Not the same thing.

These pixels are dimmer by themselfs. They dont get muted by a layer on top of them.

This means way less energy usage therefore longer lasting battery at similar brightness!

Also these pixels can just go bright the moment you dont need this anymore, instantly making everything look good and bright again :)

Texas property tax rates are some of the highest in the country. Should be higher than Wisconsin.

The difference here is really more of an indicator of property values in the respective areas. In major metros in Texas, you're looking at ~2%+ tax rates, which is infact higher than Wisconsin, even in the metros there.

> As someone living in Fort Worth and making good money as a Staff SWE, I got a tax refund this year. It was due to paying interest on my house, but still.

If you paid more in property taxes, that would indicate you can take a larger federal tax deduction... so, if anything, a tax refund implies you paid a lot in local property tax. Either that, or a boatload in interest (or, both). Neither is indicative of local property tax being low.

The sensors are very cheap:

https://www.arducam.com/arducam-ov5647-standard-raspberry-pi...

If you want a fancy one with a lens and an IR cut filter it'll run you a grand total of $35:

https://www.arducam.com/arducam-ov5647-noir-camera-board-w-m...

Sure, the extra stuff like LTE modem, battery, solar panels, casing, etc, costs a whole lot more money, but these things clearly are built cheap. The optics and imaging sensor is a joke compared to real, proper cameras.

> BMW Personal Pilot, Merc Drive Pilot, and Honda Sensing Elite are Level 3 automation tech you can buy right now. Tesla is still at level 2!!

You need to put about 10 asterisks on those. MB Drive Pilot has been discontinued due to "low demand and high cost", and those other 2 systems appear to have substantial restrictions. Meanwhile, FSD today "works" on pretty much any road or highway. I can easily see certain folks see that as far ahead of competitors, since it physically can do more in more places and operate in more conditions.

Not always. Also, drilling the corner of the chip is a bad idea, as you'll likely hit one of the corner pads. There's not enough room.

> * It's usually a very large meal, very high in lean protein.

> * I avoid sugars and starches of all kinds and minimize other carbs (fruit, root veg, grains).

With lean protein and no sugars/starches, it's just not really possible for most people to overeat in a single meal that much unless you're really, really forcing yourself.

Not sure how seriously I should take diet info from someone named Kirby...

It doesn't take a lot of 'complexity' in income to balloon up complexity. Any brokerage activity will generate quite a few additional forms for 1099-B, 1099-DIV, etc. Still not super complicated, but I keep seeing people discuss this as if you only have W2s and nothing else... which isn't usually true, especially for someone who is likely to be using OpenClaw.

There's a big difference between Samsung's 990 Pro NAND and controller chips (TLC NAND, DRAM acceleration, and a good controller), vs. bottom bin flash storage. It could be used QLC (4-bit per cell) NAND with no DRAM and a much, much worse controller and still have 2TB of space.

For context, actual "real" low-end NVMe drives are 2TB for ~$180. The Samsung is $300 for 2TB right now. I could easily see you cutting cost by using used NAND and horrible controllers and get a cost much lower.

A used Model 3 LR cannot do 300 miles of highway driving in almost any condition. Even a brand new one cannot do that. The only way you get 300mi of driving out of a Model 3 is if you drive at 35mph or something, which would be wildly impractical for any road trip situation.

You'd do a good bit better at 35. A realistic range at 65-70mph would be about 250-260.

Lucid Grand Touring can do it in one charge (that lasts ~45 minutes). Expensive, but it could do it.

I did Shreveport, LA to Pesos, TX as an example.

If you're OK with 2 charging stops, an Ioniq 6 or a Tesla Model 3 will work just fine.

Also, charging speed is irrelevant to how many stops you need. Most chargers are >150kW these days, though.

If you truly want to minimize charging stops, you'd be better served charging 3+ times for shorter periods of time, though.

> Most chargers are >150kW these days, though.

Nite that many cars can't charge that fast. And if they can, it's usually only for the very lowest SoC of the battery, say below 20% charge.

When buying, look at 20-80% charging times. Don't get dazzled by peak charge rate.

Pecos?

I picked Shreveport, LA as a starting location and went west towards El Paso until I found a city that was slightly over 600 miles of distance. The cities are mostly irrelevant unless you pick something that is exceptionally hilly such as routes through mountain ranges or something.