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1. 541.▲
   by natch 3y ago

   False. His quote has the word “original” in it.
2. 542.▲
   by natch 3y ago

   Title should say “original” Tesla Roadster. This doesn’t apply to the future / vaporware one.
3. 543.▲
   by natch 3y ago

   I wouldn’t call the entire YC community a cult of personality. And that’s just a subset of his network.
4. 544.▲
   by natch 3y ago

   Does anyone else think it would make for a more healthy dynamic from the standpoint of AI safety if both sama and Ilya remained, despite their differences? Not that I know anything, but it seems a diversity of opinions at the top could have
5. 545.▲
   by natch 3y ago

   Unions -> higher costs -> challenging finances for company -> financial trouble -> sale of company.
6. 546.▲
   by natch 3y ago

   Can't edit so new reply for clarification: emails sent by Google (corporate, not Gmail) itself are marked as phishing.
7. 547.▲
   by natch 3y ago

   I’m told that Sweden charges 25% VAT on not only the total price, but also on the total of freight charges, insurance, handling costs, and the 10% customs duty. That’s bonkers. So maybe not more than other imported cars but still crazy hig
8. 548.▲
   by natch 3y ago

   Emails are still being flagged in 2023.
9. 549.▲
   by natch 3y ago

   Let’s not assume Tesla treats its workers badly though. I’ve talked to Tesla workers and they were very happy. The union is just butthurt that Tesla is not unionized and has happy workers. You’ll find plenty of negative media if you look, b
10. 550.▲
    by natch 3y ago

    Maybe the phone company will block Tesla fax machines too. /s
11. 551.▲
    by natch 3y ago

    I’m afraid the real problem is that Google engineering is just lame. Case in point, Google’s vaunted spam filter marks emails from Google as phishing attempts. As I understand it every engineer at Google has the access to fix this. None of
12. 552.▲
    by natch 3y ago

    They had to sell of Volvo to Ford and then it got resold to China, so maybe there are cracks in the benefits.
13. 553.▲
    by natch 3y ago

    So fake EV (PHEV) Volvos that send profits to China and gas profits to MBS will keep the upper hand in Sweden perpetuating the climate crisis on-ramp. Very cool /s
14. 554.▲
    by natch 3y ago

    I can’t see this having much impact, because Sweden taxes the bejeezus out of Teslas putting them out of reach for most normal people.
15. 555.▲
    by natch 3y ago

    I mean this is hacker news so I assume most people have at least an inkling of what’s happened to San Francisco since Covid hollowed out downtown.
16. 556.▲
    by natch 3y ago

    Thanks, good reminder of something large I overlooked.
17. 557.▲
    by natch 3y ago

    It’s intriguing as a thought experiment that gives insight into how the complex physical structure of the world can emerge due to interactions of pieces according to (some known but many as yet unknown) locally embedded rules. It seems intu
18. 558.▲
    by natch 3y ago

    Teslas aren’t limited to charging at superchargers. Saying there is a “reliance on Tesla” makes it sound like they are. That’s going to confuse or mislead some people, maybe not your intent, but it will. We already live in a world where Tes
19. 559.▲
    by natch 3y ago

    They have security flaws that are 20 years old that could be solved by an 8 year old.
20. 560.▲
    by natch 3y ago

    Google is not a good comparison, because Google engineering is inferior.
21. 561.▲
    by natch 3y ago

    Yes design choice. Apple chose to design it for security.
22. 562.▲
    by natch 3y ago

    I get what you’re saying; thanks for the clarification. I’m sure Sweden would have liked to have held on to Volvo, but I guess their system didn’t work out so well on that front.
23. 563.▲
    by natch 3y ago

    But they are somehow ok with Volvo being owned by China, where labor practices are at the rock bottom.
24. 564.▲
    by natch 3y ago

    Yep that’s a good point! And they really doubled down on that decision by also embedding it (“pin”) in the name, if not the identity, of the product. They could have coined a word (I’m not claiming this is not cringe) “pindant” as in a dual
25. 565.▲
    by natch 3y ago

    DOA. - too stealable, by people who will not care that a subscription is needed. - the act of theft will happen violently and close up, not fun. - it's an easy smallish act of violence, which means the on-ramp to violence is also easy.
26. 566.▲
    by natch 3y ago

    I'd agree there's room for debate on the viability of the option. On my side I'd just say that it would be fair for Tesla to not give everything away as a total freebie... on the other hand perhaps manufacturers saw Tesla&#x2
27. 567.▲
    by natch 3y ago

    According to the Engadget article, Tesla PR (which did exist at that time) said "although the company is indeed offering to share its charging and adapter specifications with other manufacturers, on the conditions described above, this
28. 568.▲
    by natch 3y ago

    According to Elon they were already adopting it in 2020, which is more than a year ago. https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1340978686212800513 And it was openly offered in 2014. But of course adoption takes some time.
29. 569.▲
    by natch 3y ago

    But they did have an option. It was offered in 2014: https://techcrunch.com/2014/06/09/tesla-wants-to-open-its-su... The offer was backed up with a patent sharing offer: https://www.tesla.com/
30. 570.▲
    by natch 3y ago

    I don’t know if you’ve noticed this, but there is actually a lot of activist spreading of misinformation against Tesla out there, for various reasons, some well meaning and some nefarious. Sometimes this misinformation gets picked up and in