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As much as I don’t share @FredLambert’s views on Musk — which I find extremely negatively biased — I couldn’t agree with him more on this one.
The Model S deserves a proper “second coming”: a completely redesigned exterior (cyber-inspired language, perhaps?), a new chassis, steer-by-wire, next-gen interior — the works. Not another minor refresh, but a true generational leap that reestablishes it as Tesla’s technological flagship.
Yes, S and X together make up only a small fraction of Tesla’s total volume, but their role was never about volume. They are the halo vehicles — the aspirational pieces that anchor the brand’s identity, showcase the cutting edge, and pull customers toward the 3 and Y. A weak halo dulls the entire lineup.
And the demand is clearly still there. The fact that buyers are actively rushing to snap up the last remaining inventory units — even in their current, long-in-the-tooth form — is the clearest possible signal. Imagine what a genuinely reimagined S could do: reignite enthusiasm, reset the conversation, and remind everyone why Tesla became Tesla in the first place.
Give the S the reinvention it’s earned.
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@elonmusk An era that didn’t have to end. You could have introduced the latest battery cell tech for faster charging, more range. You could have brought steer-by-wire, rear-wheel steering, bidirectional charging. Model S/X could have stayed competitive with other luxury EVs.
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Tesla is down to the last few hundred Model S & X cars in inventory.
Poignant end of an era.
Mitchell Hashimoto@mitchellh
Traded in my 2020 Model S for a brand new plaid X before they discontinue it. Car is amazing, but the FSD hype is real. It blew away my expectations coming from the 2020 hardware. 95% of my miles are self driven in LA over the past month. I wouldn’t have even believed myself lol. Even my wife who HATED autopilot on my prior car is totally blown away. She’s asked multiple times “did you drive?” And I say “not at all.” And she’s just like… wow. Great job @Tesla for real. I’ve owned a Model S since 2013. This is my 3rd, first X (for me personally). Just fantastic.
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I wrote a gothic horror novella set in Sintra, Portugal.
Seven tapes. A missing journalist. A city that doesn't let you leave.
It's Book I of a trilogy that starts in fog and ends among the stars.
The full text is free to read:
echoes-trilogy.vercel.app

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@Manifest_Lord what i am trying to say is that in my view death is the inability of the current "Me" to become aware of the new "Me" (be it soul / reincarnation / whatever)
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@Manifest_Lord the easiest way to understand the "nothingness" us to ask yourself one simple question:
"Do you remember anything BEFORE you were born?"
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@FCattenstart @Elite_fashonyo @twicethetoots @Manifest_Lord consciousness that doesn't "remember" anything from "previous life" can be considered completely "different"
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@Elite_fashonyo @twicethetoots @kermit_1704 @Manifest_Lord Some theories say we choose every life to learn from it. We don’t remember our past lives, but our consciousness does. That’s why some "young" children claim they remember who they were before past life until they grow up and in the end it fades away so they wont remember anymore
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@greentheonly model x is one-of-a-kind (as are all teslas)
if you dig into what makes teslas special you won't find the substitute
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Finally got to testdrive the Lucid Gravity the other day.
It's an interesting experience though not very polished/thought out which is surprising.
Like the multiple levels of regen are great (including complete off). But then if you choose creep, there's no way for a temp hold when stopped, huh?
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@elonmusk @techdevnotes Grok 4.2 still acts in a pure chatbot mode e.g. VERY limited filetype support (contrary to claude/gpt/gemini)
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We understand what needs to be done and will get pretty close by April and roughly similar by May, so probably better by June when Colossus 2 is fully operational.
By then, like a self-driving car that drives perfectly, it will be hard to tell the difference between the leading coding models, as they will so rarely get anything wrong.
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As a Tesla fan, proud owner of S Plaid and overall admirer of all thins Elon does with his companies, i also want Grok to succeed.
But from what i see xAi just can't match the productivity of other SOTAs.
I too use Opus 4.6 and find it amazing, actually the only model that helps in witk and can spit out ready to use files (docs, pptx etc)
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Grok 4.20 very first impression for productivity:
I am a person who is not super tech savvy.
I work with data often at my job via excel and other common productivity apps.
I recently started using Opus 4.6 to extract extremely specific information from large sets of raw data. I then have Claude format all of it into a final product (powerpoint, PDF flyer, etc) that I can use to present to colleagues, or use myself to get from raw data to action as quickly as possible. Opus can take a single prompt from me and get me from raw data to final product in a few minutes. I have audited these and everything is usually correct.
I am currently sitting here duplicating prompts and inputting the same spreadsheets into Grok 4.20, and I will be brutally honest, it doesn’t hold a candle to Opus 4.6.
I am sure Grok has strengths that Claude does not, and I know this is just beta. But as far as productivity goes, I have not used any LLM that is nearly as magical as Opus 4.6. It feels like using FSD V14 for the first time.
Grok isn’t able to build PowerPoints, excel sheets or PDFs for me. It can scan my raw data and extract information, but it just spits out text for me to copy/paste onto PowerPoint slides, or writes me some code to use to make a PDF. Opus 4.6 has public information about my company inside of a project profile, and not only generates completed PDFs/spreadsheets/powerpoints that I can just open and use, but it also themes them to the proper branding of my company. It is surreal and feels like magic.
Maybe I’m an idiot, and maybe there are plugins or setup steps I can take with Grok to make it output a more completed product, but as an idiot who just wants a product that works and is mind blowing out of the box, I still have not had a LLM experience that matches what I’m getting from Opus 4.6.
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@forallcurious the Question "what was BEFORE" might be pointless by itself
just like the question what "where is North?" when you are standing on North Pole
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@farzyness @Tslachan investing implies future growth which implies optimism
that said getting emotionally attached to the company (mission/ceo/product) and, as a result, to the stock may lead to chain of erroneous trades
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I'm beginning to think that the only way to become a good investor is by being an optimistic person.
If you are a pessimistic person, it's literally impossible to become an investor.
To become an investor, a positive outcome has to be part of the subset of possibilities.
Pessimistic people are literally incapable of seeing positive outcomes as likely.
Therefore, pessimism automatically puts an individual at a massive disadvantage.
I would argue being irrationally optimistic is orders of magnitude better than being even slightly pessimistic.
At least you're giving yourself a chance to having a better future.
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