pound

Sacramento data center shutdown happened without even a few weeks notice (just suddenly, on Christmas eve Saturday)

BelArus

Would be nice to see the numbers

I'm curious why Waymo is considered to be not living up to expectations? They operate in limited number of places, but seem to be just fine driving there (of course some people will not like them regardless). Tesla - yes, not comparable..

Of all 3, I'd say Alexa is the most practical for using at home, google one is kinda the smartest one but also is the most frustrating one - what worked yesterday will not work today or will work occasionally (exact same prompt's wording). Siri will not always respond but overall works fine within its somewhat limited scope, as compared to others (like number of integrations supported), but then again - ecosystem..

My biggest issue with Siri is intercom: at home we mostly speak other language than english, and when using intercom Siri often tries to parse what's being recorded, instead of just recording audio sample and send it verbatim.

Something like:

Me - Hey Siri, Intercom

Siri - intercom chime (not 'Aha?' of responding to just Hey Siri)

Me - *bjlkabdgkjhqwruo;fghnasd.mkfnlkjashfjkasdngjkasbdg* (doesn't matter, different language)

Siri (thinking she recognized some word) - Here are the results for what you asked..

I'm in SF and I welcome them. Human drivers are much worse.

e-ink plates, as well as sticker plates are parts of dmv pilot program. it's not some overlooked violation.

it's 10PM - 5:30AM to be precise

it's 60 days to elect whether you'll be using COBRA. If employment is terminated early in the month usually coverage is still there through the end of the month, but if termination is at the very end of the month it can be exactly just 2 months, not few.

pin is used when faceID cannot recognize you (when you're wearing face mask)

Tbh, it actually is okay. After about two years most prominent marks we have on them are those left by seatbelts.

Funny thing is while I was okay with buying Tesla, it was Musk's personality attached to it that really bugged me.. So while there is a (quite loud) fanbase, there is also a group of potential Tesla owners who may go other route just due to desire to not be associated with "meme king"

One more thing that has no solution now but I'm sure Tesla will not fix it at all or will charge a lot for it:

White interior and black seatbelts. Despite Musks's promises how durable white interior is, seatbelts they use are dyed with I don't know what and they mar the seats. It's permanently baked in and cannot be removed.. Tesla responded long time ago that they are looking for solution, but whatever they will change will definitely not apply to any existing (screwed-up) white interior owners.

Actually it wasn't too expensive - something like half of that (I don't remember exact number, but mid-100s).

It was more of a feeling that I shouldn't be paying for it at all that displeased me :( (and reddit is full of stories when it happened with others (with the same service centers' experience))

re 4) - this is what Tesla does a lot :(

In Model3 you can move front passenger seat forward and up (to clean up in the back) all the way to the point when it pushes on sun visor and cracks the mirror in it. Just by using handles intended to move the seat, no manual pressure or anything, there are no limitation on how far it goes and it's strong enough.. Tesla service centers blame owners for that and charge full replacement cost for the visor :\

How do you differentiate between autopilot and cruise control in Tesla case? I assume by lane keeping engaged?

I haven't heard that they send it to the cloud, do you have more details on it?

And for even locally - you need to buy ssd and plug it in to start recording video from sentry/dashboard.

not enough housing to meet demand means raising property values, which is beneficial for property owners without having to pay more taxes

but maybe problem here is in that corrupted thing called lobbying is allowed in the very first place.. I don't see how legal buying politicians this way is different from illegal corruption.

"over 130k have died" - it's over 140k already (and even few hundreds short of 150k) :/

What would you suggest as a few examples to consider? (let's assume there is no covid in place so everything is open as usual) Thanks!

Could you clarify connection between masks in current health situation and 'certain class has to wear'?

You can buy them in white color now, other colors are waitlisted

it's still technically discounted as those are group rates. Without it the same plan would cost even more for individuals.

not sure what exactly is 'short term' here, but simple example re. supply and demand and prices:

1) there is a 100 single family homes somewhere.

2) there are 300 people looking who need to live in that somewhere

3) on top of 100 single family homes now we have 400 units built

..

Can it be that price of the units for sale may get reduced for competitiveness?

When there isn't enough housing for high-income buyers in their "separate" market, what happens is that 'separate' low-income market becomes market for high-income buyers to go after.

people buying that car not because of Musk himself, but because finally there is a fun car being produced. And that is what other car manufacturers haven't gotten done in many years.

And don't forget non-primary residences. Not only prop13 "helps" you to stay in that old estate of yours that you may not be able to afford with increasing taxes, it also allows you to keep the cabin (or two) in Tahoe.

It was created literally couple of months before Vine's shutdown. Perfect timing for them.

CA Proposition 47 made petty theft to be a misdemeanor and not a felony anymore. And in result police will spend fewer resources on something that can end up as just a citation.