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Given the dozens of ships anchored in the bay, I'm not sure Oakland has spare capacity either.

I remember in college back then taking a dremel to the side of my steel PC case to cut out a hole for a plexiglass window. Lit up the internals with a blue CCFL. Pretty weird the effort that went into stuff like that. I made fun of people who put ground effects lighting under their car, but was I really any different? Ha!

Personal anecdote - my house has two sets of solar panels on the roof - the first was installed in 2017, the second was just installed last month.

In 2017 my 6kw system cost $24,000 before any incentives (by SolarCity).

In 2020 my 7.8kw system cost $15,000 before any incentives (by Tesla).

Of that $15k, $4.3k was for the panels themselves, $2k for the inverter, $1k for mounting hardware, and $8k for installation.

It's pretty shocking to me that in just 3 years the price per watt was basically halved, all in. Because looking at the breakdown, half the cost is in installation and presumably marketing and sales costs. Even if the panels themselves cost half as much, it would be a relatively small decrease in the total cost of the system.

I wonder what the practical bottom is - even if the panels were free, there's a floor on the labor cost.

Insta-add to pi-hole. Interesting though, that in my query log I don't actually see my machine trying to hit this domain when I open apps.

Is this something you could have used to create a startup to compete with your previous employer?

I have a set in my California home made by Miele. I think they're becoming more common. Bosch also makes them, but I found the Miele's to be more efficient - so much so that they run on a standard 110v outlet instead of 220. Highly recommended.

Also keep in mind that California now requires solar panels on all new home construction. The supply of renewable power in the state is expanding rapidly - our sources for power are not static.

Connect it to your network but block it's network access. Then it's "connected" but the connections fail.

That said, I haven't seen any evidence of smart TV's autonomously connecting to open hot spots without permission.

I've got a synology NAS with at least 10TB spare capacity I could donate... If only there were a way to use it, and thousands more, to back up important projects like this in a decentralized way.

I know the space shuttle employed multiple redundant computers of differing hardware as failsafes. I can't imagine SpaceX didn't do the same thing.

We don’t need developers to pay for infrastructure - we have owners of the new building paying property taxes. That’s what funds city infrastructure. Prop 13 is what limits those revenues, it shouldn’t be on the developers back.

I think that's what the radar is for.

Veeva | Product Manager & Senior Engineer | Full-time | Bay Area CA | Onsite & Remote

Veeva is a leader in enterprise software for the Life Sciences industry, and one of the fastest growing SaaS companies in the world (NYSE VEEV). Veeva Labs is a small group within Veeva that works on the internal 'operating system' of Veeva - building tools and apps that we use internally, custom designed to fit the unique needs of Veeva. This includes a people directory, social network, distribution list management, internal file sharing and content network, and more. We act as an internal startup using the most advanced systems to build world class software with a focus on user experience.

We're currently looking for:

* Product Manager: https://jobs.lever.co/veeva/ad09e5dd-15dc-4d8e-8474-d64e071e....

* Senior Software Engineer: https://jobs.lever.co/veeva/d6de1ee9-2c58-4f44-b648-8d10050f....

Our team is located in our Bay Area (Pleasanton) HQ and our San Carlos CA offices. We are open to remote candidates who are a strong fit.

My Tesla app on the iPhone has an "Upgrades" page from the main menu, and on that page it offers to sell me a Full Self-Driving upgrade for $4000. There's a big Apple Pay button on the page to make the payment with a credit card. I'm not sure what happens when you click that, and given this person's experience I don't want to test it, but it seems like they made it pretty easy to spend $4k.

Those are some of the slowest cars on the road today, that sacrifice everything for fuel efficiency. Is that the bar for an EV? We can't do better than that?

For those defending this decision as rational, are you aware the expected 0-60 time is 9 seconds?

That's not just a little slower for comfort. That's pitiful for any car. I am not sure I've ever owned a car that slow. For comparison, Mazda's full size SUV, the CX9, does 0-60 in 7.1 seconds. 9 seconds is more on par with the Mazda 2, a tiny sub-compact.

We need EVs to take over for the health of our planet, and the way we do that is by making them superior to gas cars, not nerfing them so they aren't competitive with them. The average buyer doesn't need a 4s 0-60 time but quick acceleration eliminates objections and perceptions that EVs aren't as good as gas.

Veeva | Product Manager & Senior Engineer | Full-time | Bay Area CA | Onsite & Remote

Veeva is a leader in enterprise software for the Life Sciences industry, and one of the fastest growing SaaS companies in the world (NYSE VEEV). Veeva Labs is a small group within Veeva that works on the internal 'operating system' of Veeva - building tools and apps that we use internally, custom designed to fit the unique needs of Veeva. This includes a people directory, social network, distribution list management, internal file sharing and content network, and more. We act as an internal startup using the most advanced systems to build world class software with a focus on user experience.

We're currently looking for:

* Product Manager: https://jobs.lever.co/veeva/ad09e5dd-15dc-4d8e-8474-d64e071e...

* Senior Software Engineer: https://jobs.lever.co/veeva/d6de1ee9-2c58-4f44-b648-8d10050f...

Our team is located in our Bay Area (Pleasanton) HQ and our San Carlos CA offices. We are open to remote candidates who are a strong fit.

