I'm not an environmentalist, neither is Elon Musk

Elon Musk in discussion with his team back in the days came up with Tesla's mission statement "Accelerate the world's transition to sustainable transport" ... recently changed it to "sustainable energy", because they are also making energy storage products and sell solar tiles, solar panels, inverters...etc... so it makes sense.

Most people see this and say it's a woke, green, hippie, envronmentalist...etc... company... when in fact it's one of the greediest, most evil mission statements ever. They don't just want to succeed and cash out - they want make the company and the whole economy sustainable forever. Chasing this dream is incredibly hard, because people are set in their ways and don't like any change, BUT long term the hard work will pay off ... and it's awesome to see that it'll happen in our lifetime.

In the next 10-20 years we may go ~completely renewable and there will be an abundance of energy and workforce, thanks to Tesa Bot and other automated tools.

Personally I have a very small carbon footprint. I don't have ca car, nor a big house ... I use about 3kWh of electricity daily and burn 100 bucks worth of natural gas in the worst winter months. (I didn't calculate the exact ammount in kWh). I walk where I need to go or use electric public transport when there's a storm, it's too cold or I just don't have the energy to walk... and I don't have a problem with people doing the same.

I have a problem with healthy breathing.... which is prevented by internal combustion vehicles and wood/garbage burning... also smoking.

For a long time things were mostly divided, in balance: people smoked inside and cars were making smoke outside, wood/trash burning is also outside.

Today people aren't allowed to smoke inside, so absolutely all sources of smoke is outside, on the streets, sidewalks, parks ... wherever people can walk... and it's too much for me. 

I have to admit that I look/sound like a crazy person in the street, swearing from time to time at/near people, or just barely audible... audibly? ... and my reasoning behind it is very simple:

Somebody creates smoke and intentionally puts it in my face so I have to suck some of it in and cough/choke on it.

I can't think of any other social situation where you're allowed to do something similar to a person. I mean if you intentionally pour coffee on someone, they are going to slap you silly, punch you and/or call the cops, because throwing stuff at people is assult and they are allowed to defend themselves. Somehow this doesn't apply to smoking, even though smokers are putting something on you, inside your lungs and into your bloodstream. 

Don't get me started on people who smoke near their children. I'd like to slap them silly ...

F seasonal depressurization or what you call it...

 An ad made me cry today... that's how you know you have to be careful what you do and say for a couple days...

Normally I wouldn't watch anything like this once ... but today I kept watching it over and over again...

Just ignore it

2 years have passed since my GF left me and today I got an E-mail from her, well, sort of... 

It was a Linkedin invitation. I kinda' hoped it was for real, for whatever reason, BUT when I cliked on it LinkedIN displayed an error. So she most likely pressed something she shouldn't have then corrected it.

Either way, it's not a good idea to jump to comclusions with women. Sometimes they intentionally do something and instantly regret it and say it was an error/mistake.

If an X wants to contact you, (s)he has all your contact information and will contact you properly, otherwise it's not worth your time ... not even to write about it on your blog. Oooops!

Life is short - maybe just midlife crisis thoughts at 39

This will make sense only to people who know me, so ... strangers don't have to continue reading.

I don't want a diagnosis, BUT today I feel "past life", I mean with all the shit that is going on in the world and in my personal life, I really don't care anymore ... about anything really. I have tried to keep many things under control most of my life, and I mostly failed, I think. I tried to not do bad if I can't do good ... but yeah ... in reality I have messed up a lot.

I appreciate the joy some people brought into my life.

1. My sort of first girlfriend brought me out of a deep depression at age 27. She didn't stick around, but made me realize that I want a woman of my own. It only took me like one month after that to get a young woman, with whom I spent almost 10 years of my life.

2. I'm glad she tolerated me for as long as she did. We both had serious deficiencies when it comes to relationships and social stuff, but we lived together for about 5 years, then dated for another 4 years before she threw me out. Then mentally I was still with her for at least another year. 

3. My family ... I appreciate that they exist, BUT now I have to admit that I would have been better off without them after the age of ... let's say 22. They never understood me, kept giving me bad advice and guilted me into eating really unhealthy food every weekend with them ... long story, turns out that I have crippling IBS. My brain stops working when I eat bad food ... so ... it was kindof a nightmare for years. I would eat at the family dinner and 2-3 days later I would get very high fever and abdominal pain ... almost every week. 

