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by qwerpy 3y ago
I've noticed it too. There's a weird online bubble that really has it out for Tesla/Elon, and then gets offended when you question it. Don't know if it's organic or incited by some motivated group or what. It's
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by qwerpy 3y ago
I haven't decided if I'm going to wrap my Cybertruck, lean into the Mad Max rust aesthetic, or lovingly wipe it clean every week like my neighbor and his pristine Shelby. Most likely, option 3 until I get bored, followed by option
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by qwerpy 3y ago
I used a very sterile, transactional description of it but there’s no denying that this is the case. Of course it’s not the only benefit, and it’s not what motivates the purchase in the first place.
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by qwerpy 3y ago
From my personal experience in my circle of friends in my expensive west coast city, there are very impactful differences between the lower end of annual household income (400K) to the upper end (1.5M). While everyone lives fairly comfortab
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by qwerpy 3y ago
Echo this. We paid a lot for 24/7 postpartum nannies, au pairs, and other kinds of nannies. Good quality liquid formula so my wife could catch up on sleep. Various appliances, strollers, car seats, toys, etc. There is some narrative ou
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by qwerpy 3y ago
Yeah I’m starting to realize this too. You can even order relatively cheap medical tests yourself and learn how to interpret them, and go to a real doctor if things look amiss. (This is not medical advice, I’m not a doctor, etc) When I beco
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by qwerpy 3y ago
On the face of it $14K for a Tesla is a steal. My dad has been coveting mine and I’ve been on the lookout for a cheap used one. I think I will wait a few months to see if any issues shake out before I get one.
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by qwerpy 3y ago
I’m unashamedly getting one pretty much for this reason. I’m bored of driving the same amorphous blob-shaped cars for the past couple of decades (including my blob shaped model Y). It will be fun to drive something that tries to push the en
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by qwerpy 3y ago
There’s a Linux app for OneNote? I’ve been looking for one that isn’t just “use the online version in the browser”. Which isn’t half bad except for the fact that it loads pages on demand and so is slow on first load.
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by qwerpy 3y ago
Yes, I'm not sure why some people have trouble understanding this. I like the quiet suburban/rural life, which necessitates cars. I happen to like cars, so this works great for me. Some people might like the city life and choose n
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by qwerpy 3y ago
I agree, in my circle (Asian tech worker) no one cares about Musk’s shenanigans. They just want a practical EV with a charging network that just works. It’s always fun going to dinner parties and the driveway is full of white Xs and Ys. The
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by qwerpy 3y ago
I live in the USA, in a suburb with many Chinese and Indians. Many drive Teslas. In contrast, Americans have a weird complex with Tesla/Elon and the other EVs aren’t very competitive yet, so we have this funny situation where the other
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by qwerpy 3y ago
Ah yeah if you live in a big city served by public transportation, having a car becomes a luxury. I’m a suburb/rural guy so having a car is more of a necessity, but housing is cheaper and parking is free so the costs cancel out somewha
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by qwerpy 3y ago
I agree that it would be nice to have sub 35k cars but I’m surprised people in the fields and levels you mentioned have to put off buying a car for financial reasons. When I first started working more than a decade ago I was making 60K and
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by qwerpy 3y ago
Ok I've gone to the trouble of imagining this but now what? Did this actually happen and we're supposed to be mad about it? Maybe I'm out of the loop.
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by qwerpy 3y ago
The way you put it, it sounds like Israel got up in the morning one day and for reasons no one can understand, decided to start inflicting civilian casualties on Palestinians.
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by qwerpy 3y ago
For sure! I love the cyberpunk dystopian aesthetic, so I'm definitely in the target audience for this.
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by qwerpy 3y ago
If the crash test ratings are significantly worse than the other electric trucks, then maybe I'll get the Rivian instead: https://www.iihs.org/ratings/vehicle/rivian/r1t-crew-cab-pic...
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by qwerpy 3y ago
It looks like my 2 year old drew it. He's been obsessed with it ever since going to see it at the local showroom and he's going to be in for a happy surprise when I take delivery of mine, whenever that is. > "If you have a
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by qwerpy 3y ago
I had an old Apple Store & iTunes gift card laying around so I redeemed it and attempted to use it to donate via Apple Pay, but get "Apple Account - Not enabled for in app payments". Google isn't very helpful about exactl
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by qwerpy 3y ago
I did this and am very happy with it. Android TV doesn't make it easy though. The only thing remaining is to disable certain buttons on my remote, especially the huge google assistant one. It's easy to hit accidentally, and then s
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by qwerpy 3y ago
Yeah it's really just the "EV" part that I like about the Tesla. Not ever having to pay for gas at a gas station and the fast acceleration. If just Toyota or Honda would release a long range mid/large electric SUV or van
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by qwerpy 3y ago
Curious why the American car hate. I drove a Honda for more than a decade and thought I'd be a Honda driver for life, until I got a Tesla. I love it. From now on I'll be getting Teslas or Rivians or whatever else premium EVs happe
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by qwerpy 3y ago
I've installed two of these several years ago and integrated them with Home Assistant. Working pretty well, no major complaints. It uses a distance sensor to determine whether or not the door is open, so it's not as reliable as st
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by qwerpy 3y ago
The car shaming mindset makes sense if you live somewhere like Japan where transit is clean and fast, and you don't have problematic people who assault other riders and do drugs. As a family man living in a large American west coast ci
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by qwerpy 3y ago
What utopia has teachers who teach for free and buildings that materialize from thin air?
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by qwerpy 3y ago
Are you only able to communicate through thick, smug sarcasm?
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by qwerpy 3y ago
Yeah, cereal was perhaps a bad example for “cheap and healthy”. I get unsugared minimally processed cereal like wheat flakes or muesli, but something like oatmeal would be even better. The trade off for buying less and less processed ingred
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by qwerpy 3y ago
I was reminded of another recent HN post (Suppose I wanted to kill a lot of pilots) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37209309 after I read that comment. Whatever he's doing, do the exact opposite. I have a family o
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by qwerpy 3y ago
Last night I got a notification that advertised Game Pass to me. I angrily clicked on manage notifications and there’s a notification source called “Suggested” that somehow was turned on. That was the last straw for me. I go through so much

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