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Wtf is Elon Musk doing today?

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Re: Wtf is Elon Musk doing today?
« Reply #345 on: March 06, 2023, 08:07:33 PM »
Like everyone isn’t doing this
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Re: Wtf is Elon Musk doing today?
« Reply #346 on: March 06, 2023, 08:16:52 PM »
Fake speech sort of erodes the value of free speech.

I think I'll go with the paid, published experts, who use their real names, even if they are prompted.
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Re: Wtf is Elon Musk doing today?
« Reply #347 on: March 06, 2023, 09:39:48 PM »
I am not surprised that there are people that don’t recognize that a fairly large percentage of the comments they see on Twitter/FB about divisive topics are bot generated bullshit.
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Re: Wtf is Elon Musk doing today?
« Reply #348 on: March 06, 2023, 09:49:34 PM »
Quote from: Custard on March 06, 2023, 09:39:48 PM
I am not surprised that there are people that don’t recognize that a fairly large percentage of the comments they see on Twitter/FB about divisive topics are bot generated bullshit.

Maybe it's because I'm in the deep bowels of tech, but when I see something that seems off in any way shape or form, I immediately presume spam.

People - smart people that I know - will decline to answer any incoming call from a number that isn't in their contacts, but will take every email or Facebook message at face value. It's a start I guess.
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Re: Wtf is Elon Musk doing today?
« Reply #349 on: March 06, 2023, 09:59:09 PM »
Quote from: Custard on March 06, 2023, 08:07:33 PM
Like everyone isn’t doing this

Doing what? Letting the Baltimore FBI field office flood social media with pro-Trump bots?
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Re: Wtf is Elon Musk doing today?
« Reply #350 on: March 06, 2023, 10:00:51 PM »
Quote from: Custard on March 06, 2023, 09:39:48 PM
I am not surprised that there are people that don’t recognize that a fairly large percentage of the comments they see on Twitter/FB about divisive topics are bot generated bullshit.

Are you saying that there really are not that many morons who think JFC is actually a QB at this point?
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Re: Wtf is Elon Musk doing today?
« Reply #351 on: March 17, 2023, 12:25:50 AM »
Rode in a Tesla Uber on the way home.  Driver bitched about all the annual/monthly subscription costs necessary to drive the car (it isn't cheap( how you pay Tesla, and not ComEd, to charge it (and Tesla charges "surge" pricing on the electricity), and how you can only really sell a used Tesla back to Tesla. I'll stick with the 20 year old Prius.
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Re: Wtf is Elon Musk doing today?
« Reply #352 on: March 17, 2023, 12:35:14 AM »
Quote from: ThePAMan on March 17, 2023, 12:25:50 AM
Rode in a Tesla Uber on the way home.  Driver bitched about all the annual/monthly subscription costs necessary to drive the car (it isn't cheap( how you pay Tesla, and not ComEd, to charge it (and Tesla charges "surge" pricing on the electricity), and how you can only really sell a used Tesla back to Tesla. I'll stick with the 20 year old Prius.

I guess that's an illinois problem. I rode this AM with my buddy in his Tesla, when he plugs it in, PG&E's software talks to the Tesla and tunes the charging times to be when electricity from the grid is the cheapest.

Whomever you sell the Tesla to - the resale value is shockingly high.

He plugs it in at work, they charge him $5 for 3 hours which gives him 50% charge - ~130 miles for $5

Also - since purchase he's done zero maintainance on it. No oil changes/etc... He's almost to 60k miles where he will get his first new cost - replacing the tires.

I mean - come on, you were talking to an Uber driver, not a rocket scientist.
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Re: Wtf is Elon Musk doing today?
« Reply #353 on: March 17, 2023, 12:37:40 AM »
Quote from: ThePAMan on March 17, 2023, 12:25:50 AM
Rode in a Tesla Uber on the way home.  Driver bitched about all the annual/monthly subscription costs necessary to drive the car (it isn't cheap( how you pay Tesla, and not ComEd, to charge it (and Tesla charges "surge" pricing on the electricity), and how you can only really sell a used Tesla back to Tesla. I'll stick with the 20 year old Prius.

