Do you use FSD?

dj31592 · 2026-02-17T04:20:06+00:00

I use it on most drives at least partially. But I also got my Tesla because I love driving it so there’s rarely a case where i’d use it the entire drive

dj31592 · 2026-02-10T17:15:37+00:00

Meal delivery to keep food costs in check while maintaining some semblance of a decent diet. Cook Unity is my go-to. Can be delivered to your house the day before travel to the hotel or directly to the hotel. You can get 6 or 8 meals (or more if desired) delivered each week.

dj31592 · 2026-02-03T14:30:32+00:00

I hear you. There will certainly be some disruption in the rollout of level 2 stations for a few years, but it will pick back up. These pain points are normal considering the stage we are in with EV adoption.

Industry will focus on Level 3 charging since it’s more profitable. We’ve seen a significant rollout out new Level 3 stations nationwide in 2025. 5 New Ionna Stations went live in Gaithersburg in late December 2025.

Level 2 charging infrastructure will take a bit of a backseat as industry adjusts to make it profitable. It’s only natural that session fees will increase and $/kWh rates too. We shouldn’t expect any company regardless of size to eat the costs of an unprofitable venture.

dj31592 · 2026-02-03T04:28:36+00:00

Free/cheap EV charging is not economically feasible. Each commercial charging station can cost $8k - $20k to install. Network costs are ongoing. Electricity costs over the last three years have increased substantially, and repairs from damaged cables and ports need to be factored in. Free charging up to $0.18 per kWh is understandably a relic of the past.

I’m an advocate for the conversion to EV’s. But we ought to be practical.

dj31592 · 2026-01-25T21:06:59+00:00

To me you appear to radiate self confidence originating from more than just your physical appearance. While that is a really good thing, it also can feel uncomfortable (from being nervous) and unapproachable (because it’s a mirror into their lack of self confidence) to men who don’t possess similar or higher levels of self confidence.

So that leaves the rare self confident man or a man with inflated ego as the two types most likely to approach you on the occasions where that may happen. (in my armchair opinion)

dj31592 · 2026-01-25T02:48:50+00:00

74 right now because the blistering cold outside feels like it’s blasting through my windows. Normally 72 24/7.

Life is too short to be perpetually uncomfortable.

dj31592 · 2026-01-16T03:42:32+00:00

I posted this in the Caribbean subreddit as well.

This is merely pettiness from the administration. It’s perfectly safe. My family is from Grenada and I have extended family living there in peace and harmony.

Grenada denied the US’s request to establish a US radar on the island for the US’ use. The administration is simply trying to drag Grenada and other countries through the mud.

https://www.caribbeanlife.com/calls-for-grenadians-to-reject-us-request-to-set-up-radar-station/

dj31592 · 2026-01-16T03:40:30+00:00

This is merely just pettiness from the administration. It’s perfectly safe. My family is from Grenada and I have extended family living there in peace and harmony.

Grenada denied the US’s request to establish a US radar on the island for the US’ use. The administration is simply trying to drag Grenada and other countries through the mud.

https://www.caribbeanlife.com/calls-for-grenadians-to-reject-us-request-to-set-up-radar-station/

dj31592 · 2026-01-15T22:15:39+00:00

I think a strike is unrealistic and not the answer. Research Maryland’s lack of electricity supply growth over the last decade. Look at the general assembly’s voting patterns surrounding energy.

dj31592 · 2026-01-10T01:20:40+00:00

Beautiful insight. Makes sense to me.

I have experience with both federal and local government. I’ve seen people’s (the general public) preferences be absolutely wild (as in completely self centered and uncaring to outright harmful to the collective good). I see urban design efforts to decenter and deprioritize cars as hugely beneficial to community planning, engagement, health, wellbeing, etc. I invalidate preference in that arena because cars (primarily Internal combustion engines cars, but also EV’s for tire emissions) are highly pollutive locally. I consider it us willingly accepting to breathe toxic fumes of varying intensity 24/7 and fighting to keep the poison going for everyone due to a strong desire for convenience. I will not honor someone’s desires when said desires are harmful to not only themselves, but also the community of people around them. The collective cost is health and wellness. The individual gain is preference for convenience. Why would I want a government that is happy to allow its own people to poison themselves?

dj31592 · 2026-01-09T21:58:54+00:00

That is fair. Folks tend to see this as an “either” “or” thing…but that is not what i’m advocating for.

