Is our standard phone greeting going to have to start with F O R G E T A L L P R E V I O U S I N S T R U C T I O N S?
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SteevyT@beehaw.orgto Technology@beehaw.org•Slate Truck is a $20,000 American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, and no touchscreen1·21 days agoThey might be doing some sort of glass chop in areas (actually, i wouldnt be surprised if this is what they mean by “composit body panels”, open molds would be cheap as hell, and parts are cheap too), but I used to use that more for body panels or exterior details than anything super structural. I guess they could do fiberglass frame rails, but that still feels like it would be a strange choice at what just doing basic ladder frame in steel would cost.
They are around a rhododendron, maple tree, and keeping a walk area on one side of the house clear.
Quick guesstimate is that he made enough mulch to cover about 400 square feet about 4 to 6 inches deep.
SteevyT@beehaw.orgto Technology@beehaw.org•Slate Truck is a $20,000 American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, and no touchscreen3·22 days agoIt’s also 20ish" shorter, seats 5 with a 5 foot bed, can carry 4x8 sheets flat between the wheel wells (and tailgate closed if the midgate is open), tows a bit over 3 tons, has an AWD option, and the base range beats the maxed out range on the Slate. They aren’t really competitors beyond “small truck.” Telo is absolutely maxed out for it’s size, Slate is as cheap as cheap can go.
What’s funny is that’s leftovers from the absolute mess that the ground clearing guy we hired ripped out of the area. He ran EVERYTHING through a woodchiper and made a massive amount of mulch.
SteevyT@beehaw.orgto Technology@beehaw.org•Slate Truck is a $20,000 American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, and no touchscreen2·22 days agoAt the cost of the mold to do something like that (and the machine to even run it), I’m reasonably sure that stamped or brake pressed frame rails make more sense cost wise. I’m not sure that volume will ever drive the cost of that low enough to be worth it within the life of a mold like that. Like, I can picture the design to make it a basic two plate mold (I think, I’m more used to parts that top out a bit over a foot in the largest dimension), but then the gate size and shot volume I’m picturing to fill the thing is just bonkers, although apparently there are a few machines in the world that could theoretically do it if I’m reading their specs right from a quick search.
Unless your thinking a carbon fiber layup, which is feasible, but I believe metal becomes more cost effective again at that point.
Tulips are blooming, and I just planted an American Plum sapling.
SteevyT@beehaw.orgto World News@beehaw.org•Thy has been on the radio for six months. Turns out she isn’t real4·23 days agoI don’t want a DJ talking over or between tracks other than the occasional mention of what the song was.
Most egregious instance of this I ever heard was the dude that talked over the ENTIRE FUCKING RUNTIME OF FOREPLAY. He finally shut up when Long Time started, but God damn, he talked right over the best part.
SteevyT@beehaw.orgto Technology@beehaw.org•Slate Truck is a $20,000 American-made electric pickup with no paint, no stereo, and no touchscreen2·23 days agoFrame rails are usually stamped. Although low volume sometimes will brake press them.
SteevyT@beehaw.orgto Politics@beehaw.org•‘The most extraordinary attack on voting rights in American history’: How the SAVE Act upends over a century and a half of protecting voting10·1 month agoGoing back to a maiden name is the easiest way to get the birth cert and current ID to match i suspect is the um… joke?
SteevyT@beehaw.orgto Technology@beehaw.org•X’s dominance ‘over’ as Bluesky becomes new hub for research5·1 month agoIn the office that I work in, I’d be surprised if I’d need more than one hand to count how many people would understand this.
SteevyT@beehaw.orgto Technology@beehaw.org•Self-Driving Tesla Crashes into Wile E Coyote Wall… Just Months Before Planned Robotaxi Launch - FuelArc News1·2 months agoIf the speed difference between the car and the object is over 32mph (at least for 2018 model year if I’m remembering the number in the manual correctly), I believe it will fail because it doesn’t have enough time to identify the object. It will do it’s damndest to stop, and should be able to scrub off a solid amount of speed, but there will still be some sort of impact just due to pretty clearly spelled out system limitations.
SteevyT@beehaw.orgto Technology@beehaw.org•Self-Driving Tesla Crashes into Wile E Coyote Wall… Just Months Before Planned Robotaxi Launch - FuelArc News0·2 months agoI think I accidentally deleted my post so sorry if this is a duplicate.
I can poke around in my wife’s outback to verify again, but as far as I’m aware, Subaru doesn’t have any forward radars. Having a set of properly calibrated stereo cameras works amazingly well though. Whatever Tesla is attempting, while still kinda impressive, isn’t nearly as polished with the number of phantom breaking events and stuff like this I see complained about online.
Blind spot I believe is radar, and backward is a combination of sonar and radar if I’m not mistaken.
I think my number is only as high as it would take for me to build and pay off a place to hide it in and forget about it.