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About ensuring that you don't get DOA parts thing, the power supply I have now (AX 860), I bought for the sole purpose of reliability. It is also, coincidentally the only power supply to ever die on me 

Went to Coffee and Cars and saw these, figured I'd share here. 
 
McLaren P1 Carbon Series (all carbon fiber body panels) (1 of 5 in existence)
Pagani Huayra 
Hennessey Venom GT
McLaren 675LT (the license plate is hilarious)

Went to Coffee and Cars and saw these, figured I'd share here. 
 
McLaren P1 Carbon Series (all carbon fiber body panels) (1 of 5 in existence)
Pagani Huayra 
Hennessey Venom GT
McLaren 675LT (the license plate is hilarious)

Went to Coffee and Cars and saw these, figured I'd share here. 
 
McLaren P1 Carbon Series (all carbon fiber body panels) (1 of 5 in existence)
Pagani Huayra 
Hennessey Venom GT
McLaren 675LT (the license plate is hilarious)

interesting.....
 
 

Went to Coffee and Cars and saw these, figured I'd share here. 
 
McLaren P1 Carbon Series (all carbon fiber body panels) (1 of 5 in existence)
Pagani Huayra 
Hennessey Venom GT
McLaren 675LT (the license plate is hilarious)

I'm toying with figuring out EV Trip Planning for the Tesla Model X. In particular with towing trailers with different aerodynamics. Here's a good one for Tesla S variants and the Nissan leaf vehicles. https://evtripplanner.com/ Sometime like that, but besides having Model X variants, being able to pick the trailer you are pulling, take weather and winds into account for the typical date that the route is being planned for.

So this is mostly about the wan show, but I have seen several other people also just hate on apple without actually understanding why the macbook pro has (what I would call) the best I/O on a device ever made.
 
1)
First of all, some people said they can't plug their UBS devices into it without an adapter.
This is not true. The ports are still USB ports, just with the new C connector.
All USB devices can be plugged in without any active adapters.
Devices with a removable cable can just have a cable replaced with a USB-C to whatever, instead of the regular USB-A to whatever.
Stuff like USB drives with a fixed connector will need an adapter, but in the future all USB devices will use the C connector anyway.
 
2)
They are more than just USB ports.
This is a combination of power delivery + USB 3.1 + displayport + hdmi +thunderbolt.
THIS is what I call progress. ONE type of connector which can do everything. Why have 10 different types of ports and 10 different types of cables when you can combine them all into one?
Having the same cable and connector for all devices will make everything easier in the future.
 
This may seem like a stretch right now, since few devices have USB-C and you have to use USB-C to DP, or USB-C to HDMI, but the only way to switch everything to USB-C is by starting off with a product like this one.
It's not hard to imagine 3 years from now where everything is connected using USB-C cables and you don't need to worry about where you left your extra HDMI or whatever.
 
Remember serial cables and printer cables and gameport cables? Well those got replaced by USB-A.
Now USB-C will also be replacing power and display cables.
 
3)
USB-C is the BEST connection to support today and in the future.
I'm sure everyone can see the billions of devices with USB-A on it, well USB-C is better, and the best way to make it widespread is by forcibly switching to it.
Only a handful of PC cases, phones, motherboards, etc. have USB-C. By putting it on what is one of the highest selling laptops in the world, millions more people will begin switching too USB-C.
Yes it is forced. In case you haven't noticed, this is the only way to get people to switch quickly, especially with majority of old people who resist change like it's life or death.
 
4)
It might have been sarcasm, but why was @LinusTech complaining about 4 ports being too many??
Hypocritical much? Complain about the macbook not having enough, then 4 is too many?
I think 4 is more than enough, considering the daisy chaining capabilities of Thunderbolt 3, which will make it so most of the time you only need 1-2 connectors for everything.
 
5)
@Slick mentioned laptop docks.
If you watch the conference, they show that you can easily connect everything that most people need through a single connector.
External displays, external storage, power, peripherals, etc....
Nobody needs a laptop dock if you can literally plug in one cable and have everything connected
 
6)
Power can be supplied from any connector or either side.
Yes, the magsafe connector is gone, but hey look, more hypocritical people.
First complain about apple using proprietary stuff, and when they switch to a global standard like USB, then complain that the proprietary connector is no longer there.
Seriously, USB-C is the future whether you like it or not, and it is already becoming popular on phones.
Having the same connectivity on a laptop again benefits the "only one type of cable" reason.
 
7)
Progress, again requires the use of a lot of force.
More people buying macbook pros = more people using USB-C = more manufacturers adding USB-C to their devices.
USB drives, monitors, external storage, peripherals, etc...
This benefits EVERYBODY, since we will all be using USB-C in a few years.
Again, USB-C is the global standard, not a proprietary macbook connector. It will be on your PC case and you might even have a motherboard with some USB-C already.
 
