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by kylec 11y ago
Normally I'd agree, but the real story here is the new information about Crystal's business practices and not the generic story about ad blocking surrouding it.
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by kylec 11y ago
The acceptability of the ad is determined by how much the ad company is willing to pay him to let it through.
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by kylec 11y ago
How hard do you think he will continue to work to block the ads of his business partners? Even if there's a switch, his incentives are not aligned with the users of his app.
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by kylec 11y ago
In addition to deleting Crystal, I also suggest writing a review and requesting a refund.
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by kylec 11y ago
Given that they claim 10 days of battery life for the Steel, maybe we should expect the Round, which has a claimed two-day battery life, to only get one.
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by kylec 11y ago
I got 24/26, but there were two that I would have liked to listen to again, so those were probably the ones I got wrong. I'm not sure why you could only listen to each clip once.
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by kylec 11y ago
Apple will never put an SD card slot in the iPhone. If you're waiting for it, you'll be waiting a long time.
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by kylec 11y ago
This is a really good point. There was another post recently linking to a search for id_rsa files (SSH private keys) on GitHub. Instead of allowing people to publish sensitive things like that accidentally, GitHub really should require an e
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by kylec 11y ago
If you look at BMW's current marketing names for the i3 and the i8, it describes the i3, both with and without the REx, as "electric", whereas the i8 is a "plug-in hybrid", and does have a hybrid powertrain. Obvious
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by kylec 11y ago
Well, the speed and power of the car will depend on the gearing. The Model S only has one gear so while it has tons of power and torque from 0, it tapers off quite a bit when the car starts going fast.
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by kylec 11y ago
The article specifically calls out that the 3 series will become a plug-in hybrid, so there will still be a gas engine directly powering the wheels, not just generating electricity.
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by kylec 11y ago
It seems to be a fairly common pattern for a startup to offer a bunch of stuff for free, or to ask for very little in return. This startup then attracts a bunch of users, and for a while everything's good. Then the growth starts to slo
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by kylec 11y ago
Here are the downsides that I see. Maybe not all of these are downsides for you , but they are things that might prevent people from buying one as their only car: - price - range - needing to have a charging port at your resi
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by kylec 11y ago
I've had people actually stop in front of me on the onramp a few times. Talk about dangerous. Now I and everyone else behind me has to get up to highway speed from 0 in about 50 feet.
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by kylec 11y ago
True, even gas stations don't have 100% coverage, but it's much, much better than EV charger coverage. Imagine you had a Tesla that was running out of power in those situations you mentioned: do you think it would have been easier
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by kylec 11y ago
I don't know, I was using mikeash's phrasing to create a comparable situation. In reality, most cars, including the Tesla, alert you well in advance of running out of fuel so neither case is likely to happen.
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by kylec 11y ago
Of course. I fully recognize that the Tesla is a great car for a lot of people. I take issue, though, when those people start saying that it's so much better than other cars, pointing out the ways in which the Tesla is better but ignor
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by kylec 11y ago
I don't know if I'd amend that statement that far. Even if there's a supercharger on the route, we haven't yet talked about the time required to let the car charge back up for the remainder of the journey. If you're
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by kylec 11y ago
What if you haven't been paying attention and discover your batteries are running low when you're on the highway and the next exit is in 20 miles? What are the chances you'll be able to find somewhere to charge before your ca
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by kylec 11y ago
Right, but the Tesla is way out the price range of the 320i/328i. You can buy an M5, which does have serious performance, for the price of a P85D.
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by kylec 11y ago
Maybe what's different in my case is that I was looking to only own one car. While the Tesla might be sufficient for what I need 90% of the time, I still need it to be able to go on long trips, because I do take them occasionally.
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by kylec 11y ago
I live in Massachusetts, and I regularly visit my parents in Maine, which is about 270 miles away. There are no Superchargers along the route, at my parents' house, nor indeed anywhere in Maine. I also live in an apartment, and there i
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by kylec 11y ago
I did not know this, thanks for sharing. I found a video on YouTube where someone went over the buttons and how to use them. My biggest complaint with them would be that in order to adjust the climate you have to press the right scroll whee
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by kylec 11y ago
When it comes to in-car controls, you want to be able to use them without taking your eyes off the road. To this end, knobs that you can grasp for and feel the current setting are great. Knobs without a tactile indication of the current set
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by kylec 11y ago
The P85D is, no question, stupendously fast 0-60. But is that really all you care about when driving a car? I recently was shopping for a performance car and the Tesla was never even a consideration because of all the other limitations (ran
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by kylec 11y ago
The Wikipedia article mentions a band, the Sugababes, that started with three founding members, but one by one all of them ended up leaving the band and being replaced. Is it still the same band? An interesting twist is that the three found
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by kylec 11y ago
One thing I never understood is why there needed to be a second implementation of WebSQL. SQLite is public domain, any browser vendor can choose to embed it in what they ship.
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by kylec 11y ago
Well yes, it makes sense that you shouldn't be required to take over whenever the car decides, but I'd still like to be able to start up the car and drive it in manual mode if I so desire. I get a lot of pleasure out of driving,
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by kylec 11y ago
I think it's fine for the blog post to be about the CEO's feelings. I'm assuming that when he actually broke the news to the employees he didn't dwell too much on "you don't know how hard this is for me" a
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by kylec 11y ago
Per capita driving may have peaked, but as long as the capita is still growing there will still be more and more cars on the road.

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