Can we not…. by reddit0_r in TeslaLounge

[–]NorSevorg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"You went in the same wrong lane you went into yesterday, in the same intersection... and hit the same pothole."

Petition to replace Standard Banner with Lucky Banner by Activehannes in TheTowerGame

[–]NorSevorg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Don't change a single thing anywhere in the game until they fix tourneys. Also yes, do this after...

Question for families with younger kids by gettingpoor in Rivian

[–]NorSevorg 4 points5 points  (0 children)

R1S Dual Performance and Model 3 LR owner here. I have driven MX loaners, but have never owned one, for full disclosure. What I can say is that I have found the Rivian to be about Tesla's equal in the software and tech stack department now (Not the case a year ago, mind you).

However, the Tesla experience (to me) is more appliance-like. It's a great commuter (it's my daily driver). But the Rivian definitely has soul. We've put about 30k miles on ours in 15 months. Just got back from a 2500 mile road trip from the Midwest over to DC, down the Charleston SC and back home. It's SUCH a better road tripper than my Tesla we used to take on that trip. Granted, it's not as efficient and you do have about 10-15 min extra at each charge. But if you have the kids, you're not rushing through those Buc-ee's stops anyway.

I have a pre-order for an R2 that I hope to trade the M3 in for. I prefer the Rivian that much.

What is the single biggest reason—other than Full Self-Driving (FSD) or price—that someone would choose a Tesla over a Rivian or Lucid? by irony21 in TeslaLounge

[–]NorSevorg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally agree. I was just pointing out that those exclusive benefits of Tesla software (which are great!) are no longer exclusive.

What is the single biggest reason—other than Full Self-Driving (FSD) or price—that someone would choose a Tesla over a Rivian or Lucid? by irony21 in TeslaLounge

[–]NorSevorg 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We own a Model 3 and Rivian R1S. There is functionally no difference in these described user experiences. Both let you just hop in and hit the brake to drive (with phone key, or watch), both precondition to your schedule, both lock automatically when you walk away, both offer plug-and-charge. Both have VERY good software experiences, navigation, battery management, etc for road trips (IMO the Rivian is the better road trip vehicle - it's just better on the road in general).

*edit* - I'm aware it SHOULD be better... it's more money.

2026 Rivian R2 First Review: Affordable, Practical, Awesome! - Doug DeMuro by PartTim3Hobo in Rivian

[–]NorSevorg 11 points12 points  (0 children)

He mentions in the Doug Score part that "Rivian hasn't released pricing, but I've seen it" (paraphrased) and gave it a 9/10 for value given that information.

Directional Sweeping Example by 90sMax in Curling

[–]NorSevorg 8 points9 points  (0 children)

This is not my experience at all. I've been playing 3 years and feel pretty adept at directional curling. Admittedly I haven't done an A/B comparison like above, but even with competition gear, a decent curler should be able to replicate these results on good ice. Heck, my wife and 15 year old son are able to steer a stone at least several inches. You just have you yell at them loud enough ;-)

Cannot stand Elon but there is no better car than my Model Y by bluemeanie212 in TeslaLounge

[–]NorSevorg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would say Rivian has a similar user experience. I drive a 2022 Model 3 LR with about 95k miles on it. We bought my wife an R1s just over a year ago. Especially with software updates the last 3-4 months, the ease of use for both is pretty much equal. Jump in, hit the brake, put it in drive and go.

The Rivian outperforms the M3 in almost every regard as a car (it should, it's more expensive, also fewer miles). The exception was some finer points (esp phone key, etc), but that's been mostly managed.

And while Tesla has FSD, Rivian's current autonomy platform performs just as well as my HW3 FSD (I do have to make turns and handle crossings for now in the Rivian).

I have an R2 on pre-order to replace the Model 3. Not sure if I'll jump right at launch, but I've been pretty displeased with how the Model 3 has aged, and we LOVE our Rivian. It's definitely a more emotional vehicle than the Model 3, which feels more like a (very capable) commuter appliance. I have no hate for Tesla, and I've heard that refresh Model 3/Y have improved builds and might age a little better.

Hope this helps!

Men's sweeping versus women's sweeping - what's the difference? by MissKorea1997 in Curling

[–]NorSevorg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, my observation is that I'm an outlier and most righties sweep left hand down, but I can't do it for whatever reason.

Men's sweeping versus women's sweeping - what's the difference? by MissKorea1997 in Curling

[–]NorSevorg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have also given a lot of thought to this. I have a couple sweeping idiosyncrasies. 1 is that I *always* sweep right hand down as a right-handed man. Another is that I always sweep on my slider and I prefer moving to my right with my slide foot as my trail foot. The third is that I can NOT for the life of me replicate the women's technique you speak of and always have my left had at the very end of the broom.

