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   by natch 7y ago

   I imagine with an app like this that gives visibility into which SaaS services are making good revenue, it would be very tempting for the app developer to exploit that information and select businesses to start replicating. Or hand the info
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   by natch 7y ago

   I loved that a guy was able to win a Tesla because their pricing is so transparent. Yeah the prices change often but at any given time the price you get is the price everyone gets, no haggling.
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   by natch 7y ago

   But how many of these will wimp out later and not pull the trigger?
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   by natch 7y ago

   See my comment history re: apartments. It may be possible, depending where you live.
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   by natch 7y ago

   We make it work with two Teslas living in an apartment with no chargers on site. Need either charging at work or a close Supercharger or nearby fast public chargers to make it work. Preferably at least two out of those three.
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   by natch 7y ago

   In that case see point two, about the battery being part of the structure of the car. Could maybe pull it off with a different design, like maybe the Tesla Cybertruck exoskeleton could work with this scheme? Would be cool if it could work a
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   by natch 7y ago

   I used to think this too, but funny enough people seem to want to have their own batteries rather than using loaner ones that have possibly been abused by others. Also in some cars the battery pack is used to add strength and rigidity to th
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   by natch 7y ago

   Don’t absolutely need home charging although it helps. Charging at work or access to fast chargers around town also works.
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   by natch 7y ago

   True, but you can find a religious belief from some random major or minor religion to justify or prohibit just about anything. Including things that harm others or infringe on their rights. So if that is guiding policy, policy is going to b
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    by natch 7y ago

    >grotesquely abused Yeah that would be disrespectful. Kind of moving the goalposts though to use that example when talking about organ transplant, something that helps people who might otherwise die. Obviously I am not saying execution i
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    by natch 7y ago

    The perverse incentive part makes sense. For the other part, I have trouble understanding why a dead person would care about anything after their death ...although I can understand them having wishes before death, but any such wishes should
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    by natch 7y ago

    That’s a pretty large assumption though. Most people including many, many, tech people I have met are, to use your word, idiots about patents, essentially suspending all disbelief as if it is some kind of powerful magical certificate that v
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    by natch 7y ago

    Hi author, wondering what you think China should do with the organs of executed prisoners? It’s easy to find fault with them for (presumably) not asking for permission but it seems it would be a pity for them not to be used to help patients
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    by natch 7y ago

    Our workers would not want to be on even footing with workers who have few to nil safety standards and poor labor laws.
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    by natch 7y ago

    Having freedom of speech does not imply that the speaker should be free from the consequences of that speech. Especially hurtful or otherwise irresponsible speech. And spreading pre-release confidential information is different from critici
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    by natch 7y ago

    The post started with “For those who are not in a hurry to upgrade.” I found the post informative and useful, with details that I hadn’t been aware of. I found the rebuttals to it to be dismissive and full of obvious well known information
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    by natch 7y ago

    I don’t think “heat map” means what you think it means.
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    by natch 7y ago

    Yes exception for very cold weather when regen is limited. Not so much to do with road salting, just use of brake pads versus non use, although salt could help cause rust to disks, not pads, which could in turn affect pads. But yes certain
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    by natch 7y ago

    With no carburetors, alternators, starter motors, fuel pumps, fuel filters, oil filters, oil leaks, gas leaks, exhaust buildup, spark plugs, timing belts, radiators, head gaskets, mufflers, rings, manifolds, belts... and with brake pads tha
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    by natch 7y ago

    But there are garbage patents.
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    by natch 7y ago

    Tell us the patent number? I understand there may be good reasons to not share it, and you’re still getting good answers regardless. Still just thought I’d ask as it would be interesting to see HN pick it apart.
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    by natch 7y ago

    You seem to think ideas have value without execution. I meet people like this at hackathons sometimes. They tend to say things like: “I want to start a company. I already have the idea. Since I supplied the idea, I’ll own most of the compan
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    by natch 7y ago

    You say he worked on this for many years. How old is the patent? Could be new or old but it makes a difference as they expire after 17 years. Also do your own informal search for prior art to at least understand whether his patent is novel.
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    by natch 7y ago

    >I can spend more time having the perspective of a person in... This is awesome. I've always found that only by really experiencing the future (or some part of the leading edge that is soon going to become the future for most people
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    by natch 7y ago

    >I don't agree, as I don't particularly value/want a future with self-driving vehicles. If bad human drivers killed only themselves, that would be one thing, plenty of Darwin awards to go around. But they don't. I do
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    by natch 7y ago

    Thanks for the reply. Living in an apartment is not a big issue for me... we have two, live in an apartment with no charger. That's interesting that you relate something you do in the AV industry to not ever getting a car... what'
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    by natch 7y ago

    Yes it's not perfected yet, which is why it requires human supervision for now. Having it operate in the wild as it is now (again, under human supervision) will help it become less horrifying, which I think you would agree is what we w
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    by natch 7y ago

    >maybe not for everyone who can't afford/doesn't have a Tesla. Affordability is not as much of an issue as some make it out to be. Cost-wise it's like owning a Camry or an Accord, if you go for the lower end models. I
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    by natch 7y ago

    It does require human supervision while driving. Tesla makes this very clear. It's also all over the Internet. But there will always be people who do not get this. Those people should not drive Teslas, or pretty much any modern car for
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    by natch 7y ago

    FAA, right. Trump's pick for FAA head was confirmed only because the majority in the senate (you guess which party) decided to look the other way about allegations that while at Delta, he mistreated a whistleblower who raised safety co