Crude reality: The end of oil is a good way off | Oil & Gas | JWN Energy: "oil demand’s upward momentum remains unstoppable, driven by emerging economies and cheap oil that is stimulating greater consumption. Considering these dynamics, the “end of the oil age” seems a good ways off."
Saturday, December 16, 2017
Sunday, November 5, 2017
Wikiquote:Quote of the Day - Wikiquote
Wikiquote:Quote of the Day - Wikiquote: "So many of our dreams at first seem impossible, then they seem improbable, and then, when we summon the will, they soon become inevitable. ~ Christopher Reeve"
Tuesday, October 17, 2017
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Tesla Service and Parts
Service and Parts
Tesla President of Sales and Service posted on the Tesla Model S Forum.
Info. general call 877-798-3752 or E-mail: CustomerSupport@tesla.com
Body shop repair ADVOCATE, 877-798-9752 ( then #2, then #4).
E-mail BodyShopSupport@tesla.com
If escalation is required log into "My Tesla" account, click support and then executive escalation.
Also, E-mail your name and VIN to ServiceHelpNA@tesla.com
Hope this helps anyone who has been waiting too long.
Tesla President of Sales and Service posted on the Tesla Model S Forum.
Info. general call 877-798-3752 or E-mail: CustomerSupport@tesla.com
Body shop repair ADVOCATE, 877-798-9752 ( then #2, then #4).
E-mail BodyShopSupport@tesla.com
If escalation is required log into "My Tesla" account, click support and then executive escalation.
Also, E-mail your name and VIN to ServiceHelpNA@tesla.com
Hope this helps anyone who has been waiting too long.
Monday, October 9, 2017
Predicting the Future - Mother of all markets or a pipe dream driven by greed? - Ken Norton
Predicting the Future - Mother of all markets or a pipe dream driven by greed? - Ken Norton: "Stuck in traffic on a business trip, an executive carrying a personal communicator could send and receive messages from anywhere in the country. She could also call up a local map on a screen, [enter] her intended destination, and the device would give her specific driving instructions (as well as real-time warnings about traffic jams or accidents). Certainly, these are just predictions for now, but they sure are fun to think about.
Once in the meeting, the executive could take notes on the device, and even order pizza for the group. After updating her schedule electronically and sending notes back to her office, she could check restaurant and movie information, including critics’ reviews. Back at the hotel, she could [read] the latest novel."
Once in the meeting, the executive could take notes on the device, and even order pizza for the group. After updating her schedule electronically and sending notes back to her office, she could check restaurant and movie information, including critics’ reviews. Back at the hotel, she could [read] the latest novel."
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; "
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: "
"
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: "
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
Chris Lattner's Resume
Chris Lattner's Resume:
Work History
Tesla
- VP Autopilot Software
January 30 - June 20, 2017When I joined Tesla, it was in the midst of a hardware transition from "Hardware 1" Autopilot (based primarily on MobileEye for vision processing) to "Hardware 2", which uses an in-house designed TeslaVision stack. The team was facing many tough challenges given the nature of the transition. My primary contributions over these fast five months were:
- We evolved Autopilot for HW2 from its first early release (which had few features and was limited to 45mph on highways) to effectively parity with HW1, and surpassing it in some ways (e.g. silky smooth control).
- This required building and shipping numerous features for HW2, including: support for local roads, Parallel Autopark, High Speed Autosteer, Summon, Lane Departure Warning, Automatic Lane Change, Low Speed AEB, Full Speed Autosteer, Pedal Misapplication Mitigation, Auto High Beams, Side Collision Avoidance, Full Speed AEB, Perpendicular Parking, and 'silky smooth' performance.
- This was done by shipping a total of 7 major feature releases, as well as numerous minor releases to support factory, service, and other narrow markets.
- One of Tesla's huge advantages in the autonomous driving space is that it has tens of thousands of cars already on the road. We built infrastructure to take advantage of this, allowing the collection of image and video data from this fleet, as well as building big data infrastructure in the cloud to process and use it.
- I defined and drove the feature roadmap, drove the technical architecture for future features, and managed the implementation for the next exciting features to come.
- I advocated for and drove a major rewrite of the deep net architecture in the vision stack, leading to significantly better precision, recall, and inference performance.
- I ended up growing the Autopilot Software team by over 50%. I personally interviewed most of the accepted candidates.
- I made massive improvements to internal infrastructure and processes that I cannot go into detail about.
- I was closely involved with others in the broader Autopilot program, including future hardware support, legal, homologation, regulatory, marketing, etc.
Overall I learned a lot, worked my butt off, met a lot of great people, and had a lot of fun. I'm still a firm believer in Tesla, its mission, and the exceptional Autopilot team: I wish them well.
Monday, June 19, 2017
OTC 101 Frequently Asked Questions - General OTC Market FAQs - OTCMarkets.com
OTC 101 Frequently Asked Questions - General OTC Market FAQs - OTCMarkets.com: "Why do some symbols have five letters?
The fifth character is a special identifier which is assigned by FINRA and designed to give more information about the security. To determine what fifth characters are used in our markets, visit our Symbology Guide. A few of the most common can be found below:
F – Foreign Ordinary
P – Preferred Share
Q – Bankruptcy
Y – American Depository Receipt (ADR)"
The fifth character is a special identifier which is assigned by FINRA and designed to give more information about the security. To determine what fifth characters are used in our markets, visit our Symbology Guide. A few of the most common can be found below:
F – Foreign Ordinary
P – Preferred Share
Q – Bankruptcy
Y – American Depository Receipt (ADR)"
Monday, April 24, 2017
Grammar Girl : Which Versus That :: Quick and Dirty Tips ™
Grammar Girl : Which Versus That :: Quick and Dirty Tips ™:
"which" is for non-essential or additional information.
"that" is a required limitation or clarification.
Diamonds that are expensive make great gifts.
This says that expensive diamonds are great gifts.
This must stay as one sentence to make its point.
Diamonds, which are expensive, make great gifts.
This says that diamonds (all diamonds) are expensive and that all diamonds make great gifts.
This could be split into two sentences and still have the same meaning.
"which" is for non-essential or additional information.
"that" is a required limitation or clarification.
Diamonds that are expensive make great gifts.
This says that expensive diamonds are great gifts.
This must stay as one sentence to make its point.
Diamonds, which are expensive, make great gifts.
This says that diamonds (all diamonds) are expensive and that all diamonds make great gifts.
This could be split into two sentences and still have the same meaning.
Sunday, April 9, 2017
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