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by grecy 2y ago
> This to me implies that EVs have peaked That might be true, if the #2 selling car, and the #1 selling car were not also EVs. The Model Y is currently the second best selling vehicle of all kinds, and it very likely is about to over
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by grecy 2y ago
> It sells for $100k. That was just the top of the line Founders Edition, which is no longer for sale. It's $80k now, and more like $70k for businesses (with tax incentives)
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by grecy 2y ago
Working for a local company is an entirely different thing, and not what I’m asking about at all.
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by grecy 2y ago
> My first thought was to work remotely and use the 90 days permitted by the tourist visa. Yet working in Japan on this visa is a gray zone at best and a practice I would stay away from. In fact, the US Embassy in Japan strictly advises
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by grecy 2y ago
Interesting. Do you remember if the boots were LL Bean brand name? I'm sad to hear the bulletproof policy has come to an end.
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by grecy 2y ago
LL Bean are the OG of this, and they will warranty stuff that is 25 years old without batting an eye
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by grecy 2y ago
That is certainly what the media narrative is saying, though they're currently building and selling more of them than every other EV pickup in existence... so if that counts as "collapsed demand", I'm not sure what that
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by grecy 2y ago
Everything you said is absolutely true. > Relative to other "standard" offroading 4x4s like the Rubicon/Wrangler or Land Cruisers, the Rivian is at best average and the Cybertruck is decidedly worse But it's pointle
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by grecy 2y ago
Or now you'll get sat data wifi on flights where you previously didn't have anything.
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by grecy 2y ago
> already solved with existing satellite providers. From your comment I assume you have never looked into the pricing for other satellite internet with decent speeds and decent data caps. When I drove around Africa for 3 years, the cos
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by grecy 2y ago
Surely people are buying EVs because of the massive savings on gas....
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by grecy 2y ago
Honestly I didn’t even know there was a hybrid f150. It doesn’t make much sense to compare a hybrid with a “no gas” range of almost nothing [1] and a 1.5kwh battery to a fully electric vehicle [1] https://www.f150gen14.com/f
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by grecy 2y ago
You also pay extremely high prices for electricity because the big coal plant operators are in bed with the government
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by grecy 2y ago
Photos of the battery show it is half only full of cells, and a lead engineer at Tesla commented as much. I think it likely there will be a much higher range version later, but they’re cell constrained for now so they’re only putting one la
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by grecy 2y ago
> poor offroading capabilities That was true before the software update that enabled the lockers. YouTube channels like TFL did a before/after video and it’s actually pretty good now. It has lockers and huge ground clearance after
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by grecy 2y ago
Also the Cybertruck is vastly outselling the electric f150, and there is almost no wait now, unlike the f150 which ford don’t seem to be able to scale production
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by grecy 2y ago
Very interesting idea. When I buy something I must pay sales tax to the government. Later, if it turns out I never owned it and ownership is revoked, can I get the sales tax back?
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by grecy 2y ago
A couple of them went bankrupt and got bailouts.
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by grecy 2y ago
And it can’t legally drive a vehicle
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by grecy 2y ago
2GW of nuclear cost $34B in Georgia, and took decades to come online. China are currently building 27 reactors [1], and the average time is still 7 years for completion. [1] https://itif.org/publications/2024/06&#x
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by grecy 2y ago
I bought a used paperwhite in 2015 and have read many hundreds of books on it. Still works flawlessly and even great battery life despite taking it around the world through -45 and +45 many times. I don’t love Amazon, but this may be the be
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by grecy 2y ago
That was my point. There is no universe where starting in on a new nuke today makes financial sense. They just take too long, cost to much to build and run.
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by grecy 2y ago
In general the narrative in Australia is extremely pro coal and anti renewable. Going back after 20 years away felt like almost nothing had progressed. Kind of sad really.
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by grecy 2y ago
Sweet, these new reactors will be online in 10-15 years in the absolute best case. How cheap will wind, solar and batteries be then?
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by grecy 2y ago
SpaceX doesn’t need a weaker FAA to keep launching very frequently, they’re already doing that. A bit faster approvals for Starship, sure. They’re getting it done.
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by grecy 2y ago
> when it comes down to the uncommon cancer your mom has, she will have a much higher chance of survival in the US. A few years back my Mum in Australia was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer, given 12 months to live. For just shy of 3
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by grecy 2y ago
I think it’s extremely important to see that it is neither a myth nor an illusion spun for children. It is a carefully constructed plan that will ensure rich people get a whole lot richer and poorer people get worse care. It’s not an accide
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by grecy 2y ago
> it shows how great the US healthcare system really is. You think paying vastly more for much worse outcomes is a good thing?? Boy do I have a GREAT used car for you!
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by grecy 2y ago
Australians (and other outsiders) use that term when talking about aspects of the US because that is the Hollywood picture of how the US functions. That is the lie that is sold, and people outside have no way to know it’s not true. Even tod
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by grecy 2y ago
Time to phaseout google chrome

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