Also - that thing is like riding a roller coaster if you want to - the acceleration on that thing is nuts.
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Re: Wtf is Elon Musk doing today?
« Reply #354 on: March 17, 2023, 12:40:26 AM »
Quote from: murphstahoe on March 17, 2023, 12:35:14 AM
I guess that's an illinois problem. I rode this AM with my buddy in his Tesla, when he plugs it in, PG&E's software talks to the Tesla and tunes the charging times to be when electricity from the grid is the cheapest.

Whomever you sell the Tesla to - the resale value is shockingly high.

He plugs it in at work, they charge him $5 for 3 hours which gives him 50% charge - ~130 miles for $5

I mean - come on, you were talking to an Uber driver, not a rocket scientist.

Guy was quoting the electricity prices based on the time of day and pointing on the map with the charging stations what Tesla charged at each one. He said the battery was shit in the cold. He was not a happy customer. Seemed like a nice ride though. He said he had 80 miles left on the battery and I saw he had driven 187. That and the subscription prices to have cruise control etc. means you can keep it.
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Re: Wtf is Elon Musk doing today?
« Reply #355 on: March 17, 2023, 12:41:11 AM »
Quote from: murphstahoe on March 17, 2023, 12:37:40 AM
Also - that thing is like riding a roller coaster if you want to - the acceleration on that thing is nuts.

He said it was more effective in city driving than expressway driving.
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Re: Wtf is Elon Musk doing today?
« Reply #356 on: March 17, 2023, 01:17:23 PM »
Quote from: ThePAMan on March 17, 2023, 12:40:26 AM
Guy was quoting the electricity prices based on the time of day and pointing on the map with the charging stations what Tesla charged at each one. He said the battery was shit in the cold. He was not a happy customer. Seemed like a nice ride though. He said he had 80 miles left on the battery and I saw he had driven 187. That and the subscription prices to have cruise control etc. means you can keep it.

An Uber driver has to charge during the day when prices are high because they are driving it all the time. A "traditional user" plugs it in when they get home and it charges overnight while prices are low.

But being an Uber driver fulltime is an economic loser no matter how you slice it, the depreciation on the vehicle is bonkers compared to the income. Might as well not depreciate your car and flip burgers.

I do have one acquaintance who lives in Santa Rosa and works in SF, he gets up around 5 AM and turns on the uber app, and tries to get a fare headed south. He prefers to get a fare headed to somewhere in Marin, then he drops them off and takes the ferry, but if the fare wants to go to SF, he just drives them in and pays to park. Think the fare ends up being roughly $100 and parking is $30. So to some sense he's really just doing Casual Carpool but getting a few bucks (Casual Carpool is a real thing out here, people line up at places in Oakland and Berkeley and drivers line up to pick up people and drive them to SF in order to save the toll and be able to use the carpool lane).
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Re: Wtf is Elon Musk doing today?
« Reply #357 on: March 17, 2023, 01:30:12 PM »
Quote from: murphstahoe on March 17, 2023, 01:17:23 PM
But being an Uber driver fulltime is an economic loser no matter how you slice it, the depreciation on the vehicle is bonkers compared to the income. Might as well not depreciate your car and flip burgers.

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Re: Wtf is Elon Musk doing today?
« Reply #358 on: March 17, 2023, 02:10:05 PM »
It was pretty good until a few months ago. If you were disciplined and understood how to maximize your earnings. It is Royal hell on a vehicle though. Some drivers could make 3k+ in a week. I’ve had lots of 2k plus weeks and had great flexibility in my schedule, which i needed. Uber pay now is shit because Uber got greedy.
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Re: Wtf is Elon Musk doing today?
« Reply #359 on: March 17, 2023, 02:14:04 PM »
I’ve picked up multiple people from Tesla dealerships dropping off their brand new Teslas to have something fixed. One guy recently said air was creeping through his window.

Sounds to me like they are living on their reputation.
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