IMHO they're the same thing. Automate all cars to get around the right of way and high construction costs that limit rail development. I think the upgrades needed to roads are minimal in comparison. Maybe some sensors and signals but it may be just perfecting signage, lines, etc.
Upgrading or retrofitting existing infrastructure to accommodate $60,000 luxury vehicles is not the same thing as building infrastructure that removes the need for car ownership.
Pavement holds up a lot better in rain and snow than electronics, and still needs to be replaced every few years. Agreed that it should be a bare minimum expectation to have the roads painted clearly, but there are plenty of roads in eg Chicago where I don’t think there is an official number of lanes, it’s just kind of a free for all. Just going through the whole system and deciding where the boundaries are is a gargantuan task. American railroads haven’t even managed to upgrade their signals for PTC without failures left and right - if riding Amtrak or NYC metro is any indication the cars will have to coast at 5mph whenever there are signal problems.
Yeah, I was visiting Tucson recently and discovered they have lots of roads with no lines at all. Surprisingly, it may have actually made traffic substantially more relaxed as I think everyone was paying more attention.
The Coronavirus is going to harm the economy no matter what. But if the Fed acts correctly it can prevent compounding effects like an increase in unemployment that leads to a further decrease in production.
I'm in the Atlanta area and purchased a home (out in the burbs ) over the last year. Price there fell significantly (up to 50%) during the last 5 years and have finally started to rise. Supply is much lower than it was even a year ago too.
I think there are a lot of generalizations in the article that people have been preaching for a few years now. If you sit on the sidelines and worry about of the potential problems, you're never going to purchase.
True if you're only interested in getting there as fast as possible. For most people who choose to drive from coast to coast, stopping often to see random things is part of the fun and reason they chose to drive in the first place.
Indeed, I love stopping at random places when I'm on the road.
Having to spend 1.5hr per day at a gas station is not a random stop however, and having to spend 1.5hr per day at one in lieu of stopping somewhere more interesting takes some of the fun out of driving and stopping at interesting places on the road.
The inferesting places are not always private properties that are trying to attract people. On my road trips, I often end up stopping and stretching my legs at scenic overlooks, hiking trails, lakes etc, none of which are likely to sprout charging stations any time soon.
Agreed. I could point you at any of a number of highly memorable breaks I've taken pretty much out in the middle of nowhere.
But you've got to eat. And if the place is interesting to the level of offering food, the bonus of adding a charging station should be a reasonably good investment.
I think the point is that Tesla are likely to have their choice of charging locations as they build out their network, and even non-SuperCharger stations will offer some range extension for the cost of a 220AC outlet.
But the government builds roads, and taxes[1] some road users. It's in the government's interest to provide some kind of infrastructure for lower carbon transport.
Providing a few thousand charging points for electric vehicles seems a reasonable thing for government to do, so long as those are vendor-neutral and can be used by any electric vehicle.
The SuperChargers are not at gas stations. They are on purpose locating them near malls, restaurants etc.. I certainly would not like to spend all day cooped up in a car without a couple of stops to eat or stretch my legs, and I think you'd find very few people drive all day without taking breaks to eat etc. of that kind of length.
That's the thing, isn't it? I've just charged up my battery, so I know I have 200 miles in my "tank." And it's 170 miles to the next Supercharger. So when we spot a billboard in the distance advertising some awesome spectacle and the kids say, "Can we go there, Dad?" I have to determine whether it's more than 15 miles off course. 'Cause if it is, then no, we can't go there. Unless someone wants to push the car.
To be fair, it probably took a while before gas stations sprouted up like mushrooms all over the vast, heaving bosom of America too, and I do wish nothing but success for Musk and Tesla. Want to see that infrastructure get built quickly, because in the next 5 years or so, I'm going to be in the market for a new car, and I'd love for it to be one of those affordable electrics with a 200+ mile range.
It's 30 minutes per supercharger stop. I have a challenge getting my friends back into the car that quickly on road trips. (I have chaotic friends. Musicians.)
Who says you have to lease one physical battery. Perhaps the battery lease is "a" battery and not "your" battery and Tesla takes care of maintaining them all. And when new batteries come out, you can have the option of upgrading to those. In the future, the station could have three types of batteries for customers to choose from, just like gas.
Sounds like when I get my propane tank filled. They don't care what condition it is in. I get a freshly painted filled one every time. And if I want, I can pay for a bigger one.
It's not a problem on a new server of cause, but on a live server it makes a difference, so you might as well learn the "correct" approach initially, so you won't hurt yourself in the future.
Right but if you are modifying and existing server, then this needs to be taken into account. We have several servers who are constantly serving connections and we can't have any of them drop otherwise it will result in a poor user experience.
I just wish the article talked about using reload as well as restart and when to use them.
Hi, author of the article here. I'm actually not familiar with reload, but after reading this comment thread I'm definitely going to read up on it and make sure it's reflected in the article. Any suggestions of knowledge you want to drop is more than welcome!
Me as well. I always use reload but I don't really know how it works. Does it maintain the old and new configs and drops the old after the last connection using it is complete?
When NginX's master process receives the HUP signal[1], NginX will process and test the new configuration. If it is correct, the new configuration will be loaded into new worker processes. The old worker processes will stop receiving connections, but finish their current work. Eventually (within milliseconds usually), all the old processes will be gone and only new processes with new configuration will be working on requests.
[1] On FreeBSD, we just use `killall -HUP nginx` to reload; your distro will probably send HUP to the master process' PID
Eh, I find it kind of annoying, a notification for every restaurant, city, country, etc that I look up and have absolutely zero intention of traveling to. It has potential to be useful, but it needs to get smarter first.
Maybe I spend too much time searching Maps randomly.
Probably. It would have to make a lot of assumptions to infer your intention when searching, at least in Maps, etc. current form.
A browser plugin to enable/disable Now tracking seems like it could be handy, however. Though then if you forget to turn it back on you lose what eitally mentioned: "I forgot X, oh, thankfully Now caught it".
But doesn't Google Maps have a history feature that syncs across devices? Now seems like it might be polluting that space.
> A browser plugin to enable/disable Now tracking seems like it could be handy, however.
I've gotten into the habit of using incognito mode for most searches, and only staying logged in for things I think I'll want Now-based information for, like directions or information cards.
