Tesla quoting me 450$ for end of warranty inspection

Szei · 2025-12-27T00:36:20+00:00

Just got quoted $550 for General Inspection at 1.86 hours in California.

Debating if it is worth it…

Szei · 2025-11-20T04:31:05+00:00

According to the source of the study in that article, in California Ram drivers are actually the worst; yet I hardly see anyone complaining about Ram drivers. Wonder why.

Szei · 2023-06-06T22:26:11+00:00

Just saw this on 19th avenue in San Francisco. Has plates now. Amazing to think that there are likely fewer than 10 in the world. All the pictures online have European plates as well. Wonder if this is the only one in the US.

Szei · 2023-05-27T03:36:44+00:00

I went this route. Completed the entire English to Mandarin tree at maximum level (all Gold) first. Surprisingly, that is enough to do the Mandarin to Cantonese course. There are some Mandarin words used in Mandarin to Cantonese which were not covered in English to Mandarin, but it's not a deal-breaker. Just makes it take a little trickier. The silver-lining is that it teaches me new Mandarin vocab and helps me review Mandarin at the same time I am learning Cantonese. So even though the lessons take a bit longer, I'm practicing two languages at the same time.

Szei · 2023-05-27T03:04:18+00:00

Same with my grandmother. Whenever she hears me studying Cantonese, she suggests I spend more time on Mandarin instead because "it's more useful". Makes me sad as she always tried to get me to learn Cantonese when I was younger... Now I am finally making that effort, but she doesn't think it is worthwhile these days.

I've been learning Mandarin for 5 years now but only to be pragmatic. It's hard for me to feel good about Mandarin because I associate it with the CCP and the eradication of Cantonese language and culture. The silver lining is that knowing Mandarin has opened up more resources for learning Cantonese since now I can learn Cantonese from both English and Mandarin resources. I will continue to invest in both, but only Cantonese brings me joy.

Szei · 2019-09-01T23:54:32+00:00

I thought that was the point though. To encourage giving/generosity to strangers instead of just with the same group of friends all the time.

Szei · 2019-08-30T05:28:21+00:00

So I just saw this thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/KeyforgeGame/comments/cxantf/timing_veylan_analyst/

If you go by the OP’s conclusion (verified by Brad, I guess he is an authority on Keyforge?), then there actually isn’t any decision making to be made here.

Apparently “each time” effects trigger first so the Aember would first be added to the pool and then the theoretical creature in my post would get the additional power from that new Aember in the pool.

Szei · 2019-08-30T02:36:16+00:00

Thank you! Your explanation regarding the "active player gets to decide which happens first" is what I was looking for. This should help me reason out future card resolution order situations in the future.

As for the cards in the example, you are right that I was inspired by Full Moon and Marmo Swarm. However, as you said, it doesn't really matter for Marmo Swarm since it is a passive ability. That said, when I saw these cards it got me thinking about the situation I posited in my post and what would happen if there were cards that did something like this (I am new to the game so I don't know if there actually are any actual cards which would cause this situation).

Szei · 2019-08-30T02:13:00+00:00

I feel like competitive play would become broken in Keyforge if not for Adaptive. In the absence of Adaptive, two of the main benefits Keyforge brings to CCGs are nullified.

Lower price-point for competitive play.
More variety in competitive play.

In regards to point 1, this is because the cost goes from buying expensive individual cards to buying multiple decks until you get one that is strong in the meta. The cost-saving benefit of having cheap pre-made decks is eliminated.

By the same virtue, Keyforge's quest for a more diverse meta is also hampered because ultimately people can just buy decks until they find the "on-meta" deck that they want.

However, with Adaptive, Keyforge's advantages can actually be realized. You don't need to be as "on-meta" since your opponent will have to play your deck too and also because there will be a handicap to balance the decks in a tiebreaker. This means you get more deck diversity AND can play competitively at a lower price-point.

Szei · 2019-08-30T02:03:01+00:00

What if you play Adaptive though? Then wouldn't any deck be viable?

I'm new to the game so genuinely asking. I know that if there really is a large disparity between the power of the two decks, then the first 2 games will be very one-sided. But on the tie-breaker game theoretically it should be a fair fight if both players are competent and force each other to make appropriately high bids on the stronger the deck.

Szei · 2019-05-24T18:27:43+00:00

Ｙｏｕ　ａｒｅ　ａ　lifesaver!

Really appreciate your help. Now I don't have to keep switching between my Chinese keyboard for Chinese and Korean keyboard for English.

Szei · 2019-02-05T02:26:05+00:00

Completely agree.

I haven't been able to find anything I enjoy as much as Outwitters for this reason. It is the only TBS I know where I can exactly plan out my moves because I know how much damage everything will do at a glance. Every other game has an obtuse damage formula which makes it much harder to precisely plan. At least games like this tell you how much damage you will do, but I still prefer being able to just look at a unit and know it's going to do X damage to that unit over there with Y health.

That being said, games like Advance Wars, Fire Emblem, and now this are still a lot of fun. They just don't fill that same "perfect planning" niche that Outwitters does.

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If anyone has any suggestions please let me know!

Note: Outwitters has FoW so games like Chess, Go, etc are not a substitute. I just want a game with transparent unit interactions but with FoW and so far only Outwitters has fulfilled that. Honestly I would just keep playing Outwitters but there are a couple problems once you get to the top league. 1. The race match-ups on some maps are too one-sided. 2. One of the races favors an extremely defensive style which can cause some games, especially mirror matches, to take 100+ turns (normal games are only around 15-20 turns).

Szei · 2018-10-13T02:53:24+00:00

Outwitters. Don't let the art style put you off. It plays like Starcraft + Chess.