8)
Please watch the conference or read some articles about the Thunderbolt 3 USB-C ports before ranting about the macbook pro.
USB-C is soon to replace almost every type of port on the back of your PC, and this is a great jump-start to get the industry into production.
 
 
 
 
TL;DR
1) the ports on the macbook are still USB, all you need is a new USB-C cable, no active adapters or stuff
2) they can also do hdmi, thunderbolt, displayport, and power
3) the USB-C connector is the future, and soon everything will use it
4) 4 ports is enough because most of the time you can connect everything through 1-2 with the use of daisy chaining
5) connecting an entire setup by plugging in 1 connector is what people have wanted for decades
6) yes magsafe is gone, but replaced by a non-proprietary global standard, USB-C. You will be able to use the same cable on all your devices, not just apple.
7) forcing people to use USB-C is the fastest way to push the industry into more USB-C on devices/accessories, which benefits everyone, not just apple users
8) hopefully you learnt something today about why USB-C is a great way of pulling the future towards us at an accelerated rate.
9) gnight, I'll reply to everyone tomorrow

Yeah, you can turn creep on or off in the settings menu 

Thats a good company right there!

You can only upgrade to a 100kwh battery pack if you already have a P90D ludicrous. P90DL is the only car that can be upgraded to a P100DL. Ps. there is no 65kwh pack on the Model S, the first gen Model S was either 40kwh (software locked 60) a 60kwh or an 85kwh battery pack after which they replaced the 60 with the 70, and then a few months later, replaced the 70 with the 75kwh and replaced the 85 with the 90kwh battery pack

Brake pads wear out do to friction, which is translated into heat, which is wasted energy. This happens because the material of the pad actually wears down over time.
 
Regenerative braking essentially turns your brake pads into an electric generator, so that energy that is normally wasted as friction, into heat, into waste energy, is instead captured and stored. Your pads still wear down, but not as much, as some of that energy is redirected into the electric generator instead of being wasted via friction on the pads themselves.
 
Though this is an incredibly simplistic explanation. I'm not an engineer nor a mechanic, so perhaps someone else can explain it better.

The Model S uses the motor to slow itself down when you take your foot off of the accelerator. The only time that the brake pads are used is when you really need to stop immediately and stomp the brakes, which is why they last longer. Most Tesla owners rarely use the brakes, but drive with only the accelerator pedal 

if those 2 are the only options, i would go with the deepcool one

Hey everyone so I have another popular modding item to bring to the table, CableMod’s new lineup of PET (plastic) sleeved cables. This goes over my first impressions of the product, and in-depth look at the wiring and materials. Note this set of sleeved cables was provided to me by CableMod as a gift and sample, so here is my thanks to them, thanks again to @CableMod.
 
 
Initial Impressions 
     The items came nicely packed in a sleek black box, inside a cable bag with all the sleeved cables individually wrapped. The series that I requested were to be compatible with the AX series of PSU’s from Corsair (AX760) with a custom designed tri-tone color of black, white, and silver.

 
    The sleeving material is a new one for CableMod and one of my personal favorites being a PET (plastic) type woven sleeving, compared to their current paracord type material. While paracord naturally has a tight weave and doesn’t show any color of the wiring through the sleeve one of the qualities of a good PET sleeving is a nice a tight weave without any color bleeding or showing through the material. With that comes good workmanship where the sleeve has to be pull very tightly along the length of the wire without any slack between the two. With the new materials I must say there is no color bleed through the sleeve that I can see and is an excellent job, more on the PET materials later.


 
     It is very nice to see that even with all the connectors populated on the PSU they provide extra cables which allow for different configurations depending on the requirements of each system.

 
 
Finer Details and In-depth Look
     The cables are nice and thin even with the sleeving maintaining great flexibility which is great as it doesn’t add too much extra bulk. Initially that threw me off a bit as the wire looked a little small but from doing some very careful surgery I do see they are using the proper 18AWG, UL1007 rated wire. Excellent to see that as that is the industry standard and great for sleeving since they use nice thin insulation on the wires.
     And all back together as if that never happened. With that I took a quick look into the dimensions of the sleeved wires and did a quick comparison to some custom sleeving I personally did. Some of you may be wondering why this is relevant, but it is important in terms of added bulk and space, where one thicker wire isn’t a big deal but with 24 (ATX) of them together can add up and take up more room for cable management. For my custom sleeving I purchase regular 18AWG hookup wire as it was readily available and easy to get a hold of which had the thicker insulating jacket making the finished diameter a bit larger.
     One thing I did notice while I had the sleeving off was the color coordination of the base wire to light colored sleeving as that helps to prevent color bleed of the wire through the sleeve. The wires used were white even on the black sleeve, while ideally it would have been nice to see them color matched to the sleeving (black), the sleecing itself was done very well and pulled tightly making it have no potential color bleed, therefore it made no difference in reality. A minor detail but just something that caught my attention.
     Looking at the crimp terminals and connectors, it is nice to see that the sleeve is crimped very firmly in place with the terminals making it close to impossible for the sleeve to ever come off. Similarly with double wires for the PCI-E, Molex and Sata they are all done very cleanly and all tapered nicely to fit inside the connectors. These are usually the most difficult to do well in terms of sleeving since they are not very forgiving if there are errors and can be very noticeable.
     All in all I have to say these are very well made sleeved cables with great attention to detail. One minor thing I did want to mention is, I did notice that there was one or two spots where some fraying did occur near the connectors and terminals. While only being an extra strand or two they can easily be removed or clean off.

