Well I got it from Sam’s Club but the discounted price is directly from Samsung now. Not sure if I can work around it. Wish Sam’s did a price guarantee but they don’t AFAIK.

I ordered a Model Y (from inventory) the day they announced the price cut and picked it 2 days later on Sunday. There were quite a few people there taking delivery that were upset about the price cut. While I understand, it’s a chance you take. Like I just ordered a TV in early December that got delivered 2 weeks ago…

That number stood out to me as well, so I went over to the linked article, and then the article linked to from there: https://www.iihs.org/news/detail/despite-warnings-many-people-treat-partially-automated-vehicles-as-self-driving

Geez, sorry I didn’t link the study/article but here you go (numbers were compiled from from the NTSB).

https://www.autoinsuranceez.com/gas-vs-electric-car-fires/

You can find the study regarding vehicle fires here. This is one article of many but the numbers used are from gathering info from the National Transport Safety Board (NTSB). I am linking this article as it seems to be they are the ones who compiled the info that the other articles cite.

From what I can tell reading the study, it’s fires in general whether that’s from “spontaneously combusting” or from an accident. ICE vehicles also “spontaneously combust” (usually leaking gas and electrical hazards) and you can find many articles about vehicles in garages catching fire or just searching YouTube for…

I understand why this makes the news, but it should be noted that EV’s are still far far less likely to have a fire vs. ICE or hybrid cars. Just to put a little perspective on it:

ICE: 1520.9 fires per 100,000 sales (1.5%)
Hybrid: 3474.5 per 100,000 sales (3.5%)
EV: 25.1 per 100,000 sales (0.02%)

Those numbers are from a…

The only one of these that I’ve heard of is Ollie’s. Sometimes you can find something but normally it’s a bunch of garbage. But I’ll always go in if I find myself nearby. One of those places like Goodwill where you could go 5 times and there be nothing, and then there’s some good stuff the next time. It’s just hit or…

Is there a matrix comparing these different systems and what they actually do?Like I’m familiar with Autopilot vs. Enhanced Autopilot vs. FSD on a Tesla, but I’m not familiar with the capabilities or the other systems from other manufacturers.

It also seems to be comparing the base Autopilot to an add-on (such as…

Everything keeps getting darker and the dialog keeps getting quieter. I assume so they can blast your eyes with a sudden bright scene and your ears with sudden explosions.

I couldn’t even make it through the whole slide show. The stupid was hurting my eyes.

These are great but it’s annoying that they are still stuck having to use the Nest App while everything else I have (the Google WiFi Mesh, Chromecast, all my Nest security cams, my Google Home speakers, my Nest thermostat, my lights) use the Home app.

Yes I’m “all in” on the Google smart home but it’s mildly annoying…

These are great but it’s annoying that they are still stuck having to use the Nest App while everything else I have…

Thankfully I have my own (DVD...sigh) copy of The Wall. It’s the movie I’ve watched the most as I tend to put it on for background noise then end up watching it.

Will anti-vaxxers stop eating honey and anything that’s pollinated by bees now? Will we start seeing “non-vax-pollinated” stickers alongside the non-GMO stuff?

As someone who is old enough to have seen Star Wars in it’s original theatrical run and have been a lifelong fan, I never thought I’d get burnt out on it, but here we are. Unfortunate.

I’m putting “Boebert pulls a gun on the House floor” on my 2023 Bingo card.

I want a self-driving car. That being at least a level 4. I don’t really care how much I love to drive, it’s more that if a self-driving car can be safer for me and my family than I (a human driver full of faults) can be, I’ll take it.

Evil Dead Rise is notable for not taking place in a haunted cabin in the haunted woods. Instead, it’s set in a Los Angeles apartment building

There’s an Alien TV series coming? Interesting. I’ll set my expectations super-low in hopes of not being entirely disappointed.

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