My brief but meaningful interaction with Arram and the team at ZeroCater was nothing short of exceptional. Exceptional care for their service and customer, exceptional determination and conviction. They are an intensely likeable people.
I found it extremely hard to believe that is the case based on 3 things:
1. I've seen many comments suggesting that the parking lot is well lit in the night and the Supercharger is especially easy to spot and hard to miss, which directly contradicts to what Broader claims: "dark, unlighted, not marked". [1](http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/02/14/that-tesla-data-w...)
So... He drove around in circles for five whole minutes as part of conspiracy to run down the battery? Five extra minutes of driving has a material impact on the range car? It is not more likely that he was simply lost?
I think you're looking at the wrong thing in the video you linked to. Those bright, well-lit things are gas pumps! The superchargers are the hard-to-see things the driver pulls up to at the end. I'm pretty sure I would have driven past them and I'm absolutely certain I'd have driven more than half a mile if I were intentionally trying to run down the battery.
2. Is it really easy to spot? Note that Superchargers are at the very end of the video. No signs, no marks, no lights, just a few white columns near plain looking parking spots.
3. I've just measured with Google Maps ruler. It takes about 0.3 miles to drive all the ways on the parking lot and around the gas station (just near the Superchargers). So it's about 2 laps really. He could also drive another 0.2 miles if he mistakenly went around nearby McDonald's.
I think the Youtube video makes it look easier than it might be in real life since the driver goes directly to the Supercharger station (or what I assume is the station).
The rest area looked rather large and in the video I didn't see any signs directing the driver which path to take through the parking lot to get there. I could see someone who might be slightly distracted (or not yet familiar enough with the landmarks) driving through the gas station instead of turning right and missing the whole thing, and having to circle back around.
It's fantastic that nearly all the software I enjoy using is free, and fascinating that that model works. But, here we're talking silverware, not software. Things to put in your backpack to go traveling are not free. And if they're the "best" then they're probably the more expensive of available options.
I can't speak for him/her but it seems to me the point is that computer languages, while being all-purpose, are products of countless conscious design decisions of their creators. And thus by the nature of design, tradeoffs are inevitable.
So I think the (even just sometimes) discussion of "good language" should be limited to the context of purpose and goal of the said language, which is similar to "choosing the right language for the task".
I found it surprising Woz would support Daisey, given what Woz said on his upbringing in Jobs' bio. He said his father taught him to never lie, and therefore he grew up with almost absolute honesty, which gives him troubles sometime.
It's rather odd that a person who values honesty so much would support Daisey.
It doesn't surprise me one bit. Woz likely has more than one value, and one of those values is probably "treat people well". I can't imagine he likes the idea of labour abuses and harsh working conditions any more than he likes dishonesty.
I was there too :) It was such a fun talk, especially the part where in the end of the demo video, the squirrel stopped caring about the water cannon anymore, and decided to steal food while getting sprayed on. I wonder if there is a better way to deter them instead of bigger water cannons?
Well the arms race can begin... more potent water pistol.
Then nerf dart gun...
then golf balls gun...
then gotcha gun... (at this point gets dangerous)
My brief but meaningful interaction with Arram and the team at ZeroCater was nothing short of exceptional. Exceptional care for their service and customer, exceptional determination and conviction. They are an intensely likeable people.
All the best Arram!