I saw my doctor a couple times, she said it's probably a virus, gave me some medicine and sent me away. She had me do some blood and urine test, which came back inconclusive or however you say it... and then I stopped going to doctors. From age ~19 to 39 I only went to the dentist, because that's kinda unavoidable, but that's it. Doctors can go to hell, if my doctor and nobody at the lab nor the specialist that saw my results said anything useful. Gave me some BS placebo over the counter meds and sent me away.

I don't think I'll ever go see a doctor until I end up in an ambulance/emergency room.

4. My sister I love and respect very much (now), but wasn't always like that. We lived together in the same room until I moved out at the age of 24 ... so ... yeah ... I blamed her for stuff that she wasn't really responsible for... always woke me up at 6AM when I had classes only in the afternoon.... and other stuff like that ... roommate stuff. I corrected my thinking shortly after I moved out. Our relationship got a lot better after I left, I think.

So ... it's not nice to keep grudges, BUT the person I really hate (still) is my 5th grade gym teacher, who was our head techer (or form master?) up to 12th grade. She was a woman, and did't know a lot about parenting nor teaching ... she made all the fundamental mistakes she could. Just a few examples:

1. she hit my best friend. Once she was lecturing him on something and said something like "do you know I stay late at work for you?!" then he replied in kindof an insensive way "I know, my parents work late too". Then she slapped him like the bitch she was.
2. she once threatened the class "if you don't bring in the donations, you can't come into school!". These donations were standard, meant to cover janitor's pay and heating bills and things like that ... BUT it wasn't like they could force us to pay, so she threatened us like the bitch she was. Turns out that one of the new students took it seriously, she didn't know the teacher was a bitch, so she didn't come to school for like 3 months. We all thought she was sick or transfered out, but after 3 months she came back and I remember the head techer asking her where she was and if she has a doctor's note or something ... and ... the new student said she's sorry, but her family is poor and couldn't bring a donation... (until then, i presume, that's why she finally came to school, because she got some money to donate. )

I'm not even going to bring up more examples. For these two things she should have gone to jail. Hitting a student for no good reason and threatening us to pay the donation, which is also profoundly illegal. Long story short, I can never forgive her for this... even if I ignore all the stuff she did to ME.

I also have to mention our romanian teacher from 5th grade. She was a very knowledgeable person at least, but she behaved like a POS in our school, which was a hungarian school in Romania ... and she was romanian, also a racist.

A couple of times she picked on me because I didn't do my homework, it was fine... but after a while I didn't do any homework and she would have me standing up, sometimes asked me if I was a retard, if I had a handicap. That was a breaking point for me, just like when the gym teacher hit my friend... I could never forgive that racist bitch, who also broke the law when she talked like that to me.

One little sidenote here ... kinda' funny... that romanian teacher later ended up giving me a passing grade after I failed romanian in 12th grade ... so it was a summer exam and our teacher got sick... so she filled in for her... and as luck would have it I pulled two titles out of the hat that I read the previous night, I learned nothing else. So when I pulled those out of the hat she said, hey, you know these two (she asked me what I learned/prepared for this exam when we went in and I told her exactly what). She was kinda surprised that i pulled those two out of ~50... maybe she felt it was fate, or felt bad about giving me shit in 5th grade, for whatever reason when I started talking, explaining how the novel starts by presenting the road to a town ...bla bla bla ... she interupted me and basically told/explained the whole novel ... then got back to me asking "and in the end?" I said "the author presents the road out of the town." ... and I got an 8 (something like a B- or C) passing grade. 

How I survived mathematics

Up until the 9th grade I had awesome teachers ... understood everything during class and did most of the homework really easily. Then came the bad teacher ... OMG ... I didn't get a passing grade in 3 of the 4 years of college? high school? whatever you call grades 9 through 12.

Psyhically I was already done with people. By the end of 8th grade I think ... it was enough for me, I wanted out... but continued for some reason... probably because of my parents.

I was always good in math, BUT in high school I only focused on programming, as the IT teacher was awesome and the math teacher was shit. I always got maximum grades in IT classes and even the bad math teacher saw that I was really good... so that's probably why she let me through the summer exam.

In 2003, my year of graduation, after the official graduation I passed math in the weirdest way. This wasn't just weird, but profoundly illegal.

I failed the written test and the oral exam, the bad techer gave me the hardest problems to solve, much harder than we used to solve in class. That was a garbage move on her part, BUT I failed ... went home, and hoped for the best.

Later I found out that I passed and the story behind it is that the techer already closed my case, BIG FAIL, "repeat the year, you loser!", BUT when she went down the stairs, she changed her mind, went back up, and corrected my grades to 6 (out of 10) ... which is the minimum passing grade on such exams.