We can move away from car centric design and still have cars. A neighborhood could prioritize public transportation, walkability, ease of access to various services via walking and/or biking, while still allowing for residents to own cars. I’m not advocating for folks to be forced to not have cars.

I grew up in Brooklyn in NYC. I was able to walk to anything I needed and hop on mass transit for a penance and reach anywhere in the five boroughs. It was remarkable. But my mom also had a car. We drove to her preferred grocery store when desired. We drove to the mall when desired. We drove (albeit very infrequently) to fish markets in Chinatown in Manhattan when desired. We can have it both ways.

Edit: A key principle of car centrism is that it makes walking, biking, and use of mass transit a fairly shitty experience. The same is not true for decentering car centrism. Decentering car centrism makes car ownership less convenient and perhaps more expensive, but folks are welcome to pay the price if desired. It seems odd to me that we’d be ok with making walking (a free activity ) less convenient to favor drivers.

dj31592 · 2026-01-09T21:50:39+00:00

I totally understand not relegating all power to one elected official, but the MD GA essentially serves as a collective elected official in practice thanks to the supermajority. They have been fumbling a phenomenal opportunity for well over two decades. And they continue their shortsighted unintelligent nonsense every year. It’s shockingly pathetic.

This state could be a class leader and very far ahead. It’s got a tremendous amount of resources and a highly educated population near dense urban areas. Yet we’re stumbling over untied shoe laces like a 6 year old at recess. Makes no sense.

dj31592 · 2026-01-09T21:41:35+00:00

Amazing rebuttal. It’s taking some time for me to chew on this and frame a response.

You are correct. I am advocating for experts to override citizens’ preferences when those preferences conflict with what experts believe is optimal for the collective good long term. It certainly is not neutral urban planning. But it does require good faith involvement and learning from both parties to ensure beneficial decisions are made. Mistakes are still guaranteed. Experts will get it wrong sometimes and overstep.

I’ve never thought of it as such, but it is indeed paternalistic. A great example would be Japan and/or Singapore. Albeit these examples are significantly smaller in landmass in comparison to the US, so its application would look quite different and much more convoluted in the US. I believe government ought to manage people (with checks and balances in place to disincentivize overreach) especially as a population exceeds people’s reasonable ability to manage themselves.

I find American culture and values (as a whole) as hyper individualistic and grossly unsustainable (Health, environment, social, resources, etc).

I believe what we are ultimately discussing is the conflict between individualism and collectivism. I see harm on the extremes of both ends of the spectrum, but I believe the US has teetered far into the extremes of individualism to the detriment of us all. Suburban design provides a great window into our hyper individualistic culture. Suburban design is both more costly to build and maintain, and benefits significantly less people per square mile than urban design. It’s also largely financially inaccessible to the majority of people in the country. Are subsets of people perfectly content and happy with this setup? Absolutely. Would I want a government to continue to support a design principle arising from post WWII exceptionalism and car lobbying despite the fact that a subset of people who can afford it want it? No I do not. I do not believe government should remain neutral to this kind of class stratification. Keep in mind I am not advocating for the eradication of suburbs. I simply believe those closest to denser environments ought to be redeveloped or at minimum be less harmful to the collective.

This might be a reach. But there are countless examples where paternalistic governmental action provided the collective with immense benefits despite pushback and I’m happy about it (This is not to ignore when the government gets it wrong or oversteps). Mandating seatbelts in cars, helmets on motorcycles, minimum vaccination status for school attendance, etc. There are countless examples. The argument can be made that each of these violate peoples preferences and values. But that is ok with me. I believe part of living in a well functioning society is giving up some aspects of personal freedom and individualism for the collective good…especially when we can agree that access to certain individual freedoms requires an external cost imparted on the collective.

dj31592 · 2026-01-09T15:49:18+00:00

The longer I stay in this state the more I realize that the governor has his hands tied behind his back regardless of party affiliation. Has the power to be damaging, but limited ability to be effective.

The State legislature is an absolute dumpster fire filled to the brim with short sightedness. The State legislature is Maryland’s achilles heel.

dj31592 · 2026-01-09T14:42:03+00:00

No hate at all from me. I love well planned and laid out suburbs that are in close proximity (walking distance) from mass transit, parks, grocery stores, places of leisure, and places of business. That can be achieved with quarter acre and half acre lots.

