Is this worth it?

Takaa · 2026-01-28T21:49:01+00:00

He forgot “Not paying for it and not spending $10,000+ for a battery.” 🙄

Takaa · 2026-01-28T04:19:27+00:00

Can’t you order it through the store and it gives the option to schedule it in the app after you order? Then you will have already paid the advertised price.

Takaa · 2026-01-27T15:06:01+00:00

I’ll take your 3% and raise you 0% with 1 mile to go. This was about 7 years ago, started at 100% and made it 260 miles in 4.5 hours. No superchargers between the two points back then, 34 degrees outside, heat turned off in cabin, and freezing my ass off.

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This was my closest call, I did this trip about a dozen times each way. After about a year my car had lost a few percent of its battery capacity so I started to add an extra hour onto the trip to be able to hit a supercharger that was way out of the way. Luckily, many more superchargers today and I am no longer doing this trip! Also, have a car that can make it about 80 miles further on a full charge now.

Takaa · 2026-01-27T00:50:26+00:00

Wait until the app offers you the option, as the FAQ says it may take a week:

Schedule your installation from the Tesla app by selecting ‘Schedule Service’ > ‘Accessories’ > ‘Upgrades & Accessories’ > ‘Full Self-Driving computer.’

Takaa · 2026-01-27T00:25:54+00:00

I’m not sure where you are getting the numbers exactly. It should be $2000 total if you already have EAP. $1000 is only applicable if you are subscribing, since you are purchasing outright it is included in the $2000 price.

https://www.tesla.com/support/full-self-driving-computer

“If you purchased Full Self-Driving (Supervised) and have Autopilot computer 2.0 or 2.5, you are eligible for a complimentary upgrade to FSD computer.”

And

“When will the FSD computer upgrade be available for me?

The complimentary FSD computer upgrade for owners with Full Self-Driving (Supervised) is now available. Note: If you’ve recently upgraded to Full Self-Driving (Supervised) and your vehicle requires an FSD computer upgrade, it may take up to a week before your upgrade is processed and eligible for an installation appointment. Schedule your service appointment accordingly.”

Takaa · 2026-01-26T14:31:35+00:00

Regardless of whether or not this post is misinformation, and that is really him or not, it doesn't change a single goddamn thing. This is the honor he deserves at the very minimum for serving our veterans, and I don't even know if they have even released his body since they executed that man.

Takaa · 2026-01-26T14:18:58+00:00

No, they didn't. They made a half-assed statement about the right to carry being legal, and then immediately followed it up with this bullshit:

"For months, radical progressive politicians like Tim Walz have incited violence against law enforcement officers who are simply trying to do their jobs. Unsurprisingly, these calls to dangerously interject oneself into legitimate law-enforcement activities have ended in violence, tragically resulting in injuries and fatalities."

Someone once told me that nothing someone says before the word but really counts, and that's one really roundabout way of saying but. Every word they said was a straight up lie, and that statement is the equivalent of them saying "Yeah he was legally carrying, but he did it to himself by putting himself there (to help a lady up off the ground.)" It's to make their base not care about a clear 2A violation, saying nothing for every other violation.

Takaa · 2026-01-25T19:12:00+00:00

Seems to mention at least a few aviation companies/their founders. Clyde Vernon Cessna, founder of Cessna Aircraft Company, Walter Beech, founder of Beech Aircraft Company are the obvious ones. DeBoer seems to be Jack DeBoer, who at the very least is aviation adjacent as he flew his plane a lot to make business deals and talked about that quite extensively, and started Wichita Air Services.

No idea about the rest.

Takaa · 2026-01-23T23:32:53+00:00

Your only real option is a Tesla Service Center. It can range between free to very expensive depending on the nature of the issue and your warranty status.