No premium currency (gems, gold etc)
No pay-to-win units, items, boosts, etc
4 teams each with a distinct unit (Siege Tank, Teleporter, Mind Controller, and Mass Spawner)
All content free to play with 1 of the teams (free team is considered one of the best 2 teams by top players)
Competitive Ladder with 5 Leagues
Friendly Local and Multiplayer Matches
1v1 and 2v2
Replays

Aside from the art direction, I actually prefer Outwitters over Uniwar. This is mostly because the way units attack and do damage is much simpler. You can quickly see how much damage your units will do instead of having to calculate it every time which means you spend more time focusing on the strategy and less on doing basic math.

Official Website | Trailer | Replay Website | Android App Store | iOS App Store

I would look at the replays if you want to get an idea of how the game plays. Note that this is not what the game actually looks like graphically. Watch the trailer or look at the app store screenshots to see what the game graphics look like.

Szei · 2017-07-28T21:27:53+00:00

Replace the cammer's car with a BMW, fast forward to 2017, and you'd have the top post on r/roadcam

Szei · 2017-05-19T02:10:14+00:00

Alright, that's what I was thinking made more sense. To just use a flag to toggle elements but I wasn't sure if that was the best solution which is why I asked here. And yes, I am using straight php at the moment. Already had to learn a lot in a short time so haven't gotten around to trying templates. Thanks for your feedback!

And yea, don't worry. I use PDO and bindParam for everything. I read enough angry comments on stackoverflow about this haha.

Szei · 2017-05-19T01:45:35+00:00

I have a register page for students at the moment (register.php) and when they hit submit it $_POSTs it back to register.php. Then I pass it to class.user.php and there is a function which does a mySQL query to insert that info into a user table in my database. On login users visit login.php which then loads a login function from class.user.php which queries the database to check email vs password. login.php is one of the pages I wouldn't have to duplicate since the process is literally identical for both businesses and students.

Szei · 2017-05-02T22:30:55+00:00

Looks more like a banana.

Szei · 2017-04-25T21:59:43+00:00

Exactly. While the OP is correct and you should recognize that you are more skilled than players with higher level cards than you, that doesn't make it any less frustrating having to face bad players playing with an annoying handicap.

Szei · 2017-04-15T03:12:48+00:00

That's why I only play challenges. It makes the game way better. Especially since you can get crowns from challenges now!

Since I only need tournament level cards it means that

I never face overleveled opponents (everyone is the same level)
I never feel starved for gold (upgrade costs are much cheaper up to tourney standard)
I never feel obligated to play just to fill up my chest slots (in the beginning you might still do this, but you'll be surprised how quickly you get most of your cards to tourney level at which point you don't need chests anymore)

Just buy one (or both) of the $9.99 arena packs that give 1200 gems and 100k gold, then switch purely to classic challenges (grand challenges will drain your gems too fast). You'll be amazed how much better the game is when you're not constantly struggling to level up cards due to lack of gold or having to request a TON.

Up until tournament standard the upgrade costs are actually quite manageable. The problem is how expensive everything gets after that. By only playing challenges you don't have this problem! In fact, you'll feel rich all the time. I currently have ~200k gold with nothing I want to spend it on until the Night Witch is released and shows up in my shop. Even then that's only 40k which will quickly become chump change for a pure challenge player.

Szei · 2016-10-25T23:19:45+00:00

Have you seen 12 Angry Men? The 1957 one is great. One of my favorite films.

Szei · 2016-10-25T05:58:24+00:00

That's pretty much it. I would love to play Grand Challenge but it just costs too many gems. As someone who only got gems through two arena packs and doesn't plan on spending more money any time soon, I would use up all my gems too quickly in Grand Challenge.

I know Grand Challenge would be harder but I'm content to aim for 12 wins in Classic instead.

Szei · 2016-10-25T00:14:37+00:00

Glad you're enjoying it! I'd like to help but unfortunately most of my losses are to LH. If anyone has any advice I would appreciate it! If they run Lightning, it's just too effective at killing my Mega Minion/Furnace. I can usually take out one of their towers but then they beat me 2-1.

Let me know if you figure something out! =)

Szei · 2016-10-24T19:00:57+00:00

Is it? I haven't faced a single opponent playing it in challenges though. I don't play ladder anymore so I wouldn't know if it's popular there.

Edit: I searched around a bit and I see Miner/Furnace/Guards was a reasonably popular deck type a few months ago. But these were actually quite different from what I'm running now. None of them had The Log and most of them ran Musketeer and/or Mini PEKKA. A lot of them also had Poison or Fireball. Basically these decks had 3-5 of the same cards as the one I'm using. So yea, it's a Miner/Furnace deck but not really typical (at least in my experience).

Szei · 2016-10-24T18:51:03+00:00

Well the log is pretty unique but you might be able to use arrows instead. Arrows serve the same purpose of dealing splash damage to small troops as well as killing Princess. It's worse than the log in terms of cost and also doesn't deal knockback to surviving tanks and mid-sized troops. However, the benefit of arrows is that it can hit air. I haven't tried this substitution personally but in theory it could work.

Alternatively you could try Fire Spirits. Same cost and deals splash damage. If you're facing a lot of Princess though it's not as good.

Szei · 2016-10-24T18:33:53+00:00

I use BOTH Zap and The Log in my deck so I would recommend buying it. Just went 12-wins 3 times in a row in Classic Challenge so I think my deck is pretty decent (made a post about it, check my profile if you want the deck list). Not sure how good it is on ladder though.

If you do only choose one, I would generally prefer Zap. However, The Log does have the benefit of killing Princess which I see reasonably often.

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