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This has nothing to do with EVs, and likely all new Hyundais do (or will?) use this same diagnostic system.

For comparison, Teslas do not require purchase of their software for basic maintenance, the service mode that is accessible to the user is amazing, has so many diagnostics tools available for free.

Oh and by the way, from my experience Teslas don’t ever need brake pads replaced unless you are taking the car to the track. I suspect the same is true for most other EVs.


Tesla was locked down for a long time. The service manuals were only made available in the beginning to people living in new hampshire (?)

I believe you have to own a car and log in to access all of this stuff.


Good. They not only suspended his account, but also removed his last video where he encouraged the protesters to go home and be peaceful.

Removal of that video on all platforms affected the public opinion enormously.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZB8kjR4nYzk


You don’t have to like the name or the current administration but to call it a typo is a bad faith effort on your part.


I took it as humorous.


Heat pumps on cars can go well below freezing without any issues.


Let’s have restaurants raise prices to cover employee salaries, and make it illegal for them to ask for tips. Customers who want to tip need to do so without solicitation. (Not sure how this would work with credit card terminals though).


As the owner of a bakery/cafe - thankfully in a country where tipping isn't normal - changing prices to cover costs isn't a simple thing to do, unfortunately. Customers are extremely sensitive to price changes, and expect certain price points. We have 7% inflation, and our suppliers have no problem raising their prices to reflect that. But we can't match them easily. 50k and 100k VND are prices that customers orient around here. In the US the equivalent might be $10 and $20, where one is cheap for a meal, the other is expensive.

Notice that those are just round numbers rather than specific values. What happens when inflation means that $10 is no longer sustainable for a meal? You can either increase the price and weather all of your regulars complaining, and new customers viewing you as an expensive location. Or, you can cut costs.

The same applies if you have a sudden new expense. Say, taxes go up. Or you decide to stop requesting tips and start paying staff a living wage (something I'm strongly in favor of). Then you'll need to increase all prices by 30%. Do you think your customers will be happy? No way! And even those customers who do support and agree with you, subconsciously they'll still be comparing you to other places that haven't done this and your place will be comparatively expensive and they'll come less often. Yes, even if they end up paying less after factoring in tips. Customers (in general) are not rational that way.

Then the only option is legislation so that everywhere changes at once. And good luck with that!


You either raise prices, cut costs, or go out of business. All are valid options.


The terminals are the problem. If people would abandon a cashless lifestyle they can tip normally without the electronic shame box.


All that will happen is people will develop scar tissue and just not tip anymore. People used to be polite and be nice when they picked up the phone from some number they didn't recognize. Scam artists USE this old custom to scam people. Well, most people don't even pick up the phone any more and for people that have to, like myself, the instant I recognize a cold call, I just hangup. I don't feel guilty about it anymore, in fact, I feel empowered.

Tipping at terminals is going to happen the same way. The idea that some minimum wage person is gonna recognize you, let alone still working at these places will key you in on this is just something that will go away.

Tip at a sitdown restaurant, that's normal. Tipping at a terminal for takeout, screw that.


That cold calls are typically IVR removes any residual embarrassment over just hanging up.


I normally pay cash for food anyways as I don't want my eating habits data-mined for some future insurance penalty, etc.


An obvious question is: what were the 60 minutes team doing on this exact ship? There is got to be more to this story.


We simply wouldn’t need “g” and would say that acceleration due to gravity on earth is sqrt(pi).


When these articles talk about “EVs” almost all the time what they REALLY mean is “non-Tesla EVs”.


Not if the algorithm is cracked and the supply of bitcoin increases. It’s possible for bitcoin to go to zero. Shouldn’t happen, but it can.


The supply wouldn’t even be increasable if SHA256 is cracked


3.92V is very conservative, that is a good voltage for long term storage even. It should be safe to charge to 4.05-4.10V regularly.


The NASA research really does support a 4.1V absolute maximum, with every reduction in charge voltage a dramatic increase in battery lifetime.


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