mkhpalm

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by mkhpalm 5y ago
Tesla's don't have shift lock overrides? I thought that was a department of transportation requirement for all car makes to sell in the US market.
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by mkhpalm 5y ago
I find it interesting that scamming regular people out of money isn't going to get an app banned from the App Store. Contrast that with the many apps we've all heard of that Apple does ban.
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by mkhpalm 5y ago
> Tesla will give in and start selling through existing dealerships. What is stopping Tesla from structuring a corp owned dealership in NM? I know there are lots of "dealerships" that exist only on paper with no lot or cars tha
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by mkhpalm 5y ago
I think the plan so far is to use it as a land corridor between China Pakistan and/or Iran. https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/07/21/china-taliban-afghanist...
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by mkhpalm 5y ago
Low paying employers should be counting their blessings right now. I keep wondering when somebody is going to mention "hazard pay" for any job requires them to work around others. At this point in time that seems like a totally re
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by mkhpalm 5y ago
Phoenix is a desert but it wasn't ever devoid of water like people think. Its more like a "green desert" of sorts. Its very existence is the result of the sheer amount of water naturally running through the area. Was once the
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by mkhpalm 5y ago
I can't even fathom blowing the money on stunts like this before all my people's basic needs were met. Like, you know... even the janitors.
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by mkhpalm 5y ago
Its really not that easy to build teams in dramatically different geographic locations. Ignoring all the legal waters you have to navigate you typically slow down output while your management complexity explodes. Not saying it can't be
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by mkhpalm 5y ago
There are no licensed aftermarket parts makers for Tesla and you cannot buy parts from Tesla without being Tesla certified. This is unusual and unique for auto manufacturers. And its the only thing like it other than other industries such a
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by mkhpalm 5y ago
> Then again buy or lease a BMW and you'll need to pay a lot of money to the dealer for simple parts to be changed, because a, the parts are pricey, b, the parts are hard to access. The Tesla at least doesn't have that -hardwar
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by mkhpalm 5y ago
I think a bigger concern these days is how Europe gets natural gas (LNG).
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by mkhpalm 5y ago
> Does this matter? If we believe in science, probably.
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by mkhpalm 5y ago
Go read up on the history of ACTH (Acthar Gel) if you want to see how far this sort of stuff goes. Short summary is its a medication that cost approx $20 a vial for 50+ years and then got hiked to $40,000 a vial in the United States. It was
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by mkhpalm 5y ago
I like to remind people that its not really illegal if you can't get caught.
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by mkhpalm 5y ago
> It gets worse - gain of function research was banned under Obama until the ban was lifted in 2017 under Trump... I'm not sure that claim aligns with historical NIH funding for gain of function research: https://reporter
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by mkhpalm 5y ago
> (If they ask, "what health concerns?" remind them that's private. Don't invent a fictitious medically-fragile aunt.) I don't think anybody needs to make anything up in the midst of worldwide pandemic. This past
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by mkhpalm 5y ago
Just let them know you're not comfortable in an office setting due to health concerns.
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by mkhpalm 6y ago
> Given the track record Reddit has of keeling over to public pressure I'm not sure I'd call it keeling over to "public" pressure.
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by mkhpalm 6y ago
Yikes, I don't know if I'd call it "forensics" using a negative to suggest a positive. That actually sounds pretty dystopian to me. What happens if you just happen to be in the area of random nefarious deeds and your pho
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by mkhpalm 6y ago
Digging themselves into a regulation hole is one thing. But they're digging the rest of us into that hole with them as they refuse to stop. The regulations applied to them will affect all of us as well.
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by mkhpalm 6y ago
Mechanics work on your car for a few hours and the job is done forever.
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by mkhpalm 6y ago
How does this affect Tesla in Europe?
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by mkhpalm 6y ago
We do a lot of cross country trips visiting family and my wife and I will alternate driving. If passenger gets tired of looking at the road or wants to get some sleep they usually hop over the center console and go hang out in the power rec
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by mkhpalm 6y ago
I hated minivans until we caved and got one. It is easily the most useful vehicle I have ever owned. Best "pickup" I've ever owned as well.
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by mkhpalm 6y ago
FCA will let you do your own software updates as long as you buy their micropod. I'll have to look up which ones require dealerships because thats a bit strange to me. A lot of dealerships have a guy they call to come do flashes for th
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by mkhpalm 6y ago
Correct, end of the day you basically have google music if you have plex plus tidal integration. Except now you can do lossless streaming which isn't something google music, youtube music, spotify, (most things) can do. But you can sti
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by mkhpalm 6y ago
Their suggestion algorithms are possibly the worst my wife and I have ever experienced. I don't know how people can use it unless they like top40 getting jammed into anything and everything. If thats your thing then its probably great.
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by mkhpalm 6y ago
plex plus tidal is what you probably want to look into.
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by mkhpalm 6y ago
I do pay for some storage and I bought phones that said unlimited for life. Because of the second I feel a bit burned and am likely to avoid products from google in the future. I always knew they'd do this so I've been backing up
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by mkhpalm 6y ago
Its a bit naive to believe decision makers are tech-illiterate. Why not consider that they are both literate and understand what they are asking for? Is it because we don't like what that means?

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