Thing is even if they designed it properly and it didn't suffer from any flaws, being thin is still crippling it.
Being stupidly thin means no sockets for storage or RAM or radio cards. It means a weak cooling system that limits the kind of CPU/GPU they can fit and how long it can run flat out. Even the charger being too thin means that the battery drains (or at the very least doesn't charge) under load.
When you look at the very small size difference of a Lenovo 65W and 95W charger, or how an NEC laptop is 1mm thicker but actually lighter and higher performance and has sockets for everything... It's just not worth it.
We dropped a brand-new iPad Pro at home, and with AppleCare they just replaced it without any fuss.
In other words you bought an over-priced insurance policy on top of an already over-priced product.
PROTIP: it's generally cheaper to just get a home insurance policy that does new for old to cover stuff like that. For me the increase was less than the cost of a year of AppleCare and covers every device I own, even when out of the house.
Being unrepairable is never acceptable. No matter how well built it is, if you knock it off the table or you get it wet then they aren't going to replace it under the normal warranty.
Lenovo make laptops that are only a tiny bit thicker and which are easy to maintain and repair. There is no excuse.
The problem at the moment is that it's not clear how to make rapid charging pay for itself. It's pretty much a loss leader, with most networks seeing it as a way to get established and put a stake in the ground at the best locations.
Generally a rapid charger will generate â5-10/hour when in use. So â240/day max assuming 100% utilization, more likely â100/day for busy areas. Maintenance costs on top. The chargers cost maybe â50-60k each to buy and install, assuming there is decent infrastructure. So once you have paid for the electricity and the backend payment system and customer support the pay-back time on the chargers isn't great, especially in less popular areas.
They have a lifetime of about 10 years before they are worn out too.
In the long run the usage will go up, and so will the prices. Most people will avoid them and charge at home or their destination, and paying â50/1000 km range on the motorway will be acceptable. At that point everyone will want a slice of the action, including the taxman.
What they are saying is that the fact that the web site is called "blacklisted doctors" and has that right at the top is rather misleading, given that she is on it but not blacklisted. So while it contains some factually accurate (if now out of date) information, the overall effect is very misleading.
I've never heard of that happening here, and would certainly be illegal. It really seems like you need some better consumer protection laws if they can get away with damaging your phone like that.
I assumed the chance meeting was some Force nonsense at work. Like the number of ridiculous coincidences in the original trilogy, especially ANH before the ret-con in Empire.
I don't think any of that requires Tesla to offer charging to non-Tesla drivers. All the responsibilities are on energy providers to basically be fair to charge network operators.
Unfortunately this predates GDPR so the fine is relatively small. If they don't fix the problem there could be a GDPR fine of 4% of annual world-wide turnover, which is over $5 billion.
This is just a generic list of complaints about people you disagree with. You disingenuously assume that criticism is equivalent to smearing and then assume ridiculous, dishonest motivations behind every action.
And ironically you are the one smearing them. Not criticising their arguments or policies, just smearing them as dishonest SJWs.
One option is to have pay scales, where people doing the same or very similar jobs are all within a range based on their time at the company. They may start higher up the scale based on experience, which is fine as long as it is applied evenly to everyone.
But yes, basically the practice of negotiating salaries needs to be retired and companies offer a fair rate. That's actually good for existing employees too, because if the market rate goes up and the company wants to remain competitive they need to give everyone decent raises, otherwise they won't be able to offer market rate to new hires.
Right before they get into the Falcon Finn says to her that they need a pilot, and Ray replies that they have one, i.e. her. So it is established that she does at least know the basics, which is not unsurprising for someone in her profession.
And again, she doesn't exactly fly it well. The first thing she does is crash it into the ground.
For some reason people seem to forget all these details.
Interesting. I know they had to offer at least one charger for other vehicles, but it was often just a 7kW socket. Do you have a citation for this rule?
A trickle of the most expensive Model 3s will be available in Europe this year. They haven't announced a date for the affordable one even for the US yet.
Meanwhile other manufacturers are already there. Nissan just revealed the 60kWh Leaf, Hyundai Kona sales have been going since last year, Kia are taking orders for April delivery on the eNiro and also have a new long range Soul due this year. Most are cheaper than even the short range Model 3.
