Ewan Makepeace
@ewanmakepeace
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@russelljkaplan
You fix her terminal - and it just connects to another sever that is down.
It’s turtles all the way down.
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@stevenmarkryan
@elonmusk
“You just pass a law”. You mean Congress right? I see a flaw in the plan.
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@NoContextHumans
Well when they steal your money 100 times by offering grippers that don’t grip, it all seems fair!
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@Congressman_JVD
Fibreglass contains fibres of glass (weird huh) and is best not handled with bare hands.
Goes for cars, boats, surf boards and lots of stuff.
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@SwannMarcus89
Worked for Napoleon and Hitler. Of course sometimes going in is the easy part…
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@AnonymousLeftie
I am having Deja vu. Over in France Macron called a snap election, forced the far right to show their cards and win the first round only to mobilise huge turnout in the second round that saw them soundly defeated.
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@GarrAarghHrumph
Wow - so nice to be reminded of some of the positives for a change. Safe travels!
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🧵 Having spent over 20 years in Indonesia I wanted to give my thoughts on yesterday's news that Tesla $TSLA was 'nearing' a deal to build production facilities in Indonesia:
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@WorkaholicDavid
Not at all. Vision Pro is very expensive but delivers.
Humane pin is almost as expensive (over say a three year lifespan) and fails to deliver on almost all its promises.
This is Apple vs the rest writ large - and the reason Apple is so trusted.
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@WillManidis
I was today years old when I learn't anti-murder billboards were a thing... how strange!
What % of potential murderers are so on the fence that a billboard will sway them I wonder?
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@sturgios
I was scammed by someone pretending to be a business partner in the US. I asked him to call me and he tried to make excuses, but I insisted and he actually called!
Thick Indian accent pretending to be a 60yo white pilot from Michigan. Hilarious.
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@elonmusk
To be fair $700m in 1937 would be almost $15B today. Wouldn’t be such a fun comparison then?
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@GergelyOrosz
I spent $1000’s on Sonos gear when it first came out 10 years ago. 2 of their remotes, 4 speakers and a couple of bridges.
Then they changed the app and the comms protocol and orphaned us all. I will NEVER trust them again.
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@IDoTheThinking
Apple Maps UI is nicer but in most countries Google is more complete. And of course for public transit Apple is not even in the game.
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@Teslaconomics
It's just the center of mass - pickup has a light bed at back and heavy engine at the front, so it cannot be supported with nothing under one front tyre.
That does not make it 'worse' - just different.
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@theapplehub
Its kind of funny to see Apple hiding behind the fact that in Europe they are less popular than WhatsApp...
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@aitchrobertson
Uk has always had cell coverage significantly worse than most third world countries. For example Indonesia had largely 100% coverage across 15,000 islands by 2010.
It blows my mind to be driving around and find dead spots - in 2024 no less.
Of course Indonesia is served by a
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@enjojoyy
Don’t judge a book by its cover. All that complexity still exists - it is just moved internally with cast flow paths etc.
In software terms they are presenting a clean interface and making the implementation details private.
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@Grady_Booch
Remember when fourth generation more natural languages would replace programming?
Turned out they were no different than less friendly languages. So we invented fifth generation graphical programming to make coding extinct.
That did not pan out either.
New decade, same plan.
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@SawyerMerritt
Remember the shock when Ford adopted NACS? Then everyone else fell like dominoes (barring a couple of stubborn lemmings).
So it was when BP announced they were buying Tesla chargers, and now this. Expect a tsunami of similar announcements by years end.
Obviously there is some
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@ashleevance
@MrBeast
You can’t run until you are 35 but you can at 86? How does that make sense?
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@PicturesFoIder
“I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.”
George Best
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@levelsio
Same argument was used against the Japanese in my youth. It is generally a lazy cop out to dismiss their success.
Not much point expending resources innovating when you are behind.
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@interpretantion
That’s because they won. Easier to forgive when you have humiliated your opponent.
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@lord_vizsla
@Sargon_of_Akkad
That is not "Real Men" - that is insecure men who are worried they are not the biggest or best!
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@Scobleizer
They also have Apple TV+, their own source of high quality video content. How convenient, it's almost as if they saw this day coming?
Would not be surprised to find that some of them were filmed for 3D...
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@jk_rowling
Wow - the replies are full of “yes, but” messages 😰
How hard is it to agree that all children should feel safe walking to school?
