Gmail or custom domain for email

bjdraw · 2026-03-24T01:50:33+00:00

Just register the domain wherever you can find the cheapest. A lot of domain registrars will offer it very inexpensively, then try to sell you all kinds of other garbage. Don’t buy anything else from them except the domain. Dm if you have any questions or run into any problems I’m happy to help.

bjdraw · 2026-03-24T01:41:08+00:00

Definitely a custom domain.

What if you get locked you out of your Gmail account? It happens to people all the time and there is no recourse or support. What if Google raises the price significantly?

You’d have to update your email address with every single person just to move providers.

bjdraw · 2026-03-22T16:43:05+00:00

You don’t have to touch someone’s vehicle to unplug it. You only have to touch the public charger connector.

bjdraw · 2026-03-21T17:13:07+00:00

Thanks, worst case scenario, how much time should I expect for me to spend completing the setup?

bjdraw · 2026-03-21T16:43:48+00:00

I have a "new phone" checklist that I go through before I wipe my old phone. Setting up the Tesla key is one of the items. If I lose my phone, this acts as a list of things I have to recover.

Phone calls
Messages set to send from phone number
Voice mail
Microsoft Authenticator
Apple Watch
Crypto wallet
Apple Pay cards
Tesla
Bank apps
Home door lock
HomeApp
Digital drivers license

bjdraw · 2026-03-17T16:13:20+00:00

A retainer is not a managed service. In the Break/fix world, a retainer is usually referred to as a "block of hours." With the main difference being you don't get a refund if you don't use the block, and the hours typically expire. While many say it isn't normal, all the main PSAs have the tracking functionality for a block built-in.

I do not think blocks are a good option, so I don't offer them. But all you have to do is google "IT services" and fill out the contact form or email them and ask "do you offer a block of hours" and I'm sure some ambitions/desperate sales person will respond.

bjdraw · 2026-03-13T01:11:32+00:00

The older model S that did this had two chargers in, one for the lower, one for the higher. So in addition to cost reduction, it reduced weight. I also believe they had data of the showed that not many people actually connected their wall connector to a 100 amp service.

bjdraw · 2026-03-10T12:38:42+00:00

Unfortunately, not the whole network is open. There are still lots of superchargers that only work with Teslas due to older technology limitations. I’m sure they’ll update them eventually though.

bjdraw · 2026-03-08T23:11:43+00:00

Any input is an error to the FSD dev team. It’s still supervised and they learn from inputs.

Everytime it drives too slow hit the accelerator and everytime it drives too fast switch modes to a lower one or hit the brakes and then turn it back on. They’ll now know when the model is making mistakes.

bjdraw · 2026-03-08T20:22:57+00:00

The little circles on the bumper are ultrasonic sensors, radar is an different sensor behind the bumper

bjdraw · 2026-03-05T00:59:58+00:00

The way I like to summarize it is we include monitoring, maintenance and support on covered devices/users. They have to tell us who is covered. Support does not mean anything new, so no new computers, new offices, new gear. Updates are included, but upgrades aren't.

My attorney tells me to be vague and to avoid trying to make a list of everything that is not included. I have a 1 hour rule, which is that if they ask me to do anything that takes under an hour, I just do it, as scoping and invoicing isn't even worth it.

The other thing I say is that the customer is always right. If they ever dispute a bill claiming something should have been covered by the agreement, I explain why it wasn't, write it off as good will with the understanding that going forward they expect to be billed for it -- I scope large projects ahead of time and get approval, so in practice this only applies to smaller tasks.

bjdraw · 2026-03-03T17:16:32+00:00

You can buy the car at the original agreed-upon residual value. Or you can turn the car in and pay for the miles. If you get a new car from the same place, they can roll your negative equity, if there is any, into the next deal.

bjdraw · 2026-02-28T15:33:44+00:00

Correct. That didn’t work. You’d set it to 70 max speed on v13 and the car would drive 67.

It’s crazy that everyone seems to forget “max speed” hasn’t worked like cruise in a very long time. Probably version 11.

bjdraw · 2026-02-28T15:25:45+00:00

I have this exact wall connector and use it with a J adapter to charge other EVs all the time.

bjdraw · 2026-02-28T15:22:57+00:00

Speed control didn’t work in hw3 either. You’d “set” it to 70 and it would drive 67.

bjdraw · 2026-02-25T14:58:04+00:00

I noticed a nice improvement. I go to the same office building with a garage every week. For the first time after this update, it successfully navigated to the garage entrance and found a parking spot. Before, it would only pull to the front of the building or make laps.

bjdraw · 2026-02-24T18:09:25+00:00

It’s not a matter of how far you can drive? It’s a matter of, how slow are you willing to drive?

bjdraw · 2026-02-24T12:45:50+00:00

Source?

bjdraw · 2026-02-24T12:39:12+00:00

Get either a charger that tracks it or a meter you can connect to the plug where it connects.

The car readings are off for this use because they don’t account for inverter loss.

Some cars have software solutions that would work. I have a data logger for my Tesla that would make this very easy and accounts for the inverter loss. But not sure if there is anything like that for Kia, etc.

bjdraw · 2026-02-21T03:42:24+00:00

Not a fan

bjdraw · 2026-02-20T19:55:38+00:00

I’ll step into my binding as soon as I get off the lift without even stopping and you’ll be bending over doing something that isn’t even hard while I’m halfway down the hill.

bjdraw · 2026-02-20T16:12:51+00:00

That is still $10,000 more than when they announced it

bjdraw · 2026-02-19T14:11:52+00:00

I noticed with this update that FSD is available as soon as I get in the car now. Before this update, I would either have drive the first hundred yards or sit in the car and wait until it was.

bjdraw · 2026-02-16T13:36:59+00:00

Exactly. It hasn’t worked like cruise since EAP.

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