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  1. Re:I hope its better than the Model X. on Elon Musk Tweets New Details About Tesla's Model Y Electric SUV (mashable.com) · · Score: 1
  2. Re: I hope its better than the Model X. on Elon Musk Tweets New Details About Tesla's Model Y Electric SUV (mashable.com) · · Score: 2

    and making the vehicle even more prone to flipping over.

    except that the model X is very resistant to flipping over. https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

  3. Who gave them the authority to do that? They should probably only be allowed to have a say about the airspace above the US.

  4. heavy train? on First Hydrogen-Powered Train Hits the Tracks In Germany (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1, Insightful

    Trains tend not to be battery-powered when they're electric, however, because they're so heavy.

    That's one of the last things trains should care about. Steel wheels don't provide much friction when they have a low load.

  5. Re:Still... a good interview. on Tesla Stock Plunges After Senior Execs Leave, Musk Smokes Weed During Interview (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    >funding was not fucking "secured."

    Sorry, no, we DO NOT know if it was or wasn't.

  6. Re:Tesla is a good investment on Elon Musk Says Investors Convinced Him Tesla Should Stay Public (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    It all boils down to one thing: a black-box extrapolation of Tesla's existing capital and burn rate indicates that they will need additional funding.

    Does that take into account 5000-6000 model 3's being sold per week? as opposed to 2000-3000 per week in Q2 ? that difference means 3000*40000 = 120m$ per week cash flow, half a billion per month... And I am sure the burn rate is a lot lower now that the production is up to speed.

  7. Re:Hearts and brains. on Fewer Than Half of Young Americans Are Positive About Capitalism (cnbc.com) · · Score: 2

    >Capitalism is just an economic system and a pretty brutal one at that. But in the USA it's the number one religion. People have this blind faith in it even while its killing them.

    That's funny ! their number 2 religion is christianity. And Jesus told things diametrically opposed to capitalism.

  8. Re:That's because... on Fewer Than Half of Young Americans Are Positive About Capitalism (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    >essential aspects of the free market

    you're forgetting an unlimited number of buyers and sellers. Which is why a true free market is unrealistic.

  9. Musk did have something concrete ? Shocking!

  10. Re:No! Just use open source on Do Businesses Really Need to Hire CS Majors? (cio.com) · · Score: 1

    why don't you "put it together like Lego blocks" yourself and save the trouble and cost of outsourcing?

    Yeah, lego blocks knobs are as unchangeable as API's :D :D :D

  11. Re:Proportional to oxygen consumption? on Air Pollution Linked To Changes In Heart Structure, Study Shows (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    Some pollutants are higher inside the car, than outside on the road (or in a park...) so I don't think outdoors exercise necessarily exposes you to more pollution.

  12. Re: Because that's an area they have expertise in on Tesla Is Building Its Own AI Chips For Self-Driving Cars (techcrunch.com) · · Score: 1

    he's building (and selling) 5000 3's, 1000 S's and 1000 X's vehicles per week.at 20% margin(someone extrapolated a 30% margin on 3's see https://www.youtube.com/watch?... ), for those 45000/100000/120000$ vehciles that would mean a total margin of 89 million$ per week, 4,6 billion per year margin. I believe Bernie would be envious about that.

  13. Re:Trump is building a Russia colony on Tesla Is Building Its Own AI Chips For Self-Driving Cars (techcrunch.com) · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    >Trump is taking Murricah to its traditional capitalist past.
    On track to a 10th century feudalistic state.

  14. >when you give government more and more power over your daily life.
    what happens in the US is even worse: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... at least a government is elected.

  15. the banks have that money, and the "democracy" by the balls.

  16. more good news for EV's! on Nanoengineer Finds New Way To Recycle Lithium-Ion Batteries (latimes.com) · · Score: 2, Interesting

    This should make EV's more price-competitive! take out your tesla battery after 300,000 km for a refresh and your car is as good as new!

  17. Re:is there any bigger plan? on BYD Claims New Battery Factory Will Be 'Largest In the World' (electrek.co) · · Score: 1

    >In few years, many electric vehicles will be collapsed

    The model S is already on the market for 6 years. how much is a few ?

  18. Re:Capacity? on BYD Claims New Battery Factory Will Be 'Largest In the World' (electrek.co) · · Score: 4, Informative

    in this article : https://electrek.co/2017/10/25... Tesla aims for a 35 gwh production this year. They are planning at least 2 other Gigafactories.

  19. Re:Big shocker. on Judge Rules Big Oil Can't Be Sued For Climate Change Costs (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 2

    even without the CO, the exhaust of cars are killing people (particulates, NOX, ...). Furthermore, the HUGE amount of CO2 released by burning petrol/diesel is increasing the greenhouse effect of the atmosphere of planet earth.

  20. Re:Big shocker. on Judge Rules Big Oil Can't Be Sued For Climate Change Costs (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    Go ahead and go sit a few hours in a closed garage with a car with a running diesel or petrol engine. I DARE you.

  21. Re:Big shocker. on Judge Rules Big Oil Can't Be Sued For Climate Change Costs (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    > (you idiot)
    sure. whatever. big boy.

  22. Re:Big shocker. on Judge Rules Big Oil Can't Be Sued For Climate Change Costs (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    judges appointed by politicians doesn't make a country communist. It makes it a bit fascist or totalitarian though.

  23. Re:Big shocker. on Judge Rules Big Oil Can't Be Sued For Climate Change Costs (cbsnews.com) · · Score: 1

    let me get this straight: if person X does damage to person Y, but this kind of damage isn't legislated, person Y can't defend him/herself ?

  24. Re:Read the souce on World Trending To Hit 50% Renewables, 11% Coal By 2050: Report (arstechnica.com) · · Score: 1

    Yeah, bloomberg is a bunch of tree-hugging hippies.

  25. Re:Giving a man a fish has always worked. on Another Universal Basic Income Experiment is Underway, This Time in Canada (technologyreview.com) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    when you can do nothing and get free money

    big capital already has that.