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Fun fact I learned yesterday: Tesla's autopilot 3D visualization is Unreal Engine 4. They are hiring a UE4 dev in Palo Alto to continue work on autopilot's visualization screen.
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May 29, 2020 07:47
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dissss posted:Are you sure it isn't a broken 5 speed? Would explain things. This one is a weird 4 speed auto. It has been serviced.
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May 29, 2020 21:31
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Savington posted:Mercedes never offered a C-class in the USA in 2003 with a 4-speed: Interesting. That would be amusing if it really was a 5 speed. Maybe the undecipherable switch near the shift lever cuts out 5th. I've done the "drive it like a manual" thing (+/-, left to right) and it felt the same.
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May 29, 2020 21:33
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Westy543 posted:Fun fact I learned yesterday: Tesla's autopilot 3D visualization is Unreal Engine 4. They are hiring a UE4 dev in Palo Alto to continue work on autopilot's visualization screen. Thread title continues to deliver.
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May 29, 2020 21:39
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Elviscat posted:I'd really enjoy auto-dimming side mirrors, I have to point my mirrors back into the faces of brotrucks with sick HIDs or LEDs pretty frequently in my Leaf, it's annoying since it disables that mirror for night driving. I adjusted my side mirrors to the SAE recommendation and not only can I see a lot more but the light from people's misaligned headlights and high beams don't go straight into my eyeballs.
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May 29, 2020 22:14
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Elon give me my Tesla
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May 29, 2020 23:31
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VideoGameVet posted:If the LA office where I work opens again, I’ll want to drive up there instead of Amtrak/Subway. I was staying in LA for 3 days a week and the company paid for the train/hotel. You can’t deduct travel expenses to or from your regular place of employment.
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May 30, 2020 00:03
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VideoGameVet posted:Maybe the undecipherable switch near the shift lever cuts out 5th. I mean, that’s the most likely thing it would be, right? An “Overdrive disable” for towing/hill climbing/etc is not an unusual thing.
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May 30, 2020 00:05
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bird with big dick posted:You can’t deduct travel expenses to or from your regular place of employment. Probably his company paying him the IRS rate if he works from home, I used to have that and it was awesome. Got paid to drive from Los Angeles to San Diego and back all the time, while doing it in my 2000 LS400 with 100k+ miles so who cares about depreciation.
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May 30, 2020 00:22
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bird with big dick posted:You can’t deduct travel expenses to or from your regular place of employment. If he’s taking a train to get there and staying a hotel it’s not a “regular place of employment.”
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May 30, 2020 01:07
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YOLOsubmarine posted:If he’s taking a train to get there and staying a hotel it’s not a “regular place of employment.” That's not how it works. There are people that take commercial flights to their "regular place of employment" and that isn't tax deductible either. He said "the LA office where I work" which makes it seem to me like it is his regular place of employment and he's just considering driving rather than taking light rail. He works there 3 days a week, sounds like regular place of employment to me. You don't get to tax deduct helo flights to and from just because he's made the choice to live 100 miles away from his regular place of employment. MomJeans420 posted:Probably his company paying him the IRS rate if he works from home, I used to have that and it was awesome. Got paid to drive from Los Angeles to San Diego and back all the time, while doing it in my 2000 LS400 with 100k+ miles so who cares about depreciation. Yeah I agree that's likely but then of course it's taxable as regular income I believe. bird with big dick fucked around with this message at 02:47 on May 30, 2020 |
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May 30, 2020 02:41
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bird with big dick posted:That's not how it works. There are people that take commercial flights to their "regular place of employment" and that isn't tax deductible either. He said "the LA office where I work" which makes it seem to me like it is his regular place of employment and he's just considering driving rather than taking light rail. It depends on how much of his work is done at the office vs at home. If he’s working from home at least half his time then his office trips would qualify as work travel expenses. quote:Yeah I agree that's likely but then of course it's taxable as regular income I believe. Mileage re-imbursement (and business expense re-imbursement generally) is not taxable income if it is covered under an accountable plan by the business. If the company is not reporting it as W-2 income then that is probably the case.
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May 30, 2020 04:40
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My Leaf lost its 4th bar today. Now I get to figure out what the dealer will do and when I can get it in.