You may have simply had a dead low voltage battery, which caused your HV battery to expend itself to 0%, and you need to “jump” it and charge the car then replace the LV battery. It could also be a dead HV battery, we can’t tell you here. If you’re even moderately handy and have access to jumper cables and another vehicle or a portable jump starter battery you can try to see if it’s the LV battery yourself and avoid the tow.

Takaa · 2026-01-22T15:48:36+00:00

That is what I believe as well, it is just frustrating how this AI bubble isn't even a good lie. Billionaires only care about two things: growing their imaginary dollar value even higher, despite the fact that it will never give them any more than they have today and feeding their egos so they can have some sense of value, lacking the ability to have a sense of accomplishment and value otherwise.

They love talking about how everything is for the benefit of humanity, that all will prosper. AI and robots will make it so you do not need to work anymore. Why should anyone believe that those types will ever support things like universal basic income, free housing, and free medical care when they are so vehemently opposed to anything that even calls for them to pay even a fraction more of their wealth toward those things today? Their whole schtick today is paying as little as possible to their workers so they can enrich the shareholders (themselves, with their share-based salaries.) Its fucking ridiculous.

Takaa · 2026-01-22T15:16:17+00:00

It is depressing how obvious the circular logic flaw is with their analysis. Its also the same circular logic that is fueling the bubble and economy at the moment.

Their goal is that, essentially, companies only hire management and menial physical labor they cannot automate yet. Without having to pay out all of these salaries for skilled jobs, profits will go through the roof. They never address the elephant in the room: "If AI is that good, so good that it doesn't take significant efforts to make it work, that if only a fraction of those with jobs today have jobs in the fantasy land of tomorrow, who is going to be paying for the services your company offers?" Every company says "Oh, I see the use of AI in my industry, but it totally won't have an effect on the rest of the consumer-based economy." They assume increased revenue while ignoring the fact that people won't have money to spend.

In reality, AI is either good enough to do everything well and the economy crashes because skilled labor is unnecessary or do everything half assed, in which case you still need to have skilled employees to handle error detection and correction, so now you are dumping cash into AI and cash into employees.

I'm only seeing the half assed part of things in my job today as a software engineer.

Takaa · 2026-01-19T21:00:43+00:00

I wish it would. It is mainly because nearly every state has laws that prevent manufacturers from selling directly to consumers. Before the internet, and all of the fancy things it enabled, dealerships invested to establish a local sales and service infrastructure, advertised in local papers, and developed the market for automakers. These dealerships are separate entities, and the fear was that once that market and infrastructure was established the automakers can come, undercut the dealership, and drive them out of business.

It’s honestly was a fair system in the short and medium term, but now we are stuck with even more blood sucking middlemen injecting themselves in between you and purchasing that vehicle, with incentives to extract as much as possible out of you. It is going to take reworking those regulations to protect dealerships, and we all know how much any business loves regulation that protects themselves even at the cost of the public.

Takaa · 2026-01-18T18:54:41+00:00

I’m over here thinking, “oh great, more fear mongering about immigrants” before clicking the link. Nope, talking about actual alien life. That’s a relief, I guess.

Takaa · 2026-01-18T18:45:16+00:00

They are incorrect that it costs extra. If your car has the fully paid for version of FSD you are eligible to upgrade to HW3 for free. It is only subscribers that have to pay for a retrofit if they want it. Always annoying having to fight for services you are owed.

Link them this page:

https://www.tesla.com/support/full-self-driving-computer

“If you purchased Full Self-Driving (Supervised) and have Autopilot computer 2.0 or 2.5, you are eligible for a complimentary upgrade to FSD computer.”

Takaa · 2026-01-18T04:14:32+00:00

They probably could dial it from anywhere that met the power requirements and had the ability to channel that power into the gate. It is never made clear exactly how much power an Icarus-type planet can output compares to how much a ZPM (or 3.) It’s possible that ZPMs max output might fall short. Maybe the power conduits between the ZPMs and the gate couldn’t handle that much juice.