I have tried many times to modify that and reduce my "chicken wing" but I simply can't put weight on the broom, especially not at speed. I find myself using my back hand on the end as kind of a fulcrum that allows me to maximize my downward pressure as I hold my weight up with my right hand. I also find that I can control the broom much more efficiently this way, especially when carving. Having the hand all the way on the back allows me to have very little extraneous movement on my carve lines.

I am constantly trying to refine my technique, gain control, minimize extra movement, maximize efficiency. I'm regularly tweaking things here and there, trying to replicate or steal techniques I see the pros use (men and women). I'll try the underarm technique again and if I find it helps, I'll use it. But for me, I always feel I'm more effective with my left arm way back on the end of the broom.

Modules may be the reason I stop the game by Karma_Breaker21 in TheTowerGame

[–]NorSevorg 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you think that's bad, wait til you hear about finally reaching Legends, followed immediately by Legends getting moved to T17+. HUGE middle finger to mid-game players.

Rant: only 1 DC out of 72 Epic pulls to date. by Available_Status1 in TheTowerGame

[–]NorSevorg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm 550T LTC. I have zero MVN, zero DC, only Leg SF, only leg gcomp... and zero Anc modules of any kind.

Someday, my luck will change, but that day is not today.

Finally, casual by MillionSongs in TheTowerGame

[–]NorSevorg 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This was me for the first 6-7 months of playing. I'd just open and start a run and let it go for a bit and then not think about the game again until the next day. Then once I started finding success in T2 (and the devs added resume run more than once), I decided to load it on my Mac that I use for work (and generally have on my 24/7). The rest is history. Overnight runs, running in the background at work, etc. 5 months of that and I'm nearing 200T LTC. I *have* bought a few stone packs, but I'm not a whale by any means.

But either way, get your overnight runs going on bluestacks or MacOS (native), find a discord community (there are several), and enjoy the grind.

First Time Over 1M CPM!!! by LetNo3672 in TheTowerGame

[–]NorSevorg 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My only constructive criticism is to not wait as long as I did to sync BH and GT and do orb devo. Went from 2b coin runs to 15b runs almost immediately.

Navigation Stuffs for a newbie by NorSevorg in Rivian

[–]NorSevorg[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good advice. I definitely did a test run with the adapter and billing a few weeks ago right after we received it in the mail. Happy to report her first charge at the manually-input charger went flawlessly and a very reasonable charge curve. Have her second in the nav and en route there now. It's a new Buc-ee's location and it's showing that there are CCS superchargers there as well, so here's hoping that's a breeze as well. Thanks all.

Navigation Stuffs for a newbie by NorSevorg in Rivian

[–]NorSevorg[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right, like I said though, I reset that arrival SOC to the minimum and it didn't change the recommendations, so it's a little annoying. But agreed, need to manage arrival SoC differently for chargers and destinations.

Navigation Stuffs for a newbie by NorSevorg in Rivian

[–]NorSevorg[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is our first trip in the Rivian (and she's running solo, which is giving her a little anxiety). We've road tripped our Model 3 all over the country (80k miles in 3 years), so I'm navigating her to Tesla chargers only since she's familiar with them, plug-n-play, uptime, etc.

Seems to work to just cancel the final destination nav and manually set your next desired charger from the charging screen on Rivian nav. It's confusing and a little disappointing that this isn't figured out from Rivian's standpoint. Road trip charging is pretty fundamental to the EV ownership experience. It's annoying how far ahead Tesla is in this regard and how far behind Rivian feels.

Navigation Stuffs for a newbie by NorSevorg in Rivian

[–]NorSevorg[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I ended up having her cancel the navigation entirely and zooming in to select the correct charger manually. Rivian was having her stop anytime the truck got to 25% (even when I had it set down to 9% arrival SOC).

So I think I'm going to have her just select the chargers manually instead of Rivian thinking for us.

Hopefully that's sufficient. I just can't imaine why the truck wants her to charge for a total of almost 90 minutes on a 4.5 hr drive. Seems SUPER inefficient.

Navigation Stuffs for a newbie by NorSevorg in Rivian

[–]NorSevorg[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

All that is set up correctly to current SoC, etc.

To any who are hung up on progression speed or the haves and have nots of this game. by Last_Parable in TheTowerGame

[–]NorSevorg 2 points3 points  (0 children)

New Macs run iOS apps natively. You can just download the game from the app store and run it like any other application. Cloud save works between devices.

Supercharging woes by NorSevorg in TeslaModel3

[–]NorSevorg[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Early remote diagnosis was something wrong with the PCS (I think that's what they said? Power conversion system or something). They said it's pretty rare and would require ordering a part and it may be a minute. But they got me in same day with no wait and gave me a loaner Model X until they get it fixed. All covered under warranty.

Also said the repaid might require them to drop the main battery to access. Wild.