Insurance companies give people discounts based on driving habits good driving habits, like the lack of speeding and hard braking… which can be determined by gps. They also charge more for people that drive more miles per year because it exposes the vehicle to more possibilities of being involved in accidents.

It’s not unreasonable for them to ask for access to your gps data… it is definitely unreasonable for you to give them access to your gps data.

I always thought it was a huge concern to let the insurance company have gps access to my phone because it gives them exact times when I am away from my home.

Insurance companies’ more nefarious employees or employee’s friends have an exact playbook for when it’s safe to break into your home, how much money you have(based on how many and the types of cars you have policies on), how many people could be at home (insured on policy), credit rating… etc. It’s not data that you couldn’t get with a bit of research and time, but having a searchable database full of customer info makes it easy to list out hundreds of targets with little effort.

“Now” available on iOS in Aug 2024…

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So they can sell your browsing habits to other advertising firms and, ultimately, other manufacturers or service providers… so they can badger you with more targeted ads…

What happens if a business is losing money and can’t afford to employ its whole staff? Do they have to shut the whole business down instead of letting a certain percentage of underperformers go without cause? How is that handled in Europe?

I am genuinely asking because I have only ever experienced American employment.

Yes

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It was on sale for 12 wing wangs last week. May still be on sale… check it if you want

Based on the games in your list, you should check out Horizon: zero dawn and the sequel, Forbidden West. They’re great.

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Every had to clean up the mess from a boil-over on a gas range compared to a flat top, ceramic electric range?

Never going back…

It’s more of an antisocial network

Right. This is how it works. The marketplace sustained a value for watching entertainment at home (cable tv). When pricing outstretched customer desire to use the product, the business changed to start selling the service connection in addition to advertising to create another revenue stream. It got so ubiquitous that people don’t even remember that OTA tv was the majority solution for decades and was completely funded by ads. Eventually, prices stabilize and the business can only make more money by acquiring a larger share of the market or innovating something new. They’ll always try to increase that price, but it is balanced by how many customers choose to give up the service.

When streaming platforms disrupted that business model, they were cheap because they had to convince the marketplace to change. As adoption got more prolific, pricing changes to recoup early losses… then to increase value to become more attractive to the customer and gain more market share… then to increase profits.

We are still at the point you can cancel the service and jump around on a monthly basis, but the days of 12 month contracts are right around the corner… and they’re coming fast.

The Human Resources department at most large companies is there to protect the employer, not the worker.

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Agreed. I’ve been driving a 2017 model s for 4 years now. When I first got it, I drove aggressively and was surprised at how low the range was compared to advertised rates, often 20% lower, 60-70miles per charge. Once I realized that I was the problem and stopped using the accelerator like an on/off switch, I started getting higher than advertised mileage on every charge (and stopped eating through tires).

I was the EV equivalent to the jack-a-lacks that drive big trucks and coal-roll. Ever see one of those assholes complain about their mpg being under advertised rates?

EVs are moving from early adopters to the beginning stage of mass adoption, so there are going to be a lot of complaints from people shifting to a new product, just like all the bitching you hear when someone switch from Apple to android or vice-versa. There is a need to fill out the charging network (for those that travel a lot or can’t charge at home), and there is a learning curve to find the sweet spot in how to operate them. Those are things people are going to complain about, probably forever.

Fortunately, the benefits far outweigh the negatives. I don’t personally know anyone that has swapped from an ICE to a Tesla (I don’t have experience with any other EVs) that isn’t ecstatic at the minimal maintenance, the ability to charge at home, the built in tech that makes it easy to use, the level of comfort… etc.

I have a charger at the house, so I’ve only used a supercharger once in 4 years… and that was more of a range anxiety thing. Turns out I made the return trip home without stopping to charge and made it fine. I don’t have to budget time to stop on my way to work. I save money not buying shit at the convenience store while I fill up. I don’t have to deal with exorbitant and wildly fluctuating gas prices. My electric bill at home fluctuates more with outside temperature than when I started charging at home.

If you don’t regularly drive more than 300 miles in a day, an EV is a no-brainer. If you routinely drive 250-300 miles in a day, you should probably figure out the habitual changes you’ll have to make before you buy an EV.