 
    Overall though I must say I am very impressed with the work that CableMod has done and with the addition of this new lineup giving more options to the customers. Their sleeved cables do come with a one year warranty if there are any issues that can potentially come up. I do look forward to seeing what new things CableMod plans to come out with in the future with their ever expanding line of products.
     As of right now CableMod offers the option to make custom cables to different lengths, colors, and designs with CableMod’s new Configurator for your own sleeving. Currently the new PET material is not out but should be available at around mid-May of 2016 from talking with CableMod. 

the way i see it is that the new series would not exist without the support of Vessel, so they have every right to have it as an exclusive. 

the way i see it is that the new series would not exist without the support of Vessel, so they have every right to have it as an exclusive. 

the way i see it is that the new series would not exist without the support of Vessel, so they have every right to have it as an exclusive. 

the way i see it is that the new series would not exist without the support of Vessel, so they have every right to have it as an exclusive. 

the way i see it is that the new series would not exist without the support of Vessel, so they have every right to have it as an exclusive. 

Well regardless of what the video says, time will tell to see if Linus' card still works. Time will tell. Also the fact that you joined this forum just to post this topic is funny but what is even more interesting is your username. Keep doing the lords work lonely internet keyboard warrior, one day your try hard attitude will pay off  

Good point. I'll freely admit you've forgotten more about solder and flux than I'll ever know.
 
But with that said, I have to wonder why - if your goal is to educate - the response was to create a video that I can't feasibly promote in any way versus giving me something that I can insert with a video card or annotation explaining more clearly why what I did worked, and why it won't last very long.
 
I'm not difficult to get in touch with. My email is posted publicly on my YouTube channel.
 
That might be a better way to get in contact in the future.
 
Incidentally the 780 Ti *is* still working, but hasn't been used heavily as it's just a test bench card, and I felt like I did make it quite clear in the video that this is a last ditch effort and doesn't always work (it is literally demonstrated in the video that it doesn't always work).

Oh yeah, I definitely could have done a more level headed video than the one I uploaded. Not exactly my best... or even anything that was much good.
 
Some of it is the context and culture of the time. Since the iPhone 6 error 53 class action was announced, I've had about 50+ new private messages and 150+ new posts a day to most of my videos discussing how and why third party people have no clue what they're doing and are screwing over their customers. My business gets calls about this... I get mail about this. Not youtube messages, but also real ol' fashioned hate mail, in an envelope. My industry is a joke, and not one taken seriously. The favorite line parroted by lobbyists, fanboys, and the manufacturer's front of line people are that we can't assist them in their repairs because they are not authorized, ignorant, and use poor technique. Which sucks - I've spent the last seven years doing my best to get out information on how to do this stuff right. Every tech shop with a license that sends me a board that got baked or heatgunned or shoved in an oven is proving that stereotype right.
 
I've spent about seven years trying to get people to understand the proper way to do this stuff, two and a half years of it seriously on YouTube. I saw a video where the largest tech personality on YT was kind of undoing all of that and putting a great argument into the hands of the people we've been trying to get to take us seriously... so I lost my shit. Those myths were perpetrated by people who had no idea what they were doing, and look how far those myths went. Imagine how much further the myth will go when it gets hundreds of thousands of views from people with millions of subscribers.
 
I definitely could have done a better video where I didn't come off as an asshole had I just waited a day. It kinda makes me sad that the video I did is getting props from people with names like linusshilltips... the last thing I ever wanted to do was promote more trolling.
 
When you go to the Apple Community Support forums, you'll see my friend Jessa Jones' posts regularly deleted. Someone was having an issue with charging, so she suggested that they clean the charging port. If that doesn't work, try a new charge port. If that doesn't work, use a USB amp meter to see how much power draw there was to determine if the issue was with a U2 chip in the phone - which is totally par for the course. All of it was deleted, all that remained were a few posts about how some unauthorized person was posting questionable advice so people would destroy their phones. A lot of this stems from the idea that all third party repair attempts are unqualified hacks. I doubt we'll ever be rid of this.