Our Romanian teacher was kinda' awesome

I don't even remember her name ... I just realized that now ... I only remember the names of the bad Romanian teachers ... OMG Isaac Claudia used to ask me if I'm retarded, whenever I didn't have my homework. She kinda' had a point there, I had zero interest in learning that stupid language, never did any of the homework, BUT you don't say that to a kid, repeatedly.

In reality I was kinda OK, all my grades were fine up until 9th grade, when half of the class didn't get a passing grade, due to a garbage teacher we got. She was still young and didn't know how to teach.

Long story short my grades were mostly fine up until then, BUT I have the deceased Romanian techer to thank for finishing 12th grade. She introduced group exercises, which meant that I didn't do sheet. Arguably I was in a worse situation, as now the group was stressing me out that I couldn't do my part and then the teacher was also stressing me out...so ... it was mostly bad, BUT the way the techer ran things, some groups never got to present their work and that's how I managed to slip through the cracks.

In 12th grade I didn't get a passing grade, so I had to go take additional exams in the summer. That was one of the weirdest experiences of my life. My regular teacher was busy, so my old teacher from 5-8th grades came to do the exams. She hated me, but was happy that day for some reason. There were like 30-40 literary works that I should have studied for the exam, BUT I picked the exact two that I studied in a panic early in the morning before the exam.

I mean, that was really just... very unlikely... how things happened... I was starting with a few sentences and the teacher would continue ... then she'd ask me something, I responded correctly in a few words and she would continue... I mean... that was just a complete 180 my world did that day.

HOW THE TEACHER DIED?

Her memory will always be tied to 9/11 in my mind, as I explained in a previous post. She had bad pneumonia, went to the hospital, she got some medicine and they sent her home. She felt A LOT worse in a few days, she went to the hospital and later died. She got blood poisoning somehow and went unnoticed.

Where were you on 9/11/2001?

I was 16 years old in 11th grade, visiting a girl from my class whom I had a crush on and was obsessed with.

It was kinda' weird, I think I went there unannounced (as I did many times). Their babysitter let me in, I took off my shoes and weint into the living room, where she was watching the TV.

She greeted me and asked if I heard the news, I interrupted her and asked if she's referring to our Romanian literature teacher. That wasn't really appropriate, she was kinda' shook, BUT I was there and talked about it ... I think in the end it was fine.

So back to 9/11 ... as it turns out she was watching CNN in the living room, before I interrupted her with different bad news. I thought it was some sort of action movie, but she explained what has happened.

I was in a strange place mentally back then ... I just quickly replied that "yeah, criminals can do whatever in society ... and maybe will get punished afterwards". I wasn't really interested to watch it, instead we talked about something else ... I kept staring at her boobs when she wasn't looking ...etc... typical 16 year old guy stuff.

AFTER I WENT HOME

My parents were also watching the news, then I started realizing the true scale of what was happening. It didn't shock me, but kept up with the news every day to see the most important stuff ... about 1 year later? a few months later? I remember watching the war on TV, as the US tanks charge into cities and destroy other tanks, vehicles, buildings ...etc... fun times right before becomming an adult.

Don't be a customer!

Louis Rossmann just sold his soul to FUTO, a non-profit that aims to disrupt large tech companies, which may or may not be a good idea, you decide...

Anyways, this Rossmann guy used to run a macbook repair store and had excellent customer support... or customer handling procedures... and he told stories about his experiences with bad customers.

I always thought that customers have most of the rights, and it is like 99% true in my country, BUT Rossmann made me realize that kind of attitude causes more harm to you than to the business.

Financially I have always been in a weird place, let's just leave it at that, and I have done some questionable things to have retail stores replace my electronics under warranty, even though most of the time I broke the stuff, completely my fault.

That also means that mentally I was always in a bad place, that's why I let myself be so irresponsible and immoral with my actions.

There is this one second hand PC store (that I'm not going to name) that sells refurbished, used and very used computers and parts on-line, and also in their physical store... at ~90% retail prices, which is a major ripoff. So this is how I justified my actions, when I took advantage of an error on their website and ordered a Core 2 Duo processor for 10 bucks, even though I knew the price should have been 50 bucks... but they made an error.

So I placed the order, it got processed the next morning and I chose in-person pickup at the store, to avoid paying for shipping. I went there nice and early and the guy simply told me that it will be 50 bucks. I told him it says 10 bucks on the website, then he called his boss and the price was quickly corrected ... they also cancelled my order and said that I could leave. I was furious and on my way out I intended curse quietly, but it was got loud and everybody in the store heard "suck my dick!". This was my worst reaction in a public place EVER, the guy was coming towards me telling me that "this is not how we do things here", I quickly turned around, apologized and left ... BUT that wasn't the end of the story.

