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by powerbroker 4y ago
I have, of late, been responding, to inflammatory stuff, with this: "meh".
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by powerbroker 4y ago
"2001, A Space Odyssey" is a cautionary tale about when the computer, alone, knows the truth. If the computer knows that it cannot share its mission with the crew, then the computer must survive, no matter the cost -- assuming tha
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by powerbroker 4y ago
1. Build sufficient capacity for an initial batch of users; 2. Invite a batch of users; 3. Amplify your invitation; 4. Project future growth; 5. Keep capacity up to match growth; 6. Don't scare off your users.
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by powerbroker 4y ago
Stories of the Tesla PR department dying, apparently, are exaggerated.
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by powerbroker 4y ago
Please tell me that Bing was not trained using tweets from Elon Musk.
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by powerbroker 4y ago
Step 1. Land on the moon Step 2. Deploy Jumbotron over 25% of its surface. Step 3. Deploy the tweets.
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by powerbroker 4y ago
A) I can't control it. B) So I don't think about it. C) When I can control it. D) I will think about it. Don't mistake my inaction as apathy.
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by powerbroker 4y ago
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by powerbroker 4y ago
If the object is so dangerous, people are warned to keep 5 m distant from it, wouldn't a geiger-counter, on a slow moving vehicle, spot it at 10 m? And by 'slow', I'm thinking 50-75% of the speed limit? Shoot, a convoy
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by powerbroker 4y ago
And in 5% of the parking lots, where there is 0 theft going on, I'll be sure and use it.
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by powerbroker 4y ago
I note that among the costs for the inefficient car+solar combination, that the CO2 emissions just to make the panels, the inverters, the controls, and the assembly are not mentioned. The article does compare the install on a residential ro
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by powerbroker 4y ago
If you drive off the interstates between Kansas and Colorado, there must be 1,000 communities that are either ghost towns, or well below 50% of their peak populations. I'm sure others can speak to the de-population that has happened i
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by powerbroker 4y ago
No chair. If its 3PM, I'll sit down for 30 minutes and take a nap. Then I'm good for another 2.5-3 hours of computer work -- standing.
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by powerbroker 4y ago
Why would anyone with $1,000,000,000 in wealth be a resident to CA if the cost would b e $10,000,000+ in addition to the 'normal' taxes? Waste of time. Elon Musk is way ahead of you.
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by powerbroker 4y ago
I've driven across Wyoming three times in an EV. About 5 years ago, when I first tried it, I cam to a Tesla charger with minor vandalism to two of the ports. The last visit, I tried to locate a 12V battery replacement for a 2018 Model
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by powerbroker 4y ago
>> I envision a future where individual appliances (including EVs) can opt in to spot pricing for the electricity they consume When 1,000 devices jump on the grid the moment electricity hits $0.01/kWh, the demand spike will cause
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by powerbroker 4y ago
Your cost of living tends to go up with your income. Wants and needs rise to meet the income available to them; that is a financial law as rigorously enforced as the Law of Diminishing Returns or the Law of Supply and Demand. That’s why it’
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by powerbroker 4y ago
At one point I knew a lot about this. I vaguely remember, from old law school classes, that C Corp. makes it easy to create shares and invite more investors in. Further, it shields the shareholders from direct liability from many miss-deeds
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by powerbroker 4y ago
Its an advanced feature of Fault Some Driver.
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by powerbroker 4y ago
Let's not forget the 'third party' (or is the 9th party?), a corporate maker of q software with implied and express warranties. Moreover, there are many, many, representations of safety for the alleged "advanced driver
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by powerbroker 4y ago
It is ridiculous, when it becomes a pattern of conduct. Insurance fraudsters do get caught when a pattern emerges. Is this an insurance fraud? Check to see if there is a pattern with this driver. I read the transcript of the driver intervie
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by powerbroker 4y ago
Their service centers treat you like you are gum on their shoe. I'll never buy another one. If it was once, I'd allow it could be a fluke. But it is constant, and in multiple states. Even simple parts are like searching for teeth
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by powerbroker 4y ago
I've driven the Model S for 13 months. Initially I was very apprehensive. But here is how my thinking has progressed: 1. 30 days prior to acquiring the car, I solely drove with hands on 3-and-9 in my conventional car; 2. First 30 days
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by powerbroker 4y ago
Wind provided 25% of electricity in Texas in 2021 [1]. A decade ago, it was close to 12%. A decade from now, it will be 45-50%. Even now, by selecting only the nights with strong winds, an EV driver can tap the grid when 50% of the electric
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by powerbroker 4y ago
At a miniumum, the electric cars could be scheduled to take power only when high proportions of wind energy are on the grid -- thereby causing steep declines in demand, sufficient enough that a few coal and gas plants go offline earlier in
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by powerbroker 4y ago
Hah! I've been to Oulu. These people are hardy. Riding bikes in winter near the Arctic Circle is tough work. Yet the bike racks were full in January when I visited a few years ago.
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by powerbroker 4y ago
If I'm not mistaken, aren't the Argentine mines brine-based? These aren't your typical 'pit' mines. Furthermore, isn't the location of these mines in the arid high plateau near the Andes?
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by powerbroker 4y ago
Each. Word. Lights. A. Thousand. Monitors. with dirty electricity. C'mon, we don't have to go to zero to make progress. Start with the low-hanging fruit, and bit, by bit, the carbon efficiency will go up. Sorry, that I write this
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by powerbroker 4y ago
That is something that works under U.S. law. I wonder if such a remedy is available if tried in a Canadian court. Any Canadian attorneys out there.
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by powerbroker 4y ago
Elon's involvement with SW at Tesla has been terrible. Functionality has not aligned with customer manuals for years. And that is before you come to the Full Self Driving. I'm not expecting serious improvement at Twitter -- partic

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