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Comment Re:Drove one...ordered one...my thoughts on it. (Score 1) 170

You can use the button on the turn signal to do a windsheild wipe.

I'm not sure what you mean by one pedal driving is missing. I only use the brake very occasionally. Push get accelerator it goes, take your foot off, it slows. I guess if you need to stop quickly you need to use the brake, but how is that different then one pedal driving?

Comment Re:Absolutely sold on the technology. (Score 1) 170

The only problem I've had with the Model 3, is sometimes it get's confused about authorization. I have phone authorization that allows me into the car, at which point it seems like it can't be seen anymore. I also have a pin that I use. Sometimes the car get's the pin, but can't see the phone and you have to twist in the seat so the phone is closer to the sensor.

Once you are going it's not a problem, and in reality, is only occasionally a problem.

Comment Re:I still haven't ridden in one! (Score 1) 170

I test drove a Model 3 and a Model X.

First thing to say about the Model 3 is that it's very, very low and small. The roof is low and it has the battery under the floor which raises that. Getting in and out was really awkward.

When you are in you have a recumbent driving position that I'm personally not a fan of. Otherwise it drives very well, smooth and responsive, great handling. It's not the quietest car though.

I actually tested this before I bought my Model 3. I'm very tall, and I've got about 3 - 4 inches clearance for my head. The headroom simply isn't a problem. The car does sit a bit low to the ground. I think that's because batteries are heavy and they don't want them up high, and also to give it that great handling that the Tesla 3 has.

The car always surprises people in how quiet it is. All you hear is the rubber on the road.

My 85 year old mother does have problems getting in and out, so I guess it is awkward for some people....

Comment More damage cost then just Tarifs (Score 1) 359

The one effect that nobody seems to be talking about, is that strong trade reduces war. That is, if China goes to war, they stand a strong chance of losing trading partners. If they are already losing trading partners because of these tariffs, then what's to stop them from stomping on Hongkong and going after all the other countries that it claims are it's.
Brunei, the People's Republic of China (PRC), Republic of China (ROC/Taiwan), Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam. An estimated US$3,37 trillion worth of global trade passes through the South China Sea annually,[1] which accounts for a third of the global maritime trade.[2] 80 percent of Chinas energy imports and 39.5 percent of Chinas total trade passes through the South China Sea.
from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... [wikipedia.org]

You think China's a problem now?

Comment Re:What exactly is the point of these tariffs? (Score 3, Informative) 359

For the first 2 years of his presidency, Obama spent money on infrastructure which helped the American economy out of the nosedive it was doing under Bush. Then he started reining it back.
Fiscal 2007: $161 billion (next to last year of Bush’s second term)
Fiscal 2008: $459 billion (beginning impact from the Great Recession)
Fiscal 2009: $1.4 trillion (Obama’s first year, Bush’s budget and in the teeth of the Recession)
Fiscal 2010: $1.3 trillion
Fiscal 2011: $1.3 trillion
Fiscal 2012: $1.1 trillion
Fiscal 2013: $680 billion
Fiscal 2014: $485 billion
Fiscal 2015: $438 billion
Fiscal 2016: $587 billion
Now have a very strong economy. Trump takes office
Fiscal 2017: $665 billion (Trump’s first year of his Presidency)
Fiscal 2018: $779 billion (9 months of tax cuts being in effect)
Fiscal 2019: $896 billion
Fiscal 2020: $990 billion
Fiscal 2021: $1,092 billion
Fiscal 2022: $1,250 billion
From
https://www.forbes.com/sites/c...

So showing Obama's spending without showing the circumstances is not really useful. A president has limited impact on an economy in their first two years.

About Chinese Tariffs,
The one effect that nobody seems to be talking about, is that strong trade reduces war. That is, if China goes to war, they stand a strong chance of losing trading partners. If they are already losing trading partners because of these tariffs, then what's to stop them from stomping on Hongkong and going after all the other countries that it claims are it's.
Brunei, the People's Republic of China (PRC), Republic of China (ROC/Taiwan), Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Vietnam. An estimated US$3,37 trillion worth of global trade passes through the South China Sea annually,[1] which accounts for a third of the global maritime trade.[2] 80 percent of Chinas energy imports and 39.5 percent of Chinas total trade passes through the South China Sea.
from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

You think China's a problem now?

Comment How I did it (Score 1) 463

The only time I've had to hire someone, I told the local college and universities that I was hiring. Got a boatload of applicants, and after the first couple of interviews it was obvious that these guys hadn't much programming experience at all. So in order to weed out candidates I made a test, of some terrible code. Basically pointer arithmetic and weirdness. Most recruits gave up after a minute. One guy worked through it. He got the wrong answer but I could tell by the way he was working on the problem, he understood how things worked, and was methodical.

He got the job of course, and turned out to be a fantastic employee.

So I would submit that the questions aren't being asked to show what you know, but how you work through the problem.

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