This is all good of course, competition and more vehicles, but really the Model 3 at the current price and availability in Europe is more of a competitor with future high end cars. Maybe a new BMW i3, or perhaps the VW ID but they are saying that will be a lot cheaper. Maybe the Audi eTron or Jaguar iPace. The iPace is already available.
Tesla isn't allowing other EVs to use their chargers.
Tesla are also charging owners rather a lot to use their chargers, which is bad because it encourages them to use other chargers which are cheaper but which other EV drivers need. Tesla should at least charge market rate, or invest in the common infrastructure.
Housing poverty is usually defined as spending more than 35% of the household income on rent or a mortgage. Of course you also need to save up a deposit if you want to buy.
Since housing is so expensive it forces wages up nearly proportionally. If your rent is $3000/month then you need to take home $9000/month to be out of the poverty zone, which according to a pay calculator I found requires an income of $375,000 in California.
In this case you decided to rent your phone from the carrier. You pay monthly for it, if you exit early there are fees and they want the phone back or the remainder of the balance on it, right?
Just buy the phone unlocked, or get a contract from someone who doesn't lock it to one network. I get the impression that such options are not widely available in the US, but around here it's common, usually cheaper and I've never bought a SIM locked phone ever.
Maybe, but then you have to wonder why they haven't done it yet. They are pumping out thousands of flawed vehicles a week, all potentially needing this fix.
It's been a while but when exactly did Anakin use the force before being trained?
He was a great pod racer before the Jedi arrived. They diagnosed his pod racing ability as using the Force to see things before they happened, and to control the pod as I recall.
Mummy probably wasnt a helicopter parent
Mummy was a slave who seemed remarkably relaxed about her only child participating in that extremely dangerous sport, which was supposed to be beyond the ability of humans. Oh, and she claimed it was a virgin birth too, the Force got her pregnant somehow.
from a technical, objective viewpoint she is a poorly developed, bad character
Compared to Anakin and Luke? In fact compared to the average Hollywood movie character?
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Thing is even if they designed it properly and it didn't suffer from any flaws, being thin is still crippling it.
Being stupidly thin means no sockets for storage or RAM or radio cards. It means a weak cooling system that limits the kind of CPU/GPU they can fit and how long it can run flat out. Even the charger being too thin means that the battery drains (or at the very least doesn't charge) under load.
When you look at the very small size difference of a Lenovo 65W and 95W charger, or how an NEC laptop is 1mm thicker but actually lighter and higher performance and has sockets for everything... It's just not worth it.
At least in the Jobs era, he would not let something ship unless he personally checked it out that things were decent.
I wonder how he held the iPhone 4? Clearly we were all doing it wrong but he never really how he operated the thing.
We dropped a brand-new iPad Pro at home, and with AppleCare they just replaced it without any fuss.
In other words you bought an over-priced insurance policy on top of an already over-priced product.
PROTIP: it's generally cheaper to just get a home insurance policy that does new for old to cover stuff like that. For me the increase was less than the cost of a year of AppleCare and covers every device I own, even when out of the house.
Being unrepairable is never acceptable. No matter how well built it is, if you knock it off the table or you get it wet then they aren't going to replace it under the normal warranty.
Lenovo make laptops that are only a tiny bit thicker and which are easy to maintain and repair. There is no excuse.
Ah, I see what you mean.
The problem at the moment is that it's not clear how to make rapid charging pay for itself. It's pretty much a loss leader, with most networks seeing it as a way to get established and put a stake in the ground at the best locations.
Generally a rapid charger will generate â5-10/hour when in use. So â240/day max assuming 100% utilization, more likely â100/day for busy areas. Maintenance costs on top. The chargers cost maybe â50-60k each to buy and install, assuming there is decent infrastructure. So once you have paid for the electricity and the backend payment system and customer support the pay-back time on the chargers isn't great, especially in less popular areas.
They have a lifetime of about 10 years before they are worn out too.
In the long run the usage will go up, and so will the prices. Most people will avoid them and charge at home or their destination, and paying â50/1000 km range on the motorway will be acceptable. At that point everyone will want a slice of the action, including the taxman.
Hmm, but you do have many hatchback cars in the US, often the same as European models.
What they are saying is that the fact that the web site is called "blacklisted doctors" and has that right at the top is rather misleading, given that she is on it but not blacklisted. So while it contains some factually accurate (if now out of date) information, the overall effect is very misleading.
