Also, they're comparing the heavily subsidised gas prices vs. unsubsidised battery prices. So, taking this into account, EVs are looking really attractive for those who can afford to pay upfront & make savings later, especially when governments may phase out fossil fuel subsidies in order to mitigate further exacerbating global warming.

The real sad thing is that we had five forces until the electric and magnetic forces were combined. Now we have three forces as the electroweak force is a thing, so this is either a sixth or fourth force. I kind of look at it like the oceans. At one time when we could not visualize the entire world at once we thought there were multiple oceans. We know know there is one ocean and different geographic regions have different names. It is possible if not likely that there is one force and we are seeing different parts of manifest in different kinds of situation. There are significant theoretical hurdles. Proton decay has never been shown and the upper limit on the half life just keep growing to magnitudes beyond the half life of the universe, and no one believes in a magnetic monopole

For the same reason that if a vehicle in front of you on the freeway comes to complete stop you can't just plow into them. When you are in charge of two tons of steel travelling at high speed you are responsible for how you operate it.

And we shall name her the Event Horizon. Total chaos will ensue as this is a Musk venture. ;)

It's not really a problem, as the article says, once you arrive at a destination with sufficient gravity, the symptoms go away. There are plenty of people that have blood clots that come and go unnoticed even here on earth and there's plenty of activity that increases the chances of both the clots and an ill effect of the clot. People doing the exploring are generally very healthy specimens, it's unlikely they are at any higher risk due to blood clot forming than someone who's obese and smoking.

On the other hand, over time, evolution will find the best specimens and overcome any limitations the body currently has if necessary for procreation and maintenance of the species.

The only preconceived notion of mine that you triggered is my notion that "order" and "get" aren't synonyms. How that adds in your mind to a conspiracy is a puzzle.

If you visit the Tesla website and start the process of ordering a standard Tesla Model 3, you will find that the actual price is not the mythical $35,000. Go ahead. Click on "Purchase Price" right under "Select Your Car". See where it says, "$39,490"? That's what you have to pay Tesla to get the car. If you instead click on "Include Potential Savings", the price is $30,815, with an asterisk pointing to a footnote that says, "Costs above include potential incentives and gas savings of $8,675," with a Learn More link that leads to a pop-up informing you that the check you need to write to Tesla will be in the amount of $39,490, but if you get $4,375 in incentives and save $4,300 in gas, you'll "effectively" pay that asterisked price.

Since the only incentive available nationwide is the Federal tax credit of $1,875, the only way you'll get a cost lower than $37,615 is if your state offers a rebate like your reddit poster's state did. And of course, the Federal incentive is a tax credit, not a rebate, which means people with no Federal tax liability need not apply.

TL;DR: No, you can't buy a Model 3 for $35K. Hope you didn't hurt yourself with that *Facepalm*.

couldn't you tether two ships with a long cord, rotating about a common center of gravity? One could hold the crew and one could carry the lander/supplies.

Give me an afternoon at the range and I'll be happy to prove you wrong. This thing is as "bulletproof" as the "autopilot" is a full level-5 driving automaton.

So I have a Model X P100D '18 and I asked about the cost of replacing a battery. Was quoted $25k. However, unlimited mile power train warranty for 8 years meals if my battery degrades 30% (>70Kw) before 8 years I get a new one for free. Can't really beat that.

"Deep-packet inspection" would not be able to tell more than a VPN is in use

That's all they need if they want to cut your connection.

Can all ISP break any consumer level VPN encryption efforts?

They can easily detect and block "unauthorized" [determined by the authorities] use of a VPN, and TOR service. Somewhere in the world they already are. It's a simple matter of time before it becomes ubiquitous. Legal issues are moot when industry writes the rules.

Trust me, you want none of whatever he is smoking.

First guy stated the article was false, names a false source(Tesla's website). Second guy didn't state anything, other than that the first guy didn't have any factual evidence, which is true.

After 2 years my phone battery is maybe 80%, and 3 years maybe 40%.

Don't even get me started on an electric razor's lifetime. First one I had lasted maybe 20 years (2 blade replacements). It's replacement, about 4 (0 blade replacements). It's replacement is less than a year old and it's battery lasts 3-4 days (wish I'd kept the receipt).

I enjoyed your rant. Touch base again sometime after you get through therapy, if you're able.

No. The real number is mileage. That determines most important aspect.

Good counter. If she then seems to get hysterical about it, point out that her womb might be wandering. A good slap may be in order.

