We have both a Model Y (late-2020) and Model 3 (2022), and the 50-60% estimate definitely reflects my experience with the MY. Not so much the M3.
I chalk it up to doing most of my driving (90%) on California freeways going 70+ mph most of the time. Understandable that the range is reduced since the batteries are being expended more, but this issue is definitely the biggest complaint I have with our Teslas so I'm tracking this story closely.
Are you me? I have the exact same symptoms, especially the left arm pain and panic attacks. Full heart checkup and nothing was found to be wrong but I always suspected it had to do with my nervous system.
Yup, that sounds like a badly wired myocardial pain circuit.
There are well known instances, like the Markus-Gunn syndrome where the mastication commands projects onto eyelid muscles. Similar bugs may occur in other circuits.
You should read about TMS by John Sarno (see divided mind). Maybe it can help you too like it helped me. Your symptoms sound a lot like it but ofcourse you need to read it and decide.
Not the original grandfather, but I'm a fellow migraineur. I read Sarno's book, and found it to be unhelpful. From what I remember, the gist of it is that "unresolved emotions" cause a great deal of physical problems in some patients. That's not a theory I'm willing to trust.
How has Airbnb not been sanctioned by more local governments seeking to curb this behavior? Just like Napster, Uber, and all of the other "sharing economy" apps that have popped up in the past 20 years, Airbnb's profit model hinges on the ability of its users to skirt local laws and operate in this very gray area.
It seems like very short-sighted planning by city councils who impose some nominal license/approval fee in exchange for the long-term health of their own communities. I don't see how this is sustainable.
I'm all for some implementation of UBI, or more broadly, less inequality in society, but the numbers just don't add up to support it (yet).
Even if you took all of the US Federal transfer programs (Social Security, Medicare, etc...) AND taxed the top 1% at a 90+% rate, you'd still fall short of the amount needed to distribute a basic income to reach the minimum poverty level for the masses.
Surprised this isn't higher given the demographics of HN. Another one that felt similar to me, but more focused on mass media specifically and its effect on society, was Amusing Ourselves to Death by Neil Postman. Be warned, you will have a very dim view of the future of humanity if you read all the way through.
Don't forget California also has one of the higher population growths rates in the country. There's still no serious long-term plan for how California is going to handle droughts in the future proposed by any lawmakers, and the gridlock between farmers v population centers, norcal v socal will continue.
$100B isnt really all that much as compared to California's GSP of $2.5T [0]. The US spent, percentage wise, quite a bit more on the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan: $2.4T [1] out of $18.6T GDP [2].
Interesting take, but isn't this also the motivation for companies to automate as much of their workforce as possible? Nobody really wants to take orders at McDonald's for $9/hour and Ronald McOwner doesn't want to pay his workers $15+ when the minimum wage gets raised so he installs automated kiosks to take customer orders. Theoretically, those workers who lost their jobs to the machines are "freed" to pursue more productive ventures, but what we've actually been seeing is the 1% capturing that capital even more (as the poster above noted).
I think we're getting to a point where society is going to have to accept that vast swaths of the population are simply not necessary or otherwise employable, in the modern labor force, and hopefully, treating "labor" as an expendable market resource becomes an archaic concept, similar to how we view human slavery.
The problem is, the 1% will not change on their own, that has never been the case. The incentives are just not there for them to want to.
Having attended school in California at a community college, UC, and finally an elite, private university I couldn't more agree with your characterization. I don't know how much I would agree with the claim that the stratification was purposefully constructed (I'd argue it's more of a reflection of American society writ large - i.e. successful parents have more resources to ensure their kids are successful), but otherwise this rings very true.
I chalk it up to doing most of my driving (90%) on California freeways going 70+ mph most of the time. Understandable that the range is reduced since the batteries are being expended more, but this issue is definitely the biggest complaint I have with our Teslas so I'm tracking this story closely.