I've never heard of that happening here, and would certainly be illegal. It really seems like you need some better consumer protection laws if they can get away with damaging your phone like that.
I assumed the chance meeting was some Force nonsense at work. Like the number of ridiculous coincidences in the original trilogy, especially ANH before the ret-con in Empire.
I don't think any of that requires Tesla to offer charging to non-Tesla drivers. All the responsibilities are on energy providers to basically be fair to charge network operators.
Unfortunately this predates GDPR so the fine is relatively small. If they don't fix the problem there could be a GDPR fine of 4% of annual world-wide turnover, which is over $5 billion.
Give Quorn a chance.
This is just a generic list of complaints about people you disagree with. You disingenuously assume that criticism is equivalent to smearing and then assume ridiculous, dishonest motivations behind every action.
And ironically you are the one smearing them. Not criticising their arguments or policies, just smearing them as dishonest SJWs.
One option is to have pay scales, where people doing the same or very similar jobs are all within a range based on their time at the company. They may start higher up the scale based on experience, which is fine as long as it is applied evenly to everyone.
But yes, basically the practice of negotiating salaries needs to be retired and companies offer a fair rate. That's actually good for existing employees too, because if the market rate goes up and the company wants to remain competitive they need to give everyone decent raises, otherwise they won't be able to offer market rate to new hires.
Right before they get into the Falcon Finn says to her that they need a pilot, and Ray replies that they have one, i.e. her. So it is established that she does at least know the basics, which is not unsurprising for someone in her profession.
And again, she doesn't exactly fly it well. The first thing she does is crash it into the ground.
For some reason people seem to forget all these details.
Interesting. I know they had to offer at least one charger for other vehicles, but it was often just a 7kW socket. Do you have a citation for this rule?
A trickle of the most expensive Model 3s will be available in Europe this year. They haven't announced a date for the affordable one even for the US yet.
Meanwhile other manufacturers are already there. Nissan just revealed the 60kWh Leaf, Hyundai Kona sales have been going since last year, Kia are taking orders for April delivery on the eNiro and also have a new long range Soul due this year. Most are cheaper than even the short range Model 3.
This is all good of course, competition and more vehicles, but really the Model 3 at the current price and availability in Europe is more of a competitor with future high end cars. Maybe a new BMW i3, or perhaps the VW ID but they are saying that will be a lot cheaper. Maybe the Audi eTron or Jaguar iPace. The iPace is already available.
Tesla isn't allowing other EVs to use their chargers.
Tesla are also charging owners rather a lot to use their chargers, which is bad because it encourages them to use other chargers which are cheaper but which other EV drivers need. Tesla should at least charge market rate, or invest in the common infrastructure.
Housing poverty is usually defined as spending more than 35% of the household income on rent or a mortgage. Of course you also need to save up a deposit if you want to buy.
Since housing is so expensive it forces wages up nearly proportionally. If your rent is $3000/month then you need to take home $9000/month to be out of the poverty zone, which according to a pay calculator I found requires an income of $375,000 in California.
Ouch.
In this case you decided to rent your phone from the carrier. You pay monthly for it, if you exit early there are fees and they want the phone back or the remainder of the balance on it, right?
Just buy the phone unlocked, or get a contract from someone who doesn't lock it to one network. I get the impression that such options are not widely available in the US, but around here it's common, usually cheaper and I've never bought a SIM locked phone ever.
Maybe, but then you have to wonder why they haven't done it yet. They are pumping out thousands of flawed vehicles a week, all potentially needing this fix.
It's been a while but when exactly did Anakin use the force before being trained?
He was a great pod racer before the Jedi arrived. They diagnosed his pod racing ability as using the Force to see things before they happened, and to control the pod as I recall.
Mummy probably wasnt a helicopter parent
Mummy was a slave who seemed remarkably relaxed about her only child participating in that extremely dangerous sport, which was supposed to be beyond the ability of humans. Oh, and she claimed it was a virgin birth too, the Force got her pregnant somehow.
from a technical, objective viewpoint she is a poorly developed, bad character
Compared to Anakin and Luke? In fact compared to the average Hollywood movie character?
It's like they don't have much experience making cars or something.
Bravo. I wish I had mod points.