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Wow, those voyagers are HUGE!

Any car in that hailstorm is going to be written off.

This is a common fallacy. The thrust doesn't change just because of the speed of the rocket.

Hmmm, thank dog that I'm taking a break from moderating.

And I will reiterate that the moderators have no control over the forum software, and even our suggestions are often ignored.

The software doesn't allow it. Note that the moderators have no control at all over the software. Note also that the mod (singular) already weighed in and has been roundly ignored. I could start issuing bans, or I can go away and do my day job for a week or two. I think I'll do the latter. I...

Mod: I just deleted 18 posts for continuing the banned discussion of Elon and his politics. It's not about whether I/we as moderators have an opinion one way or the other. It's because it kills this otherwise useful thread. DO NOT DO THIS. Someone asked about a lot of missing posts. All I know...

I just saw a Highland Model 3 on the road in San Diego. I didn't realize they are delivering them yet. It had the temporary paper plate, so it wasn't a demo vehicle.

Unfortunately mods have no control at all over the software. I've reported it to the admins.

Mod: I wasn't even aware that tags existed. I can only edit them on threads here. I will report to other moderators. I have deleted them on the three threads I can control. --ggr

Apparently a transient error in the software.

Both cars finished in about 30 minutes, just like a normal update.

Both our FSD cars got the 12.3 update this morning. It seems much better than the 11.xx I had yesterday. Edit: Oops, missed your mention of "canucks".

... and you tell the yoong people of today that, and they woon't believe yoo, oh nooo.

Mod: Two posts deleted for various reasons. I chose not to delete the fairly obvious argumentative posts, but one way or the other, they will stop here. --ggr

Nothing is worth the effort of reporting to the SEC. I sent a bunch of reports back in the mid-late 2010s, and except for the form letter "we added you to the queue", have never had any response or apparent effect.

Slightly off-topic about the cost of planes versus drones, but interesting. https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/03/drones-and-the-us-air-force.html

Why is there soot/smoke coming out on takeoff? I thought Methane burned clean?

If there was a pilot, I'd have called the action of the grid fins "pilot induced oscillation". I thought they skipped the ship engine re-light.

As you can see in the graph above, Q3 2012 was indeed a negative Gross Margin. While Tesla managed to deliver the first ten Model S in Q2, there were a lot of S's that were undergoing significant re-work before they could be delivered even in Q3. I can't remember if they had already stopped...

The pre-purchase agreement specifically states that any co-signer must be present at delivery. It would be really easy for me to add Amber Muchnick as a co-signer and just scribble something if they weren't present. You probably wouldn't like that.

If it was 2020 with stalk, you push down for forward, and up for reverse. If it was 2021 with on-screen shift, you swipe up for forward and down for reverse. BUT... it should have already selected forward unless there was something blocking the front of the car.

Most droneship landings don't do any boostback, just re-entry and landing burns.

Try telling that to Jan Łukasiewicz. Admittedly he invented what we would now call Prefix Polish Notation, and HP "reversed it" to RPN. (Pronounced roughly as "wook-a-SHEY-vitch", which I guess is why most people call it "Polish". :-) )

Don't forget... the Armada sank.

This is true, I discovered it by accident myself a few days ago. Moderators have no control over the software but I'll complain to someone...

You are missing Tasmania, which was a penal colony of the original penal colony, and I think was about 3.5 on the list.

Roadsters can't use superchargers. Only AC charging is supported.

Mod: I deleted off topic posts about FSD and the UK EV poll. In both cases, the first post would have been fine if only the other 14 people hadn't all followed up and polluted the thread. You don't all have to say "me too". The Nobel Prize discussion can cease now too. --ggr

As usual, there are competing forces at play here. First, forget that it is Elon, or any other huge shareholder, and just look at the effect on the company of Joe Random exercising options. A small amount of cash goes to the company to pay for the shares at the strike price. At the same time an...

Mod: moved 33 posts about Cybertruk orders and rust to https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/all-cybertruck-discussion.169472/page-77#post-8086354 for lack of a better place. Be happy that I didn't just delete them. But this and off-topic in the Ukraine thread have left me in a bad mood. Don't...

Mod: I had to either work hard to move posts to where they should have been, or delete them. Guess. --ggr

I heard a Toyota sponsorship radio ad on NPR yesterday. Something like (from memory): "Toyota hybrids combine the best of performance and efficiency!". Hmmm, yes, they get the performance from the electric motor and battery, and they get the efficiency from the battery and electric motor. Hmmm.

Annoyed mod: 31 posts about Ukraine/OT/musk-bashing and followups deleted. There is a reason we have dedicated threads and banned topics. And there is one member who seems to just want to continue conversations even when it's clear they should have stopped already. If you think this might be...

But then I'd have to kill you. And you are right, traffic analysis is much more powerful than most people realize. Look up "the Zendian Problem".

I would like to clarify this statement. Amateurs absolutely should use cryptography that is designed and implemented by experts. I can personally assure you that Starlink cryptography was designed and implemented by experts. I just can't tell you how I know.

Mod: A reminder that we have very little tolerance for attacks on other members. --grrrr.

You are not even close to being the first to make that observation. It even saved me a traffic ticket one day when the cop made the same mistake.

Mod: clearly what is happening in congress at the moment affects Ukraine. There are a couple of good points in there. But it's also beginning to sound too much like partisan politics. I don't want to have to clean up. So please pivot back to the actual war. --ggr.

Mod: If no-one posts about leaving TSLA, and no-one follows up with acrimonious comments, no-one will get banned. --ggr

Mod: this line of discussion has been done to death many times. Stop now. --ggr

I abandoned the Tesla forum about a week after I discovered TMC... I don't know how you stood it that long.

Mod: agree. Tone down the argumentation please. --ggr

Yes. Thought it was obvious. (For some reason my notifications don't work at the moment. I wasn't ignoring your question, just didn't know anyone had tagged me.)

Mod: 8 more posts discussing the Chancery court decision, after I told you to stop, deleted. You can continue discussion in the dedicated thread, but not this one. New facts are welcome here, but new opinions are not. Clear? --ggr

Mod: I deleted posts about heat sinks, including followups about LED lights and speakers. I deleted posts about political parties and/or politicians, and followups. I didn't delete posts alleging corruption but without identifying the supposedly corrupt parties other than the Chancery judge...

Mod: Arrived to find 20 pages of posts and 13 angry sounding reports. I have locked this thread until I figure out what's going on. --ggr.

Mod: Notwithstanding that some people thanked the mods, the discussion about the delivery problem video has gone way too far, and descended into acrimony. It's now a banned subject for the time being. --ggr

Mod: Reminder that we don't tolerate attacks on other members here. --ggr

Mod: travelling for over 24 hours, running on fumes, request that the elon compensation go to this other thread: https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/elon-compensation-package.319695/ --ggr Me: Thank you @ggr, but I disagree. Far too important to TSLA to relegate to a standalone thread...