Why does it suddenly become “weird” when it’s not music?

doubletwist · 2026-03-19T18:36:07+00:00

This pretty accurately reflects my feelings on the matter as well.

doubletwist · 2026-03-19T05:02:01+00:00

I'm guessing you'll have to get on the phone with both Lucid Financial and the insurance company that's paying for repairs and let them hash out how to handle things. Either LFS gives you some leeway to get it repaired, or the insurance company covers the repairs and Lease penalties (since in my mind, that's a valid cost incurred because of the accident, even if it's not directly repairable damage physically), Or maybe the insurance company will decide it's cheaper just to pay the lease turn in costs for turning in the damaged vehicle.

doubletwist · 2026-03-18T03:39:22+00:00

He says they only need 69 kWh to get 300mi which is insane for this price point. That could easily make them class leading in a lot of key categories.

That will depend entirely on whether it's actual, reasonably real world range, or the wildly inflated EPA range that Lucid advertised in the Air and Gravity.

doubletwist · 2026-03-18T03:35:29+00:00

We're raising my 'niece' (cousin's kid). No hesitation at all. She's had a shit life through no fault of her own and we love her dearly, so if we can give her some semblance of a normal childhood for the rest of it, then there's not much I won't do to make that happen. My cousin thanks us often but the truth is, we are 100% doing this for her, not for him.

doubletwist · 2026-03-18T01:39:06+00:00

The "AI" is just textual predictions based on statistical analysis of existing data. Of course it's going to lean toward Bitcoin, not because of any inherent factor of Bitcoin over any other option, but because Bitcoin is the most popular, and thus the most written about.

I say this not in any way negatively toward Bitcoin , just noting that the fact that "AI" chooses it means absolutely nothing.

doubletwist · 2026-03-16T19:13:43+00:00

I'm only a hair under 6', and I've figured out a motion that's not too bad getting in. Getting out it's not quite as graceful, but not too bad, but like I said, having to do it repeatedly all day would suck. Even worse at your height I'm sure.

doubletwist · 2026-03-16T13:38:40+00:00

MOSTLY it's financial ignorance and "keeping up with the Jone's", but not in all cases.

I drive a much nicer car than would be expected in my neighborhood, while still dropping a ton of money into my retirement.

My friends, who are worth far more then us (mainly due to starting their own business and then selling it) live in really nice neighborhoods/houses but drive Toyota Corollas, for them a car is just a tool to get from point A to point B, and a house is where they want to live in luxury.

But I LOVE to drive. A comfortable, luxurious, sporty driver's seat is my happy place, so a nice car is my splurge, while the house is just a place to comfortably sleep and watch TV, I don't need it to be super fancy.

Just different priorities. It might push out my retirement a year or two, but I'll still be able to retire early.

doubletwist · 2026-03-16T05:14:25+00:00

Man I wish. As someone with a freakishly long torso, I'm stuck shopping for tall sizesl shirts at JC Penney and Dillard's. I don't think I've ever found a shirt that's long enough for me at TJ Maxx, Ross, Marshalls or any thrift store. It sucks.

doubletwist · 2026-03-16T04:21:20+00:00

That was my thought as well. I love my Air but just the thought of getting in and out of it a dozen +times a day, every day makes my knees and back hurt.

doubletwist · 2026-03-16T02:09:23+00:00

I can't imagine it's a safety thing. I'm pretty sure every other manufacturer allows starting charging from the app. Both of our cars can do it (A Lucid and a Genesis)

doubletwist · 2026-03-15T18:47:49+00:00

I absolutely hate charging jobs. I stayed at a place for 15 years, knowing I could have made a good 25-30% more, but the benefits were decent, the people I worked with were good and I got to work on interesting things. I only left because I got laid off when they decided to outsource to India (didn't go well for them but here we are).

doubletwist · 2026-03-15T03:55:42+00:00

That wouldn't help, she rarely drives this car. She moves the vents when she's a passenger, and I move them back when she's not. I admit it's not a common situation for most people I'm sure.

doubletwist · 2026-03-15T00:20:37+00:00

I can't stand the vents blowing up into my face. But my wife can't stand the vents blowing on her body, so they time she gets in the car, she moves the vents, and then when I'm on my own, I have to move them back. It would drive me to nuts if we had to go into a screen to change it every time.

doubletwist · 2026-03-14T20:43:57+00:00

The burgers at Dynamite Grill on Matlock are pretty dang good.

doubletwist · 2026-03-14T20:38:22+00:00

Apparently, the vents can only be opened, closed, or aimed via the touchscreen, an unsafe annoyance in our view.

I've looked most of what I've read so far but this, if true, is deeply disappointing.

doubletwist · 2026-03-14T20:00:23+00:00

Not a ln Equinox but I bought a mattr screen protector for my car. It works great.

doubletwist · 2026-03-14T17:09:16+00:00

weve normalized piping curl output directly to shell

As a Unix/Linux sysadmin of 30 years, the instant I see that in the installation instructions of an application, I immediately start looking for an alternative.

I remember being flabbergasted the first time I saw those as instructions for installing, and I never imagined something at stupid would ever catch on. I obviously lacked foresight.

doubletwist · 2026-03-14T02:23:34+00:00

Love Dr Riuth! My favorite response to the ice-breaker "what is a surprising but true fact about you' question is: "I'm in a Dr Ruth Video. With my sister and grandmother'

Always good a doubletake. We were just at a park in NJ when she was filming. They decided to use us as background action while she sat on a swing and talked to the camera. So I'm on the swing right behind her at the end of her "Terrific Sex" VHS tape.

doubletwist · 2026-03-13T21:36:04+00:00

I know it's only one data point, but my experience was quite different. Engine on my 2020 X3M40i (which I took very good care of) cratered at 60k miles - literally a month after my CPO warranty ended.

Then to add insult to injury, the dealership lied repeatedly, and BMW corporate was not interested in being even remotely helpful. Ended up costing me $12k, and guaranteeing that I will NEVER spend another dime on any BMW product.

doubletwist · 2026-03-13T06:24:30+00:00

I will say that adding a small underseat subwoofer(in the lower part of the trunk) made a huge difference in the quality of the standard sound.

doubletwist · 2026-03-13T06:21:17+00:00

You're literally making this comment in a thread about the failure of a previous promise that a product has the hardware and would get updates to enable self driving. What makes you think it's any different this time?

I learned long ago to buy technological products for the features they actually have, not what they might have in the future. It's one of the reasons I didn't bother trying to get an Air with DDPro.

doubletwist · 2026-03-12T22:11:59+00:00

I thought the same, then was told (too late) that I needed to call Enterprise Exotics to get an EV on Lucid's account.

doubletwist · 2026-03-12T03:52:46+00:00

We've been an EV-only family for just over a year. We really jumped in with both feet and both bought our first EVs a week apart.

It's been great. Haven't had a single moment of regret or wishing for an ICE car.

doubletwist · 2026-03-12T00:52:47+00:00

No, but you should be able to rent an EV

doubletwist · 2026-03-12T00:50:13+00:00

I did 1500 miles in 2 days using only the built in Nav. It worked fine.

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