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@tunguz
Doesn’t this go through Canada? But I guess all the European posts were international so hate the game not the players!
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@appltrack
I suspect Twitter has asked if they can implement the $8 checkmark payments in the app without paying 30% commission and Apple said no. When Epic tried that Apple kicked them off - same would apply to Twitter.
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@yifever
If you think that is bad Australia has three different rail gauges. In 2023. Meaning that trains cannot cross the country freely.
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@bryancsk
In the oilfield we have a saying “Lord, grant me one more boom. I promise not to piss it all away this time."
Look at the number of broke rock stars and lottery winners.
When wealth arrives suddenly it is hard to hang onto.
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@SawyerMerritt
If they have a 50% cost advantage why have they won only 18% of the bids and 11% of the funding?
“So far, Tesla is the winning bidder to build chargers at about 18% of the sites selected by states using the federal dollars to fund fast chargers, more than any other company,
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@JoshEakle
@LeftwardSwing
No airline offered that product. It was mocked up by Boeing to promote the 747.
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@GergelyOrosz
I don’t often agree with Elon on politics but he is right: this is cancel culture at its worst.
X reflects both ends of the spectrum. Look hard enough and everyone will find something they oppose. But that is the point - it is inclusive, diverse and reflects the real world.
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@DanPriceSeattle
Had those deaths occurred in the US it would be a very different story.
Different situation I know but remember BP were fined $20B for Deepwater Horizon.
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10. I hope you've found this thread helpful.
Follow me
@ewanmakepeace
for more.
Like/Retweet the first tweet below if you can:
🧵 Having spent over 20 years in Indonesia I wanted to give my thoughts on yesterday's news that Tesla $TSLA was 'nearing' a deal to build production facilities in Indonesia:
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@GwVillager
We should have started at the top and worked South. No way the last stretch to London would have been cancelled.
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@MattWallace888
There are plenty of women working offshore now. This post is uninformed sexism.
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@kelseyhightower
It’s an awful IDE. Literally the worst of JetBrains, Eclipse, NetBeans and Visual Studio. The only reason people use it is because they have to.
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@GergelyOrosz
I had this recently - bought a MacBook on the US Apple site using my UK card. Transaction was successful but then my bank blocked the card.
But this is shutting the door after the horse has bolted - if my bank requires TFA to have confidence in the authenticity why can’t they
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@yifever
Sure they should standardise - but which half gets to buy all new appliances?
The short term cost is bigger than the perceived benefit.
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@tomgara
Cinemas have night vision cameras to detect people pirating movies. It may even be a requirement of the studios.
Could be this theatre also shows movies sometimes?
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@alex_avoigt
What if instead of sails they fitted wind generators (and electric or diesel electric propulsion). That way they could get the benefit even (especially) into the wind?
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@benjaminbutter
There are rich pensioners, there are poor pensioners but then there are a large number of pensioners who are doing ok today but surely will die in poverty.
Most of the cocky commenters on X seem to have no grasp of how fragile the economics of retirement truly are.
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4. Cons of Indonesia as a manufacturing base.
1. Widespread corruption - especially at the ports where both imports and exports can be held hostage.
2. Labour laws are tough and applied unequally to foreign entities.
3. The investment climate is unstable.
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@d_feldman
It’s not even just light hitting camera sensor and being transmitted from the screens.
For every frame captured by the camera the hardware needs to calculate where the AR elements occlude the view (based on accelerometer and magnetometer data) composite them into the view,
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@krracaboz
@techAU
All that sunshine dripping into the water table - might end up in tap water. Ugh. ☀️
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@cvalente28
Are you kidding me?
1. 4M views
2. 51k likes
3. 4.2K reposts.
People care. This has huge reach.
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@appleinsider
@WGallagher
Not sure why all the hate here - this is what a real leader looks like: not afraid to empower his subordinates to take his job.
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@VictoriaFutures
There was a time when we couldn’t afford not to have kids if we wanted to be looked after in old age…
Now we can’t afford to have them - and don’t get looked after even if we do 🤣
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@cybertruck
A longer crumple zone is still superior to a shorter one - the occupants are literally decelerating to a standstill over that distance.
However ICE trucks with long hoods are not necessarily better - because that big engine doesn’t crumple.
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@DarthPutinKGB
“The research she published was incompatible with life”
There I fixed it for you.