They've actually found a sixth force. The fifth force already has a name, it's "bullshit". Like The Force, it's all around us. I run into bullshit every day, and I guess most other people do as well.

Half of those Team install are just people sick of it popping up aggressively EVERY FUCKING TIME with no way to easily turn it off. I guess Microsoft didn't learn from almost being broken up in the 90's.

Your mandated catalytic converter will slowly cause resistance to exhaust, draining your horsepower. Over time, it will quickly outdo any gains from the advancements you said. Also, engines break in at 500 miles typically, and some are sold already broken in. So that can't account for efficiency gains over significant time. Lastly, your car is far and away less efficient than a Tesla to begin with. 100kw of energy is the equivalent to 3 gals of gasoline. If you're strictly talking about efficiency, you're comparing an electric vehicle which is close to 60% efficient to a gas car which might be 15% efficient. The vast majority of the fuel you burn is lost as heat. Never mind regen, since you might have a hybrid.

Any entry level truck properly equipped can tow 14,000lb. If you want to be serious with big numbers, today's 3500-class pick-ups can tow 30,000lb all day long, it's not that exceptional. The big-rigs tractor/trailers are only limited to 40,000lb due to road regulation, they can tow 120,000lb no problem. 14,000lb is petty at best, also, you won't get 250 miles range towing 14,000lb.

Metric might be, if we assume a linear decay

Data collected for Teslas suggests that your assumption is not valid. Most data shows a drop in capacity of about 5-7%, over the first 50,000 miles, followed by very little drop in capacity over much longer distances travelled.

To top of off... it seems one thing that people are very consistent about is that Slack copied the WYSIWYG editor from MS - if so, this is hilarious as Slack is calling MS outdated, and then proceeding to copy exactly what MS do :) if anything, Slack is showing it's lack of ingenuity.

Though this article doesn't specifically state it, I feel like this confirms Huawei and ZTE's complicity in Chinese intelligence operations from those who use their devices.

I feel like this should also quiet any supporters of Huawei and ZTE's "innocence" on having data stored in China. Also makes plausible that their devices have an (as of the time of this post) undiscovered data siphon or keylogger sending data to PRC servers for "quality assurance" or "verification".

Doesn't help their case that Huawei and ZTE's devices have locked bootloaders and are unwilling to unlock them.

There are a few good anticoagulant drugs that are safe and effective. Commonly prescribed for people with higher than normal stroke risk and might alleviate the 0-G issues.

This from the generations which claim to be highly tolerant and inclusive.

Signed,
A Millennial

Let's suppose this is a huge problem for a long term space mission in a significant quantity of people in the space. For example, sending several thousands of people to Mars.

This could mean that we, humans, are designed for living only in our planet. Then, if we like to explore the universe, we have just some "real" steps at hand.

• To take a lot of care of our nice planet. If we lose it, we are done.
• To develop super ultra magical virtual reality technology to put ourselves in other worlds, but without going out of our planet. Just we send some special spacecrafts to record everything in every possible dimension, and to assemble that sense data in the best possible way for us.

What gas car doesn't get better mileage in hot weather? Hot weather makes the air thinner. That's why they do the top speed record setting runs at the hottest time of the day.

EVs being better and everyone being able to get one are two different things.

So you're saying that people who are persistent, don't give up and get the job done are Boomers? If so, i'll happily be one of them, and suddenly the ad makes a lot more sense! :)

Sensor degradation reduces efficiency only if it causes the fuel mix to become more non-optimal, which is not necessarily the case.

Or, just hack systemd.

Hell - they don't fit in the spaces here in the US.

Nazis are socialists dumbass

Got it. I didn't realise i was talking to a toolbag that thinks typing ls to get a directory listing is "technical magic". There's no such thing as a free lunch. If you want the benefit of privacy and security (and don't even start with the Slack keeps your data secure and private; it will sell it to the highest bidder just like fitbit did with google), then you might have to spend an hour for years of benefit. Oh, the tradeoff... now run along and spend that hour watching netflix you moron!

He *may* have his sources.
You *definitely* have none. (Since you made no statements regarding this, in the first place.)

It is almost like car manufacturers make different vehicles for different needs or something.

I do know for certain however, that Tesla's pickup will not appeal the the Coal Rollin' PCVTruck crowd. And that's okay.

I had a car that slowly got better as time passed after a tuneup. As the cam in the distributor wore it caused the timing to advance.

Modern gasoline engines don't need tuneups.

As a new engine breaks in, roughly machined parts are smoothed and friction reduced.

Tires become more efficient as they wear; the thinner tread deforms less.