karpodiem

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by karpodiem 8y ago
I've got some 'Best of HN' comment sections printed out and stuffed underneath the mattress.
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by karpodiem 8y ago
I live in Detroit and buy a vehicle that's produced at Jefferson and Connor, five miles from where I live. I feel good about that. The 3.6L V6 / and ZF eight speed transmission are battle tested - we're five years into the cu
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by karpodiem 8y ago
Now is a good time to buy put options.
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by karpodiem 8y ago
I read HN, drive a Jeep Grand Cherokee, and short Tesla.
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by karpodiem 8y ago
Looking good naked cures all ills. I know that won't play well among the Rain Man comment section here, but the material you are woven out proves this to be true. Among nearly all western countries there has been a decrease in testost
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by karpodiem 8y ago
"A thought experiment: how would an economy run solely on a Bitcoin-like currency behave? And how would it respond to business cycles?" The same way money has existed for thousands of years but without the kick the can down the ro
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by karpodiem 8y ago
"I have unique knowledge/experience about how a variety of industrial equipment and computer systems communicate, and how the software to allow them to communicate should be designed." Your knowledge is the foundation, but th
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by karpodiem 8y ago
So would (self) pursuit of being physically attractive (high muscle mass / low body fat) and intelligence (eventually leading to earning power to support yourself and a family) equate to "eschewal of the appearance of weakness&quo
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by karpodiem 8y ago
They flat out won't use the vehicles in the Midwest and New England when there is snow. The Waymo vehicles they said would appear in Detroit over the winter ( https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-26&
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by karpodiem 8y ago
The 55,000 people that live there seem to be ok with it.
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by karpodiem 8y ago
"By displacing to a large extent judeo Christian values, for all their faults, perhaps in education and elsewhere, it looks like something far more broken, dangerous and sinister has filled the void left by it." Bingo. A good quot
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by karpodiem 8y ago
Panasonic makes Tesla's batteries. If someone paid Panasonic a little bit more money, what's to prevent them from using the same batteries? I would love to see the engineering details around the 'moat' that Tesla has wit
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by karpodiem 8y ago
Ah yes, the old issue of demographics.
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by karpodiem 8y ago
Wow. Great story, thank you for sharing this.
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by karpodiem 8y ago
The recent NPC meme provides an interesting answer to this question.
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by karpodiem 8y ago
I love living in flyover country.
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by karpodiem 8y ago
Fact - There is no Model 3 available for purchase at $35,000 before incentives. Source - https://3.tesla.com/model3/design?#battery Fact - The federal incentive is reduced to $3750 starting January 1st, 2019. Source -
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by karpodiem 8y ago
Haha, seems like the truth hit a nerve and got you all salty. I'll continue drop some knowledge bombs - Chinese stock market is down 20% on the year - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-17/ch
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by karpodiem 8y ago
Funny how these articles are written by individuals who have never worked in the industry - the author is totally clueless. Okay, let's start with money. Zoom out to a population view and do $1000 USD increments from $1000 to 100,000.
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by karpodiem 8y ago
Detroiter here - I'm off of Adams Ave. downtown, next to Grand Circus Park/Comerica. Ford needs - 1) Better styling. I just bought a Grand Cherokee, and despite the 2020 Ford Explorer being RWD, I would never consider a Ford vehic
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by karpodiem 8y ago
Can't replace the SSD? Pass.
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by karpodiem 8y ago
"The bulk of Google’s $110.8 billion revenue in 2017 came from its proprietary advertising service, Google AdWords." https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/020515/busin...
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by karpodiem 8y ago
How many FTEs do they have running G+? There are a bunch of OSS people that use it because Facebook sucks and Twitter is toxic. The good will from the OSS community in maintaining G+ can be easily paid for in the 250% growth you referenced.
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by karpodiem 8y ago
What a poorly managed company.
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by karpodiem 8y ago
Absolutely false. No one is going to financially assume Tesla's $10 billion debt with operations that yield huge negative free cash flow. It's going to Chapter 7 - Liquidation.
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by karpodiem 8y ago
A key supplier may have gone cash on delivery (no more net 120 terms) because M3 production this week has been at a stand still - https://twitter.com/skabooshka/status/1032409945407250434 And - https://
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by karpodiem 8y ago
Martin Shkreli is serving seven years in prison for less.
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by karpodiem 8y ago
"they will have three high demand platforms they are producing in volume." This is false. S & X sales are flat/slightly decreasing - http://carsalesbase.com/us-car-sales-data/tesla/tesla-model-..
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by karpodiem 8y ago
This does this opposite. This is the opposite of 'funding secured', because now he has to PROVE that funding actually was secured. It wasn't.
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by karpodiem 8y ago
$TSLAQ it is. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17836641

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