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by potatochup 4y ago
You can be highly paid and still negativity affected by layoffs beyond the financial side. E.g. if you are on an H1b or L1 visa.
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by potatochup 4y ago
American plans are generally a lot more expensive. Take a look at ATNT for example.
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by potatochup 4y ago
I think I misunderstood your use of "actual pedal" in the GP comment. You meant accelerator by that? I assumed brake pedal
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by potatochup 4y ago
> you brake with the electric motors first This is not true. At least for Teslas, the brake pedal only controls the friction brakes (they are hydraulically coupled). Same with a Chevy bolt. Unsure on other EVs
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by potatochup 4y ago
The EPA uses whatever the default settings for the car are, so it's usually on my default. Anecdotally most people I know use it
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by potatochup 4y ago
The GM bolt rebate came with a condition saying that you wouldn't join any class action against GM w.r.t. the battery fires they were having. GM is also somewhat more desperate to sell bolts because it saves them buying emissions credi
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by potatochup 4y ago
California (or silicon valley) Prius is the other moniker I've heard
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by potatochup 4y ago
For people that experience the runners high, this probably doesn't happen with walking
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by potatochup 4y ago
Did this during pandemic lockdowns. Still running, did my first half marathon last year.
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by potatochup 4y ago
What factories are they closing down?
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by potatochup 4y ago
It's also important to consider number of stalls v.s. number of locations. The biggest Electrify America location on I-5 between SF and LA has 10 stalls. The biggest Tesla supercharger location has over 100.
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by potatochup 4y ago
The "generic" charger at your work is probably J1772? Teslas come with an adapter for that plug. The benefit of the supercharger network is mainly for DC fast charging (which J1772 can't provide) on road trips. You aren'
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by potatochup 4y ago
Access to the supercharging network.
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by potatochup 4y ago
The bus factor is pretty high too.
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by potatochup 4y ago
> Fourth, contraception has the psychological effect of divorcing the intrinsic function of sexual intercourse from pleasure which results in a hedonistic view of sex There is so much more to sex than procreation or pure hedonistic desir
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by potatochup 4y ago
No one is going to toss out their ICE car as a long as you can still buy petrol. Manufacturers aren't going to physically be able to produce EVs much faster than they could produce ICE cars, so there will be a slow replacement as ICE c
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by potatochup 4y ago
It doesn't have to be that dichotomous though. I don't wear a mask at work (which is well ventilated and people are pretty responsible about staying home when sick) but I do in higher risk situations (E.g. a plane flight)
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by potatochup 4y ago
Yeah I have this personal rule too. I have another rule for any interns I have: if you break something, you have to fix it AND add tests ensuring it can't be broken again (although I'll be fairly pragmatic on this one)
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by potatochup 4y ago
What the designers/engineers want (convenience, ease of use) is often sidelined in favor of making money (keeping mfg costs low, dealing with supply chain issues)
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by potatochup 4y ago
It's possible to have that same hardware headlight and control distribution patterns/behavior in software
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by potatochup 4y ago
I used to write bare-metal C for my day job. It's pretty hard to get everything right when the language has so many sharp edges. I wouldn't want to use C for a bigger project (e.g. the kernel, drivers, a gui app) but I'd quit
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by potatochup 4y ago
Our local high school already has electric school busses! They look exactly like the traditional American school bus, but with a small green stripe, which was surprising, given how many passenger EVs look futuristic. The school parking lot
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by potatochup 4y ago
Also, I believe Australian and European magpies are not that closely related?
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by potatochup 4y ago
Yup. Look at the number of stalls (not just locations) of superchargers v.s. EA fast chargers between the bay and LA for an example. Tesla is over 200+, EA was <50 last time I checked, and by personal experience, the EA charger reliabili
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by potatochup 4y ago
NZs isolation policy couldn't keep out omicron. The upside was, by the time omicron showed up and started spreading around the population, most people were vaccinated, and deaths due to the original strain were very low (I think it was
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by potatochup 4y ago
Puns and an entire superfluous rant on other CA laws
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by potatochup 4y ago
Charging to max range is only bad for certain chemistry. Teslas coming out of China with LFP packs say they can be charged to 100pct without issue, while the other models still recommend avoiding charging to 100pct unless you are doing road
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by potatochup 4y ago
$100 + labour for assembly + testing to make sure the panel works + the cost of an extra DCDC converter + wiring to the roof + supply chain risk with all the above parts. Toyota tried it for a while, but I don't think any new Prius mod
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by potatochup 4y ago
Lots of extra cost + weight + complexity for marginal benefit. In very specific scenarios it makes sense, but it's usually better to just put the panels on your roof. Most people when shopping for EVs are concerned primarily about sing
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by potatochup 4y ago
Currently spending the majority of my free time developing a dance curriculum and coaching volunteer teachers at a local dance club. They had a lot of good teachers move away during COVID, and it's where I first learned to dance to I w

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