iTunes & App Store cards on sale (Australia) – update – sale ended

Credit: Apple

Looks like you missed out on this one, but iTunes sales appear frequently on this site, so check back soon!

15% off $30, $50 & $100 iTunes cards at Aldi until Tuesday 17 December

https://www.aldi.com.au/en/shopping-at-aldi/aldi-gift-cards/
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Tesla CYBERTRUCK revealed – video – update

Tesla CYBERTRUCK
Credit: Tesla

250+ miles of range, 7,500 lbs towing capacity & less than 6.5 sec to 60 mph – that’s the single motor, rear wheel drive $US39,990 entry-level version

$US69,900 buys the tri motor version with 500 miles range, 14,000 pounds towing capacity & 0-60 mph in 2.9 seconds.

For $US49,900 you get dual motors & all wheel drive. Note that this mid-range version comes in under the “less than $50,000” price that Tesla has been touting for months.

All come with independent, self leveling air suspension, up to 16" ground clearance & spectacular approach & departure angles.

Reveal



Test ride



For just $100 you can secure your place in the queue at:

https://www.tesla.com/cybertruck/design#battery

Presumably those are USA dollars & for USA residents only. / Tesla Elon Musk CYBERTRUCK EV electric vehicle pickup pick up truck ute utility /

"Qui Croire?" – amazing garden by François Abélanet

Check out the video below. For the impatient, the video starts at the 40 second mark. Make sure to watch it through to the end.



For the non French speakers, like me, the name means, “Who to believe?” / optical illusion you won't believe your eyes /

Tesla Model 3 prices in Australia – update

Tesla Model 3 – first deposits were taken 31 March 2016 – over 3 years later, Australians can now place orders for the first time.
Credit: Steven Loveday/InsideEVs

All prices are Australian dollars, registered in ACT, as displayed on the Model 3 configurator. “Autopilot Included”¹. “Full Self-Driving Capability”² is a $7,100 upgrade.

Standard Range Plus, black paint, 18" wheels, black interior, drive away price: $68,109

Performance, black paint, Performance upgrade (includes 20" wheels), black interior, drive away price: $98,273

Performance, black paint, no Performance upgrade (sic), 18" wheels (sic), black interior, drive away price: $90,213³

Order yours at:
https://www.tesla.com/en_AU/model3
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¹ Autopilot Included

• Enables your car to steer, accelerate and brake automatically for other vehicles and pedestrians within its lane.

² Full Self-Driving Capability

• Auto Lane Change: automatic lane changes while driving on the motorway.

• Autopark: both parallel and perpendicular spaces.

    Coming later this year:

• Recognise and respond to traffic lights and stop signs.

• Automatic driving on city streets.

• Summon: your parked car will come find you anywhere in a car park. Really.

• Navigate on Autopilot: automatic driving from motorway on-ramp to off-ramp including interchanges and overtaking slower cars.

³ If you are puzzled, I am too – more details when I work it out.

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Cleaner jailed for 10 years for altering academic record

Justice
Credit: Disability Support Services, Monash University

The forgery was not detected until the un-named, 53-year-old woman had been working at a nursery, as a cleaner, for 15 years.

And the extent of the crime? Alteration of a school record to show that she had completed 6 years of primary school, rather than 5!

Needless to say, this case has caused an uproar in Greece:
“This decision is not simply inhuman. It is another very indicative sign of permanent pathogens in the criminal justice system.” — Hellenic League for Human Rights

https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/greek-cleaning-lady-jailed-for-10-years-for-faking-diploma-20181123-p50hse.html

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-greece-court-cleaner/greek-cleaning-lady-jailed-for-10-years-for-faking-diploma-idUKKCN1NR25W / justice is blind injustice cleaning woman cleaner cleaning lady pre school pre-school preschool forgery /

Vale Stan Lee

Stan Lee in 2014
Credit: Gage Skidmore/Wikipedia



Stan Lee 1922-2018

Excelsior

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Wikipedia: “Stan Lee”, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

/ Marvel public figurehead cameo appearances in movies Marvel characters honorary executive producer credit superheroes Spider-Man, the X-Men, Iron Man, Thor, the Hulk, the Fantastic Four, Black Panther, Daredevil, Doctor Strange, Ant-Man /

Elon Musk: Staying Public

And so with that very brief tweet, & a rather longer post on the Tesla web site, the flirtation with becoming a privately held company¹ comes to an end:

Staying Public https://t.co/gUrAnInBOu

— Tesla (@Tesla) August 25, 2018

Post on the Tesla web site:
https://www.tesla.com/en_AU/blog/staying-public

Looks like the short sellers will have to wait a little bit longer.
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¹ HitchHiker’s Guide 2 Tech: “Elon Musk: considering taking Tesla private at $420. Funding secured”, https://hhg2tech.blogspot.com/2018/08/elon-musk-am-considering-taking-tesla.html

/ tesla shorts shorters short selling short sellers burn burned Elon Musk /