matthewaustin

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by matthewaustin 12y ago
Imagine what will happen when we combine decentralized car use with autonomous driving. Uber is already cheaper than driving yourself around, but think how affordable it would be if no Uber driver was needed at all.
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by matthewaustin 12y ago
I disagree with your assessment that Tesla doesn't have any new technology that will improve their efficiency over Nissan. Tesla builds their own powertrains and battery management systems, which are good enough that other automakers l
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by matthewaustin 12y ago
The 25% number for Tesla is from the most recent quarter, where they received no revenue from selling emissions credits. Their profitability has actually increased quarter to quarter even as their emission credit sales have dropped to zero.
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by matthewaustin 12y ago
Prominently showing Game of Thrones content in the images, even though the Fire doesn't support HBO Go? Way to be deceptive, Amazon.
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by matthewaustin 13y ago
This is an incredibly misleading title. Tesla owners will undergo no inconvenience, since the item being replaced is the wall adapter, not any parts on the car.
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by matthewaustin 13y ago
Apple's idea behind their App Store is that every app is reviewed to make sure it's up to their standards. They also provide a myriad of built-in UI elements and a Human Interface Guide that is supposed to direct developers in the
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by matthewaustin 13y ago
But does it support do-while loops?
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by matthewaustin 13y ago
"Waiting for hours for it to charge" is not accurate. Actual On-Demand Refilling Stats: - One hour at supercharging station - Two minutes at battery swapping station
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by matthewaustin 13y ago
Tesla's Falcon doors are not the same as Gull-wing doors. They have an additional joint which minimizes the horizontal space required, so you won't hit the car next to yours while getting in and out.
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by matthewaustin 13y ago
Would much prefer to be able to see the actual number of each thing, even if it's at the bottom. I instead found myself trying to extrapolate the number by staring at the "since you loaded this page" number and observing the
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by matthewaustin 13y ago
Energy is always lost as you move up the food chain, because no predator can capture 100% of the energy stored in their prey. Consuming plants is not as efficient as photosynthesizing, and consuming animals is not as efficient as consuming
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by matthewaustin 13y ago
You could measure by calories, since there will not be a huge difference in the number of calories consumed by people with different diets. Giving an incredibly quick example, wheat and ground beef have roughly the same caloric density Whea
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by matthewaustin 13y ago
It wouldn't matter how environmentally unfriendly it was to cultivate land as long as livestock are fed cultivated crops, since they require more than one pound of food to produce one pound of meat. If x = environmental impact of culti
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by matthewaustin 13y ago
I disagree with your claim that veganism and vegetarianism can't be backed by logical thinking. Producing meat requires significantly more natural resources (land area, water) and produces significantly more pollution (methane, ground
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by matthewaustin 13y ago
Tesla is hard at work taking the knowledge they've gained developing the Model S and applying it to create a ~$30k car, which will be meant for the every man. Until then, though, I think they deserve some recognition for beating out every c
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by matthewaustin 13y ago
Ah, well if you get to make up your own definitions of profitable, then I suppose they weren't. But if you use the actual definition of profitable, meaning they had more revenue than expenses in this quarter, then they were profitable.
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by matthewaustin 14y ago
Congratulations - you are the 1% who this model fails for. The rest of us will be just fine, since 99% of us don't travel more than 250 miles a day. And for the couple times a year we need to take road trips, we can rent a luxury sedan wit