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I've got both. I've had two Model Xs, a 2016 and our current 2020. I also have a 2022 Model Y. All models Long Range. My wife's car is technically the X but we both prefer the Y. As a testament to Tesla's lack of build consistency, my X is significantly louder from a road noise perspective than...

If we're lucky! hoping for some dumps before the Thanksgiving holiday, personally..

In the summer I can make it from home to our place in Truckee without stopping (either my wife's X or my Y). As it gets colder, that becomes less possible and I often stop at the Loomis location anyway for a quick bathroom break and 10 minutes of top-up. This new location might be nice for when...

I generally use my stalk to perform single wipes on my MY22LR when the rain isn't steady. As if I had a hand crank wiper. When it does become steady, I can turn them on, but of course rain is usually variable, at least where I am. So a few miles later the wipers are skipping across a dry...

The Airstream Basecamp is a different kind of Airstream, so I am unfamiliar with the aerodynamics. It has more of a teardrop shape, but thankfully doesn't have a rapid drop-off. Many teardrops look at a lot more aerodynamic than they are, because they curve down too sharply and create a vacuum...

You also don't have to make up the whole car when you are out on daily excursions if you have the trailer. It gets to stay in place while you drive to the trailhead or whatever you've got planned.

Andy is the proprietor of Cam-Am RV and has made his name on retrofitting sedans of all types to tow Airstreams. Not sure I agree with the safety or advisability of his projects, but they do exist.

The ideal, at least for me, is that excess solar is when I am in off-peak, my Powerwalls are all fully charged, and I'm about to backfeed to the grid at off-peak rates. I want all of that to be dumped into my vehicles until they reach their max charge setting OR until part-peak or peak rates...

I think we can agree that's an improvement, which is what people are trying to say in this thread. Perfection is not going to happen as long as humans continue to inhabit the earth. We're all going to die someday, and humanity is absolutely going to be extinguished at some point. The goal is to...

I believe the point was that Home Assistant generally can keep things local, but in some cases (like MyQ) it still has to rely on the cloud. Not ideal but you can still bring much into the local environment and not rely on outside services.

Highway driving and a wet/snowy winter is what did it. No gravel or dirt roads, though. I don't think I can get PPF on this perforated mess at this point.

I took this photo after 6 months of owning my Y. I've since added front mudflaps.

My understanding is that it was done exclusively for the bump in CARB/ZEV credits added by battery swap capacity. Tesla gamed the system in order to get a higher credit per vehicle just by demonstrating that it was possible. I don't believe Tesla ever intended for this to be a scalable or real...

In the same way a prison would thank their inmates. "We know you have a choice when it comes to incarceration..."

We have a solid bank in Auburn, which is generally clear during snow and in a wide open lot. I drive to our mountain home in Truckee regularly, and for me a quick top up in Loomis is ideal since I can hit the Raley's for last minute groceries and a bathroom stop. I totally agree that more is...

I also worked in a high stress distributed real time streaming environment. We sandboxed high profile events repeatedly to ensure we could handle load. I agree it’s probably only a few simple things that went wrong but the preparation is what failed here.

Also agree. But worth noting that this particular event was definitely a capital N=1 event that probably had extra attention and resources on it compared to a random lowercase n=1 event.

Seems to me to be a protective way to build an echo chamber. Basically saying "I want this conversation to be rife with selection bias." Not exactly public town square material, but I can see where it's entertaining. Some reddit subs are like this - if you criticize whatever their thing is, you...

Best I could do.

The admins don’t want one and there would likely be a moderation shortfall (there already is). It’s the admins’ site to run so that’s all the reason needed.

Usually it means that the thread contains a wiki post that can be edited by anyone. In this case, it’s 100% my fault. As a moderator, I have the action button shown below. It has no confirmation, and my fat thumb pressed it on a post by accident. When I removed the wiki post, the label stayed on...

Sorry, saw this on Reddit and chuckled.

As the WHO says, there have been over 25,000 articles published over the last 30 years on EMF, we know more about their effect than we do about a number of common chemicals, and the overwhelming conclusion is that there is no scientific link between EMF exposure and health consequences...

Except you know that's not how the discussions go. We've got over 16,000 posts in this thread and whenever these "actions" are brought up, it tends to devolve into personal politics and argument. I think we've summarized it a number of times. We can't really be sure how it's helping or hurting...

