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Re: Cybertruck Launch

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Post by dylan604 »

Swizec wrote: post #188
addicted wrote: post #121

Earlier quoted context omitted.

There’s a lot of evidence that larger vehicles are massive threats to pedestrians. I’m not sure what the evidence for huge A-pillars as a threat is, but if it’s worse than larger vehicles it does not in any way change the fact that larger vehicles are indeed a massive threat.

Here's a video about an intersection that had to be redesigned due to A-pillars. Vehicles approaching from opposite ends could hide in each other's blind spots and crash. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OpgpE6wjF30 As a motorcyclist, I hide in people's A-pillar blind spots all the time. It's quite unnerving.

If you recognize that your in a blind spot, are you prevented from adjusting your position because you've pulled too far forward to actually place yourself in the blind spot?

I know I sometimes find myself in positions that I know well to avoid, but sometimes it takes a second for it to be realized. My favorite is being aligned next to a semi's trailer wheels. I will slow down to avoid sitting in that spot when moving, not during stop-n-go. So I understand it's sometimes obvious after the fact.

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Post by TheAceOfHearts »

xp84 wrote: post #3

I'm rooting for it despite it being silly and not a practical pickup, strictly because every car people are buying looks identical (picture a crossover SUV from Toyota, Chevy, BMW etc. Basically shoe-shaped things). This looks like a concept car that would never come to market. I hope it sells really well and convinces others to bring actually-creative designs to market.

Japan has a various alternative pickup designs that are difficult to import into the US. They're a lot smaller and lighter than traditional pickups but usually have the same standard bed size.

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Post by drexlspivey »

SkyPuncher wrote: post #276
owenpalmer wrote: post #183

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not buying from Tesla because you hate Elon is just as silly as buying from Tesla because you love Elon.

I’m extremely skeptical to buy a Tesla because of Elon. He’s erratic and constantly making wild promises his company cannot keep. I have no problem with an eccentric CEO, but I do have a problem with the bald face lies he makes.

What other car companies are you boycotting due to their CEOs ?

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Post by bagels »

concordDance wrote: post #157
jehb wrote: post #89

I wonder how much the demand for this vehicle has changed since it was first announced. I was definitely on the bandwagon from this thing from the first time I saw it. Four years of Elon's dumb antics and I now absolutely will not spend a dime at any company he's associated with.

I continue to be puzzled by people's strong opinions on Elon. He's says dumb things on social media but there seem to be unusually strong sacred contagion effects from that. Buying petrol from Shell or cereal from Nestle? No problem. Buying a Model 3 from Tesla? No way! Honestly, I'd be surprised if there weren't a ton of people with the same views on immigration or trans issues or covid or whatever, each associated…

They didn't buy twitter to amplify their objectionable takes on things.

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Post by makeitdouble »

MagicMoonlight wrote: post #141
owenpalmer wrote: post #113

This is what we call vehicle weight inflation. As cars get heavier and heavier, the roads get increasingly more dangerous for smaller cars, which causes everyone to get bigger cars. And the loop continues.

Everyone gets bigger cars because bigger cars have more room inside so they're really comfortable and practical. Teslas are heavier because they have to use batteries and batteries are incredibly inefficient compared to petrol. This is the consequence of you asking them to get rid of combustion.

> practical

US trucks would be succesful internationally if that was the case.

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Post by dangus »

mike_d wrote: post #17
xp84 wrote: post #3

I'm rooting for it despite it being silly and not a practical pickup, strictly because every car people are buying looks identical (picture a crossover SUV from Toyota, Chevy, BMW etc. Basically shoe-shaped things). This looks like a concept car that would never come to market. I hope it sells really well and convinces others to bring actually-creative designs to market.

> because every car people are buying looks identical It is almost like all other car makers know something Tesla does not. Maybe that big reflective flat surfaces are not safe for other drivers on sunny days.

I guess delivery vans are dangerous.

Stainless steel isn’t even reflective. Shine a bright flashlight into your refrigerator and tell me what happens.

Re: Cybertruck Launch

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Post by consumer451 »

fasteddie31003 wrote: post #182
jehb wrote: post #89

I wonder how much the demand for this vehicle has changed since it was first announced. I was definitely on the bandwagon from this thing from the first time I saw it. Four years of Elon's dumb antics and I now absolutely will not spend a dime at any company he's associated with.

Can you name the specifics of Elon's dumb antics? I can think of a couple of dumb Tweets, but on the whole, I think he is more right than wrong on his takes, he just has less of a filter than most people.

He recently posted, then deleted a tweet about "Pizzagate." Previously, this hyper-political conspiracy theory got a random pizza place assaulted by a man with a long gun looking for children in their non-existent basement.

He posted another insane conspiracy theory about the attack on Nancy Pelosi's husband. [0]

He keeps promoting the concept of "civil war" in the EU, due to immigration. I am in the EU, and this sounds absolutely bonkers to me. Maybe different parties being elected at best/worst, but civil war? That's not a rational take, and seemingly just projection.

> Musk, who has never reserved his social media posts for business matters alone, drew attention to a tweet that said Jewish people “have been pushing the exact kind of dialectical hatred against whites that they claim to want people to stop using against them.”

> Musk replied to that tweet in emphatic agreement, “You have said the actual truth.” [1]

I greatly respect SpaceX which he actually founded, what he has done with funding and running Tesla, but it appears to me that he has now truly lost his mind. Today he behaves like a politically deluded troll. This saddens me deeply. At one point, he seemed like the best of us, above any of that dangerous silliness.

[0] https://www.npr.org/2022/10/31/1132906782/elon-musk-twitter-...

[1] https://www.cnbc.com/2023/11/16/elon-musk-calls-antisemitic-...

Re: Cybertruck Launch

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Post by habitue »

fermentation wrote: post #12

Sure looks dangerous for pedestrians

Personally, I think the "electric SUVs are bad for pedestrians" is just there to replace "SUVs are bad for the environment". Basically, this isn't a real argument, just a vibes thing, where big trucks are conservative coded and smaller cars are liberal-coded.

In the grand scheme of things the difference in MPG of an SUV vs. a sedan is minimal when it comes to climate change, and the difference in pedestrian danger from large car vs. small car is minimal. That is: all kinds of cars are dangerous to pedestrians! All kinds of ICE vehicles are bad for the environment! People are splitting hairs trying to turn vehicle body type into a shibboleth for good vs. bad person.

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Post by Vicinity9635 »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #277
Vicinity9635 wrote: post #273

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> (I live out of a duffel bag with a starlink dish and am constantly mobile) I am Jack's piqued curiousity.

Digital nomad splitting my time between infosec gigs and personal project consulting. I go where there are interesting problems to solve.

I work remotely so I don't even have to go anywhere. But I definitely could with reliable Starlink in theory.

I'd love to get more details on your setup. Hotels? Cafes? Or work out of a tent?

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