Stochastic Contemplations.

[worth1]

19 police officers have been indicted for doing their job and following orders by the DA Austin has.

[worth1]

Big grand opening of Giga Texas Tesla plant today.
15000 invited guests.
Huge party from 4 to 11:30 pm.

[Sue_CT]

Good luck getting chips to make the Teslas with.

[worth1]

Muskies gonna be there I drive past the place every day.

[mikestuff49]

Good luck getting chips to make the Teslas with.

They delivered 310,000 of them last quarter, so they aren't having a ton of problems finding them. I know a lot of manufacture takes place in house, so that helps a lot.

[karstopography]

https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/04/investin ... index.html

Elon Musk is now the largest shareholder in Twitter. He’s been a big critic of Twitter.

He recently ran a Twitter poll asking his followers whether they believe Twitter rigorously adheres to the principle of free speech — 70% said no — and another poll asking whether its algorithms should be open source — 83% responded yes. Both polls attracted more than 1 million responses.

[worth1]

Tesla has plants all over the place making different things even here in the US.
Look up Giga Texas and see just how huge this plant is.

https://www.tesla.com/giga-texas#:~:tex ... Cybertruck.

[Sue_CT]

Wonder why Tesla can get 310,000 and other companies can't. Are you saying they make their own chips? I know we are currently investing in manufacturing chips here but I don't' know how many companies actually have that capability. I don't think it is something you start doing in a day. And of course, you have to have the raw materials to make the chips as well. That is going to be an issue even if we make our own. https://www.google.com/search?q=will+th ... Po9-x6AE16

[worth1]

I saw a Tesla sitting graveyard dead in the middle of the highway last week.
No warning lights flashing or anything.

On the way home Thursday there were several Teslas next to me heading the event.
They couldn't drive in the proper lane to make the left turn at highway 973.
The whole bunch of them cut across traffic blocking it to make the turn.
Horns honking everywhere.
If you look at the picture there are 5 lanes of traffic.
The top two turn left the middle goes straight as well as the lanes to the right.
I'm in the forth lane from top as always.
The Tesla were in the middle to my left.
Every one of them cut off the cars turning left.

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[karstopography]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/arielcohen ... 1e4ff16189

Tesla, in fact, does make its own chips. Started the effort back in 2016. Looks like it was a good move.

[Sue_CT]

Doesn't help as much if you can't get the raw materials to make them. I assume they had a stock pile of the raw materials, so who knows if/when those materials could be used up faster than they can be replaced due to the Russian/Ukraine situation. I have an old car, 14 years old to be exact. Hoping it lasts until this is over. I don't want to have to buy a car right now. It is still very reliable, just starting to need the expected repairs, like a muffler. I just passed 100,000 miles on it and the original Hybrid battery, so fingers crossed. I should be able to get more than 100,000 on a Toyota.

[worth1]

I think the hydrogen cell cars are the way to go.
And I think Tesla is working on them too.
No waiting for a battery to charge.
Just fill up with hydrogen.
Another thing is Chrysler is getting rid of the Hemi yet again.
Moving to Straight six configuration.
I wonder if the will still have the Hemi type value train and pistons.
In reality the in line 6 is a very reliable and high mileage engine and the reason you see them almost exclusively in big trucks.
They are also inherently balanced because they are basically two 3 cylinder engines.

[karstopography]

https://www.energy.gov/eere/fuelcells/h ... -resources
Hydrogen can and is being made from wind and solar generated electricity. One way to “store” the energy from inconsistent sources like the wind and sun is to use it to make Hydrogen. Hydrogen combustion doesn’t produce any CO2 or CO.
Toyota, Honda, possibly others have Hydrogen fuel cell cars already being produced and marketed in limited areas. Just not enough places to get the hydrogen yet.

[rxkeith]

coyote sighting no. 2 interrupted breakfast today.
i had gotten up from the table to get something from the fridge, and took a quick glance out the kitchen window
just in time to see a coyote emerging from the woods in back, and making a rapid bee line toward the yard.
i jammed on shoes, and hit the ground running, ran up the snow bank, hollerin. i didn't get far. i kept sinking into
the snow up to my knees. i never did see the coyote once i was outside, so no telling what direction it went.
normally i'll chase the buggers until they are out of sight, and then wait a bit to see if they circle around, and come back.
if i can chase them off without losing a chicken, they tend to stay away from the yard during the day time hours.
i prefer non lethal measures when possible. i know coyotes get a real bad rap in most parts. hunters here don't like them
because coyotes will prey on fawns. i like to think that coyotes keep the three Rs in check, rodents, rabbits, and raccoons.
i also want to think that coyotes keep the foxes away, no proof that they do, but if you have a fox problem, you have a PROBLEM.
life in the wild kingdom.


keith

[worth1]

We've had coyotes pull and eat calves as they were being born.
Pretty gruesome to see that.
Used to shoot them out my bedroom window with a 25-06 long range.
First one I ever shot was with a 30 Gibbs in the 7th grade.

[worth1]

Musk turns down seat on the board of directors at Twitter.
This allows him to buy all the stock he wants.
Many speculate a move for a hostile takeover.

[karstopography]

Elon Musk has been very public about his disdain for some of Twitter’s policies.

I’ve become a fan of Elon Musk. Maybe I should not be. He seems to be trying to shake up the status quo on a lot of things. I think he might be good for America, but could understand if someone didn’t see it that way. Is Elon Musk himself set in stone, codified, or are his ideas in a state of continuing evolution? He does seem to have some measure of common sense and some of these “elites” absolutely lack down to the atom any common sense.

[worth1]

Musky makes offer to Twitter.
Twitter tweeking out..
Tweek out Twitter.
Tweet tweet goes the Twitter.
Tweet tweet.

[Sue_CT]

How is Gov. Abbott looking to Texans lately? Is there wide support for his tactics to search trucks coming over the border?

[Tormahto]

https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/04/investin ... index.html

Elon Musk is now the largest shareholder in Twitter. He’s been a big critic of Twitter.

He recently ran a Twitter poll asking his followers whether they believe Twitter rigorously adheres to the principle of free speech — 70% said no — and another poll asking whether its algorithms should be open source — 83% responded yes. Both polls attracted more than 1 million responses.

He has to deflect the news that his plant in China has been shut down for at least three weeks.