SpelingBeeChamp

> Ten models or ten cars?

I don’t understand what you are asking.

>What EVs can do LA to Salt Lake City with one full charging stop?

I said that there are at least ten non-Tesla EVs that have a rated range over 300 miles.

LA to Salt Lake City is ~690 miles, half of which is 345 miles.

Few EV owners actually get their car’s rated range, and you’d have to be nuts to intentionally pull into a charging station with zero battery. Your scenario really calls for a car that has a rated range of ~400 miles, which, AFAIK, is currently limited to the Model S and the Lucid Air.

The longest range configuration of a Model S has a 405 mile rated range, though you’re not going to get that on a long road trip. The Lucid Air’s rated range is 516 miles. No idea how that bears out in reality, though I suspect it’s similarly less-efficient at interstate highway speeds. (Actual speeds, not speed limits.) I’ll be test driving one soon.

> I've seen local law enforcement not bother to investigate high-five- to low-six-figures of thefts from break-ins at multiple offices over a couple-week span by a single crew whose van was caught on camera complete with license plates at more than one of the offices. The cops didn't care.

I am a reporter and I cover law enforcement & crime. Are you willing to provide more information about this?

Unfortunately, I’m not comfortable sharing that. To whatever extent it still is, I prefer to keep my HN identity anonymous.

> the police often choose to withhold police protection in response to police reform

I am not sure this is accurate, and it’s similarly unclear to me what exactly you are referring to.

I don’t know what, specifically, you mean by “withhold police protection.” Would you provide some examples? And what evidence do you have that such action happen “often” as a response to police reform?

Oh yeah. I have been producing content full-time on YouTube for nearly 7 years. I have two NASes, each with ten 18TB HDDs and an SSD cache, plus a separate all-SSD DAS that has ten 4TB TLC NVMe SSDs. Video storage is a significant cost that people frequently overlook.

And we edit on two M1 Ultra Mac Studios, as well as M1 Max MacBook Pros, all fully-optioned.

People vastly underestimate the time and expense involved with “just posting videos to YouTube.”

(If it’s such easy money, why aren’t they doing it…)

I wish.

Not necessarily. If you stop uploading, views will fall off a cliff sooner than you’d think. Even for old content that had been consistently attracting views. It kinda sucks.

> Subs on YT don't mean revenue... they're just people who may watch your videos later.

Right on. I always tell people that I can’t pay my employees with subs and likes.

For most videos, an overwhelming majority of views come from traffic suggested by YouTube in some manner (home page, sidebar, after a video). I have millions of subscribers across a few channels. Subscriber notification and feeds invariably account for a very-low-single-digit percent of video views.

To highlight just how crazy things can get, my highest-earning YouTube video has earned well-over $100,000 in AdSense revenue.

But that’s not the end of the craziness.

About a year ago, that video was suddenly and inexplicably deemed by YouTube as unsuitable for all advertisers. I appealed, but they stuck with their decision.

In the year since, that video has brought in ~$80.

While I have found success on YouTube, I wouldn’t recommend it to anybody who doesn’t have a strong track record of attracting and maintaining a large audience. YouTube is the most saturated market on the planet, and and at the end of the day, you are subject to the whims of a largely-opaque algorithm. It is not possible to succeed on YouTube without significant effort, but significant effort doesn’t guarantee success. Moreover, the connection between effort and reward is unpredictable, and it’s sometimes not there at all. You can be flying high today, only to have it all change tomorrow, without any explanation.

People understand that high-quality content is necessary for success on YouTube, but they often lose sight of the fact that it is not sufficient. Not only do you have to create quality content, but you have to create content that people want to watch more than everything else that is available to them on YouTube - which is obviously very, very hard.

> If your channel covers certain taboo topics it can be "demonetized" which means no revenue from Google.

That almost never happens. Rather, individual videos are demonetized- or deemed unsuitable for all advertisers. In fairness, that can easily happen to an overwhelming majority of a channel’s videos, but it is important, IMO, to speak accurately about what is going on.

Source: I have been a full-time YouTuber for the last seven years. I publish content that often toes the line between suitable for advertisers and not.)

>Apple was the only company shipping them [that I could find] at the time.

Last I checked, they still are. What other company makes a 3m TB4 cable?

>I tend to keep my distance with people who use mirroring tactics because it can often be a sign of underlying personality disorders (chameleon effect).

How did you learn that? (I think you’re right.)

>In my experience, the smarter someone is, the more entitled/bratty they tend to be (especially to service workers or people they look down on).

That is totally contrary to my experience. Maybe I hang out with good people... or maybe my friends and I aren't as smart as I thought :P

I am a YouTuber, and I spend a significant amount of time editing and rendering video. My main laptop is a full-spec M1 Max MacBook Pro, and when I'm home, I work on a full-spec M1 Ultra Mac Studio.

Both computers are extraordinarily fast, but I still spend a lot of time waiting.

I would be willing to spend a lot of money:

(1) to reduce that time, (2) to significantly increase my laptop's battery life, and/or (3) to significantly increase the size of my laptop's already-rather-gargantuan 8TB SSD.

Maybe I should become a programmer. Sounds like there's less waiting :P

Anyone know of a similar search engine that allows the user to filter search results by year?

>They are all so terrible by comparison when it comes to range and charging infra

Come again? There are at least ten non-Tesla EVs that have a rated range of 300+ miles, and DC fast charging is everywhere. Look on PlugShare and filter out Tesla connectors.

Tesla is not the only game in town. And I say that as someone who recently bought a Model S Plaid.

I love having a ten-foot-long Thunderbolt 4 cable!

(So much so that I bought two of them.)

>The director of the lifeguards just happened to be on the patrol boat on duty that day. He came over to say hi and very clearly told me something akin to "You know, Martin, I could site you and even arrest you

The lifeguard has police authority?

Are you on the Do Not Call List? Have you tried asking Oracle to not call you again?

>cities will take direct control of traffic in a central way...with car owners losing control to pick the shortest route in order to be allowed to use the roads in the city

I can't see that happening in the United States.

I don't know a single person who would be happy with the government controlling when and where they can drive, in the manner you describe.

Even if it was net-positive for society.

The only time I took Ambien, I discovered the next morning that I had apparently awakened at some point and attempted to eat a tea bag. Yeah, no thanks.

That’s pretty funny, considering that he could just make the results say whatever he wants. (Or you’re fired, last-remaining poll engineer. If you still exist.)

For a second I thought you had written “5D-cheese.” And I really liked it. Because it more-readily conveys that there is no way the ‘higher level’ explanation is real.

Apparently not in the United States, at all.

https://www.tesla.com/support/non-tesla-supercharging

Maybe I’m weird, but I want very precise control over the temperature inside my house.

I don’t know what’s going on with your account, but FYI I can use both Google Home and the Nest app to manage my thermostat.

What is the difference between Autopilot and Enhanced Autopilot?

I’m glad that you are having a good experience, but FSD reliably and repeatedly tries to stop at green lights on a 50 mph road near me. I’m just happy - sort of - that I didn’t pay for it, and that I’m only able to try it because my new Model S Plaid has been in the shop for service four times in the last three months…

(The loaners that I have had three of those four times have all had FSD.)

I am reasonably satisfied with Enhanced Autopilot on highways, though it’s unclear to me what, exactly, is ‘enhanced’ about it. And Navigate on Autopilot seems to add nothing of value.

NDAs for service agreements? What do you mean?

That is not my experience at all. It either says “Full self driving unavailable. Poor weather detected,” or it freaks the fuck out and tries to kill me.

FSD can’t adequately handle rain, let alone snow where the road lines are not visible.