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Comment Re:The new CATL batteries are wild (Score 5, Interesting) 292

I was hesitant of the charge time fear, but having lives with an EV for 8 years (first Model X in 2018), I can say that the obsession with charge time is ridiculous unless you are a long haul trucker. My cars charge overnight, every night. I have a Tesla wall charger on every parking space in my garage, and my wife and I charge our cars to full, every night. I use a supercharger... 8 times a year? Seriously, how often do you drive 250+ miles a day? Even the Model 3's standard range cars do that. It is such a better way to live where every day you have a "full tank of gas" when you turn on your car. Not everyone can afford the capital outlay for solar panels, but we did and it makes our drives effectively free. Seriously, the maintenance, the running expenses, has all been unbelievable. Stop squeezing every ounce of longevity from your batteries and just accept the fact that you MUST sleep at some point, which is a great time to charge up your cars.

Comment Re:Nope (Score 1) 80

Dude. I'm so old I have actually used a VT100. I actually used a teletype for a few minutes for the heck of it. No punch cards, though.

I'm pretty clear on what a terminal emulator is. I've probably used one more days than not over my more than half century.

My point was: **We're totally ditching github!!** - and yet their website still links only to source on github.

Comment Re: And the Death Spiral (Score 2) 348

This tax is not a billionaires tax. California has very strong safeguards around taxes. They have been trying to repeal prop13 for years. What this law actually says (which is never what its title is), states that the tax can be applied to anyone the legislature determines it should be applied to, so while its billionaires now, it will be you later on (if you live in CA). If you were a billionaire, you can just move. That is not who this law is targeting. Just like the income tax which was a tax on the ultra-rich, it will move down the ladder. If you support this law, history has taught you nothing. It will not give you free stuff, it will just lead to a larger government burden that provides very little from and takes a lot from everyone. Mark these words. Its on Page 27 of the bill if anyone wants to read it.

Comment Re: Bad out of the gate... (Score 1) 122

One problem with jurys in our hyper-polarized world is you can almost guess the outcome to a certainty based on where it is tried. If this was tried in Tennessee, my bet would be on Musk. Since it's in Oakland, Sam Altman will win.

I do think the slashdot crowd which is generally anti-Musk is rooting for a can of worms here. Do we really want to set Sam Altman's precedent which is that you can found a company as a non-profit and then decide way down the line to convert to for-profit? Because unlike S Corps, non-profits can have retained earnings.

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