Paralda

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[–] Paralda 24 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wooosh.

It's a copypasta from old Unidan reddit days

[–] Paralda 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Season 1 was pretty good, but after that it went downhill quick

[–] Paralda 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm sure being a woman has a nonzero percent chance to do with it

[–] Paralda 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Netflix was (and imo, should still be) there because of their tech. Netflix was years ahead of other companies in terms of their backend engineering when the term was coined, and in many ways they still are.

[–] Paralda 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wasn't saying it is, but it can make a difference.

If you're in the price point anyway, I think an EV is a no brainer. Why get a $50k BMW over a $50k EV? If you're shopping for a $15k or less car, then yeah, it's not easy to justify.

But used Model 3's are going for $30k now, and you can get a $4k tax credit on top of that. Saving an additional $140/mo makes it competitive with a lot of mid priced cars.

[–] Paralda 6 points 1 year ago

Assuming that consumers will be rational is a bit premature.

Tesla wants to position itself as the Apple of cars, and it's largely succeeded. Most techies or people more in the know might be quick to dismiss them, but I don't think that's the opinion shared by the public at large.

There's still a wait time for pretty much any new Tesla

[–] Paralda 1 points 1 year ago

I don't blame you. I bought mine before I really knew how far off the deep end Elon was, and while I like the car, I doubt my next one will be a Tesla again

[–] Paralda 2 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Depending on how much you drive and how expensive your local energy bill is, the economics can work out better than you think.

I usually charge at home, and my equivilant cost per gallon (assuming 25mpg) is about $0.50/gallon.

If I drive 1000 miles per month, that's about $140/month I'm saving. If gas prices increase to $6/gallon, which I'm sure they will eventually, that's $220/month.

It doesn't justify a new Tesla, but used ones are getting cheaper finally.

[–] Paralda 2 points 1 year ago

I own a tesla, and stopping every couple hours to charge really isn't a big deal. Going from 20%-80% usually only takes 15 minutes, which is enough time to use the bathroom and maybe grab a snack. Most superchargers are in decent locations, so there's always something to do for that time. Even when there isn't, I just watch Netflix or something

[–] Paralda 6 points 1 year ago

SpaceX, Model X, X.com (pre PayPal), and even named his son X. Dude's got a weird obsession with making X work.

[–] Paralda 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So, in regards to that genre of music, you had to... pick it up?

[–] Paralda 2 points 1 year ago

Default comment sorting would be awesome. I usually sort comments by "top", and having to press that every time I load a new post is kind of annoying

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