| baynsley | #EFAAGM | 01:47 |
|---|---|---|
| brobostigon | morning boys and girls. | 08:00 |
| BobMottram[m] | Eclipse always seemed heavyweight to me. It's ok though. | 08:04 |
| directhex_ | BobMottram[m]: eclipse is so staggeringly bad it drove my entire professional career (against java & into c#) | 22:22 |
| directhex_ | "if java developers think this is fit for purpose i gotta get away from java" | 22:23 |
| daftykins | :> | 22:23 |
| daftykins | sir \o | 22:23 |
| directhex_ | ello | 22:23 |
| daftykins | are ye well? | 22:23 |
| directhex_ | felt pretty sick today actually | 22:23 |
| directhex_ | but seem mostly recovered now | 22:23 |
| daftykins | excellent! and in the grand scheme? :) | 22:24 |
| directhex_ | need to go get a rental car later. sadly from somewhere stupid as zipcar is v. popular over holiday days | 22:24 |
| directhex_ | still acclimatising to life in the US | 22:24 |
| daftykins | you're braver than me | 22:25 |
| daftykins | i wonder how my old mate kez is doing in LA, working for the devil... i mean Apple | 22:25 |
| directhex_ | buying a car has gone rapidly up the priority list - house sale should be completed on thursday, so i'll have money soon | 22:25 |
| daftykins | er not LA, Cali as a whole | 22:25 |
| daftykins | the one back in Blighty? | 22:25 |
| directhex_ | yeah | 22:25 |
| directhex_ | got hung up on crap conveyancing for months | 22:25 |
| daftykins | i know that trouble, mmm | 22:26 |
| daftykins | still dealing with insurance crap with mine atm | 22:26 |
| directhex_ | taking my driving test on wednesday. if i fail i'll take some actual lessons before trying again | 22:27 |
| daftykins | i didn't think it was too tough over there, since 16 year olds can do it? | 22:29 |
| daftykins | especially in an auto | 22:29 |
| directhex_ | daftykins: yeah, but still | 22:36 |
| daftykins | i don't blame you, i don't hold a license either | 22:36 |
| daftykins | and highways are kinda scary :P | 22:36 |
| directhex_ | i went from "hm, i should get a license" on tuesday night to "i passed my theory test" by wednesday lunchtime | 22:36 |
| daftykins | hah | 22:36 |
| daftykins | wonder if it's as thorough as the one over here | 22:37 |
| daftykins | story goes they'll soon begin assessing driving style for environmental impact | 22:37 |
| directhex_ | also my UK license is only valid here until july | 22:37 |
| daftykins | oh you did have one | 22:37 |
| directhex_ | yeah since 2006 | 22:38 |
| directhex_ | thankfully found an insurance broker here who can get me covered using UK history (11 year old UK license has a lot of value in lowering premiums) | 22:40 |
| directhex_ | (vs 0-day-old MA license) | 22:40 |
| directhex_ | also plan to have paid for a car by this time next week | 22:40 |
| daftykins | ah har | 22:40 |
| daftykins | i'm gonna regret never having gotten a license tomorrow when i'm in the back seat with my clients 3 year old, driving down to their apartment in Spain | 22:41 |
| directhex_ | XD | 22:41 |
| directhex_ | if you'd got a license years ago you could be driving *yourself* in a convertible | 22:41 |
| directhex_ | but nooooo | 22:42 |
| daftykins | ;) | 22:42 |
| daftykins | in fairness i wouldn't want to pay for that | 22:42 |
| directhex_ | first time i came to the US with the missus, we rented a camaro as our car for the trip | 22:42 |
| directhex_ | https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/2010ChevroletCamaro-05-1.jpg/1200px-2010ChevroletCamaro-05-1.jpg | 22:43 |
| daftykins | there he goes in his new Camaro ~ | 22:43 |
| daftykins | mmhmm | 22:43 |
| directhex_ | currently following plan A and plan B for car in parallel | 22:45 |
| directhex_ | plan B is to buy a chevrolet bolt ev | 22:45 |
| daftykins | mmhmm | 22:45 |
| daftykins | and A? | 22:46 |
| directhex_ | plan a is to buy a very used tesla model s, then consider trading it in for a new tesla model 3 in march when my model 3 reservation matures | 22:46 |
| daftykins | ah har | 22:46 |
| directhex_ | depending on how i feel about giant vs. smaller car, and new vs old | 22:46 |
| directhex_ | blocker on plan a is being dicked around by uk->us move screwing the reservation up | 22:46 |
| directhex_ | so if tesla don't fix it by, say, wednesday, i'll give them up | 22:47 |
| daftykins | were they originally gonna ship it over? | 22:47 |
| directhex_ | bolt is fine. it's not a luxury car, the boot is small, but it's fine and moves like greased lightning through a goose | 22:47 |
| directhex_ | i reserved a model 3 in the UK, between july and october that became a RHD-only reservation rather than a "wherever jo lives" reservation | 22:48 |
| directhex_ | i don't really need a RHD car, in the UK, in 2019 :D | 22:49 |
| daftykins | i'm unfamiliar with that acronym | 22:49 |
| directhex_ | right-hand drive | 22:49 |
| daftykins | ah | 22:49 |
| directhex_ | i.e. UK/australia use | 22:49 |
| daftykins | and Guernsey! | 22:50 |
| daftykins | don't forget us! ;D | 22:50 |
| directhex_ | also UK and US teslas use a different charge connector | 22:50 |
| daftykins | do they not require 240v adapters over there anyway, so it's not for voltage safety? | 22:50 |
| directhex_ | public chargers are 240 | 22:51 |
| directhex_ | or high voltage DC | 22:52 |
| directhex_ | hang on i took some pics at the dealership | 22:54 |
| directhex_ | https://imgur.com/a/7f86g | 23:23 |
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