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This evening looks good. I'm in.

More on the SpaceX / openai / X IPO opinion unchanged: NOPE At the moment I'm sitting on a couple of positions that have call options sold against them which are expiring at various dates later this month, and they're all basically right at the money (close to the strike prices). No debt. If...

Yes, mine needed the sensors installed and calibrated.

Crack was all the way top to bottom. Key word "was". New windscreen now installed.

My Bolt had an almost $1000 repair bill today. Cracked windscreen. I have a high deductible on my insurance, so this was on me. It's been a long time since having a windscreen replaced, so I think I am still ahead of the game by setting the deductible high. Stuff like this is the same as any...

Hah. Fixed!

Quickie FYI based on last weekend ... There is major roadworks in Grand Bend right at the main junction. If you are coming in from the (correction!) east on road 83 (from Exeter), as you approach the junction with 21, turn left onto the little road just a few metres before 21. Then turn right...

Yep!

More on the SpaceX IPO. https://arstechnica.com/civis/threads/spacex-finally-files-for-ipo-targets-1-75-trillion-valuation.1512379/ I'm comfortable with wanting nothing to do with this.

My non-registered accounts are invested in individual stocks. The thing that's good about ETFs is the diversification. The thing that's bad about ETFs is that they have to invest in stuff that you don't necessarily want to for whatever reason, but they have to because it's part of the index. It...

Out. I have to finish preparing for a track weekend, and I am already tired.

In if there's interest, probably short ride because it's going to be cool

Closing in on 100 000 km on my Chevy Bolt. Only reason the hood has ever been up has been to refill the windscreen-wash. Brakes have insignificant visible wear ... I re-greased the slide pins in all four calipers this spring. Still using the original tires, though this summer will be the last...

I wish we could still get something like a 1981 Toyota Starlet. Those have something of a cult following now. Good luck finding one.

EV sales worldwide are increasing. It's mostly the US situation which is messed up due to politics, and ours by extension. https://www.iea.org/reports/global-ev-outlook-2025/trends-in-electric-car-markets-2

Temperature below threshold

Stayed in because the temperature was below threshold, and I suspect many others did the same.

Most of the "charge in 5 minutes!" stuff is AI clickbait. The CCS connector is rated for 1000 volts and 500 amps - that's 500 kW if both were maxed out. Some cars are using 800 volts nominal. The amps are limited by the cross section of the copper; how much do you want the cable to weigh?

<- grew up and learned to ride in an era before all this fancy stuff ... Street riding, I am ON the clutch lever a lot of the time, right at the transition between just-barely-engaged and just-barely-disengaged ... not "slipping", but right at the threshold point, where it cushions the...