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by smileysteve 1y ago
The best way to justify that high p/e would be for them to use it to buy out the competition. It costs Tesla ~<6% of market cap (780b) to acquire Ford (40b) or GM (44b) (with a friendly ftc); so for 15% of their shares, that could b
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by smileysteve 1y ago
The idea is that fasting does encourage aptopsis of cells.
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by smileysteve 2y ago
Also, the amount of badmouthing of Japan, Korea, Germany... Especially car companies which have built plants in America.
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by smileysteve 2y ago
The "calculations" of trade deficits not including services (which America became a services economy) is a bold choice. Ie, the iPhone might be buying from China, but if you purchase an iTunes or iCloud subscription. It's com
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by smileysteve 2y ago
Fine grained policy, coordinated efforts could go a long way in making tariffs effective. If high level broad tariffs (or sales tax) are implemented as a replacement for the progressive income tax (or regressive payroll taxes), and with a u
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by smileysteve 2y ago
If (as in this study) the athletes stuck to their same level of resistance training (ie weight + reps) I would expect the study to hold with the exception of finely measured muscle teardown. As other commenters have posted, the popular sugg
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by smileysteve 2y ago
.3% is drastically above the gdpnow estimate from the Atlanta fed, which, after compensating a -2.6% figure for increased gold imports, comes in at -1.8%
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by smileysteve 2y ago
But it is more difficult to prove criminal intent and value paint, metal, and tire damage. If Sentry mode records the perpetrator, the cops have to find it criminal, and then the DA decides to prosecute.... Good luck civilly pursuing every
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by smileysteve 2y ago
Agree Tesla and Tesla charger vandalism was high last year by the anti-ev crowd It's expected to be higher occurrence, but less measurable (ie, petty vandalism) by the anti Elon crowd
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by smileysteve 2y ago
The insurance in question is more about individual cars rather than stores; And while Teslas have Sentry mode that could detect things like paint, door dings, tire vandalism to record a criminal act, law enforcement has rarely been able to
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by smileysteve 2y ago
"compensated well" is an interesting takeaway on HackerNews where in a corporate world a chief economist would likely be compensated as a CFO, Chief Strategy Offer, or at least Partner of a VC firm, easily at 100xv earnings. &quot
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by smileysteve 2y ago
Something odd being gas prices didn't rise with inflation, work equipment tax breaks + tariffs added to a materials / chips supply chain shortage, mortgage + student loan deferment + COVID stimulus + ppp loans boosted spending pow
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by smileysteve 2y ago
Similarly and I extended to think about a dryer with a humidity sensor; it doesn't measure time well, it measures complexity, it gets more accurate the longer it works on the task, but the last progress meter can still take significant
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by smileysteve 2y ago
Weight shift is a good reason, rear and all wheel drive Regen should result in 2+x as much contact patch, versus friction brakes typically favor the front 70/30, applying 70% of braking to only 2 tires.
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by smileysteve 2y ago
Because there is less extreme (and earlier) braking and less weight shift (drive motors on the rear or all), regenerative braking should lead to less overall tire degradation than comparable friction brakes for even a significantly increase
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by smileysteve 2y ago
Agree; I'm seeing the same people that don't unit test or define types using ai to program, and ... even though Ai (CoPilot) can write 90% of the happy path and setup mocks... It's still too much for the developer (and exec t
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by smileysteve 2y ago
This is exactly what Google and OpenAi meant when they list "no moat" as a risk.
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by smileysteve 2y ago
Do the motion sensors add value when compared to independent motion sensors or humidity sensors? My sense is that with independent dumb motion sensors you achieve much of a smart house with less cost, wifi dependency.
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by smileysteve 2y ago
The best way to write without bugs is to measure bugs, and react to them. Airbrake, Rollbar, Datadog, New Relic mean nothing if you ignore bugs because you don't take the time to replicate them. You also can't fix what you don&#x2
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by smileysteve 2y ago
There is a big difference between "can turn off" and "doesn't emit white or blue light in the cabin at night by default" when it comes to infotainment. Maybe the oleds will allow manufacturers become more conscious
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by smileysteve 2y ago
Related, the color of your dash matters, the modern backlit screens (both dash and entertainment) emit much white and blue light. Mazda and Bmw (traditionally, less the last 5 years) seem to consider human ux more than others - hence orange
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by smileysteve 2y ago
> lifespan is not the parameter I want to optimize. Rather, it is quality of life. Fortunately, the 2 are often correlated, the best ways to prepare for a long lifespan are the same as preparing for a long health span, and that includes
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by smileysteve 2y ago
I couldn't disagree with the premise of the sections more on development methodology > Fast Food > Here, we develop in "agile" sprints. Working software is developed at the fastest pace possible, and all bugs are to be
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by smileysteve 2y ago
Brick, stucco, concrete siding are all fire resistant and commonly used in construction in the last 25 years. Insulation plays into combustability as well, where mineral / rock wool has thermal mass, does not ignite, but us constructio
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by smileysteve 2y ago
A forward looking (part of a) solution for Malibu would be the county acquiring and maintaining beach paths every few houses. Prescribed 10' wide fire breaks. This solves the fire problem AND the limited access to a public resource tha
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by smileysteve 2y ago
What I read when I read about the bicycle lane is that bike lanes were a requirement, the user persona was assigned to a casual recreational rider on a small low speed recreational (<24" wheels) (aka kids under 10), when in reality,
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by smileysteve 2y ago
This solves for the US national security issue; in the event of war between China and Taiwan (and a possible proxy war with US), Taiwan immigration would qualify for asylum.
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by smileysteve 2y ago
> I'm willing to bet sizeable amounts of money that most voters do not support rolling .... the debt ceiling ... You lost me here, because the debt ceiling is a recent political construct with the only outcome being to add friction
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by smileysteve 2y ago
A disaster for cars, at a slower speed and similar direction than the comparable intersection (and no racing to/from from a light psychology). So a disaster with significantly better outcomes than a red light runner (with a high speed
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by smileysteve 2y ago
For pedestrians, roundabouts also eliminate left turn lanes, saving ~9' of stroad width to cross and mean only looking one, predictable, direction at a time.

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