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by zbrozek 10y ago
The i3 is available _right now_ and the Model 3 isn't. Actually getting getting the car might be a consideration for a lot of people. My housemate has an i3 and it's a fantastic vehicle - the best utilization of plan area of any
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by zbrozek 10y ago
I generally dislike stations (since they're never plentiful and rarely conveniently placed). But I think they're a good idea in high-traffic locations - e.g., next to Caltrain stations. They tamp down on the chaos of bikes piled u
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by zbrozek 10y ago
I don't know about in SF, but test programs (e.g., Mountain View, which discontinued the bikes about six months ago) may have been under-utilized for a few reasons: 1) Sparsely placed racks mean that you tend to do round trips rather t
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by zbrozek 10y ago
I'm one of those EEs, and I think you're short-selling your colleagues. Or maybe your organization hasn't found great hardware people. Where I've worked, the hardware folks are (on average) just as responsible for archit
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by zbrozek 10y ago
Cars competing in the World Solar challenge have a similar number of solar cells. They weigh about 300 kg with occupant and have ridiculously good aerodynamics compared to ordinary cars. Further, their cells are almost all pointed up. Those
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by zbrozek 10y ago
Indeed they should! I'd like to have a good pointer that I can glue to my keyboard and use leaned back. I'd also like to configure what the gestures mean; there's no way to make three finger tap act like middle click. I use a
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by zbrozek 10y ago
An Uber driver deliberately pushed me (a cyclist) out of the way with the hood of his car when I tried to take a picture of him parking on an expressway. I filed a police report and a complaint with Uber, but nothing came of it.
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by zbrozek 10y ago
I'm a professional hardware engineer, and doing this kind of work is something I do frequently and begrudgingly. Having this kind of service available will be a huge help. Some thoughts: - Who writes the style guide? How do you make ae