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Eric Vance Walton
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Write. Save. Travel. Repeat.
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RE: My First Cross-Country Drive in a Tesla (Part 2)
Good morning Luis! I'm glad you're enjoying the series and wish you a wonderful rest of the week!
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RE: My First Cross-Country Drive in a Tesla (Part 2)
Yep, FSD is pretty much full autonomy at this point—you just have to supervise it because autonomous vehicles aren't legal yet. The older version I'm on (v14.2.2.5) is already better than a human 99.9%
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RE: My First Cross-Country Drive in a Tesla (Part 2)
Not a stupid question at all! Yes, you can stay hands/feet off 100% of the time but the cameras track if you take your eyes off the road for too long and will nag you to pay attention (since the law still
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RE: My First Cross-Country Drive in a Tesla (Part 2)
It can be unnerving when the tech glitches like that. After it happened to me I just started watching out for it. The weird thing is FSD will handle the situation fine sometimes but will glitch other times.
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RE: My First Cross-Country Drive in a Tesla (Part 1)
Those are really cool but the limited range is what made me shy away from the Volkswagen ID Buzz. I love the design though. It would be an excellent everyday vehicle. Fuel prices are insane here too and
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RE: My First Cross-Country Drive in a Tesla (Part 1)
Yes, FSD is to the point it feels sentient. It's pretty crazy. It even reacts to hand signals if there are flagmen in construction zones. It's not perfect though. I'm going to explain some of the mistakes
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RE: My First Cross-Country Drive in a Tesla (Part 1)
$6 is insane! I think gas is around $8 in California now because of the additional taxes they have. Yeah, the additional time didn't take long for us to adjust to. Growing up whenever we'd take a road
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RE: My First Cross-Country Drive in a Tesla (Part 1)
The first time I used it I was uncomfortable, especially at four-way stops, but the car earned my trust pretty quickly. It's actually about 7x safer than a human driver at this point. It sees everything
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RE: My First Cross-Country Drive in a Tesla (Part 1)
The first long road trip definitely was an adventure. Now that I've learned to charge 10-20% above what the car's computer tells me to at each stop I think there will be far less range anxiety. I love
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RE: My First Cross-Country Drive in a Tesla (Part 1)
The cost savings was more than I anticipated. I was actually pretty shocked when I added everything up—I thought I missed something and went over the figures a couple of times. The time gain was a bit
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RE: Seekingth truth
I'm so sorry Lizelle! I hope you find some answers and healing soon. You'll be in our thoughts!
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RE: A Meaningful Glitch in the Matrix
Adirondack chairs are more of a thing here in America I think. They're so much more comfortable than they look like they'd be. That's a good example of the Baader-Meinhof phenomenon. It's like when you
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RE: A Meaningful Glitch in the Matrix
Wow, that's a wild example! I'm so glad you didn't get on that bus. I hope you're having a great week Nancy!
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RE: Better safe than sorry
It’s always smart to do the routine maintenance! It’s good that you found that defect before it became more of an issue. That kind of work is strangely satisfying. The wings look delicious! I’ve yet to
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RE: A Meaningful Glitch in the Matrix
I'd say that totally counts. It's almost as if you two were destined to meet at some point, or at least the odds were putting it in your favor. I never tire of hearing these kinds of stories. I think there
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RE: A Meaningful Glitch in the Matrix
They tend to become more noticeable once you're looking out for them. Some would say this is the "Baader-Meinhof phenomenon" but I like the "meaningful glitch" theory better. : )
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RE: More Rugs than Wayfair.com
That's really unfortunate about the projects built on HIVE being such a disappointment. I feel like the entire altcoin space has become more scammy this cycle. I think it's fine to call things as you see
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RE: The Bag, Bruno, and Another Goodbye
We've really cut down on how much we eat in restaurants because we're usually so underwhelmed. Quality has really gone down hill in the last five years. We still have some great local spots but they're
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RE: Chilling out in Procida, Italy
Thanks for the link! That will be really helpful for future trip planning. I've heard great things about Florence as well but it's so tough to see everything in one trip. I don't have much desire to see
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RE: The Bag, Bruno, and Another Goodbye
Thank you! It's not a huge deal though—I can't complain getting it for free. We've found from ordering things for our house that color can be a little off in online photos and that's probably what the
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