Locked in a model 3 in 2021 to commute for work and it was an amazing choice, but now I'm looking towards an electric or hybrid truck for all my future endeavors! Any tips in the area of ev trucks?
Have their been any recent breakthroughs or tech upgrades that would be beneficial to know about?
Not meaning to complain too much, but... I've just had this overwhelming feeling lately that so many things are objectively WORSE in 2026 than they were say 7 years ago. Here's a short list of things:
1. Google. I no longer get anywhere near an honest search, mostly either AI or ads
2. YouTube, search is also completely broken, serving only recent things and / or shorts. I guess social media in general just feels more and more pointless and far less about humans.
3. Uber / Lyft, prices are INSANE
4. DoorDash, prices are also absolutely off the charts
5. Rental cars, needed to rent a car yesterday, couldn't do it under a few hundred for 2 days.
6. Groceries are almost $200 every time I go
7. Insurance has sky rocketed for everything. The house in Texas is about 2 times more expensive to insure in 2026 than it was in just 2021
8. Food. Starbucks and Subway sandwiches were never particularly amazing, but now they're not even a shell of what they used to be, and many many others.
9. Online ordering. I feel like I used to kind of know what I'd get. Now there's a decent chance of seeing some AI slop and getting a complete scam of a product with no responsibility
10. Phones. I'm less happy with my phone and getting more and more spam calls now more than ever, and I'm more often either waiting for faceID to work, or accidentally hitting something, or accidentally hitting the camera button, or accidentally changing the background. Like multiple times a day, I'm doing an input that I did not want to do. That didn't used to happen
11. Housing / Rent prices / hotel prices
12. EVERYTHING being "private equity", screw that. Stop chasing profit, chase making good products.
I guess a lot of this is just inflation in general. I'm really noticing the price of things get more and more ridiculous...
But it also feels like a lot of things are just getting worse. Adding features that shouldn't exist, chasing profits over making a good product, adding steps to make something more frustrating to use or order or do. Trying to have AI just simply "replace" something instead of being a tool to help improve it, or a way to just opt back.
I don't know. I'm trying hard to just keep my head down and do my work the old fashioned way, and I just feel like there's this mantra of "hurry up or you'll miss out". I've been enjoying being outside more, trying to be healthy and offline, and it just feels more and more like things aren't what it used to be.
I say this, yet I'm still hopeful for the future. I still think there's incredible things happening and amazing technologies, and exciting things happening in our world. I just feel like if I could hit the rewind button on a few things, I absolutely would. Would you? Maybe this is just part of growing older and feeling nostalgic? I am getting old...
"The Canada You Grew Up In Is Dead"
IMO, this is the most accurate breakdown & analysis of how/why Canada has fallen to where it is today.
Does this accurately depict your own personal situation, observations and/or experiences?
I'd love to hear your comments and feedback.
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@elonmusk@SawyerMerritt@MarioNawfal Wish I had money to invest in Tesla, but their cars are too damn expensive (i bought a model 3 and it was a great deal for how much I drive, but it made my wife want a model Y...)
@FelixSchlang@GrigorGaydev@Jordanguidry6@redlineheli I bet they'll send rings or segments to the back of the bay, so the ship will be relatively shorter and get taller towards the front, adding the bridge allows easier work areas and rigidity for the bay
Luxuries that donโt look like luxuries, but are:
1. Having your mom alive
2. Taking hot showers
3. Good health
4. Mental, emotional, and spiritual peace
5. Mild days. Not too cold, not too hot
6. Living 10 minutes from work
7. Living 5 minutes from the gym
8. Having quiet neighbors
9. Having money left at the end of the month and investing it
10. Peace at home
11. Drinking coffee without rushing
12. Sleeping with a clear conscience
13. Laughing with people who truly get you
14. Traveling every year
15. Waking up naturally without an alarm
16. Enjoying a home-cooked meal with loved ones
17. Having time to read a book in one sitting
18. Finding joy in simple daily routines
19. Having a pet that greets you happily at the door
20. Good food
21. Enjoying coffee in the morning
22. A good night's sleep
23. Clean air to breathe
24. Time to yourself without obligations
True wealth is simple daily joys.
Raptor 3 isn't just an engine; it's proof we're entering an era of alien-level technology
It's the heart of Starship
Starship is about to change everything. Multiplanetary future incoming
Raptor 3 is a massive leap forward in rocket engine design:
No base heat shield required, higher payload and efficiency, safer fuel leak behavior, simpler design with fewer parts, and integrated fluid systems and electronics in the engine structure