they're constantly changing the parts? That's not what happens in practice. Their revisions still obey interfaces wherever possible and follow the p
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by freerobby 8y ago
Prediction: In ten years it's going to be very funny to look back at Tesla as the supposed bankruptcy risk and not Toyota. We've heard variants on the parent-comments line of thinking ever since the Model S came out in 2012. Yet,
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by freerobby 8y ago
According to the vehicle purchase agreement and Tesla's lawyers, nothing on the order page is binding anyway (and ditto for Elon's claims). I agree they have changed the "promise" they are making to new purchasers on the
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by freerobby 8y ago
Now, all they need is the car...
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by freerobby 8y ago
I think you're confusing the next incremental step toward FSD with the end state of FSD. Tesla changes its marketing materials and web site copy all the time, but the Master Plan Pt 2 post (which outlines what you're alluding to)
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by freerobby 8y ago
Added to the original comment, thanks.
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by freerobby 8y ago
The Sinclair method faces a lot of institutional incentive-related difficulties (generic drug, permanent treatment). It also has some aspects that are counterintuitive at first glance (e.g. it requires drinking alcohol, which creates skepti
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by freerobby 8y ago
Show your sources. The studies that indicate it’s not effective are in comparison to a placebo when alcohol is NOT consumed with the drug. The Sinclair method is very specific about taking the drug with alcohol (and measuring its reduced us
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by freerobby 8y ago
She issued a correction on Twitter: only the employer-sponsored health insurance is contingent on signing the NDA, not the 60 days of salary. > Because I’m not a labor attorney I got this part wrong the first twelve times I read it. (Leg
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by freerobby 8y ago
Definitely! I don't mean to downplay the inherent dangers of motorcycling. My point is simply that motorcyclists, as a whole, skew less cautious than drivers do. So e.g. a rider who never drinks and drives makes up more statistical saf
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by freerobby 8y ago
If you read the report, you'll find motorcyclists are more likely than car drivers to speed, drive drunk, and do both at the same time. And they frequently don't wear helmets. There's no way to make motorcycling as safe as dr
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by freerobby 8y ago
There are at least three prior examples of Reveal publishing falsehoods about Tesla: * Intentional underreporting of injuries. * Disallowing the use of yellow tape at the factory. * Disallowing audible warnings ("beeps") on forkli
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by freerobby 8y ago
The very "news organization" that is reporting this story has a history of publishing lies about Tesla. Google "Tesla Yellow Tape" -- that scandal was originally reported by Reveal, disproven within minutes of its releas
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by freerobby 8y ago
In addition to what others have said, the concern about pixel-imperfect star tracking is somewhat moot, as we're talking about two different cameras. The effect on the imaging camera is very small. There is the star tracker camera (wid
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by freerobby 8y ago
OP is referencing the $35k/standard range model, which is expected to ship in 3-6 months. I can't figure out a way to direct link you, but look in the top right of the page at https://3.tesla.com/model3/design
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Q3 2018 Vehicle Safety Report (Tesla's First Quarterly Safety Report)(tesla.com)
1 points by freerobby 8y ago|0 comments

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