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by tahoeskibum 3y ago
Basically a golf cart that with a max speed of 28 mph. Perfect for golf club retirees, but not the 99% of US consumers.
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by tahoeskibum 3y ago
They are using ground based telescope observatories. "...To receive the downlinked high-rate data sent from the probe, NASA is relying on the 200-inch Hale Telescope at Caltech’s Palomar Observatory in San Diego County, which sits atop
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by tahoeskibum 3y ago
It is simple: the original ingredient pseudoephedrine was put behind counter as it can be used for meth production. The replacement phenylephedrine is just not effective, something I've known for years (so I always go behind the counte
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by tahoeskibum 3y ago
I'm curious how much harder it would be on these planets to launch 1) Sputnik like satellite 2) Hubble Space telescope
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by tahoeskibum 3y ago
In addition to being used in microwaves, magnetrons are also used in radiation therapy for cancer, to power the linacs.
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Saving the Feynman Van
2 points by tahoeskibum 3y ago|0 comments
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by tahoeskibum 3y ago
The Tesla mission statement is “to accelerate the world's transition to sustainable energy.” Opening up Superchargers is in alignment with it.
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by tahoeskibum 3y ago
Highly rated Wall St analysts were saying the same thing in 2009 comparing about Apple with Nokia.
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by tahoeskibum 3y ago
Coffee is a known carcinogen (due to formation of acrylamides in roasting). Ripe fruits emit small amounts ethylene that is carcinogenic.
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by tahoeskibum 3y ago
So what's next: a horse drawn Ford :-)
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by tahoeskibum 3y ago
This was an old 2014 model which had old HW1 Mobileye based package. It cannot have FSD.
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by tahoeskibum 3y ago
This was an old 2014 model with basically advanced traffic aware cruise control. I wonder how many Toyotas get into accidents with regular cruise control. The figure of merit is number of accidents per mile...
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by tahoeskibum 3y ago
Yup let's take the capital away from efficient resource allocators like Bezos and Musk and let the inefficient government waste it away... Bernie doesn't understand that this money is tied up in capital investments, which create j
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by tahoeskibum 4y ago
Tesla does a great job. The touchscreen has low latency and the layout is intuitive. But best of all, most things can be done by voice including seat heating (say "my butt is cold").
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by tahoeskibum 4y ago
But then again, Chat GPT just passed law school exams, albeit at C+ in blind testing. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/26/tech/chatgpt-passes-exams/ind...
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ChatGPT passes exams from law and business schools(cnn.com)
15 points by tahoeskibum 4y ago|3 comments
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by tahoeskibum 4y ago
From Wikipedia: Vaccine misinformation In May 2021, Kirsch posted an article online claiming that COVID-19 vaccines affect fertility, while also underplaying the vaccines' ability to prevent illness and death, both statements criticize
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by tahoeskibum 4y ago
Can't AI channels get good enough to get loved and have people genuinely excited about seeing the next video? At first there will be some human curation, eventually the AI will get good enough.
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by tahoeskibum 4y ago
It is almost as though many folks want Twitter to fail, instead of having a better social media to compete with Meta/TikTok. People forget that Elon was one of the original dot com millionaires with his success in PayPal. Back then the
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by tahoeskibum 4y ago
If the goal was $300B in consumer spending, then they should've just given a tax rebate to everybody below a certain income. Instead, this penalizes students who paid off their loans and non-college graduates who might've taken ou
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by tahoeskibum 4y ago
It was also a lot more expensive back then. Today you can pay first class and get better service. Ultimately this is what happens when air travel gets democratized: people focus on low costs.
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by tahoeskibum 4y ago
Fun to see how it went from: Musk can't/shouldn't buy Twitter and we shall implement a poison pill to prevent him -- to you must buy us out at a hefty premium to the market.
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by tahoeskibum 4y ago
Tesla FSD Beta has a body with sensors (cameras) and actuators (engine/wheels/steering). Does that count as embodiment?
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by tahoeskibum 5y ago
The same way people buy a phone without trying it. Electric cars will be appliances. Some will pay premium for Tesla like for Apple, and others will find that Hyundai's are a good bang for buck too.
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by tahoeskibum 5y ago
I have FSD Beta and I can tell you I have never seen FSD do a rolling stop.
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by tahoeskibum 5y ago
This is a case of bias against anything that smells of AI. Media blew this one: any Tesla owner could've told you that AutoPilot cannot be switched on in roads with no lane markings. The peak hysteria was when Consumer Reports showed u
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by tahoeskibum 6y ago
You would've made the same comparison between Apple and Nokia back in 2008. If you've ever driven a Tesla, you'll realize that it is a paradigm shift just like the iPhone was back in 2008 relative to Nokia.
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by tahoeskibum 6y ago
Here's the link to Economist article from 2005, which explains how IKEA uses non-profit status. I frequently buy from IKEA but used to think of it a well oiled corporation, and didn't know that it was "non-profit". http
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by tahoeskibum 6y ago
I think that solar/wind + battery (e.g. Tesla Megapack) will make fusion irrelevant.
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by tahoeskibum 6y ago
I just got an email from AirBnB outlining their plan to offer shares to hosts as a part of the IPO with first dibs to hosts that first came on the platform.

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