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I agree that we need to move towards fully being powered by green energy sources. However, a power plant burning enough coal to charge a Tesla battery involves far less CO2 emissions than an internal combustion engine burning a full tank of fuel. ICEs can utilize about 20% of the energy that they creat as the vast majority is lost as heat, but modern coal plants are far more efficient and can actually convert 80% of the chemical energy in the coal to useable electricity. So yes coal plants are definitely not the final solution for all of this, but they sure are a hell of a lot better than everyone driving around ICEs.

It's cool to see all of that cross-referenced. I do disagree though about it being a hard sell. A lot of people buy Tesla for the holistic experience. You get the performance and hard specs, but you also get all of the luxuries like the IMO sleek exterior as well as the IMO incredibly nice interior. You also get stuff like autopilot and hopefully at some point FSD. Furthermore, I think a fair bit of people DO rely on Superchargers for long distance travel, so thats a definitive plus for Tesla. I'm very excited for there to be competition in this space, but I feel like sellers like Hyundai will lose out to the slightly more affluent customers as the Tesla just seems to be such a more advanced and luxurious car. Then again, it hasn't started being produced or sold yet, and there is still time for other companies to join in on the action, so I guess we'll just have to see how it plays out.

SUV variant = more cargo space, seats up to 7 rather than 5, higher driver position on the road, etc. Also from a purely economical point of view, SO many people buys SUVs so it only makes sense to offer that as a product

Not yet. I screen grabbed on the livestream. I'll replace with higher quality and add more as soon as it's available.

Tesla just held a livestream where they announced the new Model Y. Here are some specs of the new car: • 3.5 second 0-60 • 5 star safety rating • .23 drag coefficient • 300 mile range • Very low center of mass • Panoramic glass roof • Seats up to 7 people • 1.9 cubic meters of cargo area • Starting price of $39,000 Here's an article from The Verge that elaborates on some of this: https://www.theverge.com/2019/3/14/18264446/tesla-model-y-suv-compact-announcement-price-release-date-features-elon-musk Also, they did mention a couple of other interesting tidbits: • Supercharger V3 - capable of 250+ kWh of output. Will be upgrading current units and adding on new units. • They have currently produced over 550,000 vehicles (4 million tons of CO2 already saved) Overall, I like the aesthetic and positioning of the Model Y. I think it is fantastic that they have come out with this as there is obviously a massive demand for SUVs, so being able to cater to that market with a reasonably priced product is quite compelling. I wish them the best with this and I hope that the ramp up goes much smoother than the Model 3 ramp which had many problems. I believe this is quite attainable though as it leverages many Model 3 technologies which have already had many of their kinks worked out.

Anyone else notice Luke driving the Tesla Model X? Whats the story behind that @Slick ? Would love to know if you bought one or borrowed it or whatever

If I recall correctly, the average police response time to a call in Detroit is over 50 minutes.... Soooo even if the dude did call, it would've taken a super long time for Police to become involved. And with all of the violent crime constantly happening there, they honestly most likely have more important problems to deal with and wouldn't prioritize it.

I was in your same boat with a nearly identically specced machine and since I'll also be attending college in the fall (for business), I wanted to move to only having a laptop. I am a big fan of Dell's XPS lineup and was contemplating a 9560 or a LG Gram 15 but I eventually decided on going for a MacBook Pro 15. I'm not trying to convert you to MacOS haha but I will say that the user experience is smooth af and Im really liking the machine and how it interacts so well with my watch and phone. I scored a used 2016 15" with almost maxed out specs in exchange for my desktop and a bit of cash from a local dude on Craigslist and I couldn't be happier. If I didn't go for the MBP though, I most likely would've sprung for a new XPS 15.

I would recommend going for a refurb XPS 15 9560 from eBay. You can get them for killer deals and they come with a factory warranty. I bought my XPS 13 from there and 2 friends of mine have bought XPSs the same way and they have all shown up as brand new machines. The discounts are crazy good and the GTX 1050 in the 9560 is far superior to the 960M in the 9550.

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The main server isn't comprised of anything super special as it was built on a fairly limited budget. i5 6500, nice Asus mobo, EVGA G2 650 PSU, 850 EVO boot drive, RAID 1 1TB drives for stored footage. All ran off a UPS. After thinking more and more about the situation, I agree that it will be nice to not have both machines down at once if there is ever a problem in the future. I will proceed with the original plan of just swapping out the drive. Thanks for the input!

Hey guys, thanks in advance for the help. I've been tasked with solving an IT problem at work and I wanted to get another opinion on if I'm missing something. At one location there is a main server and a voicemail server. The main server is a custom built (by me) machine running on WIndows 10 Pro that's only job is to record the data from some IP cameras via Windows' built in FTP server functionality. The voicemail server is a cheap prebuilt Dell tower running on Windows 7 that is running a software suite that is part of the company's phone system and it records all voicemails and all calls. The current issue is that the voicemail server only has a 250GB HDD in it which fills up unbelievably fast. I thought about grabbing a secondary HDD to put in it but the software won't allow voicemails to be recorded to anything other than the C drive. My idea was to purchase a 1TB SSD (which I did) and to use Macrium Reflect to duplicate the current drive's contents to the new SSD and then to just swap them out. I've done this on many machines in the past and have never had issues so I'm confident that this will work. The only drawback is that the voicemail server will still be hosted on a consumer grade prebuilt Dell tower with components that aren't exactly known for great reliability. This brings me to my new idea. The server I have running at that location has been rock solid and is IMO much more trustworthy than the Dell box, so I would love to find a way to run the voicemail server off of the main box. I can't simply install the voicemail software suite onto the main box as its configuration is incredibly complicated and there are other complications with that approach. Ditching Windows 10 and only running Windows 7 off of the box is also out of the question due to potential driver issues along with other reasons. This leaves me with the option of running both OSs simultaneously. I would love to accomplish this by running the Windows 7 (voicemail) instance as a VM through Hyper-V within Windows 10 Pro. Is there any reason why I couldn't just make a VHD file of the Windows7 box using a utility like Disk2VHD and then create a VM on the Windows 10 box running from that VHD file? Is there any better way I should go about this, or should I just keep it simple and do a drive swap on the Dell box and call it a day? Thanks

I upgraded from a cheapo Ikea desk chair to a Maxnomic Dominator Black just over 6 months ago. It was quite pricey (around $400) but it is very comfortable, extremely adjustable, and sturdily built. I have no doubt that it will last me at least a decade. I rock a 1 over 2 monitor setup so sometimes I will put Netflix up on the top screen and recline the chair all the way back and it is so comfortable that I've actually unintentionally fallen asleep multiple times. Even though the cost is rather high, I believe that the purchase was worth it.

@DreadCoreTV Definitely post pics! Im interested in seeing how this turns out