Posts by DudleyDuoFlush

China's EV champ BYD reveals super-fast charging that leaves Tesla eating dust

Charging speed is like range

My car supposedly charges at 250 kW. I've never seen this speed, even at the latest, greatest charging sites.

Eutelsat in talks with Euro leaders as they mull Starlink replacement in Ukraine

No peace

Putin needs war and conflict to stay in power.

He has a massive war machine now that he'll use elsewhere if it isn't in Ukraine.

No chance he'll dismantle it. Why would he?

China's DeepSeek just emitted a free challenger to OpenAI's o1 – here's how to use it on your PC

Something I don't understand

Perhaps some of you people who know much more about this than me can explain this.

To train an AI model it has to take in vast amounts of data a lot of which will be untrue.

Therefore it must be able to differentiate between truth and lies (or facts and lies if you like) to come up with the correct answer.

If it can differentiate between the truth and lies (or falsehoods or whatever) why isn't it used to screen out the rubbish?

Then we wouldn't have to wade through some of the cr*p that's out there.

Just asking.

Watch your mirrors: Tesla Cybertrucks have 'Full' 'Self Driving' now

FSD - No Chance

I took my Tesla on the ferry recently, After disembarking it took it 4 hours to realise it was in Spain rather than driving cross country in southern England and across the English channel. This was despite charging at a Spanish supercharger. Full self driving seems unlikely for a long, long time.

How low can you go: Tesla's US market share dips below 50% for the first time

Re: I must admit

They are falling off a cliff mostly due to unease around what the ongoing maintenance costs are likely to be. Tesla needs to address this urgently as when the second hand market falls the lease deals will sky rocket due to lower residual values. This is already happening. Tesla needs to open up maintenance and service to third parties so the cars can be kept on the road at a reasonable cost.

My Model 3 is currently having its rear drive unit changed after 96k miles. I've had lots of other cars and none have had this level of fault at this (mainly motorway / highway) mileage. There is absolutely no maintenance done on the drive units so there is nothing you can do to prolong their life (I drive very conservatively).

Tesla parental controls keep teenage lead feet in check

Progress

I'm driving my son's manual 2006 Skoda with 105k miles on the clock at the moment as my Tesla is in the garage getting it's rear motor replaced after 96k miles. That's progress!!!!!

Car industry pleads for delay to post-Brexit tariffs on EVs

Re: I'll be sticking with petrol (or diesel) for my next car.

Conk out before 100,000? I've done 75,000 in my EV. No noticeable battery degradation. They're too expensive and don't go far enough on a charge but battery degradation on newer EVs is no more an issue than an ICE engine deteriorating. Service costs so far for 75,000? Nothing. I'm sure that has an environmental footprint as well.

Tesla's self-driving code may ignore stop signs, act unsafe. Patch coming ... soon

FSD - No chance

I have a Tesla. Great car but they are a million miles away from full self driving and should say so. Doesn't even know the speed limit for a significant proportion of the time.

Britain has likely missed the boat for having a semiconductor industry

Yup, it was the same with the LCD industry. World leading research with no appetite to follow through and commercialise. Far too difficult and long term. Siemens even tried to give us a state of the art semiconductor fab at one point. I worked in both industries in the 80s and 90s.

Spotify to introduce lossless audio streaming: Better sound or inefficient gimmick?

Tidal Hifi vs Current Spotify

I tried a direct comparison between Tidal Hifi and Spotify using Sony Bluetooth headphones connected using LDAC. I played the same tracks and switched back and forth. Tidal Hifi certainly sounded a bit better with more space between instruments, more balanced, more detail etc but the difference wasn't big enough for me to move away from Spotify. I'll certainly give Spotfiy Hifi a go but don't expect a massive improvement.

TikTok takes to the courts to challenge US ban

Serious question

I've been to China more times than I care to remember. I wasn't able to use Google, Google maps, Facebook, WhatsApp or Youtube. Apple Maps was ok and so was Bing. Does anyone know the reason why some apps are banned and others allowed?

Apple said to be removing charger, headphones from upcoming iPhone 12 series

Hold on a minute, you're saying my BMW may have indicators? Well I never.