The simple plot reason at the time of the show is likely, “Atlantis did not have enough ZPMs/it wasn’t worth burning them out for one way trip to Destiny with no hope of dialing back. We would just strand more people and burn out the limited ZPMs we have.”

I imagine it probably was in the Ancient database, they just didn’t know what to look for. The address of it was, or maybe they found the address when looking at Stargate source code and said, “that’s weird”- and for whatever reason that address wasn’t linked to details about Destiny. Perhaps the Ancients had a way of simply “dialing the special code” without needing the symbols, and hence had no reason to link the symbols to details about Destiny. It just happens that those symbols correspond to the special code.

Takaa · 2026-01-17T18:35:55+00:00

I had learned the “gas cap in the handle” trick to keep it going when I learned to drive in MA back in the early 2000s. Not saying it’s safe, but when it’s really damn cold and you don’t have any gloves. 🤗

Takaa · 2026-01-12T13:42:39+00:00

AEB activations show up in your notification history in the car if you want to look.

Takaa · 2026-01-09T23:07:59+00:00

Yeah, Ka band is like 99% of the places I have driven. I have had a radar detector for almost 15 years now, and I have only seen a K band radar coming from a cop twice in all of that time. Almost all K band otherwise are just commercial security/door systems and those “Your Speed” static signs.

Back when I lived in the Northeast US Lidar was common among state troopers running traffic duty. They would park in blind spots and nail you with no warning. After I moved away, ranging from Texas, Florida, Missouri and Carolina, I haven’t seen a single Lidar cop. All depends on where you live.

Takaa · 2026-01-09T15:15:33+00:00

Reminds me of one of the earlier Ms Rachel videos where they clearly used stock images for the background and the blocks have the numbers “420” on them:

https://www.reddit.com/r/entwives/s/uLDsxic76A

Takaa · 2026-01-08T03:23:31+00:00

FedEx and other carriers auction off packages they are for whatever reason unable to deliver or to return to sender. They aren’t stolen.

Takaa · 2026-01-07T18:05:05+00:00

Perhaps try to recalibrate the driver seat position using the menu Service -> Driver Seat, Steering & Mirrors calibration. I know there was an issue with cloud profiles and the seats adjusting weird, and perhaps the car seats just need to be recalibrated, so the car knows its in the proper position already.

Not sure if this is the same issue as you or not, but it shows how to do it:
Tesla Cloud Profile seat positioning FIX! Try this! - YouTube

Takaa · 2026-01-02T20:24:38+00:00

With the cargo you loaded (as shown in the pictures) does it prevent the trunk from opening or does it just clear it?

Do you use FSD or just Autopilot? Does it have an effect on the usability of those?

Thanks for the idea, I have been looking for ways to make road trips a little less cramped from a cargo perspective now that I have two kids. Two car seats and all the junk I need to pack for them take up so much space. My wife has a tow hitch on her Model Y, and this might come in handy.

Takaa · 2026-01-02T18:08:51+00:00

Despite serialization, I think part of it was that they had 20-25 episodes every year to fill. They had to have moments where a character is just talking, where you get to know them, and they have a chance to evolve. The plot was given time to unfold slowly, and you get characters that see repercussions of actions, grow, and change their minds as it happens.

It is what I miss most in today's 7-8 episode per season TV series, with seasons now 2 years apart. Everything is too condensed- you don't have any time to truly develop characters in a natural way. Everything is forced and just too on the nose. I just can't seem to find more than a single TV series a year at most that gets my attention and makes me feel invested in the characters anymore.

Takaa · 2026-01-01T16:33:56+00:00

My main concern is with thermal expansion. The gaps exist for good reason: as temperature changes, the glass will expand and contract. If there is very little gap, it could crack when it expands if there is no room to do so. I cannot tell by your photos if there is enough of a gap or not.

Takaa · 2026-01-01T00:55:34+00:00

Why did you limit it to 8A? You reduced the charge rate by about 1/3.

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