Tuesday, September 19, 2017

define ebullient - Google Search

define ebullient - Google Search: "e·bul·lient iˈbo͝olyənt,iˈbəlyənt/ adjective 1. cheerful and full of energy. "she sounded ebullient and happy" synonyms: exuberant, buoyant, cheerful, joyful, cheery, merry, jolly, sunny, jaunty, lighthearted, elated; More 2. archaicliterary (of liquid or matter) boiling or agitated as if boiling. "misted and ebullient seas""


define ennui - Google Search

define ennui - Google Search: "en·nui
änˈwē/
noun
a feeling of listlessness and dissatisfaction arising from a lack of occupation or excitement.
synonyms: boredom, tedium, listlessness, lethargy, lassitude, languor, weariness, enervation; "

Saturday, September 2, 2017

Tesla, please stop making up specifications... | wk057's SkieNET

Tesla, please stop making up specifications... | wk057's SkieNET:

"
Original 60 - ~61 kWh total capacity, ~58.5 kWh usable.
85/P85/85D/P85D - ~81.5 kWh total capacity, ~77.5 kWh usable
90D/P90D - ~85.8 kWh total capacity, 81.8 kWh usable
Original 70 - ~71.2 kWh total capacity, 68.8 kWh usable
75/75D - 75 kWh total capacity, 72.6 kWh usable Software limited
60/60D - 62.4 kWh usable Software limited
70/70D - 65.9 kWh usable

As you can see, the best buys are certainly the 60 variants.  You get the closest real capacity to the advertised specification, and sometimes more than advertised.  On the rest you're being lied to by marketing.  Even ignoring the issue of usable vs unusable capacity, I don't know in what world 81.5
 rounds up to 85 instead of down to 80... nor how it's excusable to round UP on a spec like this at all.  If anything this should be rounded down in the customer's favor in all cases.  At least no one could say that was shady.  This is shady, however. Someone actually tried to tell me earlier that "Tesla doesn't advertise kWh as a specification!"...  let's fact check that with a trip to Tesla's order page: "