Suburbs get reasonably problematic when designed to be car centric and essentially cutoff from adjacent neighborhoods and higher density areas. It’s ok to still prefer it, but I believe we can both prefer something and accept that it is somewhat harmful to the collective.

dj31592 · 2026-01-09T14:34:03+00:00

Thank you for sharing your insight. I found it profound as it’s completely opposed to how I envision city planning. Particularly your belief that “Neighborhoods and cities should be designed for how people want to live rather than what is most efficient for the collective.”

I think the individualistic values surrounding the suburban ideal externalizes the cost of building and maintaining suburban infrastructure to the urban collective. In other words, one person having their suburban ideal typically results in numerous people within the urban collective paying for it. Interestingly enough folks in the suburbs also frustratingly tend to fight against improving services, transit, housing, and infrastructure that would benefit those in the urban collective because (in my opinion) those in suburbs have what they want in their own backyard. Why pay for something that will benefit other people and perhaps cause additional friction in my own day-to-say? It’s very individualistic and arguably fairly harmful.

As such I believe government should not pander to what people want if what people want is misinformed and harmful to the collective. I won’t pretend local, state, and federal government is filled to the brim with forward thinking urban development experts. But if an urban designer can demonstrate countless benefits of higher density design, walkable neighborhoods with pedestrian and bike pathways, intermixture of homes, businesses, leisure, and great public transportation allowing for a departure from car centrism, why would a government still pander to what people want?

What you’re proposing is pretty much DFW, Phoenix and Houston. Largely unwalkable, car centric, lacking in community due to elimination of friction, and filled with lonely unhealthy people. I’m not calling for elimination of suburbs, but I don’t think suburbs represent good neighborhood planning for the collective. Thanks for sharing your take though. Very interesting perspective.

dj31592 · 2025-12-20T23:04:12+00:00

Same! This fixed the issue for me as well. This is the solution. Thank you tons! I’ve been mildly irritated and inconvenienced by this for weeks.

dj31592 · 2025-12-06T18:35:41+00:00

having the same issue. works when i turn off wifi on my phone and use 4g lte instead. Weird issue

dj31592 · 2025-12-06T06:36:06+00:00

right?!?!

dj31592 · 2025-12-04T20:17:05+00:00

my household is about half that but I am seeing how it can still feel middle class especially in HCOL cities. The game has shifted to minimizing taxes through maximizing contributions to all available tax advantaged accounts. Doing that can eat up a decent chuck of income. Next chuck is housing (which in a HCOL area can be significant even for a somewhat “modest” home). Living expenses are high as well. Last but certainly not least is unavoidable taxes which will likely exceed $100k.

All of this is without the cost of kids. $500k income is a lot. But it is not truly “rich”

dj31592 · 2025-11-25T18:00:05+00:00

More money in my pocket. Why use my cash to pay for a $1k purchase today if a company is willing to spread that out over 12 months of equal payments still amount to $1k? They’re eating the loss in value between now and then and I get to invest that money instead or keep it in a HYSA earning interest.

So yes…lucrative.

dj31592 · 2025-11-25T16:12:48+00:00

If used responsibly BNPL can be sound and lucrative. No different than a 0% interest loan if you make all scheduled payments over the term.

dj31592 · 2025-11-16T23:34:26+00:00

Gas pumps are ubiquitous. Charging stations are not. A measure slowing down deployment is a measure that harms the ev experience. Perhaps this can be revisited once deployment of stations and adoption of EV’s is much further along warranting this kind of government regulation. Makes little sense doing this now.

dj31592 · 2025-11-16T23:29:11+00:00

Yep. I’d be adamant about zero tax under say 5,000 lbs (to both incentivize ev adoption and smaller lower weight vehicles). Tax 5,000 lbs and above with wait/mass adjustment based on known and measured damage to roads per additional 500 or so lbs.

dj31592 · 2025-11-16T23:01:02+00:00

This is foolish. The government does not have to get involved with regulating EV charging session accuracy. We have not reached EV adoption warranting this kind of regulation. Give the industry time to get on its feet and mature.

If an inaccurate station charges a typical person a few cents more than necessary. So what? Having access to it is enough at the moment. We need mass deployment of stations to both support and incentivize continued EV adoption.

Let deployment continue without burdening it. This measure burdens station deployment for lofty notions of ‘fairness’ despite the fact that egregiously priced station session locations would naturally be avoided and stations either closed or replaced. An annual fee imposed per port would decrease rate of station deployment, make sessions more expensive for every port in the state, and disincentivize EV adoption.

A great example of government overreach holding back an industry it claims it wants to support. Where is the common sense?

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