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by gibolt 5y ago
For context, analysts forecast 266k deliveries. That is an ~15% beat. This could push QoQ profits up 50% from 2b to over 3b, if margins increase slightly.
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Tesla announces record deliveries of over 305k Q4 vehicles, 936K for 2021(electrek.co)
19 points by gibolt 5y ago|5 comments
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by gibolt 5y ago
Don't forget that all other plants except wind require constant fuel. Solar and batteries have negative fuel cost, since solar is free and batteries can store off peak electricity to sell for a higher price during peaks.
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by gibolt 5y ago
Solar + Batteries/Storage are cheap to build today. No need to choose a worse technology in every way now, that only becomes less viable as time goes on.
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by gibolt 5y ago
Was the account frozen?
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by gibolt 5y ago
This is the first instant download I have done from HN. Can't wait to try it out later. Great job!
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by gibolt 5y ago
While that may be true, the recruiter doesn't get paid if you don't get hired. And even if it is a bad match for you, they still want you to get hired so they get paid.
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by gibolt 5y ago
Spending doesn't equal spending efficiency. It also doesn't account for added costs due to age of infra/retrofitting vs new infrastructure. I have no point to make, other than direct comparison misses a lot of nuance.
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by gibolt 5y ago
If only electricity was as easy to distribute over long distances as oil and gas... oh wait... I guess someone should tell Norway that their residents don't really exist
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by gibolt 5y ago
Hopefully this restraint will become less significant for future missions. Starship should mean larger payload volume (less folding/structure required), far more payload capacity, far lower costs, and more frequent flights. Refueling a
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by gibolt 5y ago
Air taxis are unlikely to become as common as the industry hopes. But helicopters are already viable. Increase reliability, drop upfront/operating costs an order of magnitude, and make it autonomous to remove cost of a pilot; then you
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by gibolt 5y ago
It isn't hard, it just requires active thought. Even better, get an uninitiated person and watch them try it.
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by gibolt 5y ago
Incompetent Contractors made a terrible UI and a trainee didn't understand it. Pretty clear cut failure
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NFTs Are Pointless [video](youtube.com)
4 points by gibolt 5y ago|0 comments
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by gibolt 5y ago
Experts always have questions about disruptive technology. They are often not right, since disruptions are not incremental change, but tons of nuanced ones that lead to a significantly better overall system. Edit: "Often" does not
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by gibolt 5y ago
Subtitles matter! While a video is not equivalent to just text, reading at 3x with audio is similar to why people enjoy audio books. Visual content is a bonus, to remain more engaged and maybe impart information via a third medium
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by gibolt 5y ago
I am one of these people. I regularly watch movies, TV, and YouTube at 3-4x (with subtitles, if available). It is easy to forget several of the 4 movies I watch in a 2 hour period, but I have a watched list, and could remember any detail on
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by gibolt 5y ago
This is incredible! The steps this craft has taken to evolve over time would be so interesting to watch *cough* unfold. Start with basic shapes. Then work towards branching element. Later form that into body shapes. Make the detail start fo
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by gibolt 5y ago
Most humans ever born, are still alive today. Our population growth over the past centuries dwarf populations of the prior centuries. That means, more people than ever working on more problems, with more tools, background knowledge, resourc
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by gibolt 5y ago
Now you have the chance to reinvest and help others. You could start angel investing or help with some philanthropic endeavors. Example of another person making a difference: https://youtu.be/bhKuNwAvsb0 . Make sure to set a
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by gibolt 5y ago
The creator of this video has several deep dive series on his channel discussing the entire manufacturing and supply chain for batteries and comparisons of ones actually coming to the market.
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How a Lithium Ion Battery Works (Photorealistic)(youtube.com)
5 points by gibolt 5y ago|2 comments
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by gibolt 5y ago
The scale is completely different. Consumer electronics were step one, but will account for less than 1% of worldwide battery production and drop to negligible quantities. Tesla is pushing us towards Terawatt scale of production.
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by gibolt 5y ago
IIRC, global LFP patents are due to expire in the next year or two, allowing production everywhere. LFP is great for cheaper vehicles and awesome for grid storage (which is not weight sensitive). The vast majority of batteries in the near-t
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by gibolt 5y ago
The follow-up to this article would discuss the effects of falling costs on accelerating the transition. Massive battery installations plus solar are already cheaper than operating an *existing* natural gas peaker plant in California. Batte
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by gibolt 5y ago
I'd argue that Microsoft, Google and Apple have enabled massive growth in technology. New uses for OSs, new places for them to run, and ways to make starting far more accessible/collaborative. Even if there is 2 step forwards, one
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by gibolt 5y ago
Probably done by the editor, and forgot to disable it when shipping to prod ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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by gibolt 5y ago
I'd imagine HN readers to be more likely to wear distance glasses than the average population. That requirement knocks a ton of AR/VR options off the table for me :(
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by gibolt 5y ago
Disruption and creativity are often best when pulling arbitrary knowledge from between different domains/industries. I keep a key list of links, but more importantly a strong basic reference knowledge of everything I've read, to b
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by gibolt 5y ago
This is similar for red meat. Vacuum sealed at the source will keep it fresh longer. Here is a great video on what color meat should be to be considered 'fresh' and how to handle it from there: https://youtu.be/82K

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