I wrote a nice long letter to the customer protection agency with screenshots and everything, explaining my position that I just wanted to order a product and they cancelled my order ... screenshots of the receipts ...etc... and I thought this was the end of it, my anger was completely gone after sending the letter.

Then one day (maybe 2 weeks later) I get a phone call from the consumer protection agency that they started an investigation, got in touch with the company and said they'll give me the processor BUT I have to apologize (again?). I didn't mind, because I was sorry for swearing at them, so I went to the store and ... yeah ... I apologized, then they made me wait ... then they said the item is not in stock, but they'll call me when they'll get some more. They played me, but I played along ... and visited the store 3 more times ... and got the same reaction, they even wrote down my phone number on a post-it ... yeah ... I knew they weren't gonna call me.

Back then (about 10 years ago) I though they were manipulative and evil, so I left a bad review on google maps and I thought it was the end of the story... and I behaved questionably a few more times at other stores, so they'd replace my stuff ... time went on, but one day I watched one of Louises' videos where he explained that these are standard procedures at stores to handle bad clients.

It struck me kinda' hard, so I decided that I'm not going to be a shitty customer anymore, EVER, because these acts caused me mental harm, even when I managed to achieve my goal... it's not worth it.

LONG STORY SHORT nowadays whenever I have a warranty problem I think twice about even sending back the product. If I really need it repaired or replaced, then I choose the least stressful method and patiently wait for my turn to get my product repaired/replaced. No more phone calls or emails asking when it's ready.

As a side note, this behaving nicely crap had some unintended consequences too. Once I ordered a very cheap Gigabit switch from a local store and didn't contact them for two months, just to be nice, because I knew they were professionals. As it turned out they forgot to (or couldn't) contact me AND many others who ordered the same product cancelled ... so when I visited 2 months later and asked about it, they had like 20 of these switches on the shelf and said that people weren't picking them up. They are good switches and I could have sold them all with a profit, no problem, if I actually called them in time and bought them all. SO in this case the store lost some shelf space and maybe a hundred bucks because of my patience and niceness ... go figure 🤷‍♂️ 

I'm going to try the Banggood affiliate program ... allegedly up to 25% commission 🤔

 Many youtubers that I watch from time to time have recommended specific products from Banggood and I extensively researched them, but I have never tried any of them.

 One of my favorite products available of Banggood is the LCD panel controller board, which you can buy for 10-30 bucks for almost any type of LCD panel (computer monitor, TV, laptop, tablet...etc.) and it will allow you to connect the panel to virtually anything.

Other products that I've seen for a good price are fitness bracelets and smartphones... but more to come in separate blog posts with sufficient analysis 😎👍

Hopefully a lot of you will like the products and my explanations... and maybe we'll save/make lots of money together 💰😎👍 You can find my affiliate link on this blog on the right side -> and inside blog posts, linking you to the appropriate product pages.

How to fix weak IKEA bed structure

Mot modern beds have at least one fatal flaw, which most of the time is some sort of structural weakness, caused by cost cutting or by choosing looks over sturdiness.

That's how you end up with weak headboards that move or break during adult activities, major frame flaws and weak ribs.

In this bed's case the ribs were designed for one (skinny) person and keep breaking under most people ... as most people aren't skinny... and most people don't use beds for only one person. Even kids jumping up and down on them will easily damage such structure.

My solution was to put an additional crossbeam across the length of the bed, securing it with two zip ties to each rib. One zip tie per rib should be sufficient, as these nylon things are very strong, but I wanted the least amount of pressure on the wooden ribs and crossbeam.

This bed was from IKEA and came with a foam mattress, so this crossbeam will make it more rigid. If you don't like that, then you can switch to a spring/coil + foam system mattress, which is recommended by doctors anyways, instead of all the foam stuff. Much better for the back.

Addressing some of the stupidity people think about Tesla and EVs

 Louis Rossmann, who's a barely competent MacBook repair technician, made a video about the expensive Tesla battery replacement for an old Model S, out of warranty.

He goes on and on about how expensive battery replacements are, but fails to realize that first gen Model S cars were bought by early adopter for more than 100K USD and weren't expected to last far beyond the 8 year warranty, as early battery cells had a life expectancy of about 500-900 cycles. Many early Model S cars had their batteries replaced at least once, because the technology was very new and nobody had significant experience with them. The early Nissan Leafs had similar issues, 30% capacity loss just after a few years of use.