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1. Source of the rumour?
While I have seen several in the $TSLAQ group claiming that this is a deliberate leak from Tesla to pump the stock, that feels unlikely. I suspect this came from the Indonesian Investment ministry in an attempt to look good and boost their image.
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6. Export Car Market
Indonesia is well located for exports to Australia and New Zealand to the south, Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand to the North and perhaps India and the Middle East to the West.
I live in Qatar and am driving an Indonesian made Toyota.
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3. Also:
1. Imported CBU cars are subject to a 50% tariff which is a large advantage for domestic production.
2. There are huge reserves of Nickel but also Manganese, Copper and others.
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@DrKnowItAll16
I want a mode that will get me to my destination with a nearly full battery - the route planner always wants me to arrive empty.
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2. Pros of Indonesia as a manufacturing base.
Indonesia is lovely and I love it dearly. Expats assigned to work there often do not leave, the people are wonderful and you have Bali on your doorstep. Labour costs are low - avg manufacturing salaries in Q3 were $193/month.
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@SoVeryBritish
“Mrs Smegma came in with a tray of tea things and a plate of biscuits of the sort that I believe are called teatime variety, and everyone stirred friskily to life, rubbing their hands keenly and saying, `Ooh, lovely.’ To this day, I remain impressed by the ability of Britons of
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5. Domestic Car Market
The car market in Indonesia is under 1m units, but with a rapidly expanding middle class is growing quite fast. However incomes are low and so without a low cost offering the domestic market would be small for Tesla.
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@DillonLoomis22
@TeslaPodcast
Hey Dillon, I actually got pulled into Tesla orbit by Steven Ryan, but now find him a bit grating. Have tried all the You Tube channels but now primarily watch yours. You are fast, relatively unbiased, teach where needed and generally informative. I could ask for no more.
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@Dima_heyqq
@uhmeh_
The thesis is that US is a winner takes all capitalist system where a few make off with all the winnings, which works best for national GDP but worst for the average individual - few billionaires, mostly overworked under appreciated workers.
Conversely European system ensures
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8. MegaFactory
I could totally envision a MegaFactory (like Lathrop) building Solar, Powerwalls, Megapacks and perhaps even batteries as a first step.
The domestic market should be significant and there are strong export markets nearby as well.
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7. Energy Market
Electrical generation is almost all from coal (they have large reserves) and entrenched interests have largely stalled most Solar, Wind and Geothermal energy projects. The grid is also not equipped to handle electrification
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@ggreenwald
The USA dithered for years before deciding to enter the Second World War. In the end they did so (at huge cost) but I see few today saying that decision was wrong. To a lesser extent the same is true of the First World War. If you don’t draw a line, the line comes for you.
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@alex_avoigt
The International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) said after the initial inspection of the vessel that to date, “no fire onboard a ro-ro (roll-on/roll-off) or PCTC (Pure Car and Truck Carrier) has been proven to have been caused by a factory-new EV”.
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@Scobleizer
Yup. This is the first Apple device that you REALLY want to try out in person, and that requires a personal fit.
Huge advantage. So what happens in countries with no Apple stores?
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@igorsushko
That looks like a mighty important road (or is it rail?) line down from Kursk to Kharkiv skirting Belgorod.
Cut that and the troops in Kharkiv are hard to resupply?
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@MegaWattXinfo
McKinseys forecast is 4.7TWh by 2030. Truth is nobody knows for sure.
HOWEVER demand will decrease again by 2025 because these batteries last 10-20 years. It’s not like oil where we keep consuming, the market will start to saturate.
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@BasedBeffJezos
How is this stealing IP? Presses are hardly advanced tech and he literally told them what he needed (“same same but bigger”)
This is just business.
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@LyssCreations
@emilykmay
Pretty much the whole of SE Asia have wash sprays next to, or fitted in, their toilets. Tissue is then for drying and goes in the bin provided and NOT in the toilet as they typically have weak plumbing and/or cess pit.
Foreigners never know what to do when they see the sign
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@JoyceWhiteVance
Whats more shocking than that Trump is picking Sunset towns?
THAT USA STILL HAS SUNSET TOWNS????
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@Simon_P_Hannah
@SLC_Repayment
If we really want to do student loans, they should at least be interest free. In my day the govt paid it all. By charging interest they are just being greedy.
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