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@suchnerve @CrazyWeeMonkey They have to do DC-DC conversion. The “direct” part just means they aren’t converting to AC first. But they’re also not just plugging solar panels straight into a battery. To do this at your home, your existing solar inverter won’t work. You’d need another power converter box.

@CrazyWeeMonkey So the question is how Aptera Motors does it.

EVs not supporting DC slow charging seems illogical in the context of so many people now having solar panel + home battery setups, which currently must invert their DC into AC only for an EV’s onboard power supply to turn it right back into DC - about 10 to 20% total power loss.

It’s also good for just answering questions while filling in the software. “What does this question mean?” Or “how should I fill this in?” I had a lot more confidence doing mine this year. I didn’t put the whole pdf into grok, but just some summary tables. But grok did calculate the same refund as the software. It still didn’t seem right. I used new software this year and my refund was higher than before. I thought I did something wrong. But grok explained the higher SALT cap thing and exactly how much that affected my refund.

.@grok just saved my sister $1,441 on her taxes. I had it check the turbotax output and it found a mistake. Seriously - 4.20 is very good with taxes.

@DirtyTesLa HW3 V14 lite?

Wide release of FSD 14.3 in a few weeks 😱😱

@cljack @patdennis Never greet your friend Jack from across the terminal.

Our flight is at gate C4. My second daughter said “Oh C4! Just like the [muffled sounds of being tackled by her sister]

@eevblog @rationalaussie Was going to say the same thing. As an electrical engineer, with experience in power systems, cabling design and test, standards compliance etc, I should be able to take a 4 week crash course to become an electrician. But nope, I’d have to start from scratch.

It's a protected gate kept industry in Australia Even qualified electrical engineers like myself can't get an electrical license (even a restricted one) without starting from scratch, going through the entire apprentice system. Insane. It didn't used to be like this, you could just sit the exam & get your license

The bigger question here - and the real problem - is why does it take 5 years to become an electrician? You're seriously gonna tell me the smartest white collar workers (soon to be unemployed) are effectively prohibited from getting employed as a lucrative tradesperson during the final period where human employment even matters, because of regulations? It's insane. A smart person could turbo charge this in 6 months. The West needs fast-track trades programs.

@jlwgreg @MeganNyvold I had a tax refund check lost in the mail last year. It wasn’t that hard to get a new one, but it did delay it by a couple months. More annoying than anything.

@MeganNyvold My guess is it’s tax related. That sh*t is a pain to get a hold of.

The lady that used to live in my apartment 10 months ago, who by the way, I have no idea who she is showed up today to the front desk and was like hey I’m here to pick up my mail and I was like girl I have returned that sender, and she flipped her shit?? Was I supposed 2 keep it?

@dosedpro @bluewmist Pretty much same. Go to gym after work, change clothes. Tell myself I can just do stretches and leave if I want. But since I’m already there I end up doing something. And even if it is a light day, better than nothing. Habit of going no matter what is best plan.

@bluewmist no trick. I just made a rule: never decide whether to go while sitting on the couch. put shoes on first. decide after. you'll go every time.

People who exercise even when they don't feel like it, what's your trick?

@jt_martin @verge I’m getting the opposite. Grok keeps telling me he’s not dead and all the claims of fake videos are misinformation.

We've reached the part of the timeline where a head of state has to film proof-of-life videos because Grok said he's a deepfake. In 2003 Saddam Hussein used body doubles and everyone debated which one was real. In 2026 you just need an AI chatbot to say "100% fake" and the conspiracy writes itself. The Turing test wasn't supposed to be applied to actual humans.

Benjamin Netanyahu is struggling to prove he’s not an AI clone theverge.com/tech/895453/ai…

@wholyv No one ever read them cover to cover. They’re reference books.

i just don’t get it what’s the point of reading programming books? or basically any technical book? like you aren’t gonna retain anything out of it anyways.

@abookofsymbols They have some great info at The American Museum of Tort Law in Connecticut. Interesting place.

nobody understands the “McDonalds coffee too hot” tort case and it bugs me so much. a 79 year old woman suffered third degree burns on 6% of her skin when she spilled the coffee she just bought! she was right!