Since then all companies learned a lot about battery packs and cell management ... and cell manufacturers also significantly improved quality and life of their products, from 500-900 cycles to 4000-6000 cycles.

This is why most arguments about old battery technologies are pointless. Tesla (and probably the other car makers too) will launch their new battery technology this year, based on so-called fat cells, the 4680s', which will last for 2 million miles and cost 2x less ... somewhere between 50-60USD/kWh. This means that an average 100kWh battery pack from Tesla will cost around 10K USD, which is a perfectly good price.

So let's look at the comments on Louises video:

Eman 08 - 2 minutes ago

The biggest draw back with Tesla's is they will turn into massive money pits due to how expensive they are to fix out of warranty. Buying a used one out of warranty is like owning a used Mercedes. Tesla having 100% monopoly how they want their vehicles service doesn't help either. They won't sell you parts, No one knows how to work on them, so no independent shops, no after market parts. All that's left is salvage parts which you take a big gamble on.

MY ANSWER: Out of warranty means after 8 years, which means that the car already changed owners twice, probably for a lot less money than Retail price.

Tesla doesn't have a monopoly on repair. You can buy parts from Tesla or from eBAY and pay a monthly fee to access service manuals and part pairing software tools on Tesla.com. 

There are plenty of independent shops, which work on Teslas.

Repairs at Tesla are expensive, because they are usually payed by insurance and can't do repairs with used parts. It's in the contract that the car has to be like new, when repaired.

sirfancypants Mcgee - 10 minutes ago

Then it's not worth buying a Tesla if replacing the battery is near a new car.

MY ANSWER: Such a poor person response. Battery replacement for Model 3/Y costs 15K USD and 22K USD for Model S/X. That is not the price of a new Tesla, not even half.

Jerome Cloutier - 31 minutes ago (edited)

Until a battery for a EV isn't worth >80% the cost of a brand new gas car, EV's are insane... Unless you have the $ to blow..  Last I checked no gas engine "In a car truck" cost 20+K to rebuild. Yeah we need to be greener and shit like that but our current battery/energy storage tech is way way shit. 50 years from now, probably some super battery that weighs nothing etc etc, then we can have nice things. We need to start somewhere yes, but more research needs to be done.

MY ANSWER: Another poor person response, who doesn't understand the economics of an electric car. "Doing more research" leads nowhere. You have to make a strong case for the technology, so you can sell it and continue developing it. Toyota is doing more research, instead of making EVs... and they are putting their new solid state batteries into Hybrids in 2025... so more gas cars and they'll make EVs by 2030.

2891 user - 1 hour ago

I think independent repair shop does not think from the manufacturer perspective, or does not understand manufacturer.

To provide schematics, support,.. to independent shop means spending extra money.. the manufacturer provide support to dealership so from they're perspective is Ok.

Changing couple of cells in old battery pack mean improvisation, why manufacturer should offer support for such a thing?

They are three types of manufacturers: manufacturer that block user to repair they're product, manufacturer that help user repair they're own product, and manufacturer that do not block and do not help, because just simple they have they're one dealership for this purpose (case of cars).

Making a product easy serviceable means increasing the cost of product, par example replacing welding with screws is more expensive, more logistic, more storage and working space,... And the consumer does not want to pay to much, this is why there is a big difference between consumer, industrial, military products.. you can't build consumer products thinking all consumers are engineers, and they will repair they're own products themselves...

MY ANSWER: Somebody finally gets it, at least partially. Tesla offers the service manual and pairing tools for a monthly fee on-line. So if you're really pissed off and want to repair your own Tesla, you can. BUT it's more economical if you're repairing multiple Teslas per month.

rezhul - 2 hours ago (edited)

Louis, you don't seem to understand that the world isn't ready for electric cars. 

The people who are pushing for electric vehicles are stupid or evil because a lot of people in the world don't have the money to buy and maintain electric cars. 

This is the elephant in the room that nobody seems to be addressing $20,000 is almost two years salary in the Netherlands, even it's the generous price of the replacement of the car batteries is at the end of the day your wallet decides.

MY ANSWER: This guy doesn't understand what he's talking about. If you buy a Model 3 or Y, a replacement battery costs 15K USD today, but will cost a lot less when the warranty will be over, in 8 years. First gen Model S battery pack was not 20K USD, it was more like 50K USD in 2012-2013.

If it is in fact two years salary in the Netherlands then you probably don't need a car, you're worthless.

