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Stephen Troy

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20+ years in auto. Currently writing about making smart choices when buying a car.

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3 months
Depreciated electric vehicles are an insane value for most car buyers today. This is true, but not pushed much, because there's no money in it for anybody. Cars are among the most expensive purchases people make, so the savings can be significant. The depreciation in 1/7
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@thesamparr You’re taking about vehicles with no CarPlay and aftermarket was shaky. Legacy navigation is a nightmare to go back to. LR Model X between 2019 and 2020. Car seats are super easy with the rear doors. Insane value currently the way luxury EVs depreciate. Not a close call IMO.
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@bryan_johnson How could you possibly know.
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4 days
@HeerJeet @Tyler_A_Harper Going after Wall Street made sense because of the bailouts and culture rot there was clearly a rigged game. Americans admire success though. If you have Bs who share Dem values on economics, social issues, and taxes, it’s dumb to lump them in.
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5 days
@mattyglesias @waitbutwhy Work in automotive and the industry is notoriously small-c conservative. Before anti-EV it was hybrids, rear cameras, airbags, seatbelts. Tesla owners, before recent Elon behavior, overwhelmingly said they will not go back to a gas car. EVs are better in most uses.
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5 days
@bendreyfuss Places with higher quality tables will not send ice by default, because the glass condensation drips down and damages the porous table material with rings. I can’t tell where that is, but if that table’s not synthetic, that’s likely why.
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7 days
@HumblTumbl @Stealx @AdamB1438 That was the weirdest thing to me when I went to LA was the variety of housing on a single block. In my Chicago suburb neighbors can push back on subtle aesthetic choices.
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7 days
@Stealx @SeanODowd15 Could it be the original buyer demanded this feature and then backed out? I know this area and I just can’t imagine how that could happen.
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7 days
@HumblTumbl @Stealx @AdamB1438 In Wilmette the neighbors would make sure they did. Zoning would get a call during the project.
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8 days
@landforce The funny thing about this is all the off course golf and strength & conditioning opportunities that have been thoroughly vetted in sports where the participants spend way less money. Golf is sprinting out of the 1970s and it’s a little mind boggling.
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8 days
@MatznerJon He’d have gotten savaged today. “Aurelius is a cuck lolkthxbai”
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Stephen Troy
8 days
@BorrowmanScott @AP_dreamchase Scott, do any of your guys deal with annoying wrist injuries, and how do they mitigate?
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Stephen Troy
9 days
@mattyglesias Probably more fair to say they’re out of fashion in specific areas. These exist on the right.
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Stephen Troy
10 days
@TheCannaUnknttr @tominco @FredericLambert Those are pretty specific definitions. What are you saying qualifies for each?
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Stephen Troy
10 days
@lennysan I feel like a lot of people say this until they finish the last episode
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Stephen Troy
11 days
@ShaneAParrish This would make an amazing advertisement for Adderall.
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Stephen Troy
11 days
@signulll Not sure how you define self driving cars, that term is usually associated with Tesla. I have one with FSD, and use it every drive, but it would have an accident at least once a month without interventions. Things were nearly perfect is good enough will probably come first.
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12 days
@FredericLambert I think this is a bad decision, but US Govt employees are expressly prohibited from expressing political opinions in email. They do not enjoy the same free speech protections they do off the clock.
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13 days
@FredericLambert This is exactly right. If Optimus can do 99% if things for pizza delivery, and a teleoperator steps in where needed you are going to get a lot of use cases very quickly. Nobody dies if you make a mistake like FSD.
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