In military jets that can fly vertically, it’s because the engineers prioritize performance and capability over efficiency. Passenger planes prioritize efficiency over acrobatic ability.

Monterey still gets security updates. :)

Really? I just handed down a 2017 MacBook Pro – still supported by Apple, meaning it runs the latest OS, and gets patches.

Can you give me an example of any other device with longer software support from the original vendor, at no cost to the end user?

Uh, in what world does this guy think he doesn’t owe you for the parts you gave him?

Strange how people can be so oblivious as to the role they play in the consumption of energy and materials…

I’ve recently started to believe that the only way climate change is going to end is if a very, very large percentage of the human population dies off very quickly… like… 70-80% or more. One billion people still seems like too many.

Spez thinks that redditors are junkies who are hooked and can’t leave. It was easier than I thought it would be to leave. I only log in once a week for 5 minutes to delete any posts or comments they’ve restored against my will.

Having driven all the way to Havre Saint Pierre with many, many detours on route, it’s less of an issue than you’d think. There are 50kW chargers every 50km or less, and L2 chargers in every tiny town.

I get that this is about Tesla and Superchargers, but their network will continue to expand at an insane rate, because now every station they install will mean more revenues for Tesla – each and every day/week/month – now, and in the future.

Their profit margins on cars will continue to shrink as competition in the electric space heats up. There’s also a point at which Elon’s general lunacy will start affecting Tesla sales.

Owning the fast charging space will pay dividends on money spent on building infrastructure over the last decade. If charging a Tesla is 10 cents a kilowatt hour, and charging a Ford/Polestar/etc is 12 cents an hour, that’s earning something for literally nothing.

There’s a J-1772 to NACS adapter, I’m sure there will be a reverse one. I have half a dozen adapters for my Tesla already… :)

The number of stations is important, because if there’s one station at one location and it’s already occupied… You’re boned until that person is done… And my car takes 2h to charge at a 50kW station.

I did a 5000km trip across the north shore of the St. Lawrence, and thankfully I only had to wait for a charger twice… But it was a pain in the ass to wait 30-45 minutes for the person before me to finish charging so that I could charge for an hour or two so I could make it to my next destination.

With an 8-stall supercharger station, there’s someone completing their charge every 8 to 10 minutes… With a 20-stall supercharger station, it’s usually less than 5.

Their advantage to Tesla is charging non-Tesla owners a premium and profiting off cars they didn’t manufacture. Honestly, it was dumb of them not to open the standard sooner – it could have been the dominant charging adapter for a decade already.

It still exists? Weird. I played with it for like, a weekend, and that was plenty.

The best part about this is that the more they do this, the more it costs them. Every action, especially disk transactions, cost them money. Just log in every day, run your deletion utility, and cost them a couple bucks more for being pricks about it.

This is why I prefer cloud services outside US jurisdiction, and refuse to use anything based in the USA - like iCloud. National Security Letters are a thing, and even massive companies like Apple can’t fight them.

And FYI, the info about Signal was confirmed as they received a subpoena a couple years back, and their response was part of the public court records.