PaulTheTexan - 5 hours ago

Electric cars run greener, sure, but the battery manufacturing process, and especially the battery recycling process, is not green at all. Sure, my ICE car belches out emissions, but so does the battery-making plant. And the rare-earth mining platforms, etc. You're just offsetting the emissions, not eliminating them. It may make you feel better as a person, but it is an illusory feeling.

MY ANSWER: It is well documented that in 2019 the production of an EV emitted 20% more CO2 than making a POS gas car. However a lot has changed since then, EV supply chains got A LOT greener and cannot be compared to what gas cars are made of and what they burn.

Putting a switch on a power cable ... sad and tired ... what could go wrong? 🤔

I exaggerate sometimes... but I was perfectly fine for handling basic tools and not hurting myself. 

This cheap Chinese switch is perfect for lamps and other devices with low power consumption. It's rated at 2A 230V, but a modern LED light bulb needs less than 0.1A, so it's fine on a cheap 0.5 square millimeter power cable.

I was surprised how flexible it is, you can turn the wire mounts 360 degrees... haven't seen that in any "professional" switch. 👍

Unboxing a mirror and an "ergonomic knife" from DALI MAG ONLINE - eMAG Marketplace

Sometimes I can't say no to something cheap and just slightly useful. That's why I bought this 1USD mirror for my GF and got a 2USD knife as a bonus. Truth be told, the knife has some manufacturing defects, BUT can be used.

Product links to eMAG Romania: https://l.profitshare.ro/l/9406634 https://l.profitshare.ro/l/940663

The mirror seems slightly fragile, but very slim/portable ... The knife has a manufacturing problem, as the blade doesn't fit well into the handle. The hole is ~2X bigger than the blade, so ... it's mostly an aesthetics issue, still usable. I don't know why they call it ergonomic ... it's a simple knife, with a strange handle. 🤷‍♂️

Arcimoto - next level scam - in my opinion

 I watched an interview today with the founder of Arcimoto, on the youtube channel called Hyperchange... and ... it really opened my eyes about toxic echo chambers.

The young guy, Gali, is a good guy. He's very enthusiastic about disruptive companies like Tesla, dives into the financials and makes (mostly) accurate videos about the whole thing. BUT he doesn't really understand the technologies and their implications in the real world.

Recently he has fallen into a trap called (Hippie) Arcimoto. He made an small investment in it and completely bought into the idea of unsafe transport, as I would call it.

Long story short, Arcimoto makes these three-wheel electric motorbikes and the CEO is spreading all kinds of misinformation about it. In the video above he talks about how great it is and at a point he says that it is safer than a Model 3, "because when you drive it, you know you'll have a bad day if you get T-boned, so you drive it carefully" and "the Tesla Model 3 has bad visibility in the rear window, so it's less safe for all vehicles in traffic.". I mean ... WTF did he smoke to claim such BS?!

If anyone knows how to contact him, please tell him I have a rock for sale, which will protect him against tiger, guaranteed.

This is a company that's going to FAIL and will have lots of blood on their hands, IMO ... because these vehicles are heavy enough to kill/cripple a bike/scooter rider, but lose when hit by even a small car.

In conclusion ... it's very dangerous to stop thinking objectively, listening to marketing garbage or people without sufficient knowledge... so ... yeah ... I UNSUBBED this Hyperchange channel, it no longer adds any value for me. 👎

These 5 cheap products will eliminate pollution in residential areas 😎👍

[1.] Cool and heat your home with mini split system AC units, separate one for each room for redundancy and to be able to turn it off, when the room is not occupied.

These usually cost 500USD/room (including installation)

[2.] Cook with induction plates instead of fire.

Single units have around 2000W of power and they create the heat (via induction) directly in the pot/pan's material, very little energy is wasted. Double, triple or quad induction cookers may require thicker wiring, as they can go up to 7000W total.

[3.] Electric water boiler.

These use between 1500 and 2200 Watts of power for a couple minutes. Really practical, they boil the water really fast. The ones with the heating element in the water are slightly more efficient than the ones with a hidden heating element.

[4.] Electric lawn mower, chainsaw and other electric tools.

Many gardening sets come with the same type of battery, so you can keep them charged up then connect them to any of the tools you want to use. They are very silent and non-polluting.

NOTE: please don't use leaf blowers of any kind, because they fill the air with particulates from the ground. In some states they are already illegal.

[5.] Electric vehicles.

Tesla Model 3 SR+ is the best value EV for 38K USD. The 35K USD version can be ordered in showrooms or by phone, but then they remove features and disable some parts.... unlockable later for a fee.