After more than a decade as a Flickr pro user I've canceled the account and downloaded all my photos. They're now hosted on a synology NAS which has decent photo management apps I can host myself without worrying about data loss and privacy. Then that NAS backs up to backblaze B2 for offsite redundancy.

This is basically describing the Amazon stores.

Loved playing this when I was a kid. I still have a memory of picking it out on the shelf of the computer store.

The battle animations made chess a lot more interesting - one of the favorites: the knight v. knight homage to Monty Python, taking one limb off at a time. Merely a flesh wound!

Ehrlichs house isn't an Eichler - Eichler refer to houses made by a specific developer who built mid-century modern neighborhoods around California. They're a sub-set of mid century architecture.

I just got the new AirPod Pros with noise cancellation, and have found them excellent and filtering out a lot of the ambient office noises. I turn them on and the AC whoosh, keyboard clicks and other white noise disappear. I can still hear voices, but they're much quieter and easily defeated with some music. If you haven't tried them it might be a good option, I find them comfortable to wear for hours at a time.

I did the same thing at my office and brought it into a conference room with 7 other people. We watched the CO2 climb to about 900 and then it started going down. Seems the climate control system is also tracking CO2 and it started pushing fresh air in when the level got too high. A nice surprise that we have systems managing this - I don't know how common that is in offices though.

I'm sure they're built to last more than 3 years. And even if the first buyer wants to trade it in after 3 years, they should expect it to still be in good condition so they can get a good price on resale/trade-in. If it was really designed to only last 3 years, their total cost of ownership in those 3 years would be much higher than a car that lasted longer due to depreciation.

Being in the business of selling power, I would think they're losing money when the power is off. They've got power plants idling and nobody racking up kwh's. I guess the calculus is that the lost revenue is less than the liability of a fire.

Maybe they should just pump that CO2 into the greenhouses!

I know there's a lot of commentary about the larger retail landscape being in decline and the shift to Amazon and all that... But what my theory presupposes is that Sears is committing suicide.

Last May they rebranded with a new logo, that looks like a cross between AirBNB's logo and a natural gas flame. It looks like something they got from Fiver or a stock image site. They're throwing away decades of brand equity for this?

I hadn't been in a Sears in a long time, but when I saw the new logo it made me go look at their site to see what they were up to. What I found was a website chock full of big promotions, but also chock full of complicated fine print. For example:

The offer: $60 in CASHBACK points when you spend $60

The fine print: Offer valid 5/5/19–5/18/19. Members get $60 CASHBACK in points in 6 weekly installments when you spend $60 or more on qualifying purchases at select Sears stores and items sold by Sears on sears.com. First $10 in points issued within 48 hours and are valid for 7 days. Subsequent payments of $10 in points issued every Sunday starting 5/26/19. Offer valid 5/5/19–5/18/19. Maximum $60 CASHBACK in points per member.

So their website was plastered with $60 "cash back" offers, but they don't give you cash back, they give you "points" worth $10 in weekly installments that are only good for one week, so to get your $60 you have to come back and buy at least $10 worth of stuff for 6 weeks in a row!

Also, almost everything worth buying is on the exemption list. This is the exemption list just for Bedding (there were a lot more!):

Excludes Lands’ End, select mattresses (Chiswick, Chelsfield, Camberwell, Cavell, East Channel, Harlington, Harrowby, Isleworth, Kenney, Romford, Beautyrest Black, Sealy Conform Performance [High Spirits, Fondness and Thrilled], Sealy Conform Premium [Gratifying and Wondrous], Stearns & Foster, Serta iComfort, Serta iComfort Memory Foam, Serta iComfort Hybrid, Sealy Hybrid, Simmons Beautysleep, Tempur-Pedic, Tempur-Flex), Protect-A-Bed, SleepTracker, Mantua bed frames, adjustable bases (Beautyrest Smart Motions, Sealy Ease, Serta Motion [Essential, Custom and Perfect], and Tempur-Pedic [Tempur-Up, Tempur-Ergo Plus and Tempur-Premier]), Serta iComfort pillows, Tempur-Pedic Tempur pillows, Stearns & Foster Premium pillows, Sealy Premium pillows, Serta Premium pillows, Beautyrest Premium pillows. Items must be sold by Sears. Purchase requirement before taxes and after other discounts and must be made in a single transaction. By accepting Shop Your Way® member benefits and offers, you agree to the Shop Your Way terms and conditions, available at www.shopyourway.com/terms. Members earn points on qualifying purchases, excluding sales taxes and other fees. Extra points are inclusive of, and not in addition to, any base points earned on qualifying purchases. When extra point offers are combined, total points earned will be less than the combined point totals for each individual offer.

I found this astonishing! I've never seen such a complicated promotional offer before, and it really feels like a big "fuck you" to anyone who would bother to shop at their stores. Nobody wants to do business with a shop that's trying to bait and switch them with deceptive "deals".

No wonder they're having trouble turning things around...

Fascinating! Surprised that almost the whole of Africa is red on here - what's the source of pollution in these areas? Lots of "burning stuff" for cooking and heat?

Teslas use regenerative brakes for 90% of braking, so brake pad dust is greatly reduced, but tire wear is no different, if not somewhat higher. It's not just the weight of the cars, but the high torque on acceleration tends to wear tires faster.

Really excited to finally get Spotify integration, that's huge.

Also hoping they install WiFi at superchargers so you can watch youtube/Netflix while charging there. Not sure where else I'd use that feature.