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by stetrain 3y ago
Not a copyright lawyer, but if we take the AI out of it then derivative works, fair use, etc. are already a grey area. It's a thing that gets argued about all the time in court cases. If I train a model that given the input "When
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by stetrain 3y ago
We laid off half of our employees, and the other half seem demoralized. We have no idea why so we're going to try making everyone come back to the office. Also hey everyone we made record profits this year! Great job! Pay raises are on
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by stetrain 3y ago
My biggest issue is that, like so many markets, there is a "missing middle" created by this downward price pressure. For the most part if you want a piece of furniture (ie a nightstand), there are two categories. Either you buy th
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by stetrain 3y ago
Yes, my car is rated for 310 miles, in reality it gets close to that at 60-65mph, and is closer to 260mi at 80mph. But on a road trip I am usually charging from 5-8% up to 50-60% and then moving on. This uses the fastest part of the battery
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by stetrain 3y ago
Teslas tend to meet their EPA ratings if you drive them like the EPA cycle, ie average speed around 45mph in mixed driving, or cruising around 60-65mph on back roads. Mostly the EPA test cycle is not very representative of interstate highwa
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by stetrain 3y ago
That range figure is WLTP (euro) rating. Which tends to be higher than US EPA ratings. US ratings are likely to be around 360mi-375mi, vs the current 333mi. Also those ratings are based around averages speeds well below interstate speed. Yo
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by stetrain 3y ago
Generally the systems that allow this have much more advanced driver attention tracking. Usually using infrared projectors and cameras aiming directly at the driver's face. Tesla is attempting to add visual driver monitoring using the
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by stetrain 3y ago
Tesla has actually implemented it in locations where their chargers did not have onboard payment terminals (since Teslas charging at Tesla chargers negotiate this automatically) but were required to add local payment options. https:/&
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by stetrain 3y ago
The worst are the ones that I remember when they bill me, then when I go to look into cancelling they are somehow unable to manage a cancellation process which does not require either calling, faxing, or mailing a certified letter somewhere
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by stetrain 3y ago
The confusion is kind of understandable with the multiple overlapping standards. They were really talking about a Tesla/NACs to J1772 adapter, which do exist and can be used at Tesla destination chargers.
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by stetrain 3y ago
I have had to wait at a Tesla Supercharger once in 4 years, and that was early on. They are building new stations in the US faster than one per day (over 400 last year, tracking to over 500 this year). Each stations contains at least 8 char
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by stetrain 3y ago
A helpful video about what's inside an AC EV "charger": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMxB7zA-e4Y Really the only difference with the fancier ones is they have a screen and payment terminal or NFC terminal
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by stetrain 3y ago
So an AC outlet with a built in meter and payment terminal, that simply provides AC power to the car with an onboard DC converter, already exists. That's what basically every Level 2 EV charger is today. (Really it's an "EVSE
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by stetrain 3y ago
So the power meter dutifully ticks up the charge you have used while plugged in. Then what? How do you pay it? Do you have to go track down some person who may or may not be on duty to read the meter, hope they read it before you started, a
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by stetrain 3y ago
Slow chargers at destinations (home, work, hotels, cabins, ski resorts) should be dumb. At most they should take payment directly via contactless or via a shared kiosk in a parking lot, no app or account required. Most Level 2 chargers are
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by stetrain 3y ago
https://slang.net/meaning/w https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/l-and-w https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=W%20%2F%20L
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by stetrain 3y ago
I think there is something to be said about how we take "free 2-day shipping" for granted these days. Transporting something across the country should cost money compared to buying something already local to you, or even better
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by stetrain 3y ago
Here the combined state + federal gas tax is $0.47 per gallon. A gas BMW 3 series actually has a very similar curb weight to a Tesla Model 3, around 4,000lb. At 30mpg, $200 worth of gas tax would buy 425gal of gas and take me ~12,700mi. I u
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by stetrain 3y ago
Yes, I should have specified in the US. In places with shared passenger and freight traffic (ie a lot of Europe and Asia), freight services can't hyper-optimize on very long, very slow, infrequent service. This does result in usually l
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by stetrain 3y ago
Rail [Edit: in the US] generally prioritizes slow freight, and has moved more in that direction over time. Precision scheduled railroading favors fewer, longer, slower trains to increase the ratio of freight to crew and maintenance costs. I
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by stetrain 3y ago
Cradle to grave analysis of most EVs puts them ahead on emissions, even including manufacturing, even with poor grid mixes of mostly coal power. Battery materials are also recyclable, so those manufacturing impacts should decrease over time
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by stetrain 3y ago
Oh no, not the scammy casino games targeting children with advertising. What will we do without them? Some people might even be able to charge money for games without advertising instead!
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by stetrain 3y ago
Many states are now adding fixed registration taxes for EVs, usually in the ballpark of $200/year. I pay this, and it costs significantly more than if I had paid gas tax on an ICE car of a similar weight for the miles I drive. Also fun
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by stetrain 3y ago
https://www.insidescience.org/news/how-much-damage-do-heavy-... > The fourth power law (also known as the fourth power rule) states that the greater the axle load of a vehicle, the stress on the road caused by the m
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by stetrain 3y ago
No, it was a Microsoft Rewards promotion. Something I don’t recall opting into. https://promos.microsoftrewards.com/US/en/SS/88/rules Edit: Chrome isn’t even installed, I use Firefox.
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by stetrain 3y ago
I got a Windows Notification the other day while playing a game telling me about a "Grand prize giveaway" Nope, not malware. Just Windows. https://i.imgur.com/xVstzqc.png https://www.reddit.com/r&#
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by stetrain 3y ago
Yes, but which option you check doesn't change which hardware you car comes with. The HW3 situation was Tesla updating the hardware for people who both bought an older car and paid for the FSD "preorder" package, since they l
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by stetrain 3y ago
All the cars produced have the same “FSD” hardware regardless of options selected. They are selling a software packaged called “Full Self Driving” that includes some current features, some “beta” features, and promises of additional functio
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by stetrain 3y ago
They've been taking money for a packaged called "Full Self Driving" since 2016.
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by stetrain 3y ago
It’s basically the front subframe. https://www.teslarati.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/tesla-m... https://www.teslarati.com/tesla-model-y-front-megacast-giga-...

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