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Tesla Cybertruck Owners Who Drove 10,000 Miles Say Range Is 164 To 206 Miles::Also, the charging speeds are below par, but on the flip side, the sound system is awesome and the car is “a dream to drive.”

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[–] VindictiveJudge 50 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (5 children)
[–] riodoro1 16 points 10 months ago

Fuck yes, finally I can apply my knowledge of first 10” numbers of the fibonacci series

[–] kaitco 6 points 10 months ago

Now I just need to memorize the Fibonacci sequence and I’ll be set!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 10 months ago
[–] lawrence 5 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Is that ratio pure coincidence?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Yes it is a complete friggin coincidence! The meter is 1/10millionth of the distance from the North Pole to the equator (but just so slightly shorter than that due to measurement errors in 18th century France relating to difficulty in measuring how the earth is not-quite-a-sphere), but I’m still not sure why they landed on that ratio or that particular distance. I assume they were looking for a base unit of a size that would be really easy for everyone to estimate: if I asked you to demonstrate a meter, you could approximate it probably within 15% with your hands.

[–] Telodzrum 3 points 10 months ago

No, it’s because of the conversion being close to 1.6.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Holy shit, that's awesome