MANY people are skeptical of electricity use instead of combustibles, because in many places electricity is created by burning stuff, BUT we already know for a fact that even if the electricity is generated by burning coal, overall emissions are lower and if nobody burns stuff in cities, then there will be no concentrated pollution on the streets. BUT2 the electrical grid is getting greener every day, as more and more people and companies are installing solar panels and wind farms. If we do our part in purchasing these very cheap electric products, the 100% clean air future can come very soon (barring acts of God and forest fires).

Eli The Computer Guy is wrong, as usual. He doesn't really understand technology. Ford F-150 vs. Cybertruck

Long story short the Ford F-150 has a drag coefficient of 0.59, the RAM has 0.56 ... while the Cybertruck prototype is at 0.39, but Musk said they'll probably reduce it to 0.35 (or even below that) on the production model.

So if Ford manages to get some EV technology that matches Tesla's (highly doubt it), their electric F-150 will be about ~30% less efficient. This inefficiency means they'll have to install a much larger battery pack, add weight and in the end will struggle to come close to Cybertruck's range.

Towing is a slightly different story, as the aerodynamics of trailers is not that great. The Cybertruck will have much better range when not towing, but add to it a huge brick of a trailer and the range will drop close to the F-150s', while towing the same brick.

EliTheComputerGuy would like to buy a plugin hybrid Ford F-150, which is a bad electric vehicle and a bad gas car ... so ... it may have more range with fuel than the electric trucks, but every other spec is far worse. DON'T DO IT!!!

I STRONGLY URGE PEOPLE NOT TO BUY FORD ELECTRIC VEHICLES, except maybe the Mustang Mach-E, which is an OK, sporty electric crossover. They offer 2x less value for the money, so only buy it if you're OK with that fact, otherwise buy a Tesla! (They cost between 35K USD and 100K USD)

The Tesla Model X Long Range Plus can tow a smaller Airstream trailer about 100 miles on one charge at highway speeds, so what the 70K USD Cybertruck will do is probably 200-250 miles with the same trailer. This is not bad at all, because Tesla's superchargers are only 150 miles (max) apart (in the US) and the Cybertruck's large battery pack (180-200kWh) will charge really fast, 80% in just 40 minutes while your have some food and stretch your legs.

Linus Sebastian continues to be ignorant on Twitter - as editor and CEO of Linus Media Group

 Linus Sebastian allegedly cares about technology and accurately informing his viewers... then he goes ahead and tweets something like this:

So according to Linus, Elon is very stupid and so are the top engineers he hired to create their own audio system, infotainment system and OS for the cars.

He compares the his in-laws' Tesla Model Y to his Chevy Volt... this comparison is so stupid, I don't know where to start. Let me just say that Tesla made its own infotainment system, while GM bought whatever crap the suppliers gave them... and happened to come with better/expensive Bluetooth audio license. This kind of car design however is not sustainable, as GM never made a profit on the Volt. They kept losing money until they finally shut the program down. Outsourcing everything doesn't work... and that's what Linus seems to want here, an expensive licensing fee payed to Apple/Google (for Apple Carplay or Android Auto) or to whoever holds the license for high quality Bluetooth audio.

Long story short, I'm sure Tesla is working on it, and at some point they will upgrade the Bluetooth audio experience, but that is absolutely not a priority.

Linus Sebastian is wrong - a continuation of the F Linus promotional campaign

The greeting "F Linus" comes from a relatively recent event, when Linuses MCN wrongfully hit a lot of tech Youtube channels with copyright strikes. These channels had the same benchmark software in their videos as LMG, that was their crime. After a proper backlash from the youtuber's fans, Linus called the whole thing "drama", even though his actions were 100% wrong and could have terminated channels, taking away the creator's livelihoods. Later he tweeted that "the problem was resolved" but DID NOT apologize, nor did he acknowledge it was his fault.

This video is episode two, aka. another major public F-up from the guy who supposed to research stories, before he runs his mouth in public, misinforming millions of viewers. Originally it was in an episode of the WAN show, later got clipped to LMG clips. This time it's about his experience buying a Tesla for his in-laws.

Linus says:

1. On delivery they (Tesla employees) have this expectation that there will be something wrong with the car

A: Yes, you ignorant fool. Tesla cars made in California have to be rushed, in order to get the customer's money as quickly as possible. Any delay would cost the customer 5-15 thousand dollars more.

In the traditional car dealership model the cars have time to sit on the lot, and you pay extra for that time. It's not common practice to inspect or fix cars on dealerships lots, maybe if they are bored they do something.

