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Cake day: July 9th, 2023

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  • I don’t see how. This is just a continuation of what he was already doing, facilitated by a board of his friends and relatives.

    Even worse I have to say I’m not totally against it. All too often ceos get excessive pay regardless of their results. While I haven’t looked in detail not at the history, the claim is these are only for Tesla meeting some extremely ambitious milestones and the payment is stock. Certainly his previous ridiculous allay was in stock and Tesla had some extraordinary growth. If the stock doesn’t go up, then he should never receive that wealth

    If it’s truly contingent on the company growth and the board doesn’t throw him a life preserver, that’s not entirely bad. Excessive yes. Extremely excessive. Excessively excessive. But more execs need to have their wealth gated on actual results









  • To take myself as an example ….

    • all smart home stuff is arguably a gimmick. None of it is necessary, but for some of us it can add value or interest.
    • the resolution is plenty for many applications
    • I always liked the idea of a moving ticker for status or info, like the stock ticker. I assume this could
    • I always wanted a clock large enough to read without my glasses, without all the crap on the cheap ones, or maybe configurable to my choice of crap
    • I’m gradually putting together a house status alert system, and this is so much more expressive than the colored LEDs I’m looking at so far
    • this is so much more interesting, more of a statement than a simple screen
    • it’s local. We’re not locked into some god awful vendor portal
    • someone was creative, had an idea, packaged it nicely, and offered it to the world. I want to support that, encourage more of it

    I’m not sure if I’ll get one but it’s definitely tempting



    1. Not getting off the sofa. Video doorbell pops up on my watch, no matter where I happen to be, so I can immediately decide whether it can interrupt what I’m doing.
    2. Shut the hell up. Sometimes I turn off the chimes so I’m not bothered by yet another door to door sales drone. But I still have my watch in case whoever is at the door is legitimate
    3. Intercom. My kid sometimes want to tell me something without coming inside
    4. History. Yes, sometimes I want to scroll back through all motion trigger s in front of my door
    5. Wildlife. Minor feature but it is occasionally fascinating to see what animals amble in front of my door. I’m urban so it’s limited but we have turkeys and coyotes


  • For sure we should reduce overall travel.

    • To the extent people still work from home: we do. On days when I work from home I generally don’t use a motor vehicle for anything
    • to the extent we order online, we do. I rarely goto stores besides the grocery. Sorry retailers and local shopping advocates but a dedicated delivery vehicle is more efficient that you taking yours
    • I’ve seen gradual progress in train buildout from the 2022 infrastructure bill. It’s very slow, piecemeal, not dramatic but there are more transit options

  • Here in the US, the reasons people generally cheer for ICE vehicles boil down to how expensive EVs are here. Legacy manufacturers sell them only in premium trims and dealers tack on excessive profit to help discourage them - they truly are not affordable here.

    They don’t seem to understand this is a choice by legacy manufacturers, combined with protectionism bought by those same manufacturers.

    I suppose there’s a range concern but I don’t see how that has any validity. As people have more direct experience, that should mostly disappear. While there are never enough chargers, most of the population has high speed charging convenient to them and most homeowners can charge at home.