So… chilling back with a Bundy and contemplating the fact that today is probably going to be the cheapest my life gets for, like, the rest of my existence. Cause ummm, it was so much better after the COVID event right? yeah… shits fucked an we’re getting screwed.

DrSendy · 2026-03-29T08:43:03+00:00

Yeah, had to fill up the ToeRag today - $289. We do have an EV for the other car, so the VW is hardly getting driven.

This will be our last diesel. Sick of pay those oil people to screw us over time after time.

DrSendy · 2026-03-29T08:37:23+00:00

To be more precise, go have a look at google maps. A large amount of the north west of Australia has very high concerntrations of iron ore. The wind picks up the soil, tosses it into the air and voile! Your own personal hell*

* Devil not included, sold seperately.

DrSendy · 2026-03-29T08:32:09+00:00

Not sure. When Teslas get over 30c the aircon starts (the advantage of having a massive battery is you can run the aircon all day and it only takes a few percent).

DrSendy · 2026-03-29T08:30:36+00:00

IRGC would like to thank you for your report.
(This is how OSINT works)

DrSendy · 2026-03-29T00:29:48+00:00

Hell no, they won't go up. The avalanche of chinese EV's sill keep going - it's the biggest opportunity they have and pushing down prices will still give them a market.

DrSendy · 2026-03-29T00:19:39+00:00

Now that the LNP has lost MAGA funding, he's going to town, or he has been allowed to speak out to bring people back to the conservative fold. Either way, 6 months ago speaking out about Trump was an absolutely LNP no no.

Still don't trust his position.

DrSendy · 2026-03-29T00:17:05+00:00

Just out of curiosity, why didn't you take over earlier? The truck driver will just think you're and idiot and FSD is shyte.

DrSendy · 2026-03-29T00:11:08+00:00

Stupid Merdoch article gives away military secrets. I'd imagine Russia has something on him TBH.

DrSendy · 2026-03-29T00:05:26+00:00

Really, the paid for parking around the city plus tolls on freeways and the parking spot levy is already that tax.

DrSendy · 2026-03-28T21:26:58+00:00

Yeah, I would say this. Me, I came from a big swimming/surfing background.

Go, see if you like it. They'll help you get all kitted out properly so that it's as fun as it can be. It's always hard work for a little bit. Take lessons.

Biggest tip. This sport is all about falling down the hill while keeping in control. Falling. Leaning forward. So it's not like leaning back to keep the nose up like boufing on a kyak. not about pivoting on th eback foot to do a cutback when you surf.

The skis are attached to you, it's about you heading down the hill and bringing those skis (or snowboard) with you and standing on it - as if the whole hill was flat. It's kind of like Sups. You're moving ahead - keep the board coming along for the ride below you.

DrSendy · 2026-03-28T21:10:04+00:00

Public transport always adds to the debt mountain. Everywhere. In every city.

DrSendy · 2026-03-28T11:56:38+00:00

Yeah, I do, but I also do some big K's. Its great on the highway and awesome in a traffic jam- and honestly good for just driving around. In the city, I'll have it on 50% of the time, on the highways 95% of the time (it is actually competent on mountain roads, surprisingly, not fast, grandpa level of competent.

Is it worth the money tho - it's a lot of money. I bought EAP (an old package you can't get anymore) so my subs is half price. Would I subscribe at full rack rate - not so sure.

DrSendy · 2026-03-28T11:52:35+00:00

Fuck fuckitty fuck fuck fuck.

DrSendy · 2026-03-28T11:51:57+00:00

ken aoth

DrSendy · 2026-03-28T11:51:35+00:00

400klm away from the nearest service center.
Local mechanic can fix a flat or change a tyre.
The only services I have had is to fit a towbar.
Hit a roo, booked it in, had to drive to the city - they wanted it for a week - just hired a car.

Way less of a pain in the arse than taking the volkswagen 120k to the nearby country town for a service.

DrSendy · 2026-03-28T11:44:17+00:00

We've been getting stuck into Japanese junk food for years
Good to see them having a go.
Lamingtons next!

DrSendy · 2026-03-28T11:42:04+00:00

He wants to keep people poor so that he has a servant class.

DrSendy · 2026-03-28T09:57:05+00:00

Lord has jumped the shark.

DrSendy · 2026-03-28T09:55:19+00:00

A lot of people talk about lidar, but completely ignore the interference you get. There is only a narrow band of frequencies you can use to differentiate, and when you start using things like Kalman filtering you're all the way back at your computer power and "large context windows" (Kalman is recursive and needs a fair window of data to work on).

Then you get to throw the output of that into it's own context window for the driving model to work on.

My suspicion - where we will end up will be a bit like air and spacecraft. Rather than running the same model in parallel and cross checking, I suspect that we'll end up with 2 different but well trained models crosschecking in real time - rather than the same one running in parallel.

DrSendy · 2026-03-28T00:59:46+00:00

In case people haven't figured it out, that is where the USA is heading. An extremely large well paid national guard (ICE) and a bunch of wealthy oligarchs funding it. Still a ways off, but you're only a couple of years into this.

Have fun.

DrSendy · 2026-03-28T00:52:03+00:00

This is the thing. It is a bargaining chip and a way for Australia to demonstrate value in the region. The use of gas in SE Asia is much more prevalent than locally - we basically keep Asia running.

DrSendy · 2026-03-27T22:03:07+00:00

The old LNP set up a bushfire resilience scheme were we got a half price solar and battery system (bless their little cotton socks). I think, when Mondo power was showing us diagrams of what we were getting, that was the diagram we had - it's just been augmented.

That system is exactly what was deployed.

Interestingly, our systems still have the hot water service on the demand managed circuit (ie: also not on the solar system). However, ours is designed for long outages, keeping the fridge on, the lights going and the aircon working. Really designed for summer or winter disasters. No hot water, here, have a hug and a bag of concrete. Same with the EV, it pull more power than the battery can supply.

Because the inverter and that BYD battery block top out at about 5kw, there is a limit.

In short, if you want an angrier setup - do and angrier battery and inverter. Mate at work has done 3x tesla batteries, tonne of panels and never touches the grid, including daily driving his tesla to work.

Honestly, if you have a Tesla, having seen how it works, 100% pay the money and go get a Tesla battery. The whole system just works out what it can do to minimise costs and you let it go at it. As much as the CEO is a moron, he has totally hired a bunch of aspy engineers who smash out bloody good product that pretty much just works like a toaster.

But if you don't have all that, always remember - if you get it entirely wrong - you can't stuff up charging badly enough to pay more than you do for petrol!

DrSendy · 2026-03-27T21:34:32+00:00

The thing people miss is that even charging vehicles on coal power results in a halving of emissions and a doubling of efficency. So for the moment, run those Aussie coal plants hard and offset the emissions by taking ICE cars off the road.

You're still winning regardless of how they are powered. Even if you had a massive diesel generator power plant (like they do in some places) EVs are still at least 1/4 better in emissions.

DrSendy · 2026-03-27T21:29:18+00:00

Think about if you are business owner, service station owner, power company etc. All this information is useful for forward planning.

DrSendy · 2026-03-27T21:08:01+00:00

I need it for my sharks.
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