Those are usually "feel" pieces that are click-generators from outrage addicts: "Politician So-And-So Gets Ripped For Opinion On This-Or-That!" "Celebrity This-Person is Humiliated Online For Some-Idea-They-Had!" I have rarely seen Twitter as a source for actual news.

Source? So far we’ve only established that you didn’t read past the headline. Best I can find is this study from 2016 looking at Twitter, showing that about 59% of retweets were done without the link having been clicked. But I'm guessing most corporate news organizations aren't going to tell us...

I have a tough time with this one. If an article contains all of the details and a reader doesn't read the article, I'm going to go ahead and put that on the reader. If your argument is that headlines are sensational, well, that's been the case since the dawn of time. It's how physical...

Quoting someone implies a response to their post. Maybe address the comments in my post instead of trying to deflect.

You should know that: I bought my first Tesla (S P85) in early 2014 I've owned three others since I had some of the first PW2s I've added two more PW2s I have Tesla Solar I wear a SpaceX Falcon Heavy T-shirt I volunteer for one of the least rewarding jobs on the planet - moderating a Tesla fan...

Which other ones promised deadlines repeatedly and showed videos with "no interventions"?

Would a smaller flame cap kiln be a viable choice to at least convert some of that biomass into biochar? I've seen some 55 gallon drums converted into them. I think the biomass conversion rate is only around 10% but it's something. Just a thought moving forward. Looking good up there.

“There ain’t going to be any middle anymore..” -Pearl Jam, Porch, 1991.

I don't think this is a fair point. Look at TMC - members can post, but they can't post certain things, for example advertising their competing site. Members can use reaction buttons but they can't use them to troll other members. Just because there is a feature on a platform doesn't mean that...

Something humorous about a person named "Yaccarino" doing a talk. Like a race car driver named "Zumarino."

I don't think anyone can draw conclusions one way or another from sales numbers. There are too many confounds and trying to draw a conclusion or calculate effect size of the Twitter purchase on Tesla sales is a fool's errand.

Unlocked - let’s try to stick to the topic. Thanks!

Oh well. Temporarily locked for political cool down.

How about Tulsa, Knoxville, Huntsville.. https://www.newson6.com/story/632245051ea6ab07169a2b35/tulsa-police-chief-says-department-faces-staff-shortages-increase-in-violent-crimes...

The “no interventions” FSD video seemed to be intentional.

It is possible to walk past a homeless encampment and not notice it. Perspective is personal.

I suspect the same. But if indeed this is a 4D chess move, we'll see it there or it can be removed from the conversation.

This will be his opportunity to discuss the risks of climate change and the benefits of EVs to the Fox crowd. Or at least to settle once and for all whether or not he's trying to court that audience for Tesla vehicle sales.

The Forum Rules are linked here. There is nothing stating people cannot have a negative opinion of Tesla or Elon Musk. This is a discussion forum, not an echo chamber. It is absolutely true that Tesla received funds from the government and that the funding provided from the government helped...

Not sure I buy that. I think being politically neutral is a way to not alienate the more likely buyers of EVs while still finding good ways to appeal to a segment that doesn't currently see themselves in the market for one. The reason that registered Republicans have been opposed to EVs is a...

I had front PPF installed on my 2022 Model Y in October, knowing I'd be driving up and back from the mountains. Did not happen across this thread beforehand or I'd have gotten the back doors wrapped as well. Photo of my Pearl White paint (which at least somewhat obscures the exposure visually)...

It's also the #1 nature identification app by downloads! And the #1 pinball discussion app by downloads! <insert a bunch of flags here>

It’s on Twitter and my understanding from reading this thread is that Twitter is the most reliable source of information. So it must be real.

Tesla has beat delivery estimates in the past, so "always" seems like the wrong word here. Also, WSJ summarizes current analyst guidance as: 22 - Buy 3 - Overweight 17 - Hold 1 - Underweight 4 - Sell Given that this is their guidance, why do you think that they'd "engineer a miss"? Consensus...

I explained this, and you decided to deflect: Selection bias is not an "argument," it's a description of a legitimate bias. You asked a question in the first quoted statement and received a factual answer to that question. If you have a selection mechanism in any realm, polling people who have...