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Comment: Popularity of your songs (Score 3, Interesting) 47

by Overzeetop (#46484617) Attached to: Interviews: Ask Jonathan Coulton What You Will


Comment: Regenerative might be the winner (Score 1) 325

by Overzeetop (#46477979) Attached to: What If the Next Presidential Limo Was a Tesla?

I was going to post that the range would be teh suck, and disqualify a tesla, but a stretch version with 2-3x the batteries, and high-performance regenerative breaking might actually make it a better choice. Yes, it takes a shitload of energy to get the 10 ton vehicle moving, but this is mostly an in town car - lots of stop and go. You get a percentage of that kinetic energy back every time you brake. Even with an enhanced fuel tank of 30+ gallons, the Caddy probably doesn't have even a 200 mile range in town (best guess is that it gets 8mpg in the best scenario, on Diesel). An electric vehicle would be more limited by aerodynamics and heat losses, so it might actually be range-competitive except at highway cruising speeds.

Now, there still may be a scenario (extended evacuation distance) which the batteries just couldn't handle, but for normal to moderately-extreme conditions a battery pack car very well could out-perform the ICE version.

Comment: Re:You can get a 1TB external for like, 80 bucks (Score 1) 325

by Overzeetop (#46476251) Attached to: 1GB of Google Drive Storage Now Costs Only $0.02 Per Month

Damn straight. I'll remind myself that phones and tablets were never mean to watch movies or listen to music or share vacation photos or pull up a reference document when I'm on a job site. That's the kind of stuff I really should be carrying around a full laptop for.

Comment: Re:Amazon Glacier (Score 1) 325

by Overzeetop (#46476191) Attached to: 1GB of Google Drive Storage Now Costs Only $0.02 Per Month

This actually starts looking a lot better if you're near the TB+ mark. At 1TB, it costs the same as glacier ($0.01/GB) with no bandwidth charges and instant, sync access.

The restore data is a nice feature, but for a few hundred dollars you can almost certainly negotiate access to get your data back that quickly from someone (vs having someone else queue you up, copy to disk, and then ship). Most big cable operators have 100Mb connections now. I don't know this for a fact, but I have this suspicion that if I slipped $200 to the right person at the local comcast office, I'll bet I could use their internet to download my TB to a hard drive in one day. Probably 1/4 of that if I had a friend with comcast business services (which are unmetered).

Comment: Re:I went back to corporate America because Obamac (Score 1) 552

by Overzeetop (#46473771) Attached to: White House: Get ACA Insurance Coverage, Launch Start-Ups

I think you didn't have what you thought you had. Qualifying HDHPs have had a minimum deductible of over $2500 for individuals and over $5000 (yes, deductible) for the last 6+ years. I know because I've been on one. And, yes, it's awesome.

FWIW, a standard, large group medical will run about $1000/mo for a family. If you're curious what the rates are for the biggest healthcare group (i.e. best leverage) in the nation are, see this: http://www.opm.gov/healthcare-...

Comment: Re:I went back to corporate America because Obamac (Score 4, Insightful) 552

by Overzeetop (#46473729) Attached to: White House: Get ACA Insurance Coverage, Launch Start-Ups

I am. Cost me 12% more than last year. Which is about how much my plan went up 3 years ago, and about 4% more than it went up last year. I cover myself, wife, and child.

And you must be the shittiest consultant in the world if a 1% penalty (this year) or a 2.5% penalty (cap, in 3 years) on your AGI will cost you more than losing your consultant income. If you get taxed on $100,000 a year, it will cost you $1000 this year; $2500 next year. If you're not making at least 50% more as a consultant as you do as a grunt, you're doing it wrong.