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May 30, 2020 05:30
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YOLOsubmarine posted:It depends on how much of his work is done at the office vs at home. If he’s working from home at least half his time then his office trips would qualify as work travel expenses. That's how it was for me, which makes sense as it's reimbursement for expenses occurred. It's hard to tell from his post if 4 round trips a month means he's doing it every week (and now driving but staying at the hotel still). I took it to mean he would be driving up and back the same day 4 days a month in which case he's definitely working from home over half the time. If I took the longer but faster way on my trips in the past I would get reimbursed ~$160 and use around $50 in gas, it kicked rear end.
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May 30, 2020 05:44
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Bum the Sad posted:Elon give me my Tesla Are you sure? (I actually have no idea what's going here, it couldn't have been delivered like that I hope) https://twitter.com/ii_mallari/status/1266531637900132353?s=20
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May 30, 2020 05:46
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blindjoe posted:My Leaf lost its 4th bar today. Now I get to figure out what the dealer will do and when I can get it in. My friend was able to get that "last bar" to go away while under warranty so Nissan replaced the pack for free. They'll replace it if you lose a certain number of bars while in warranty.
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May 30, 2020 05:49
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blindjoe posted:My Leaf lost its 4th bar today. Now I get to figure out what the dealer will do and when I can get it in. Congratulations! Let us know how the new 40kWh battery treats you.
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May 30, 2020 06:40
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I'll guess they update the firmware and it'll go back to 10 bars but let us know how you get on.
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May 30, 2020 06:51
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MomJeans420 posted:Are you sure? (I actually have no idea what's going here, it couldn't have been delivered like that I hope) I was wondering how they managed to meet and exceed their pre-shutdown production capacity in like 3 days.
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May 30, 2020 07:25
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That looks like they just sprayed paint straight on the bumper cover with no primer. I’ve seen that type of paint peeling but it’s usually on old rear end care with lovely paint jobs. Like a $200 entire car respray.
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May 30, 2020 11:36
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Bum the Sad posted:Elon give me my Tesla big crush on Chad OMG posted:That looks like they just sprayed paint straight on the bumper cover with no primer. I’ve seen that type of paint peeling but it’s usually on old rear end care with lovely paint jobs. Like a $200 entire car respray. Hopefully the drivetrain will last, it's the most expensive part of them anyway.
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May 30, 2020 12:08
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dissss posted:I'll guess they update the firmware and it'll go back to 10 bars but let us know how you get on. Has this happened and been documented? I suspect warranty work pays enough that if this were the case, it wouldn't be a dealership issue. Sure enough though Nissan set my friend up right and the car got real factory range after the change-out.
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May 30, 2020 16:38
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YOLOsubmarine posted:It depends on how much of his work is done at the office vs at home. If he’s working from home at least half his time then his office trips would qualify as work travel expenses. He says three days a week in the office, I mean I guess he can claim he works the other 4 days at home but come on. Regardless "taking a train" and "staying at a hotel" have absolutely zero to do with whether or not it's your regular place of employment. E.g. tons of people take flights and stay in hotels en route to working in the mining industry in Alaska while living in the lower 48 and absolutely none of it is tax deductible. quote:Mileage re-imbursement (and business expense re-imbursement generally) is not taxable income if it is covered under an accountable plan by the business. If the company is not reporting it as W-2 income then that is probably the case. If your company is paying you for your (non deductible) commute to your regular place of employment then it's regular income, is what I'm saying.
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May 30, 2020 16:47
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TBH the more interesting derail is apparently him and his wife thinking their 5 speed Mercedes only has 4 speeds. According to my math, 65 miles per hour with a tire diameter of 24.9" (205/55R16s) at 3035 RPM works out to a 3.46 gear ratio. Which is a common rear axle ratio for MB of that vintage and what you'd expect to see if you were in 4th (1.0 ratio) rather than 5th (0.83). Shifting into 5th should drop the RPM to a more reasonable 2500.