2. Fix the problems before the customer takes ownership of the car

A: If you did your job, mr. CEO, editor and journalist of Linus MEDIA Group, you would have found out that Tesla delivery centers are not dealerships nor service centers. They DELIVER ~200 cars per day, so there's absolutely no time to fix more than 10-20 of them every day, especially if it's the end of a quarter. It's absolutely the best solution to not charge you an extra 15K USD to receive a ~perfect car.

3. Anti-consumer practice

A: That I may agree with to some degree... but then again, no manufacturer tests all their computers or phones before sending them out to stores and customers. A significant percentage of all consumer products arrive DOA and/or break in the first year of use. I believe it's around 20%, and that situation is far worse than the superficial issues found in Teslas (only the ones made in California).

4. Tesla's culture is to overengineer some weird solution, rather than just take the normal path

A: That is just dumb. If you knew what you're talking about, you'd know that "the normal path" here would mean extra cost to you and basically Tesla wouldn't exist, due to the astronomical cost of delays.

Luke:

1. Linus attacked by Tesla fanboys

A: Luke is no longer a journalist nor editor, so I give him a pass. He's just not a very knowledgeable person in general. He works at Float Plane and that's where his head is, you can't blame him for doing mostly his job. 

If you're still reading, be assured that this story is only about California. Teslas made in China are already the best quality cars the country, with the least customer complaints. The Texas and Berlin factories will also have excellent build quality ... hopefully they'll shut down and sell the California factory, which is way too expensive to run and a logistics nightmare.

I am so smart

 So very very smart. Big brain guaranteed. 👍

Understanding Tesla's new vehicle line-up (may change)

A lot has happened at Tesla in the past few weeks, but customers are probably more interested in the products, which are available in the US right now, the most exciting of which are the 38K USD Model 3 SR+ and upcoming Model Y Long Range RWD for only 45K USD.

Model 3:

• Standard Range RWD 220 mile 35K USD
• Standard Range Plus RWD 250 mile 38K USD
• Long Range AWD 322 mile 47K USD
• Performance AWD 299 mile 55k USD

Model Y:

• Long Range AWD 316 mile 50K USD
• Performance AWD 291 mile 60K USD

Model S:

• Long Range Plus AWD 402 mile 75K USD
• Performance AWD 348 mile 95K USD

Model X:

• Long Range Plus AWD 351 mile 80K USD
• Performance AWD 305 mile 100K USD

So these are the electric cars available right now, all capable of DC quick charging at up to 250kW at Tesla Superchargers and public charging stations (like Electrify America).

UPCOMING PRODUCTS:

[1.] As I said in the beginning of the article, Model Y Long Range RWD is coming in a few months for around 45K USD with a range of "much greater than 300 miles", as it will keep the most efficient rear motor and won't accelerate as brutally as the higher end Model Y configurations. We should expect around 5 seconds 0-60mph.

[2.] The second product coming this year is the Tesla Semi truck, which has been in development since the end of 2017, when the two prototypes were unveiled. They will most likely start production by the end of the year, but according to the CEO's tweets, they already made at least 10-20 preproduction units.

Even though the Tesla Semi was meant for transporting cargo, the price starts at 150K USD for the 300+ mile range configuration, which makes it almost affordable for towing your camper. Do realize that with its ~500kWh battery pack it can power an average travel trailer for days, maybe even weeks with the AC on and proper refrigerator, water heater...etc... The range should also be around 500 miles with a very light trailer.

[3.] Although it wasn't officially confirmed after the human mallware thing delayed things, it's an open secret that a major refresh is coming to the Tesla Model S, which will include a bigger battery, a wider body and a three-motor "Plaid" configuration, capable of much better acceleration and efficiency at high speeds.

The test mules were filmed and photographed testing at Germany's Nurburgring, achieving an unofficial record 20 seconds better than the Porsche Taycan Turbo S. They were scheduled to enter production "this summer", but then the virus came, everything got delayed and we haven't heard anything about it since. In theory, we'll see the new Model S before or at the September 22. shareholder meeting/battery day.... that makes the most sense.

[4.] The Cybertruck is coming in 2021. It's unclear where they'll make it and what the target production volume is, but the Cybertruck is the most simple to build Tesla to date. The only thing holding it back is battery supply, as even the cheapest Cybertruck will need at least a 130kWh battery pack to achieve the promised 250 mile range... and they are not starting with the base model, but with the two-motor and three-motor variants, promising 300+ and 500+ mile range .... so ... yeah...

Cybertruck 2021:

• Standard Range AWD 300 mile 50K USD
• Long Range AWD tri-motor 500 mile 70K USD
• 2022: Standard Range RWD 250 miles 40K USD