@thekitze But what about iMessage?! lol

i swear to god i'm not baiting with this but after a few weeks of using android picking up my iphone is like using a toy phone... idk how i lived with that notification center, home screen, ai assistant, liquid bs and literally everything else even the battery life is better 💀

@on_da_spectrum It’s time. Embrace the New Balance dad shoes.

What the hell kind of shoes is a 28 year old man supposed to wear. Sneakers/skate shoes feel like that "fellow kids" meme. I'm not wearing boots every day, I'm not a construction worker or a folk singer. Don't get me started on dress shoes. Might as well just buy my funeral tux

@DirtyTesLa @aelluswamy He’s referring to HW3 upgrades.

@aelluswamy Upcoming tech referring toooo 😏😏

It really is! And the upcoming tech will make it even more so.

@noahhermanyt Why do they always have three stickers on the palm rest? It’s like when you buy a car and the dealer puts their logo on it. So tacky.

the costco laptop section is wild now 💀 $589 #MacBookNeo solid aluminum optimized polished premium vs $599+ plastic garbage poor build quality windows bloat crappy screens “b-b-but it has more ram!” ☝️🤓

@DirtyTesLa Change your name to Dirty Rivian, and start over on your channel tracking the progress of development of Rivian’s self driving.

Would ppl be interested in the R2 experience vs Tesla if I got one? Maybe it'll be horrible And that would be great for clicks. Or maybe it'll be awesome and surprise Tesla stans

@_MG_ @SwiftOnSecurity Doesn’t everyone have an iCloud backup? I don’t care if my device gets wiped. Just reinstall and restore from yesterdays’s backup. And photos, messages, emails sync separately / real time anyway.

If you use a personal phone/laptop for your work, pay very close attention to this little detail. Iran attackers wipe 200k devices at a company called Stryker. Within those devices appears to be employees PERSONAL devices. The attackers used the company’s MDM software, which is basically IT management software running on everything. It’s an incredibly attractive backdoor to an attacker. I successfully targeted MDM software for several Red Team engagements. It’s… lots of fun :) Anyway, a lot of companies require you to install their MDM software on your personal devices before you can access resources like Corp email. It’s used to keep devices updated, lock things down if they get stolen, etc. The company often promises that they won’t access personal data, erase any personal data, etc. But this is often ONLY POLICY. If a bad actor gains access to the MDM tool, as was the case here, then anything can happen. People should be aware of these risks. I refused to run MDM software on any of my personal devices. The company needs to provide me with hardware if they want that. I personally isolate all corp devices to their own network too. If an adversary can get into the corp laptop, then can then get inside my network… there have been cases of it happening in the past.

@CodeByNZ Easy. Round up to 4

This is one of the dumbest things I've seen on a job application. Bro, GPAs have decimals. Who put this together?

@Vniversalexport @dennismhogan Can confirm, high quality repairable long lasting shoes and boots start at $500-600 these days. And go up from there.

@dennismhogan I wear my father's Florsheim's that he bought from a friend in the 90s. They *STILL* look amazing and the sticker prices back then was $250 (it's on the box). That's well over $500 today.

It's all so symptomatic of the whole problem. Florsheim WAS a great shoe, years ago (50s-80s) when they were made in America and top quality. They're now made overseas in low-cost factories. The shoe hasn't been high-end for decades, but Trump is still living in the past

@mollyfleck @royermattw Exactly. Could even say “Mr. Trump, these size 18 shoes you got me fit great!”

@royermattw Instead of walking around in clown shoes, they could quietly order the exact same pair of shoes in a size that actually fits them, and nobody would ever find out.

Oh. My. God. He makes ALL of the men in his cabinet wear these Florsheim Oxfords? And none of them fit?

@qinzhidaoa @WebDesignMuseum That’s when the price was with a cell phone contract.

@WebDesignMuseum iPhone 4 for $100 in 2010? Really?

Apple Store website in 2010