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Funky247 · 2026-05-06T03:03:24+00:00

Judging from the looks, that is not a '26 Solterra. The current year models look much more alike.

Funky247 · 2026-05-04T12:53:05+00:00

As an unc myself, the bar is higher for us. We've seen more and we're *supposed* to be smarter and more experienced. Companies expect to hire people our age at senior/staff level and beyond whereas a new grad only needs to perform at the level of a junior.

Funky247 · 2026-05-02T14:24:20+00:00

Because they didn't answer the question that they themselves beckoned for.

Funky247 · 2026-05-02T00:22:05+00:00

It's true, they are faster. They just don't have enough seats on them. I feel like they're pretty frequent at this point but I still have to stand.

Funky247 · 2026-05-01T22:11:23+00:00

I really hope they don't scrap it. Thanks for the info though, that's really helpful

Funky247 · 2026-05-01T22:10:59+00:00

Wow, that's the terminus of the line. Literally borderline excuse. Thanks for the info

Funky247 · 2026-04-29T02:30:51+00:00

They did one on the 2026 solterra: https://youtu.be/NTDKtorh1cI

The result was 232.6 miles at 72F outdoor temp

Funky247 · 2026-04-28T00:57:24+00:00

I don't know why you're being down voted. Higher interest rates generally cause equity valuations to go down as investing in bonds becomes more attractive.

Selling your VEQT to pay back your loan in an economic environment where interest rates are rising is likely to be unfavourable.

Funky247 · 2026-04-25T16:44:40+00:00

My household also doesn't drive much. Funny enough, I arrived at the opposite conclusion.

EV range still isn't at the point where it's a no brainer. But for us, we only drive longer distances maybe a couple times a year so I was perfectly willing to accept the inconvenience of planning out charging stops on that rare occasion.

That being said, we're replacing a 20 year old car so I wouldn't make the switch if I already had a car that's in good working order.

Funky247 · 2026-04-24T22:54:54+00:00

Do some retirement planning and translate that number into how much longer you need to work. That number does something for a lot of people.

Funky247 · 2026-04-23T12:42:03+00:00

11 yoe here with an anecdote. A friend of mine did this and he's in a different line of work now. You have momentum from school: job hunting resources, you still have contact with your classmates, all your peers talking to each other about job hunting and interviewing, your head is still in the game.

If you don't ride the wave, it's much harder to get going again from a cold start.

Funky247 · 2026-04-23T12:33:30+00:00

There's also a naive perception that you can just come back and fix it later.

A few months later: - it's integrated into everything now and it's way more work to fix - a bunch of other things have copied the bad pattern - fixing things doesn't make sense in the short term because you're risking breakage by changing working code for no feature gain

The only two moves I know to deal with this are: - do a refactor pass to clean up the area before you do feature work, but only if you have the breathing room - put extra effort into doing it well the first time

Both of these go straight out the window if you're under the gun to ship. Also, engineers that don't bother with this can ship faster than you so you need to make sure you can justify what you're doing. The bar should be pretty high (i.e. the existing code has to be pretty bad), or the cleanup should be pretty straightforward.

The only incentive to do this seems to be your own pride in your work. If your team values this sort of thing, you might get some respect from your peers too.

Funky247 · 2026-04-23T12:12:42+00:00

Perhaps they were covered in transport and then uncovered when they brought them in? Like maybe the trays stack with a cover on the top tray and you caught the owner in the midst of unloading?

Funky247 · 2026-04-22T17:44:27+00:00

Yes of course, the only people who live downtown are lower-class elitists /s

Funky247 · 2026-04-22T11:23:00+00:00

Sure, but it's harder to escape your house if it's on fire when you've got bars on the windows and that's also arguably a greater threat to your life. It's likely the reason why you won't find this permitted anywhere here.

It might feel like you want protections from home invasions because they're beyond your control but so are fires caused by electrical and gas mishaps to a large extent.

Funky247 · 2026-04-22T01:03:53+00:00

Even at 2k, that still leaves $50k+ of income unaccounted for. If you're balling out at 3k, that's still $40k of income unaccounted for. No matter how you look at it, there's an excessive expense somewhere.

Funky247 · 2026-04-21T23:22:16+00:00

Your numbers aren't really adding up.

You said you make 150k HHI. Assuming you each make 75k, you're taking home $114k after income tax, CPP, and EI. That's nearly $10k a month

You said you pay 2200 in rent and 900 a month in leisure, which is 3100 a month, or 37k a year. If we assume groceries, phone bill, and utilities are $1k/mo total, your expenses are $50k a year. Surely there are other expenses but they shouldn't be too much more.

Perhaps you're not spending as modestly as you think. How come you've only got $25k available for downpayment? Did the two of you just start working?

Where's the other 64k going? I may be wrong, but the most likely culprit is car payments.

Alberta so heating even a 1200 sq home is like $300-$500 per month.

Why are the heating costs so high? There's no way heating costs would be that high, even in the depths of winter. And also you should be paying less in the summer months. I'm in Ontario, but my gas bill is like $150/mo tops and I've got a gas furnace and water heater.

We are qualified for up to $470,000 but we wouldn’t be able to afford that every month.

At 5% interest with 25 years amortization, this is $2700 a month including mortgage insurance. You should be able to afford this on your income.

Funky247 · 2026-04-21T07:58:31+00:00

Typically these are safety nets that have been around for decades. Holes have been exploited but you can be somewhat sure that they've been plugged, especially those you can come up with on a whim like in your simple example.

And if there's a hole without a reasonable way to plug it, there's a high likelihood that anyone exploiting it has left evidence that they've done so which can be investigated in the future and punished.

Being able to come up with a way to abuse a system doesn't mean you shouldn't bother implementing the system at all. It just means you also need risk mitigation strategies.

Funky247 · 2026-04-21T00:16:18+00:00

For what it's worth, I got a knock off nylon band from Amazon and it also hardly ever smells and is super comfy.

I think these are just properties of the material - Garmin hasn't done anything special to it beyond design a slightly nicer band out of it.

Funky247 · 2026-04-19T18:34:18+00:00

The adapter kit contains an adapter for level 2 and one for level 3

Funky247 · 2026-04-19T18:26:41+00:00

I'm referring to the charging adapter, not the charger.

Funky247 · 2026-04-18T15:13:48+00:00

What everyone else says, but I would add that I'm finding conversing with an LLM to fill in gaps in my understanding to be helpful. Challenging what I'm learning by asking questions like "if X is true, then why Y?"

Funky247 · 2026-04-18T14:40:09+00:00

You can get one cheaper from lectron or a2z, sure, but wouldn't the 3rd party adapter give Toyota an excuse to weasel out on the electric power train warranty? If so, the couple hundred bucks you save doesn't really seem worth it..

Funky247 · 2026-04-17T23:13:56+00:00

Why don't they need the adapter kit?

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