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May 30, 2020 17:02
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Westy543 posted:Fun fact I learned yesterday: Tesla's autopilot 3D visualization is Unreal Engine 4. They are hiring a UE4 dev in Palo Alto to continue work on autopilot's visualization screen. The digital backdrop sets* for The Mandalorian all rely on Unreal poo poo. So there's a guy with Surface Pro or something on stage making alterations and scanning through the shot list with the DP. If something's off, they can just resize, recolor or add something on the fly. (Giant wall-screens, basically. They're great because they give actors a frame of reference better than "green field with basic geometry" and give the camera guys indirect/environmental lighting)
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May 30, 2020 17:07
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FilthyImp posted:It's kind of crazy how well you can do if you're trained in UE building and game design now. Just watched the this and this is pretty neat! The mind kinda boggles at the possibilities. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUnxzVOs3rk
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May 30, 2020 18:49
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Muskmobile stock gonna be riding high after this shuttle launch, aint it?
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May 30, 2020 21:29
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dissss posted:I'll guess they update the firmware and it'll go back to 10 bars but let us know how you get on. This is my guess too but there is always hope.
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May 31, 2020 04:50
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MomJeans420 posted:Just to clarify, my unlimited demand was in relation to the price cuts. If anyone has a PHEV, is there a way to know how many miles were electric and how many were ICE?
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May 31, 2020 07:23
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CannonFodder posted:If anyone has a PHEV, is there a way to know how many miles were electric and how many were ICE? I'd like to know this as well, would be interesting.
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May 31, 2020 07:33
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CannonFodder posted:My EV Kia gives me oil change warnings every 5000 miles. The Niro comes in a regular hybrid version so I guess they just use the same code in all of them. For Volts, OnStar tracks it. I get a monthly email about how many miles and what percentage EV they were. A site called Volt Stats pulls this info and ranks users. OnStar email:  Volt Stats:  The vast majority of my gas miles were from before I bought it. Lifetime MPG was like 49 or 50, which is nearly exclusively running in hybrid mode Edit: Ha, you can pretty much see that in the graph. I bought the car in early December '18. Note how straight the gas mile line is from even 1/30/19! Endymion FRS MK1 fucked around with this message at 07:51 on May 31, 2020 |
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May 31, 2020 07:48
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I saw a Model X this morning with a SpaceX badge next to the a-pillar. I guess that's sort of like Saab drivers and their fighter jets?
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May 31, 2020 11:36
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Finger Prince posted:I saw a Model X this morning with a SpaceX badge next to the a-pillar. I guess that's sort of like Saab drivers and their fighter jets? It wasn’t driving in a convoy to Cape Canaveral, was it?
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May 31, 2020 11:44
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Here4DaGangBang posted:It wasn’t driving in a convoy to Cape Canaveral, was it? Definitely not.
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May 31, 2020 12:12
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Endymion FRS MK1 posted:For Volts, OnStar tracks it. I get a monthly email about how many miles and what percentage EV they were. A site called Volt Stats pulls this info and ranks users. And yes, the EV miles started climbing while the gas miles stayed low. Good job!
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May 31, 2020 18:12
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bird with big dick posted:I mean, that’s the most likely thing it would be, right? An “Overdrive disable” for towing/hill climbing/etc is not an unusual thing. There’s a button (push) labeled W/S (one above the other). It’s not a toggle, there’s no way of knowing what ‘mode’ it’s set to and the dealer who serviced it didn’t know what it did either. So I hit it yesterday and yeah, the car is a 5-speed. 2500 rpm vs. 3100 rpm on the highway.
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May 31, 2020 18:21
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Being in wet / winter mode will make it start in 2nd getter but shouldn't keep it from going to top gear AFAIK. But your car has a user manual
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May 31, 2020 18:43
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VideoGameVet posted:There’s a button (push) labeled W/S (one above the other). It’s not a toggle, there’s no way of knowing what ‘mode’ it’s set to and the dealer who serviced it didn’t know what it did either. goons saving each other monay
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May 31, 2020 18:46
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CannonFodder posted:Thanks! The "Remaining oil life" is an extra stat that is very useful. Yeah the Volt is my first car where there's tons I don't have to worry about. Oil lasts 2 years or some amount of gas miles (that I'll never hit) and life is easily accessed through the dashboard as well
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May 31, 2020 20:01
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Elon give me my Tesla
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